Secret Psychic Stories: Volume 1

Written by Margaret Solis Interesting experiences ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Published by     STARWISH BOOKS 20 July 2021 Genre Spiritual Self-Help eBooks Pages 136 ASIN B099ZZPNVT ISBN-10 1915040019 ISBN-13 978-1915040015

#20BOS26 Reading Challenge Book #1

The 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge

It's that time of year again when the 20 Books Of Summer Reading Challenge begins and I am motivated to hit my TBR pile and dig out some of those books which I thought sounded great when I acquired them, but have found their way to the bottom of the pile!

This year the 20 Books Of Summer Reading Challenge is being hosted by AnnaBookBel, running from 1st June to 31st August. The hashtag this year is #20BOS26. If you would like to join in, follow the link to AnnaBookBel to read the "rules" and sign up.

#20BooksOfSummer Challenge

I am delighted to announce that I have reduced my TBR list to 777 by reading 20 titles during the 2025 #20BooksOfSummer reading challenge! I have also achieved my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal of 33 books, and have now increased that to 41 books.

Many of these titles have been sitting in my TBR pile for quite some time, and although I have chosen to read more of the shorter ones, I do feel a great sense of achivement being able to move so many titles to the 'Read' shelf. Although I have had to swap out a few titles along the way, it's all within the rules!

I now resolve to read what I already have before adding more to the pile... Good Luck with that one, I hear you say!

Here is my final list of books read:

#20BooksOfSummer Challenge From Sunday June 1st to Sunday August 31st

20 Books of Summer is back! With new hosts

Last Year Cathy of 746 Books announced that she would not host 20 Books of Summer this year after ten successful years of helping readers like me to conquer their huge TBR piles.

As I didn't take part in this challenge last year I missed this post, but when searching for it recently, I found two bloggers have generously donated their time to run this event, AnnaBookBel and Emma of Words and Peace.

I've had a quick look at my physical bookcase and immediately see 14 unread books. There are now 778 unread e-books and 5 audiobooks. I really do need to stop adding books and tackle reading those I have already!

To get started, I have chosen to read 20 books.

Ambitious? Definitely! However, for my goals this year I am trying to read 10 short stories so that should help me to achieve a good half of this figure. And remember, the challenge is fluid, so I can always opt to read fewer or shorter books and still finish the challenge feeling like a winner!

If you want to join me, sign up here.

The rules are simple:

• The #20BooksofSummer2025 challenge runs from Sunday June 1st to Sunday August 31st
• The first rule of 20 Books is that there are no real rules, other than signing up for 10, 15 or 20 books and trying to read from your TBR.
• Pick your list in advance, or nominate a bookcase to read from, or pick at whim from your TBR.
• If you do pick a list, you can change it at any time – swap books in/out.
• Don’t get panicked at not reaching your target.
• Just enjoy a summer of great reading and make a bit of space on your shelves!

So now to pick my reads:

Book No.	Title	Author
1	The Girl from Normandy	Rachel Sweasey
2	Brighter Days for the Cornish Girls	Betty Walker
3	One Click Away	Joanne Ryan
4	Girl in the Castle: Henriette's Highland Hideaway	Lizzie Lamb
5	Secret Psychic Stories Volume 1	Margaret Solis
6	Welcome to New York	Luana Ferraz
7	How to Begin Again	Cindy Ray Hale
8	Girl At Christmas	Rhoda Baxter
9	Witching Again!	Stephanie Dagg
10	The Unmumsy Mums	Sarah, The Unmumsy Mum
11	Three Men and a Maybe	Katey Lovell
12	Raining Men and Corpses: A Raina Sun Mystery	Anne R Tan
13	The Proposal	Lily Zante
14	Perfect Christmas	Elizabeth Grey
15	Close Your Eyes and Count to Three	Mark Hysom
16	Pat's Pantry	Rhoda Baxter
17	Time To Move On	Ian Wilfred
18	Cold Grave	Jenny O'Brien
19	A Brahminy Sunrise	Maggie Christensen
20	Mrs Claus Saves Christmas	Mona Marple

I've set up a Goodreads Bookshelf and will begin with The Girl from Normandy as that's for a blog tour in June and then work through some of the shorter stories to bolster my sense of achievement. Nobody said I have to read War and Peace for the challenge and I'm just hoping to reduce my unread bookshelf a tad. The trouble is that I add more books than I actually have time to read!

#BackListReader Challenge 2022 Wrap Up Post

The BackList Reader Challenge This reading challenge is designed to winkle out some of those books that have been hiding in the TBR piles for a while. The stipulation is that the book must have been published before 2021 - so anything that came out up to and including the 31st December 2020 counts in this challenge. I started the year with 820 books in my TBR pile... and 799 of those books qualify! So how did I do? These are the books I have read:

Making headway on my TBR pile Reading Challenges 2022 #BacklistReader #2022AudiobookChallenge

Making Headway on My TBR Pile Towards the end of last year I identified a couple of reading challenges which should help me stay on track to read 30 books this year, and make a dent, albeit the tiniest of dents, into my backlog of... and I'm ashamed to say it, 820 books. And that's only the ones I know about. There are physical books lurking in drawers which haven't been added to my Goodreads list, and I'm not sure I'm up-to-date with adding all the Ebooks I keep acquiring. So, to reduce that number by at least 30 books this year, I am taking part in 3 challenges: The Goodreads 2022 Reading Challenge; The Backlist Reader Challenge 2022, hosted by The Bookwyrm’s Hoard; and The 2022 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About.

#20booksofsummer20 Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books Update 4

The 20 Books of Summer 2020 Challenge As we approach the end of August, the challenge is drawing to a close and this is the last time I will be taking stock of how the challenge has gone for me. The idea of this challenge is to read, and therefore remove, a given number of books from your reading list during the summer months.  The challenge runs from Monday 1 June to Tuesday 1 September, so, as you can see, we are days from the end. A big thank you goes out to Cathy of 746 Books, for setting up and running this challenge.

#20booksofsummer20 Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books Update 3

The 20 Books of Summer 2020 Challenge Last year I stumbled upon this extremely flexible, annual book reading challenge, designed to make a small dint in the number of books on our TBR lists. The idea is to read, and therefore remove, a given number of books from your reading list during the summer months.  This year, the challenge runs from Monday 1 June to Tuesday 1 September. You decide how many and which books you read. Make up your list today, but swap books in or out as you like. Commit to read 20, 15 or 10 books, but you are free to reduce or increase that number as the mood takes you. It's not too late to join in the fun. For more information, and to sign up to this brilliant challenge, check out  Cathy's blog 746 Books.

#20booksofsummer20 Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books Update 1

The 20 Books of Summer 2020 Challenge Last year I stumbled upon this extremely flexible, annual book reading challenge, designed to make a small dint in the number of books on our TBR lists. The idea is to read, and therefore remove, a chosen number of books from your reading list during the summer months.  This year, the challenge starts on Monday 1 June and ends on Tuesday 1 September. Now the reason this is such a great challenge for me, is that the rules are so flexible that it's almost impossible not to reach your goal.  You decide how many and which books you read. Make up your list today, but swap books in or out as you like. Commit to read 20, 15 or 10 books, but you are free to reduce or increase that number as the mood takes you. Basically this is a support network of global readers, cheering each other on towards reducing the unread piles of books we all have. I currently have 738 books on my TBR list. Last year I started off with 401 books on my list. I am now only 8 books short of where Cathy drew the line and stopped buying books! Oh well. What can I say? This year I will again commit to 20 Books... and we'll see how it goes.

#DecTheShelvesChallenge #DecTheShelves #IARTG

#DecTheShelves - 2019

#DecTheShelves is an annual event created and, for the last three year, hosted by author Melanie Thurlow. However, due to other commitments, Melanie is not able to host the challenge this year, so I'm stepping in for her.

I am buying 25 books during December to help support indie authors.

Indie authors, from today, post purchase links to your books on Twitter using the hashtag #DecTheShelves so that I can find them, and add them to the 2019 spreadsheet #DecTheShelves List. 

And... don't forget to let us know if you are running any promotions for your books during December.

#DecTheShelvesChallenge

The #DecTheShelvesChallenge supports indie authors by asking readers to commit to buying 25 books written by indie authors in the run-up to Christmas. That's one book per day between 1st and 25th December. 

Sign up here and join me in buying 25 books written by indie authors this December. You'll receive a personalised graphic showing your support, to use on your blog and accompany your social media posts.

And even if you can't commit to buying 25 books, why not check out this Amazon list and support an indie author?

Happy Holidays Everyone!

STOP PRESS!

Author Lizzie Lamb has very generously offered to send one luck #DecTheShelvesChallenge participant a paperback copy of one of her books.

Sign up today to be in with a chance to win one of Lizzie's romantic comedies.

The winner will be notified on 28th December 2019.

Good luck!

#20BooksOfSummer Challenge The Result @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge: The Result So the challenge has ended, and I have successfully read, reviewed, and removed 19 books from my TBR pile. I was 80% of the way through book 20, when the challenge ended, so overall I call that a 'Win'! I have to admit, though, to adding 30 books over the summer, so perhaps completing the challenge isn't going to help me get my pile down... This month I intend to be strong and not add any more. I can say that with a fair amount of confidence because October's Book Club read has already been announced and I've bought that already! OK. Goodreads shows my #20BooksOfSummer completed reads as: Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Louise Candlish - Our House Lucy Coleman - Magic Under the Mistletoe - review to be posted 25/11/19 Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Childhood - review to be posted 5/10/19 Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders  Clara L Molina - Confessions of a Traveler: The Observations of Alien 597 Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters  Sue Parritt - Feed thy Enemy  Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Sue Wickstead - Daisy Daydream The Nursery Rhyme Bus - review to be posted 9/9/19 I am almost finished Jean Fullerton'The Rector's Daughter and the review for that will be posted on my blog on 8/11/19. However, this wasn't the original list. I've had to swap out titles to accommodate Book Club and Blog Tour reads that I had to read within certain time scales. What happened to those titles, you ask? There are 9 books which got put back in the pile. They are: Debbie Viggiano - The Man You Meet in Heaven Cate Woods - More Than a Feeling Kate Hewitt - Cupcakes for Christmas  Elise Sax - An Affair to Dismember Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi Zara Stoneley - The Holiday Swap Lily Zante - Honeymoon for One  David P Permutter 13 - The 70's - A True Story I now plan to read these by the end of March 2020, starting with The Holiday Swap. That might sound like a generous time in which to complete this task, but I've a full bookshelf up to the end of the year as well. And finally, a big thank you to @Cathy746Books for setting the challenge. It motivated me to read some of those books I've had a while, and never quite get around to!  Looking forward to doing this again next year!

Update 7 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge In the final week of this challenge, I am running close to the wire. In order to achieve my 20 books target and stay on top of my blog tour commitments, I have had to swap out another couple of books. Even now, this is no guarantee of actually achieving my 20 books target on 3rd September. But we live in hope, and whatever the outcome, I will have read and reviewed 20 books from my pile before the middle of next week. I don't want to talk about the new books I've added to my TBR, but let's just say that I have significantly more now than I did at the start of this challenge! So, my progress to-date: I'm keeping a tally on Goodreads, and it now says I've read 18 books: Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Louise Candlish - Our House Lucy Coleman - Magic Under the Mistletoe - review to be posted 25/11/19 Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off  Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Childhood - review to be posted 5/10/19 Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Clara L Molina - Confessions of a Traveler: The Observations of Alien 597 Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters  Sue Parritt - Feed thy Enemy - review to be posted 2/9/19 Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Sue Wickstead - Daisy Daydream The Nursery Rhyme Bus - review to be posted 9/9/19 That leaves 2 books between now and Tuesday. I'm about half way through A Confusion of Murders and yesterday I received an ARC of The Rector's Daughter for a blog tour in November. Ebooks Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders  Jean Fullerton - The Rector's Daughter/li> Thank you Cathy for setting this challenge. It definitely made me focus on reading rather than collecting books! Want to see what this challenge is all about? Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 6 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge As this challenge nears its close, I've done a quick tally, and I'm pleased with what I've achieved. I don't think that without the challenge to motivate me, I would have read as many books as I have. And I probably would have just kept adding more to my TBR list. Since my last update, I have finished our Book Club read, Louise Candlish's Our House, which had me hooked from page 1.  I snuck in another Rich Amooi short story, and Sue Wickstead's Daisy Daydream Bus Rhymes and Jokes (although I'm not going to count this for the challenge) before picking up A Ration Book Childhood. According to Goodreads, I've now read 14 books: Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off  Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters Clara L Molina - Confessions of a Traveler: The Observations of Alien 597  Sue Parritt - Feed thy Enemy Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Louise Candlish - Our House Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy That leaves 6 books to read in 16 days. Ebooks Lucy Coleman - Magic Under the Mistletoe Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Childhood Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders  Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi I'm almost finished A Ration Book Childhood, for which I need to write a review for publication on my blog on 5th October. 6 books might be a step too far, but even if I can get 15 titles read, I'd consider that a win! Want to see what this challenge is all about? Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 5 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge It's two weeks since my last update on this challenge, and I feel like I'm really struggling now. I was away on holiday last week, and only managed to get one book read. But on the plus side, I didn't add any more books to my TBR list. Let's see if I can manage not to add any more this week! I have just started Louise Candlish's Our House. This is my Book Club read, so I need to have this read by next week for our meeting. But that shouldn't be too difficult as it's got me intrigued already! According to Goodreads, I've now read 12 books: Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off  Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters Clara L Molina - Confessions of a Traveler: The Observations of Alien 597  Sue Parritt - Feed thy Enemy Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium That leaves 8 books to read in 4 weeks. Ebooks Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Lucy Coleman - Magic Under the Mistletoe Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Childhood Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders  Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi Books Louise Candlish - Our House As I said, I'm just starting Our House, and I'll follow that with A Ration Book Childhood, for which I need to write a review for 5th October. 8 books should be manageable, but even if I can get 15 titles read, I'd consider that a win! Want to see what this challenge is all about? Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 4 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge So, it's just over two weeks since my last update on this challenge, and I feel like I've stalled. I took longer to read The Christmas Sisters than I expected, and I seem to have lost my momentum. And yes, I've added more books to my TBR list. After our Book Club meeting earlier this month, I added Our House by Louise Candlish, downloaded several eBooks, and signed up for a few more blog tours. I promise to try harder this month... According to Goodreads, the books I've read are: Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off  Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters Clara L Molina - Confessions of a Traveler: The Observations of Alien 597 I need to revisit my list, and have decided to scrap all the books on my Netgalley list, and changed out a few on my Ebooks list to accommodate my latest commitments: Ebooks Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Lucy Coleman - Magic Under the Mistletoe Jean Fullerton - A Ration Book Childhood Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders Sue Parritt - Feed thy Enemy Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi Books Louise Candlish - Our House I'm just starting Feed thy Enemy for a review on 2nd September, and I'll follow that with our Book Club read, Our House, then back to blog tours with A Ration Book Childhood for a review on 5th October. I don't really feel under pressure to read 20 books because I can reduce that number, and still claim success. It would just be nice though, to see 20 titles come off my TBR pile. Why not join in the fun, and see if you can reduce your TBR list this summer? Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 3 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge Just over two weeks since the last update on my progress in this challenge, and not a lot has changed. I'll have to admit to having no will-power when it comes to books. I have added 19 ebooks to by TBR list, and agreed to do a couple of blog tours, although only one of these falls within the challenge dates. I'll amend my list later. Last week, two children's storybooks arrived in the post, and after looking at them for a few moments, I decided to read and review both immediately, even though the blog tours for these books don't begin until the end of September. I'm not going to add them to my 20BooksOfSummer list as that feels like cheating. Checking my list, according to Goodreads, I find I have now read eight books - that's not great progress, considering I've had over two weeks to read two books! The books I've read are: Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Robin Bennett - Space Dragons Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off - review to be posted 25/7/19 Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity - review to be posted 27/9/19 That means my revised list is: My Netgalley shelf: Debbie Viggiano - The Man You Meet in Heaven Cate Woods - More Than a Feeling Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters Kate Hewitt - Cupcakes for Christmas  Ebooks Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders Elise Sax - An Affair to Dismember Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi Zara Stoneley - The Holiday Swap I've started reading The Christmas Sisters, and plan on working through the other titles on my Netgalley shelf after that. There's still time to join in the fun, and see if you can reduce your TBR list this summer. Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 2 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge The #20BooksOfSummer Challenge is underway - it started on Monday 3rd June - so this is a quick update on my progress so far. As previously predicted, I have yet another change to my 20 books. At my first ever Book Club meeting last week, we were asked to read Falling by Elizabeth Jane Howard for our next meeting in July. This is quite a large book, and not the sort of book I would normally choose for myself. The challenge now is, which book to set aside to accommodate it. After much debate I've chosen David P Permutter's 13 - The 70's - A True Story. A quick count-up. Today, I have 390 eBooks and 28 paperbacks on my TBR list, so it has increased slightly. Hardly a surprise, as I gather more titles than I can read each week. I am charting my progress on Goodreads, and am delighted to find I have read 6 books. Not all of them have been reviewed on my blog yet. Reviews for Blog Tours have to be published on specific dates, and I'm waiting on additional material for another before posting. The books I've read are: Daniel Thompson - The Humundo Sorterium Rosie Green - Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe  - review to be posted 24/6/19 Robin Bennett - Space Dragons - review to be posted 26/06/19 Stephanie Dagg - Anna Partridge in a Pear Tree - review soon Stephanie Dagg - Two Myrtle Doves Simon Edge - A Right Royal Face-off - review to be posted 25/7/19 That means my revised list is: Arranged Blog Tours Romola Farr - Bridge to Eternity My Netgalley shelf: Debbie Viggiano - The Man You Meet in Heaven Cate Woods - More Than a Feeling Sarah Morgan - The Christmas Sisters Kate Hewitt - Cupcakes for Christmas  Ebooks Rich Amooi - Coffee, Tea or Me Rich Amooi - Happy to be Stuck with You: A Short Romantic Comedy Yawatta Hosby - Twisted Obsession Elizabeth Jane Howard - Falling Marina Johnson - A Confusion of Murders Elise Sax - An Affair to Dismember Donna Siggers - Betrayal Stefanie Simpson - Saving Suzi Zara Stoneley - The Holiday Swap I've started Falling and after that I'm going to read Bridge to Eternity before working through my Netgalley shelf. There's still time to join in the fun, and see if you can reduce your TBR list this summer.  Read Cathy’s blog post for more details.

Update 1 #20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

20 Books of Summer Challenge The #20BooksOfSummer challenge begins next Monday, 3rd June, and this is just a quick update on my preparations so far. As expected my TBR pile has crept up. Not as much as I'd have expected, but that's probably due to finding that I had a couple of duplicate files amongst my ebooks, and being able to delete two 'samples'. I have, however, acquired 14 new ebooks this week, and today I learned that I've won another paperback in a raffle!

#20BooksOfSummer Challenge #Books @Cathy746Books

The 20 Books of Summer Challenge I have just stumbled upon this book reading challenge, designed to help reduce the old TBR list! I know in my heart that it won’t really help because I read 3 books per week at most, and probably acquire double that through various sources each week. I keep drawing lines under things – no more blog tours until the end of the year because I’ve met my target... Then all my favourite authors have a book on tour, and I cannot resist. I have stopped browsing in the book section in charity shops... but I have just downloaded an app called Libby which will give me access to ebooks and audiobooks from my local library. I haven’t tried it out yet, but I thought it might come in handy for getting some of the books I need for the book club I’ve just joined...

6 Degrees of Separation Meme #6Degrees

I spotted this meme on Karen Mace's blog Books and Me. It is currently hosted by Kate on her blog booksaremyfavouriteandbest and everything you need to know can be found here!