Last week I had the best time road tripping with my buddy, Martha, as we headed to Nashville for the Christy Awards. (A big shout-out to Martha’s parents for having the foresight to purchase a house that was right in the middle of our 
adventures! 😉 ) We started our big day with a wonderful breakfast with readers, bloggers, and authors at Fido’s, hosted by Becky Wade. I got to finally meet in person a bunch of my favorites.
That evening we attended the Christy Awards! We sat with a great group of book enthusiasts talking books, book, and more books! We heard James Rubart, Patti Callahan, and Becky Wade speak. And celebrated with all our favorites who took home a Christy.
All the winners can be found HERE.
The highlight of the evening was a tribute to Janette Oke given by her editor, Carol Johnson. Bethany House has re-released a 40th anniversary copy of Love Comes Softly, and each attendee got one! My gain is yours too! Because I already have one on my shelf, I am including a copy in my 10 Year Blogiversary Giveaway Big Box of Books!
Click HERE to go to the giveaway post
Love Comes Softly introduced the characters of Marty and Clark Davis, whose tragic circumstances brought them to a “marriage of convenience” on the frontier prairies during the mid 1800s. The story of how Clark’s patient, caring love mirrored that of the heavenly Father, drawing Marty to faith and to love, has captured the hearts and imaginations of over one million readers on Book One alone!
Janette Oke’s books are some of the earliest CF books I remember reading!