Category: Book Lists

September TBR

Posted August 30, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 0 Comments
September TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. September TBR I was generally okay in August but had some stretches where I didn’t read very much. September is typically a tough reading month for me because it’s my birthday and usually I do a lot of things to enjoy the end of summer and hopefully some fall-like weather. You’ll definitely also see a lot of holdovers from last month… Egalleys    I have some already published egalleys I didn’t include here even though I definitely should do a recap on that at some point. I had THE EXAMINER and TILL DEATH DO US PART on here last month and I’m kind of shocked to still have the former on my TBR. I thought I would have read it asap because of how much I love Hallett. I just had a lot of mysteries to read in August and it meant that I couldn’t double up with my formats like I do. I also hope to maybe get ahead with REMEMBER ME TOMORROW since it publishes in October. Preordered & New Releases       Again, the first three are from last month. I definitely assumed I’d get to them but alas. […]

Ranking Books by Favorite Authors | Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Posted August 22, 2024 / Book Lists, Features / 2 Comments
Ranking Books by Favorite Authors | Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I thought this was going to be a more common series on my blog but I basically wrote one post and never tried it again! The idea came from the late Grace at Rebel Mommy Book Blog. I still miss her positivity in the book community and hope I can keep doing this post justice! Previous installments include Sandhya Menon, Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Christina Lauren. Today I’ll be featuring… Jennifer Lynn Barnes I wrote my review for the latest Jennifer Lynn Barnes book and realized that she’s definitely one of my favorite authors. I always forget that she wrote one of my favorite YA duologies THE FIXER – that series is due for a resurgence like THE NATURALS has gotten! I’m not going to rank series (since that’s what she usually writes!) – I’m going to actually rank individual books across all of her series, much like I did in the TTT the other day. 5 Stars The Long Game // Clearly JLB knows how to finish a series! The sequel to THE FIXER is one of my favorite books by her. I just remember wishing she’d continue this series and let’s hold out hope she could if people start reading it again, okay?? The Final Gambit // I really enjoyed the way she initially wrapped up THE INHERITANCE GAMES series, before writing some spinoffs. I think it had a super satisfying ending with lots of final twists along the way. 4.5 Stars The Fixer // If you actually look at average […]

Most Anticipated Reads of 2023 – How Did I Do?

Posted August 15, 2024 / Book Lists, Features / 2 Comments
Most Anticipated Reads of 2023 – How Did I Do?

I started to draft this post AGES ago and decided I’d finally finish it up… now that we’re more than halfway through 2024 lol. There are always a few “most anticipated” posts on the blog each year to pull from so let’s see how I did. Did I actually read all the books I thought I would? Overall Stats 39 books on my most anticipated lists for 2023 Read 17 books (44%) | Didn’t read 22 books (56%) Ratings of books read: 5 stars = 3 books = 18% 4.5 stars = 4 books = 24% 4 stars = 9 books = 53% 2.5 stars = 1 book = 5% Books I Managed to Read Overall, a pretty good job here! I feel like the books I did read are not surprising: they’re by favorite authors that I never miss, or the premise was THAT exciting to me that I knew I’d certainly read it. 13 out of the 17 completed books were authors I’d read and loved books from before. 5 Stars 4.5 Stars 4 Stars Under 4 Stars Books I Didn’t Get to There are a lot of books on here lol I think again the main issue with MOST of these were that they were new-to-me authors, or authors I haven’t had success with in a while but used to love. For example, I DNFed my last Kasie West book so I was nervous to read this one.

August TBR

Posted August 1, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 0 Comments
August TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. August TBR I did a good job of keeping on track in July for the most part and hopefully will keep rolling with a lot of fast-paced thrillers in August. I’d love to get ahead on my reading this summer so I can read some bigger/longer books later on. It seems like the bulk of the books on my TBR are mystery/thrillers or suspense so hopefully I can find a way to include some romances! Woof. Egalleys – ARC August   I have some already published egalleys I didn’t include here even though I definitely should do a recap on that at some point. I hope to read A NOVEL LOVE STORY finally (despite its mid reviews) and know for a fact I’ll be getting in some favorite mystery authors this month too. I usually participate in ARC August, where I want the vast majority of my reads to be review copies in the month. There’s a decent chance I make it happen because I can guarantee a few of these will get read… let’s say my ARC August goal is that 1/3 of my books this month are review copies. Preordered […]

Christmas in July: Upcoming 2024 Holiday Books

Posted July 31, 2024 / Book Lists, Features / 0 Comments
Christmas in July: Upcoming 2024 Holiday Books

I’m really sneaking this in right at the end of the month because honestly time has not been REAL this year! I can’t believe we’re at the end of July already. I still thought it would be helpful to some folks to write my upcoming holiday releases post, even if it’s half-assed with no links or descriptions. Contemporary Holiday/Christmas Romance       Holiday-Themed Fantasies Christmas Mysteries

July TBR

Posted July 2, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 0 Comments
July TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. July TBR I can’t believe I forgot my June TBR post! I did do my summer TBR for TTT recently so that is partially true at least. I’m excited to participate in Summerween so that TBR is below and will make up a good amount of my reads for the entire month if I don’t finish. Egalleys    I have a lot of egalleys from previous months but focusing in on a few here that come out in the next month or so. There are a couple more but you’ll see them in the Summerween post below. June-July Releases    I’ve acquired a number of books in the last month and again, most are in the TBR below. A few of these come out at the very end of the month and I’ve preordered them. The others I already own. Summerween As I mentioned, any books I don’t finish from Summerween are going to be read throughout the rest of the month and fit into other categories in my normal TBR.

Ranking Books by Favorite Authors | Christina Lauren

Posted May 13, 2024 / Book Lists, Features / 1 Comment
Ranking Books by Favorite Authors | Christina Lauren

I thought this was going to be a more common series on my blog but I basically wrote one post and never tried it again! The idea came from the late Grace at Rebel Mommy Book Blog. I still miss her positivity in the book community and hope I can keep doing this post justice! Previous installments include Sandhya Menon and Rachel Lynn Solomon. Today I’ll be featuring… Christina Lauren I was inspired after finishing their latest perfect release to finally do an installment for Christina Lauren! I’ll be honest – I’m not like my friends who have been reading their books since the Beautiful Bastards days. I joined in reading their books soonafter they made the switch to their current rom-com style. I’ve had a ton of success with their books in general and have essentially loved all 9 of them. 5 Stars The Paradise Problem // This review is coming soon. I have to be honest, their last two releases have been my favorites by them! I loved everything about this book and hope they keep writing books set in tropical locations forever. So many excellent tropes in here! Fake dating, marriage of convenience, super rich family/inheritance, artist and heir… everything! The True Love Experiment // I loved this companion novel to THE SOULMATE EQUATION even more than its predecessor. There was just something about it that totally hooked me. I liked the reality TV show element and that the “third act breakup” was very different here. 4.5 Stars The Soulmate […]

May TBR

Posted May 8, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 0 Comments
May TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. May TBR I got behind in April, as expected, because it was generally a busy month… plus we went to Disney. Pretty sure I read like 2% of one book on that trip. You’ll see a lot of holdovers from April on here. Egalleys   Yep, didn’t read any of these. I’m not necessarily behind but a lot of these are publishing very soon or published within the last month. I’m adding a few more upcoming ones because I know I’ll be reading them too. ONE LAST SUMMER is the book I started on my trip but then I put it aside temporarily to read FUNNY STORY. May Releases I’ve been a big Carley Fortune and Christina Lauren fan for a while so these two new releases are on my radar for sure. And thanks to BOTM and their early copies, I’ve already started (maybe even finished by the time this goes live) THE PARADISE PROBLEM. Owned / Physical Copies   I didn’t read a lot of owned books in March because I focused on egalleys, but still managed to cross off at least one from March’s TBR! I’m keeping THE SPLIT […]

April TBR

Posted April 1, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 0 Comments
April TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. April TBR I had a very successful Netgalley March, where I read 5 total egalleys and got myself back up to 70%! I hope to keep on top of them and really limit my requests to only books by favorite authors. Let’s see how I balance everything in April with new releases and owned books as well. Egalleys   I have a couple of holdovers from last month but am overall pleased with egalley progress, as I mentioned. I still need to read THE MAIN CHARACTER and CANADIAN BOYFRIEND this month, and I’m adding THE FINDERS KEEPERS LIBRARY and ONE LAST SUMMER to April’s TBR. Preordered for April   I have THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE preordered and can guarantee I’ll be reading it as soon as possible when it arrives. Same goes for FUNNY STORY, which comes out toward the end of the month. Should be a nice treat to get my reading back on track after a busy Disney trip, where I probably won’t read most of the days! Owned / Physical Copies   I didn’t read a lot of owned books in March because I focused on egalleys, but […]

March TBR

Posted February 29, 2024 / Book Lists, Features, TBR Lists / 1 Comment
March TBR

My monthly TBR feature here shows my progress based on last month’s TBR, my plans for this month, and anything else I might be thinking about from a reading perspective. Sometimes I feature a little poll at the bottom so you guys can help me figure out a certain title I should read from a group of books. March TBR I was doing great with not requesting a ton of egalleys but I got wild in February. I managed to squeeze in two of them at the end of February but I decided that March is going to be FILLED with review copies so I can get back on track. Here’s my TBR for the month! Egalleys   I’m going to try to read all of these in the month… even though there isn’t a great mix of genres! I have been definitely missing my mystery/thriller books after reading a ton of fantasy and romance in Jan/Feb. I plan to finally get to CANADIAN BOYFRIEND for my romance pick. The mystery books to read are FINLAY DONOVAN, THEOTHER LOLA, KILL FOR ME KILL FOR YOU, EVERYONE IS WATCHING, and THE MAIN CHARACTER. Owned / Physical Books   I haven’t read any Hazlelwood yet but for some reason this one is really intriguing me. My sister let me borrow her copy of BRIDE so I’m hoping to give it a shot next month! I preordered THE SPLIT and purchased FAEBOUND recently so I do hope to get to those as well.