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 July was brutal. I managed to get on track and then immediately fell off the rails again. I know part of it was because I had a weekend away for a bachelorette, but I did manage to finish my audiobook during the drive. My biggest issue is that I wasn’t really reading any books at night on my Kindle. I just was never in the mood to pick it up and DNFed one I was reading. Review Copies   I did a horrible job of reading on my Kindle in July like I said, so there are a ton of overdue review copies, along with upcoming ones I want to read soon. Here’s just a big list of recent and upcoming egalleys I have to read! August Releases   There are a few big August releases and I guarantee I’ll be reading at least two of them, but definitely the Karin Slaughter. I loved the first book and have been eagerly anticipating the follow-up. I also really enjoyed Riley Sager’s book last summer (no one else did lol) so I’m excited to keep going with his new releases. I was […]

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 My goal for this summer – and ideally June if I could help it – was to get back on track for my reading challenge. There was a small series of summery KU novellas I was hoping to read in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible and I did manage to read all of those in June! Summerween   This year’s summerween begins July 3rd and I’m really hoping to get some great reading done on the beach in Maine like I usually do for Summerween! We’ll be going up on the 1st to visit my parents and returning on the 6th, so there will be at least a couple/few beach days in there, along with reading on their patio. Just need my dogs to be lazy and cooperative by laying around in the sun 😉 Read a book in the dark or at night: I usually pick a Kindle book for this one and I currently have HEATHER on hold from Libby. Unfortunately I also got impatient and bought a physical copy lol. I also have HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB as a bonus option for this prompt […]

I’m someone who lovesss a seasonal TBR and a reading challenge. When you combine the two for a great reading season – summertime – I’m definitely going to get on board. I’m joining two challenges and tracking them on Storygraph, so I thought I would share here and cover some TBR options based on what I hope to read this summer. Book Clurb Some gals I know in real life have an in-person Book Clurb and I think this is the second year of their summer reading challenge. I enjoyed it last time and hope to complete it this year!   Read a book by a debut author: IF BOOKS COULD KILL is the main one that I know for sure is by a debut author and I’d like to read my review copy ASAP Read a book set during summer: There are a ton of books set in summer so just know that the vast majority of the books you see here will work for this prompt lol I added OUR PERFECT STORM specifically here for it Read a recommendation from a friend: I’ve had THE NAME GAME on my physical TBR for a few months now and I saw a bookstagram friend recommend it for summer reading this year Read a book without reading the synopsis: I could do DOLLY ALL THE TIME for this one because while I definitely read the synopsis a long time ago, I randomly started the audiobook this week without re-reading it… which […]

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. June TBR May was a little better from a quantity perspective. I did a pretty good job of reading review copies and some TBR books too. June will have some leftovers and also get into the new/upcoming releases for summertime. Really hoping to get back on track with my reading numbers. Review Copies I read all three books on my review copy TBR for May! Great work by me for once. I have some June and July releases I definitely plan to prioritize immediately, including THE SINKING SEASON, ROMANTIC HERO, LIES BETWEEN US, and IF BOOKS COULD KILL. New/Recent Releases incl. Preorders I can’t believe I missed the boat on requesting a review copy of DOLLY ALL THE TIME since I’ve gotten the last few of hers from Netgalley. Regardless, I went ahead and requested this in all three formats from the library 😉 I preordered THE SOMEDAY GARDEN since I also apparently haven’t requested Poston’s books lately either lol. I saw Jenn Bennett’s newest book THE SUMMER OF LOST THINGS is on Kindle Unlimited so you better believe I downloaded that right away. Series Binge I only read one of these […]

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 April was yet another weird month, with me trying to keep up with my challenge and completely failing. I feel like I wasn’t in the mood to read anything! I ended up getting through a few of the Emma M. Lion books because they involved very little brainpower but it wasn’t great for keeping up with my TBR. Here’s hoping May looks better… and I’m going to finish that series to get it over with! lol Review Copies    I did a really bad job with review copies in April but there are quite a few on my radar for May. I decided to keep it tight since I know I’ll be reading a lot on my Kindle for one of the TBR sections below. ONCE AND AGAIN, STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, and THE ANNIVERSARY are probably the big ones to get to soon. New/Recent Releases incl. Preorders I have a copy of THISTLEMARSH from the library on my Kindle and also the audiobook, so I’d really like to get to that soon. I’ve preordered some books by authors I love, like Carley Fortune, Sarah Dessen (her first book in […]

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 March was a better month though there were a couple of short books in there! I hope to continue that series and add to my progress. As of now, I’m on track with my reading challenge. Review Copies I have more review copies upcoming than I thought! I really hope I can keep on track. Most of these are April books but there’s at least one May book because I’m excited to read it and may jump the line lol. New or Popular Releases   I decided to consolidate this section because it’s kind of a mix of physical books I own, preordered, or have coming soon, among other things. I’m currently reading the new FINLAY DONOVAN book and the third EMMA M. LION book. I got into the Emma series on a whim because everyone’s been loving them and they’re fun to read at bedtime on my Kindle. I preordered AGNES AUBERT and got ADRIFT from my last book box so I definitely want to read them soon. And finally, THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF and THIS WEEKEND DOESN’T END WELL FOR ANYONE are coming this month via BOTM or […]

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 February was a rough reading month but I’ll blame it on the new puppy. I really wanted to get back on track in March but that proved to be a bit challenging initially (yes we’re fully 4 days into the month now). Review Copy & Book Club   I know that I had a bunch of review copies for February and didn’t knock it out of the park but I want to read PARADISE COAST this month at minimum. Not even going to try more. I’ve already started it but am having trouble getting into it. I completely forgot about book club this month but luckily this TBR post reminded me. We’re reading THE PLOT, which has been on my list for a long time. I have a random ARC of this that I got from someone so I’ll probably pick that up and assume it’s similar to the finished copy lol. Physical Copies   I knew I wanted to read a few Veronica Speedwell books this year so this felt like the right time to read the second book. I’m currently reading this one as well. I also picked […]