December Freebie: 2026 ARCs Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I have 11 review copies locked and loaded for 2026 already. I tried to behave myself and really only request books from favorite authors and/or ones I KNEW I would read for sure. I did go a little crazy with a couple random ones but they just sounded so good! Here they all are, in order of pub date. January February   March and April

Thanksgiving Freebie: Books I’m Thankful for This Year Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. This has been a weird and not great reading year. I feel like there have been very few favorites and five-star reads. I was constantly in a reading slump and behind on my reading goals. I know I can cut myself a little slack: I did buy a house and spend the entire summer moving between locations or packing. But still! I hope 2026 is better for me. I thought two categories are worth highlighting here – the books that occasionally broke my slump (either because they got me into reading and held my attention, or I just finished them super quickly) and the books that I did end up giving five-stars. Slump-Busters Full-length books (no cookbooks, graphic novels, or novellas) that I finished in 3 days or less Five Star Favorites    

Cozy/Atmospheric Reads Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’ve been a big fan of cozy reads in the last few years – low stakes, fun, atmospheric, and easy reading. I have a full shelf on Goodreads to track these ones if you want to see over 170 examples there. Here are some of my favorites along with some on my upcoming TBR. Cozy & Atmospheric Favorites Upcoming Cozy TBR  

Books on My Fall 2025 TBR List Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I realized I have so few books on my tbr-unreleased shelf! I have to get looking at some “anticipated releases” for the fall and winter. As usual, I thought I would just show the fall releases I have on my TBR at this point. Some I have review copies for, some I’ve preordered, and some will be library books. September Releases October Releases November Releases

Non-Bookish Freebie: Media Lately Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. Since we’ve spent the past few months moving and in between residences, we haven’t really sat down for a lot of television shows or movies. We’ve been zoning out with sports and Love Island lol. I thought I’d do a little summary of some of the non-bookish media I’ve been filling my time with: podcasts, movies, shows, etc. Sports WNBA // Once the W season starts, it’s really hard for us to watch any shows at night lol. We watch whatever games are on (especially our Connecticut Sun) and just hang out. Podcasts   Who Took Misty Copsey // I tend to listen to missing person podcasts almost exclusively, as far as true crime goes, and this has been a good one so far! My podcast feed has been pretty dry lately so I’m always happy to see this one pop up. Good Hang with Amy Poehler // I’m a big fan of Amy but admittedly only listen to the episodes with guests that I’m interested in. I still have a few in my queue. Amy does a great job with her questions and style of podcast. I’m loving it. TV Shows Love […]

Books with a High Page Count Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I don’t read as many long books as other fantasy readers – I tend to get intimidated and focus too often on quantity to meet my Goodreads girl vs. enjoying a few long reads each year. One of my goals for 2024 was to allow myself to pick a lower challenge number and read a few bricks, but that hasn’t really happened! The longest book I’ve read in 2024 was nearly 600 pages and I read two others above 500. Here are some of my favorite long books I’ve read (literally all of them sequels in a fantasy or science fiction series) and a few on my TBR! Favorite Long Books   Long Books on my TBR      

Beach Reads Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I love a good beach read during the summer. I really try to prioritize these each summer but as always, the season gets away from me. This happens during the fall and winter when I want to read fantasy books and never do lol. I thought I would split this between some recent reads that I’d recommend for your beach-time reading while we still have time, and the books I hope to squeeze in August and early September! Recent Faves While IT’S A LOVE STORY isn’t my fave Monaghan, it still was a four-star read and very enjoyable this summer. DEAD OF SUMMER is my one mystery/thriller rec from this summer because it definitely fits the beach read vibe if you’re not a romance reader. I always enjoy a Maxwell though I don’t know if everyone else does! ONE GOLDEN SUMMER was such a perfect, classic summer read – Fortune is an auto-buy now. I’ll always recommend an Emily Henry and GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE is no exception. It’s not the most summer-forward compared to other books because of the historical aspect to it but it absolutely has those elements (beach town, warm […]

Books Set in Connecticut and Maine Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I track book settings on Goodreads shelves and two of them are books set in Connecticut and books set in Maine. These are my two “home states” for the most part and I love reading books that are there! I thought I would share some books in those two settings. These are all books I’ve read and recommend! Connecticut Books Maine Books

Anticipated Reads for EOY (Jul-Dec) Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I love posts like this to see what is going on for the remainder of the year. I’m surprised to see I currently have no books planned for December but I’m sure they’ll pop up as the year progresses! I usually don’t include my egalleys on here because they’re not “anticipated” when I have them on my ereader, right? But I like advertising all the goods! Note: I already read DEAD OF SUMMER by Jessa Maxwell – that would be featured in my July section otherwise. I drafted this in early July so there’s a chance more books get read before this goes live too 😉 July   August   September   October   November

Summer TBR Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’ve posted a number of summery things lately (summer reading challenges, summery books on my general reading list, and summer TBR/bucket list) but thought I would use this TTT to share the summer TBR graphic I shared on Instagram.