Books with Flowers on the Cover (TBR Edition) 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 am always a sucker for book cover-related prompts so here I go as usual! I decided to fill in the “blank” on the cover with flowers because duh. I didn’t want to pull the same books you would have seen around here recently so there’s a mix of release dates below. All of these books are on my TBR.

Halloween Freebie: Creepy, Scary, Atmospheric Books 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 read a good amount of mysteries and thrillers, not a lot of horror, but I thought it would be fun to share some of the creepy or atmospheric or spooky books I’ve read. Not a ton of jump-scares in my reading life but these books gave me the creeps, had a few scary moments, or just had a great Halloween-esque atmosphere!

Books I Read or Avoided Because of the Hype 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 this one! I wrote a post a while back about books I’m afraid to read so you’ll likely see a bit of overlap on here in one of the sections, but I definitely can let the hype of a book affect my reading. READ AVOIDED  

Fall 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. If there’s one TTT you can always count on seeing from me, it’s a TBR list! Fall is my favorite season and right when I begin getting into heavier, longer books and genres other than contemporary romance and mysteries. I definitely still read those but you’ll see fantasy and even science fiction start to creep up in my reading. I’m going to arrange this one by month (release date and/or when I plan to read the book) rather than in different types of reads. I’ll let you know if the book is a review copy, highly anticipated release, or based on my mood 😉 I’m writing this post a couple of weeks before it goes live so you may have already seen some of these September reads on my “currently reading” shelf by now! September I have a bigger list for September because I’ve actually read more this month than expected and somehow have been in the mood to keep it up! I also know there’s a good chance many of these will shift into October or November, but want to stow them here for now. These ones are quick mysteries and contemporary […]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – Books with Travel 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 road trip book! I even have a Goodreads shelf where I track books like that. Many of these came off that shelf actually but a couple involve other modes of transportation (like boats, planes, etc.). These are all top reads for me so I highly recommend checking any of them out!

Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series 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 really like this prompt! I have been using a series tracker for a year or so and it’s been so helpful in tracking what books I need to read or how many series are completed/not complete yet. I decided to pick ten different random series (that have more than 3-4 books in them) that I’ve completed and enjoyed, and show my favorite book from each one!

Ten Things I Loved About… 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 week’s topic is meant to highlight the ten things you like about a certain book or series. Today, I decided to go with two separate series and discuss the five reasons I like each of them. I can’t think of ten things for one book!! Truly Devious 1. The setting The best part of this series is the Vermont boarding school full of smart kids. I absolutely love reading books set in New England and this takes the cake. Boarding school books are absolutely read-bait for me in general and the location of this one, plus the mystery at the center of the school, are so cool. 2. The cozy-ish vibes I don’t consider this a cozy mystery really but there’s something comforting about this series when you add all of these elements together. There’s just something about it that can’t be replicated for me. No other book series compares – it’s like coming home for me for some reason. It’s like Nancy Drew at boarding school. 3. The characters Stevie is a little annoying and her boyfriend is even worse, but their friend group is really at the […]

Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024 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 ended up going on a wild goose chase (well, not fully – it was somewhat successful) trying to find more fall and early winter 2024 books to add! I apparently had like zero of them on my Goodreads “tbr-unreleased” shelf. I creeped around their lists a little bit and was able to find some October/November releases. No December ones though! I’m slacking on keeping up with everything, good lord. 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 will never turn down an opportunity to share the books I’m excited to read this summer! I usually avoid including review copies but I thought I would just do a full roundup of the books I plan to read over the next few months. The Summer TBR I posted on Instagram is at the bottom of the post for a quick summary as well! (Note: I’m making this post a week early so some of these books have already been read in late May/early June.) Review Copies Most of these are coming out later in the summer but a couple are new releases that I definitely need to get to! I’ve already read ONE LAST SUMMER and generally enjoy it. By the time this post goes live, there’s a decent chance I’ve read at least 1-2 more of these. Owned/Physical Copies These are books I recently acquired and plan to read soon, primarily books published in the last month or two. I have read a couple already but the rest I’m excited to dive into! BOTM gave me some solid picks and I got a few from an indie bookstore on vacation. […]

Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read 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 haven’t done a TTT in a bit but this was definitely made for me. I used my “jazzed up for this” shelf on Goodreads to see all the fun books I was jacked up about and haven’t read yet. Without further ado, here are some of them!