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Book Review: The Cursed Queen’s Daughter, Elly Blake
This is the second installment in the Thirstwood series. Surprisingly, I ended up enjoying this one so much more than the first book. Book one in the series was a fun, interesting read, but nothing to truly rave about… but this book made me want to recommend the entire series!
New books I’m looking forward to this winter
I’ve scoured the internet for all of the new releases from Q1 of this year and made a list of some of them that I’m looking forward to most based on my reading tastes. These books are definitely going to be added to my TBR—an ever growing list of all of the things I want to read soon.
Everything I hope to read in January
TBR stands for To Be Read. And this list encompasses everything I’m planning to read in January 2026. I average about 9 books a month, so this TBR might be a little ambitious.
My 2026 digital reading journal 📓✏️
On my Bookstagram account I recently posted a reel of me setting up my 2026 Digital Reading Journal, but I wanted to share my spreads on the blog here too in case it helps others by providing some inspiration. This is only my second year doing a Reading Journal. Both times I have used my iPad via apps like Procreate and Paper to create a journal that I love to use to track some of my reading. I find that a Reading Journal is a great creative outlet even though I still like to use dedicated apps like Goodreads and Fable for actual statistics and long term tracking of what I’m reading and what I plan to read. Having a Reading Journal just allows me to scratch that creative list and view my reads in a different way (even if it’s a little redundant with what I’m tracking on apps).
Book Review: Cover Story, Mhairi McFarlane
I rated this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A huge thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for sharing an advanced readers copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.
I’m having a hard time putting into words how I personally feel about this book. I can tell that McFarlane is an excellent writer, but sometimes I felt as if the British terminology and current topics were going right over my head. In the end, those tidbits didn’t mean much to the book, but for me they took away from the experience. I gave this book 4 stars still though because even with those removed moments within the writing/story that I just couldn’t quite understand, the characters and plot were still amazing.
Book Review: Soul Searching, by Lyla Sage
Here for the vibes, but a little bit bored. I rated this book 3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A huge thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for sharing an advanced readers copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.
Firstly, I want to start by saying what I liked about this book: magical realism without any explanation, the spooky vibes that honestly I wound up wanting more of, and the Cartwright family whom I’m officially obsessed with.
April Recap
April was a month of few accomplishments, but it was a month with much going on. Looking back through my calendar, scrolling through my camera roll, and glancing back at my vlogs on our YouTube channel, I am able to see that I really got a lot done during this past month which makes me happy and content. I have things I want to strive towards this May, and I look back and appreciate April for how it’s pushed me forward.
a new year's book haul
One of my goals for 2019 (and every year for that matter) is to read more. I always start off so strong at the beginning of the new year, and then taper off and forget to read as the months go by. This year is probably not going to be any different, but I’m still really pumped to be getting back into reading now.
Starting off the new year means rushing to Barnes & Nobel to buy all of the books which will inspire me to read. I’ve also collected a few from Half Priced Books over the past couple of months, so I will show those here as well.
Andrew's Brain | book review
I'm just surprised by how many positive reviews there are on this book. As I've been skimming over some, I realized that E.L. Doctorow is a known and well liked author, and I am curious to know if that is the reason that people are liking this book. Do they just accept that it's good because they've had previously pleasant experiences with this author?
A lost vlog
As you know, we're back on the vlogging game, but we still have some catching up to do. We have a few days worth of clips that just need to be shared with the world, so we created this quick and quirky "lost vlog." It's a video full of lost clips that never got shared.
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