Hello Readers! Happy New Year! Before we say goodbye to 2023, it’s nice to look back on our reading year and see what worked and what didn’t, what goals we met, what new bookish things we discovered, and what maybe we decided to let go. Sometimes it’s only while working on my year-end wrap-ups that …
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Top Ten Tuesday: My Favorite Books of 2023
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Favorite Books of 2023. Hello Readers! I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday and new year. I took an unplanned hiatus for personal reasons, but …
Top Ten Tuesday: Christmas Songs Book Tag Mashup 2023!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is a Freebie, so I decided to stick with my annual tradition of combining TTT and Jana’s Christmas Song Book Tag. You can check out my …
My 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! This has been my sixth year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. And I think 2023 may have been my …
Top Ten Tuesday: The Last 10 Books I Read with Water on the Covers
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Water (This can be covers with water on them, books with bodies of water in them, titles with bodies of water in them, etc.) Hello …
June 2023 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! If you take a look back at My June TBR, you’ll see I read 5 of the 7 books I had planned. My TBR changed mostly because of books on my Libby waitlist becoming available. I did read a total of 6 books and 1 short story, with a total of 2,051 pages. …
The Mid-Year Freak Out Tag of 2023
How are we already midway through 2023?! Am I on track to reach my reading goals? Is it time for me to freak out? OR am I doing better than I think? I’m hoping this tag will put everything in perspective and help me to have a better grasp on the rest of my reading …
My Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2023 Mid-Year Update
Hello Readers! This is my sixth year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. There’s an informative Goodreads group, as well as a …
Book Review | Happy Place by Emily Henry
Title: Happy PlaceAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: RomancePublishes On: April 25, 2023Publisher: Penguin Random House UKSource: physicalPages: 388 Synopsis: A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in collegeβthey go together like salt …
My June 2023 TBR
Hello Readers! I have another ambitious TBR for June, which includes mostly ARCs and re-reads, but two new books, as well. I’m hoping to cross off the final books on My Spring TBR, get started on my #20BooksOfSummer23 Challenge, and continue to cross off prompts from My Popsugar Challenge. If you look back at My …