Top 5 books of 2026… so far
Looking for the best books of 2026 so far? These are my five favourite reads of the year, from mythological fantasy and cosy adventures to heartfelt romance. Every one of these stories stayed with me long after I turned the final page.
April 2026 reading wrap up
A month of mystery houses, romance, fantasy, and a game that completely consumed my attention. Here's everything I read, loved, and occasionally side-eyed in April 2026.
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2026
My reading plans rarely survive contact with reality, but these are the books I'm most excited to pick up over the next few months. Let's see how many I actually manage to read.
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2025
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Q2 2025!! Friends, IT IS TIME!! I know I’ve been talking about this book since January 2022, including making my anticipated reads list for Q2 and Q3 in 2024, but it’s FINALLY here!! Silverborn, by Jessica Townsend is finally arriving. And I am SO…
Top 5 old-to-me authors of 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 old-to-me authors of 2024!! OK, so I am fully aware that ‘old authors’ sounds not so great. Mainly because no one wants to be thought of as OLD. However, we always do a top 5 new authors, and last year I thought “why aren’t we celebrating our…
Top 5 books that made me sob in 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is a freebie, and I am writing about the top 5 books that made me sob in 2024!! I don’t know about anyone else, but if a book makes me sob my eyes out, it’s automatically a favourite. Yes, if I am reaching for the tissues because I can barely…
Top 5 books with small town vibes
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with small town vibes!! We’ve got a kind of travel-based theme this month. And small town vibes are sweet and lovely. Although as someone who has lived in a small town (and by small town I really mean village — about 250 people) there is a…
Top 5 books of 2024… so far
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books of 2024… so far!! It has arrived. The halfway point (almost) of 2024. I think the actual halfway point is closer to like 2 or 3 July (or something), but we’re doing a different topic that day. And as of like, maybe 2022 (I could check,…
2024 reading firsts book tag
Hello friends!! I should have posted this two months ago, but alas, here we are in April insted. Today’s post is a book tag that I’ve been seeing around the traps called the 2024 reading firsts book tag. The name of the game is to go through some prompts and list the first read or book of 2024 that fits.…
WWW Wednesday — 17 January 2024
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 17 January 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words (I have now checked, and can confirm that Sam still hosts this — HUZZAH!), where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And,…
WWW Wednesday — 10 January 2024
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 10 January 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words (I am honestly just assuming that Sam still hosts this), where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think…
January 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the first TBR that I have done in over a year, the January 2024 TBR. Yes, it’s finally happened. I have cracked under the weight of my extensive TBR (now sitting at a whopping 545 physical books) and will be putting actual TBRs into place each month. Until I either forget about them, or run off…
Top 5 books of 2022… so far
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books of 2022… so far! I don’t know about you all, but I am having a HARD TIME wrapping my brain around the fact that we are halfway through the year already. Like, how is it the end of June 2022?! My tiny little brain cannot fathom…
Top 5 books with a holiday
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with a holiday. Huh… I feel like maybe the June topics are really starting to line up. Because I really want a holiday and this is a welcome distraction!! It’s proper winter here now, and it is COLD. And I know I technically went on a…
April 2022 book haul
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the April 2022 book haul!! A monthly post where I talk about all the books that I hauled in the previous month. This year there won’t be any shaming for buying excess than my haul goals. In saying that, my haul goals this year are to only buy books I will read immediately, so that’s a…
Top 5 books about a death
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about a death. Thankfully this topic is easier again than last week. Death is one of those BIG topics that authors tend to write about, and I understand why. Grief is such a powerful emotion. The need to talk about it to work through feelings can…
WWW Wednesday – 6 April 2022
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 6 April 2022!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I read!
April 2022 TBR
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the April 2022 TBR post!! A monthly post where I talk about all the books that I plan to read in the next month. You may have noticed that I didn’t write a TBR for March. That’s because all the books I thought I would read in February (but didn’t) then got bumped to March. And…
WWW Wednesday – 30 March 2022
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 30 March 2022!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I read!
Top 5 books with thrones
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with thrones. Yes, we are in March and doing another scavenger hunt!! Yay!! Except, I have no idea why I thought thrones would be a good prompt. I have been wracking my brain for a week trying to come up with 5, and it was HARD.…
Top 5 books with doorways
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with doorways. Which means… we are in March!! Doing… another scavenger hunt!! Which I hope you are pleased about. Personally, I’m wrecked from being back in the office. It’s 11:30 pm and I’m just starting this post. (Oops?!) Also, I’ve been reading House of Earth and…
Top 5 books of 2021
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to the last official Top 5 Tuesday of 2021!! Which means that this week’s topic is top 5 books of 2021!! Yes, we made it!! Most of us on time (me decidedly late for the majority of this month). I was hanging out to finish work, but that happened five days ago and I haven’t stopped since.…
September 2021 wrap up
Hello bookworms!! It’s time for the September 2021 wrap up. FINALLY!! Remember how we were catching up on things?? And it was all going so well?? And then I somehow broke my blog, and couldn’t post for over a week because I couldn’t even access it?? Yeah. That was a time. So, it looks like I did jinx myself. But…
Top 5 books with buildings or vehicles on the cover
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with buildings or vehicles on the cover. I have to say, my main goal for this week’s topic was so I could have a week to gush over the covers for The Firebird trilogy by Gray and Klune’s book. Honestly, they are some of my favourite…
