Top 5 morally grey protagonists
I’m drawn to characters who make questionable decisions for reasons I can understand, even when I’m yelling at them through the page. These five morally grey protagonists aren’t secretly perfect heroes. They’re complicated, occasionally terrible and far too compelling for their own good.
Top 5 cute covers
Apparently I have a type... and it's books, baked goods, witches, magical creatures, and whimsical illustrated covers. These are five books that made me smile before I even read the blurb—and yes, I absolutely judged them by their covers.
Top 5 anticipated books Jul-Sep 2026
Reading books and buying books are two very different hobbies, and this publishing schedule isn't helping. Here are the July to September 2026 releases I'm counting down to, from long-awaited sequels to one very exciting chaos goblin spin-off.
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q3 2025
My reading schedule may be more aspiration than plan, but these are the books I was am excited to pick up during the second half of 2025.
Top 5 non-human characters
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 non-human characters!! Umm, about five years ago, when Shanah was taking a hiatus and just before T5T found its home here, I decided to just do my own T5T posts. And one week I did a top 5 non-cat cats post. Now, you might be saying “wtf…
Top 5 books about found family
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books about found family!! Found family is one of those magical plot devices to give characters the family they need, but didn’t get. It builds them up to become more well-rounded, while providing them an opportunity to be vulnerable with someone. Or multiple someones. Plus sometimes it’s…
WWW Wednesday — 14 August 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 14 August 2024!! 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 have been reading……
WWW Wednesday — 7 August 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 7 August 2024!! 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 have been reading……
Top 5 historical fantasy rom-coms
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is a freebie, but I am doing top 5 historical fantasy rom-coms!! So, you know how my fave specific genre is fairy tale retellings. Especially anything to do with Slavic mythology. Well, I might have just found a new genre to eclipse that. And no, I’m not joking. See, I’ve…
August 2024 TBR
Hello friends!! Welcome to the August 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to take my best guess at what I will feel like reading for the month of August. I am pretty sure that I failed miserably from my July 2024 TBR post. I finished ONE book, and started ONE other. Of which I’m currently about a quarter…
Top 5 anticipated reads for Q3 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 anticipated reads for Q3 2024!! Or, books that I can’t wait to buy that come out in July, August and September 2024. Which is too long of a title, hence the shortened version. Am I already drowning in books? Yes. Does that affect me wanting to buy…
Top 5 books I will definitely* read in 2024
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books I will definitely* read in 2024!! Because this is a post I definitely* keep every year… *cough* In case you’re new around here, this is a post I seem to do most years (2023, 2022, and 2021), and there are still books from each year that…
WWW Wednesday — 3 January 2024
Hello bookworms!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 3 January 2024!! And also another type of post that I haven’t done since 2022. Look, 2023 was a whole time, ok? 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…
