January 2025 Reading Wrap-Up

A new year, a new start to keeping up with posts! The last wrap-up I did was for September so I am happy to have a clean slate this year. I was overzealous with what I thought I could read but I ended up reading more pages this month than I have since the summer of last year. I can only go up from …

February TBR // Sharp Objects, Horror from the Deep, and a Romantic Retelling

I am manifesting this reading list! 
I have given myself a reading project to help read through my 2025 Reading List. The project is based on a color wheel so I am picking a bunch of blue, green, etc. books to read and review. My January TBR List quickly became unrealistic because I picked pretty bo…

10+ Middle Grade Books Coming Out This Winter

Technically winter isn't over so this list is still relevant! What are seasons anyway when you live in an area where it's cold two weeks out of the year? 
There are not that many books coming out this winter that I would personally read. But even so, I'm excited about the few books I'…

January TBR List // True Crime Podcasts, Food Blogs, and a Witchy Romance

It took a while for me to write my 2025 Reading List and Yearly Stats so this post is way later than I initially thought it would be. I still wanted to have something up to keep me motivated to read because look at all these books! I'm so excited when I see the cover <3I've read 3 books …

2024 Reading Stats

Last year was my trial-and-error year.
2024 was the year I got my reading mojo back.
I have been tracking my reading since 2011. This was my third-best year concerning page count and number of books read. In the last three years, I've consistently read fewer than 100 books but I finally made it a…

ARC Review // Cinderella and the Beast (or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper) by Kim Bussing

What would happen if Cinderella found herself in the beast's castle, and Beauty woke up in some evil stepmother's home? Fairy tales meet Freaky Friday in this series, where there’s a magical mix-up for every princess!Ella’s spent her life dreaming about adventure, but it’s hard to have adve…

2025 Reading List

Last year, I posted my first reading list. I had no expectations but now, I am disappointed to find that I only read 39 out of 160 books which is 24% read. Looking back, I wish I read more middle grade from that list. I am a children's librarian and those are the types of books I get excited ab…