I’m back with my second half of the year anticipated releases list! I decided to break my list in half this year since there are usually a good amount of fall releases that aren’t granted covers or even announcements until closer to their release date and I didn’t want to
I did something I usually try very hard not to do when it comes to book hauling, but I bought a couple of full series without having read the first book. Here’s the thing, indie romance authors are getting picked up by traditional publishers in droves which means that the
I unexpectedly acquired a huge amount of books in February but it wasn’t completely my fault! Many of them were preordered special editions, gifted by Andrew for Valentine’s Day or ARCs/finished copies from publishers. I’m honestly hoping this is my highest volume book haul of the year since I’m really trying
I’m happy to report that having a TBR for February worked out very well for me! Of the six books I planned on reading, I managed to read five of them and as predicted, that was largely determined by my library loans. Because there’s an expiration date on loans, I’ve
Some of these books will be repeated from my 2023 most anticipated list, but January has so many new releases that I’m excited to have a space to share more of the books I can’t wait to read with you! This is going to be a particularly long list because of
It was so hard to narrow down my list to only 12 books but I feel really good about the ones I have listed below! Part of the reason that I decided to draw a hard line for myself at 12 books is because I want to do a post
I can’t believe it took me until April to put together my best of 2021 book list, but here we are. Better late than never, right? In no surprise, the bulk of my list consists of fantasy books though I do have a couple of romance, thriller and non-fiction picks
This was a BIG month for book purchasing for me. Mostly because I sprung for an eBay listing for the FairyLoot special editions of Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare. They were the only books I felt were truly missing from my Shadowhunter shelves and now
My favorite end of year list to compile each year is my best books of the year list. These are books that I read during the year and loved, though they weren’t necessarily released in 2020. I’m going to be posting a more in depth look at my reading year
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