The Readathin readathon is coming back in May! I love this readathon, and how it combines reading prompts and self-care / activity prompts. I don't know for sure what I'll be reading for this, but I'll be combining Readathin and Wyrd & Wonder again so expect a lot of fantasy reads! (Well, plus at least… Continue reading Readathin Is Returning In May!
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Mini Reviews: The Silmarillion, Says Who? & How To Be Okay
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkiscover art by Alan Leeedited by Christopher Tolkien Published by Harper Collins in 2023Originally published in 1977Genre: adult epic fantasy Tropes & themes: creation myth ◊ betrayal ◊ epic fantasy adventure storiesCW: death, betrayal, etc. Recommended for: hardcore Tolkien fans only... I can't honestly recommend this to… Continue reading Mini Reviews: The Silmarillion, Says Who? & How To Be Okay
Top Ten Tuesday ~ 2026 Anticipated Books (part 2 of 4)
Here are more soon-to-be published books I am interested in! These all release in the second quarter of 2026, so from April to June. Some of them I have already pre-ordered, including one that came out today and I have already received. Unlike usual, this time I actually limited myself to just the 20 books I was most interested in to share with you. (I had MANY more on my list.) Hopefully something among these 20 will pique your interest!
Linkity Wishes for April Showers
I wish that I could expect to get spring showers this year, but I'm writing this intro in the middle of a heat wave and rain is looking unlikely for the near future. I really dislike these weather changes. Spring rains were one of my favorite seasonal things when I was a kid, and we… Continue reading Linkity Wishes for April Showers
Mini Reviews: Between the Lines, Three Bags Full, & Finn Family Moomintroll
Between the Lines (Between the Lines #1) by Jodi Picoult & Samantha van Leer illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert and Scott M. Fischercover design by Jeanne M. Lee Published by Simon & Schuster in 2012Genre: young adult fantasy romance Tropes & themes: book about books ◊ fairy tales ◊ family & loneliness & belongingCW: divorced families… Continue reading Mini Reviews: Between the Lines, Three Bags Full, & Finn Family Moomintroll
Reading Recap: March 2026
Ah, March... I spent a full half of the month being some degree of sick. Sadly, these days I've found that any time I get a regular boring cold it ends up triggering my asthma as I'm getting over the cold itself, and then I spend another week having an asthma flare-up. Very annoying. Between… Continue reading Reading Recap: March 2026
Series Mini Review: Manners and Monsters
I finished a series! I have to be honest, my decision to read this whole series close togther was greatly helped by the fact that the books fit SO MANY prompts for the HRCYED challenge I'm doing, but I had wanted to read them all anyway. That challenge was just the nudge that got me… Continue reading Series Mini Review: Manners and Monsters
Mini Reviews: The Book of Tea, Hidden Lives of Owls, & Nobody’s Baby
The Book of Tea: Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic by Kakuzo Okakura photography by Daniel Proctor Published by Tuttle Publishing in 2018Originally published in 1906Genre: non-fiction Tropes & themes: TEA! ◊ overview of taoism & zen ◊ Eastern vs. Western aestheticsRecommended for: readers interested in a brief history of tea, and a meditation on… Continue reading Mini Reviews: The Book of Tea, Hidden Lives of Owls, & Nobody’s Baby
March 2026 Great Series Read Update
I've had "focus on series books!" as a goal for years. Sometimes it's a more nebulous goal, other times it's very concrete. But I've been wanting to get my series reads better under control for a long time. That is why I have the various blog pages of my Series Shakedown which I (try to)… Continue reading March 2026 Great Series Read Update
Reading Recap: February 2026
Reading has been up, down, and sideways this month. The only thing I read which I had planned to, really, was Ancillary Mercy. Beyond that, I had other plans for the month, and none of them went quite the way I had intended. I DNFed a book I was excited about (Death of the Author),… Continue reading Reading Recap: February 2026
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