Category: Features

Most Anticipated 2026 Releases (January-June)

Posted January 9, 2026 in Books, Features / 0 Comments

Some of my favorite posts to do each year are my most anticipated releases posts, and then look back on them to see how many I actually ended up reading (and how much I liked them!) 2026 seems to be STACKED with great upcoming releases (and honestly some of my most anticipated don’t even come out until the second half of the year!) Oxford Blood | I love a good thriller, I love a good book set in college, and I love the UK so this all = what should be a perfect pick for me! The Younger Gods | […]

January 2026 TBR

Posted January 7, 2026 in Books, Features, TBR / 0 Comments

Ah, the beginning of the year when a new TBR means a fresh start and we’re not yet crushed under the weight of our increasingly unattainable Goodreads Challenge 😀 In all seriousness, I enjoy making my monthly TBRs, and I find when I make the effort to make them I am pretty likely to read a majority of them! I’m taking a bit of a different approach this year than in years past: instead of just selecting books based on my mood or release date, I’m adding in a randomly selected library and KU title. I feel like when I […]

The Top Five Books I Read in 2025

Posted January 4, 2026 in Books, Features / 0 Comments

While I didn’t read as much as I hope this year (as I say every year) these are the top 5 books from the 50+ that I read. They are in no particular order, though I will give some shout outs to honorable mentions at the end! Phantasma | Caraval but make it dark, spicy, and actually interesting. I am always intrigued by books that riff on heaven/hell/biblical things, and I love a white haired MMC. This is more on the pranormal side of Romantasy and I just loved it- the gothic New Orleans setting, the FMC and MMC were […]

January 2025 TBR

Posted January 10, 2025 in Features, TBR / 0 Comments

I’m excited to be back with making structured TBRs for 2025! I sort of fell off doing this in 2024 after March because I got pregnant and understandably other things took priority. But in those first three months of 2024 I was reading pretty much everything on my TBR and then some, and I felt like picking 6 books to hold myself accountable to worked well! Last year I made sure I had one book “per category,” but this year I’m being more flexible and just picking the top 6 priority books regardless of categories (hence the 3 ARCs on […]

Top 5 Books of 2024

Posted January 9, 2025 in Book Recommendations & Lists, Books, Features / 2 Comments

Another year in the books! Most of my top reads this year were in the first half of the year, as the second half was dominated by pregnancy and baby books. These are in no particular order, except for Quicksilver being number uno. Quicksilver | You know that GIF of Lady Gaga that’s like “terrific, fantastic, phenomenal, iconic” etc? That’s how I feel about this book. Is it super original? No. I haven’t written my review yet but in many ways it felt like it could’ve started as ACOMAF fanfiction, but it was still so so good and captivated me […]

March 2024 TBR

Posted March 3, 2024 in Features, TBR / 0 Comments

While I was so proud of myself for reading EVERYTHING on my TBR in January, I wasn’t quite so lucky in February (HOFAS realllllllly sucked up the first third of an already short month). Therefore, I do have a few carry overs from February in my March TBR. KU: Pucking Around | A carry over from February, this book is super long for a contemporary romance (700+ pages, I think). I started this one in February but there was no hope of me finishing in time given the short month KU: Caught Up | I read The Right Move in […]

February 2024 TBR

Posted February 3, 2024 in Features, TBR / 0 Comments

I am truly shooketh that I read every single book on my January TBR (that never happens!!) and I’m hoping I can keep that energy going throughout 2024. However, I’m not feeling too confident for February since my top priority is House of Flame and Shadow and it’s huge, so worried it might slow down my reading, especially with February being a short month! KU: Caught Up | I read The Right Move in January and adored it, and want to continue with the next book in the series while the last one is still very fresh in my mind. […]

Most Anticipated Books Releasing the First Half of 2024

Posted January 24, 2024 in Features / 0 Comments

So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls | January 16 The fact that Mean Girls is now 20 YEARS OLD makes me feel like I’m about to turn into dust XD I heard about this one from a recent video by Merrily Kristen and it’s a nonfiction book about the making of the iconic movie, which I will 100% read basic I am a basic millennial who is a sucker for nostalgia, lol House of Flame and Shadow | January 30 What is there to say that hasn’t already been said? Probably the most hyped book of the year! Bride […]

January 2024 TBR + TBR Structure for the Year

Posted January 5, 2024 in Features, TBR / 2 Comments

I always feel invigorated at the start of a new year to refresh my reading plans and how I track my reading habits, and this year I’m excited to revamp the way I structure my TBR. I currently have a lot of sources where I am accessing books (library, KU, Spotify, my own collection, etc) and I want to make sure I am leveraging all of these sources as much as possible. Therefore, I’ve decided to split my TBR each month into 6 sources: Library books (can be e-books or audio) Kindle Unlimited My own physical TBR Audio (want to […]

One Year of Kindle Unlimited

Posted December 31, 2023 in Features / 0 Comments

Last January, I posted about how I was going to try out KU for the first time and check back in on how I was enjoying it/using it. Well, after 12 months of having KU, I’m happy to say that I am really enjoying it! KU Stats This year I read 18 KU books with an average rating of 3.4 stars. 15 of the books were Romance while the other 3 were Romantasy (s0 basically romance, lol) 2 out of my top 5 books of 2023 are KU reads I didn’t pay full price (11.99) for most months; I joined […]