Hello readers! It's MAY! I've been in a garden/cottagecore mood lately and need to finish up my Spring TBR pile but it already feels like summer here so I'm starting to switch up my TBR list to reflect that. What are you hoping to read this month? MY MAY HOPEFULS FOR REVIEW If The Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert (Many thanks to Goodreads & Kensington Books!) LIBRARY LOANS Off My Shelves March TBR Tackle Challenge Starts with H or M: H - Hester M - The Midnight Children Science Fiction:Acceptance (Southern Reach trilogy) White on the cover:Fifty Beasts to B ..read more

Hello readers! Happy April! I've been enjoying the lovely weather and spent most of March outside in the garden or on adventures and didn't much reading done so I still have quite a few books from my last TBR to get to. Here they are, plus some new library loans!  What are you hoping to read in April? MY APRIL HOPEFULS Library Loans The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon The Midnight Children by Dan Gemenhart Other Library Loans Off My Shelves   What are you looking forward to reading this month? Yo ..read more

Hello readers! Happy March! It's nearly Spring and I have been spending all my time in the garden or in the woods and I think my TBR reflects that a bit this year. I want all the nature-themed stories right now! Green covers are good too! :) What are you hoping to read in March? MY MARCH HOPEFULS Book Club Reads Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherworlds by Heather Fawcett Library Loans for Middle-Grade March The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon The Midnight Children by Dan Gemenhart Other Library Loans Off My Shelves ..read more

GOODBYE FEBRUARY!  Hello readers! It's been a rather chilly month with only a few warm days to spend in the garden so I've fit in a lot of reading. I gave myself a mixture of Black authors, fluffy reads, and pink/red covers to read this month but I did stray from the pile a bit. Still, I read 25 books in all this month! What I read in February: FICTION READS Paladin's Grace by T Kingfisher The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire Fable by Adrienne Young Namesake by Adrienne Young Bunny by Mona Awad The Color Purple ..read more

GOODBYE JANUARY!  Hello readers!We are already through a month in the new year. It did seem to drag a bit but that meant plenty of time to read!  I ended up reading 20ish books in all! The breakdown: 10 fiction novels 3 graphic novels (one of which was NF) 1 full nonfiction  6 poetry collections That seems like a stellar start to the year for me! What I read this month: FICTION READS Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree The Lost Village by Camilla Sten One For Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates After the Forest by Kell Woods The S ..read more

The 2024 PopSugar Reading Challenge! Hello, readers!  Happy New Year!  This is the TENTH year of this reading challenge's existence and the sixth year I've participated!  This reading challenge provides 50 prompts in all to help readers read more books, whether that be from your shelves, more ebooks or audiobooks, or more books out of your comfort zones. I don't put any pressure on myself to finish this challenge but participating and widening my reading horizons is always fun.  Want to join in?  Check out PopSugar's Reading Challenge HERE! The Prompts 1. A ..read more

Hello readers! Happy February! I've rounded up a lot of pink & red covers from my TBR for this month and also added a few fantasy romance novels to my hopefuls as well. I'm not big on romance reads but I do like to read out of my comfort zone from time to time so now's the month to tackle some love stories!  What are you hoping to read in February? MY FEBRUARY HOPEFULS Book Club Reads Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherworlds by Heather Fawcett Library Loans Bunny by Mona Awad Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison Just Like ..read more

 DEVOUR YOUR TBR  2024 hosted by Destiny @howlinglibraries Hello readers!  I came across this reading challenge over on Storygraph and haven't found it mentioned anywhere else but wanted to share my possible reads for the monthly prompts to hold myself accountable!  The monthly prompts: 1. January Jumpstart (Kick off the year with books already on your TBR! If you've never read it and you owned it or had it on your TBR before Jan 1, 2024, it counts!) My hopeful/s: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey -  I've had this one on my Dec/Jan TBR for a couple of years no ..read more

Hello book lovers! Are you looking for a fun reading challenge for the new year? One of my newest yearly favorites has been the52bookclub's annual reading challenge, which includes 52 unique prompts and sometimes includes bonus prompts and giveaways! (image belongs to and links to the52bookclub.com) This is the 7th annual challenge and has garnered quite a following over at Facebook, Goodreads, and Instagram. They also share this reading challenge on Storygraph which has a fantastic way to keep track of what you may and do read for the challenge, as well as see what other participant ..read more

  Hello readers!  Happy 2024!  I've been participating in some form of this ABC challenge for years and always enjoy crossing out titles and adding to my reading journal & Bookstagram stories. I almost never finish every letter but it's become a habit to do this challenge!    PREVIOUS YEARS 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 ABC READING CHALLENGE *title = currently reading title = finished reading ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ MY TBR LIST (scroll down past this list for the list of books I ended up reading) A All the Light You Cannot See | An U ..read more