What amazing world building! The story of El, a former slave and current courier, who encounters a Haunt who just so happens to be inhabiting the body of a prince. El is enlisted to help the Haunt and the prince solve a mystery threatening their empire.

I‘ve been on StoryGraph for a little while, but would like to use it more going forward! Looking forward to seeing some Litsy friends over there too!

Another fun addition to the After The End dystopian collection. I loved the romance and trust that developed between Maya and Isaiah.

Here‘s my #readyourkindle for January!

My #bookspin & #doublespin books! Thanks for organizing @TheAromaofBooks

My first read of 2026! Set in a world where people can “awaken” their shadows to become magicians, Charlie Hall is a reformed thief and scammer. However, she gets forced back into the game when she and her family are threatened. This book was terrific and I can‘t wait to start the next one in the series!

I love these summaries that Goodreads produces! #goodreadsyearinbooks

Here‘s my list for #readyourkindle for 2026. These are all NetGalley books that I didn‘t get to this year. Thanks @CBee for organizing.

My #TBR for 2026‘s #bookspin & #doublespin! Thanks as always @TheAromaofBooks for organizing! Massive BOTM backlog!

A romantic, humorous, dark-cozy fantasy about Helspira, a demon striving to protect her adopted country and Sikras, a necromancer reeling from a profound betrayal that led to the death of his loved ones. Helspira and a reluctant Sikras, along with Benjamin, a talking and walking skeleton, must take on a hopeless mission to save their country from evil.

Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit books for an ARC of this book!

Jojo and Cooper are childhood best friends who drifted apart after college and when they have the opportunity to spend time together again as adults, Jojo ropes Cooper into her scheme to get a former childhood crush to fall in love with her. Hijinks ensues as old relationships are rebuilt into something more.

I love everything that Katherine Center writes, and this book is no exception. Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for an ARC.

My resolutions!!! 💕💕💕

Not the tagged book, but I‘m super excited to get the ebooks from this kickstarter today with one of my favorite authors!

A strong finale to Sam & Abraham‘s story! I have always loved penny‘s Hypothesis series the best.

(Not the tagged book) this was such an amazing and empowering book about Gloria who finds herself dumped by her husband for a younger model and then thrust out of the dystopian bunker complex into what she believes will be a nightmare dystopia. In fact, she‘s being lied to and she has to figure out what matters most to her. Check trigger warnings for sure, but it‘s overall an excellent read.

Anyone else join this kickstarter? I‘m so excited to start reading this collection! Ali Hazelwood, Sherry Thomas, Care C. wells & more! 💕💕💕💕

A very sweet and intricate fairytale.

I was so excited to see another book by Jesse Mihalik, I've loved all of her other series, and this first book in her latest series did not disappoint. Riela is an untrained mage who gets rescued from death while fighting a monster. Garrick, her incredibly powerful rescuer takes her back to his enchanted castle. (Cont)

I took a while to warm up to both Shiloh and Carey, but as I got to know them I couldn‘t believe what complex and lovely characters they turned out to be.

Shiloh and Cary were best friends in high school but drifted away from each other through misunderstandings and hurt feelings. This felt so believable and raw, I had such empathy for the two of them. (Cont)

A romance between a hardworking self-help author and her reserved and grumpy publicist.

Ana is a second generation American, who has never lived up to her parents expectations and has instead decided to become a podcaster focusing on helping other second generation Americans feel loved and supported. Ryan is her reserved publicist who Ana believes actually hates her book. (Cont.)

I finished this book a few weeks ago, and just thinking about it now still makes me smile. I loved this book so much. It was just such a joyful adventure about building family and finding yourself.

An excellent Crime Procedural surrounding the seizure of illegally gotten human remains and historical/cultural artifacts. The book details the case and then the larger legal and philosophical implications of what the grave robber had done, and how the FBI and US government addressed it. (Cont.)

A funny and moving enemies to lovers road trip! Leona is the straight-laced heir of a powerful witch family and she gets tricked into marriage with Eric the heir to an enemy witch family. They have to work together to return an ancient spell book and save all of witch-kind. Overall a really entertaining book, and a fun romance!

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group for an eARC of this book.

A retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing set in a world that stays black and white until you find your soulmate. The story focused on Beatrice and Ben estranged soulmates and their group of friends who gather together for the celebrity wedding of Oliver (Beatrice's best friend and mega-movie star) to Imogen (Beatrice's sister). Hijinks, romance and misunderstandings abound. (Cont.)

I am so far behind of some of my NetGalley books, so this is my list! I hope I read what I spin LOL!!! @CBee thanks for organizing

Cozy backyard reading on this Autumn feeling morning. 🍂🍁🍂🍁

This was a sweet and emotional second chance romance that didn‘t shy away from the hard work needed to make love work between complicated and wounded people. This book was full of heart and hope.

Here is my #readyourkindle list! I‘m posting it before I look at @CBee post!

This was a sweet cozy romance set at a fantasy version of the GBBO. Arletta is the nonmagical human ever invited to participate in the Langheim Baking Battle. She makes some wonderful friends and meets a very handsome elf along the way. I would have liked Arletta to spend less time second guessing everything good that happened to her, but still an overall enjoyable took. @Sace & @CBee it was really sweet, you‘d totally enjoy it!

I read all my #readyourkindle books this month! Thanks for organizing @CBee

Penny is back in her hometown living with her grandmother and younger brother. She's just gotten out of an unhealthy relationship and is focusing on working on herself and spending time with her family. What she didn't expect is to get slowly and gently swept off her feet by one of the kindest romance heroes ever. Ryder grew up with an abusive father, who he now has to care for after a stroke left him incapacitated. (Cont.)

This book is a terrific blend of true crime, scandal and art history. The story of a woman who walked into one of the most famous art galleries in the world and convinced one of the most respected art dealers her forged painting was the real deal. Which lead to an $80 million dollar forgery ring that lasted years and pulled in/tricked many of the best art historians, authenticators and art connoisseurs. (Cont.)

It's apparent that the author did so much research to write this book, and I applaud her dedication to the story, the truth and her attempts to appear unbiased. This was a terrible tragedy and it appears as if justice wasn't truly served in the outcome of the trial. The police work and the trial itself were meticulously detailed and as the reader I was able to follow all the different lines of thinking and possible motives and outcomes. (Cont.)

Ready for some reading at the pool! #allurial

Anyone else order the Allurial box? It‘s the new #romantsy only offering from #BOTM. I‘ve been dying to read this book so I figured why not try it out!

There is nothing better to read in July than a bantery rom-com set in a summer paradise and this book hits that mark. I enjoyed everything about this book. Lily & Ben have a wonderful sweet relationship full of support and growth. They had a wonderful apartment building (pool & bar anyone?) (cont.)

This book was just so much fun! Our heroine, Evie attempts to save her gym-bro neighbor from an zombie attack believing he can't defend himself, only to find out that he is a lethal vampire who is more than able to defend himself. He also has the nerve to get angry at Evie for attempting to save him (admittedly, throwing a burrito at a charging zombie is not super effective, but it was all she had at the moment). (Cont.)

Natalie Grove has spent her entire adulthood trying to figure out who killed her sister, while also writing mystery novels. Her latest novel is a fictionalized account of the story of her sister's murder, and with it's publication, Natalie becomes embroiled in a number of fantastical plots perpetrated by different people in her community who are trying to keep their own secrets from coming out. (Cont.)

Spent part of 4th of July vacation trip to Nashville at the Hot Chicken Festival and couldn‘t pass up the opportunity to pick up a couple books from the local Vanderbilt Press.

So it looks like the #readyourkindle spin this month is telling me to read some NetGalley books. 😂thanks for organizing @CBee

This a month‘s reads for my #bookspin thanks for organizing @TheAromaofBooks

I‘m back in the game for the summer at least. A quarter of my list is #Netgalley since I‘m always behind. Thanks for organizing @CBee #readyourkindle

I missed the last couple months but I‘m back for the summer. Thanks for organizing @TheAromaofBooks #bookspin #bookspinbingo

I am such a fan of this series, that when the audiobook came up on Netgalley, I jumped on it so fast and could not put it down! Rosie has been such an interesting part of this series that it was lovely to see her get her own story. The world building in this book is just *chef's kiss*. Thank you so much to #Netgalley and #HachetteAudio for an Audio ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. (Cont)

This book was just so lovely and fluffy! Grace is a perfumer who gets caught up in a royal plot and Stephen is a Paladin dealing with lingering mental health issues from the death of his god. They meet when he saves her from charges of grave robbing and then he later saves her from fainting in public by dragging her into another room and accidentally foiling an assassination. (Cont.)

This is such a lovely and layered romance. Kriya Rajasekar is a lawyer who's moved to a new Law Firm and then been asked to share an office with her work nemesis Charles Goh. Every time something terrible/awkward happens to Kriya, Charles has been there, but it all changes once she realized how lost her life has become. (Cont.)

Often, people are so focused on finding the love of their lives, they don't pay attention to the rest of the love available around them. This book is an ode to the love between best friends and a discussion of how to find those people in your life.

In this terrific audiobook the Author, Kate Williams, takes on the the idea of hustle culture and reminds you that it's ok to take a step back or slow down. Our culture expects a "full speed ahead" lifestyle at all times and this book helps to break down these expectations with wit and humor.

Thank you to #Netgalley and #MacmillanAudio for an Audio ARC in exchange for an honest review of this book.

What a fun book! The story of Vanessa, a shy PR guru as she tries to make over the image of Pyro a Villian who wants to become good. This book is sometimes over the top and emotional in all the best ways.

I love all of Charlotte Stein's work, and this book is no exception. It focused on Nancy, who struggles to find love and Jack who is clueless about dating, mostly because is the son of satan, and has to learn lots about being a human as he goes along.