Now reading The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. Owlcrate did a beautiful job on the hardcover.

Big #bookmail day. Bottom to top -
From #botm: Anatomy of an Alibi, The Future Saints, and Rings of Fate
From #allurial: A Vow of Vengeance and The Wolf and the Crown of Blood
From FairyLoot: Dawn of the Firebird and We Who Will Die

For book #2 of 2026 I started Fallen City by Adrienne Young last night. It's an ancient Roman inspired fantasy.

I decided my 2026 Reading Goal is All Vibes. Just read whatever I want. I'm not going to participate in any challenges other than reading at least 90 books. Things are going a little rough for me going into 2026, so I want reading to be all enjoyment, no pressure.

Happy New Year! I hope you all have a happy and healthy 2026.
I'm starting 2026 with a Ali Hazelwood romance.😁

I had a lot of fun with my last book of 2025. The protagonist of This Monster of Mine gets the opportunity to try to solve her almost murder that happened four years earlier. She ends up working for the man she thinks might be involved. I liked the fantasy setting. It had a satisfying ending, no cliffhanger, but there is obviously going to be another book. The artwork from this FairyLoot edition is gorgeous too.

My brother gifted me a Periwinkle bookmark he made on his 3D printer. I miss her everyday.

Back from visiting family out of state for Christmas and found three Owlcrate boxes waiting for me.
November's Adult Fantasy finally came - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
December's Adult Fantasy - Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
And their quarterly Romance box - Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder

Went through my FairyLoot editions to find the description most appealing to me in the moment to pick what I'm reading next. This Monster of Mine won my attention.

Time for a Christmas read. I have the Owlcrate edition of Good Spirits.

This weekend I'm reading The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman. It's my December Allurial pick.

I finished up the Goodreads Fall Challenge. That was fun. I wonder if Goodreads will do this again in 2026?

I started Our Vicious Oaths tonight, reading 90 pages. And that 90 pages got me past my goal of reading 32,000 pages this year.🎉

I worked today so my weekend starts now. My weekend read is Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen.

My December Book of the Month box is here. I ❤️ the beanie.

First book I'm reading of December.

I read 10 books in November.
Favorites:
Red City
The Summer War
Real Americans

It's a snowy day here - a perfect day to stay cozy inside and start a fantasy.

Starting this thriller.

#aardvarkbookclub

It's #botm and #allurial day! I picked two for my December BOTM box. I also finished the BOTM Reading Challenge which gets you a mace prize.🙃 And I couldn't resist the I ❤️ Books beanie.

I went with The Wolf King for my Allurial box.

I'm devastated today. I had to say goodbye to Periwinkle last night. She ended up with bone cancer in her back leg. She brought much joy to my life the last 13 years. She was the best, sweet girl.

I read the Summer War last night. It's short and lovely and I read it in one sitting. It's very much a fairy tale told by the youngest of three siblings. All three children are very much involved in this story. I enjoyed it very much.

Also this book finished my goodreads reading challenge.😁

My quarterly Owlcrate Science Fiction book is here. This time it is the new Ken Liu.

Up next.🙂

Up next! I'm in a thriller mood.

I keep eyeing this book on one of my TBR carts, so I decided I should just read it. It will be my weekend read.

Allurial and Book of the Month were both delivered today.😍

I have today off for working Saturday. I'm starting this romcom.

I didn't ready any horror in October, but my first book of November is.🙃 I started it last night.

October was a fun month. It was a romance and fantasy month for me.

November Allurial and BOTM books dropped this morning. I ordered 4 books total.

#allurial
#botm

I started this YA fantasy last night. It looks like it includes the point of view of 6 characters, so let's see if I can keep them straight.

I haven't been requesting or reading many ARCs this year, but I decided I needed to read this one. J.R. Ward is venturing into romantasy with her book coming out in February. It definitely has the stereotypical romantasy title.

#currentlyreading

Spending my last few hours of the weekend starting this book. While I really really enjoyed reading my last four books, all romances, I need to switch up genres. This looks cute.

My October is not a spooky reading month apparently. So far I've only read romances. And I'm starting another one. I'm reading Ali Hazelwood's newest, Mate. The Aardvark Book Club edition has a green ombre hardcover. So pretty!

My Aardvark books are here! 😍

Finally the third and final book in the Lyonesse series is out. It's my long weekend read.

Sad news for libraries. One of our major book wholesalers is going under. This company had been around forever. This closing is going to majorly affect libraries. You may notice a disruption in your local library getting new books. My library had already moved over to ordering from other wholesalers because of backorder issues with them.

My BOTM arrived! And I'm starting it immediately. I'm in the mood for another romance. I also received a book sleeve for finishing their book challenge.😍

My nephew made me a Yoda bookmark using their 3D printer.😁

Neal Shusterman. He says he mostly writes on the go, when creativity hits him. He also doesn't believe in writer's block. He gets stuck, but it is an expected part of the writing process.

I might have skipped a session and camped out with my co-worker in the ballroom so we could get good seats for Abby Jimenez' keynote. We lucked out, she's taking pictures and doing autographs beforehand.

R.L. Stine was our morning keynote. He said his ideas for books come in reverse. He comes up with titles first and then a story grows from that title.

7 books read in September. It was a fun reading month.

Well it took almost two hours, but I was finally able to get into the Aardvark app and pick my October books. I really wanted Mate. The new KJ Charles looks good too.

Up next because 1. I can't believe I haven't read this Abby Jimenez yet and 2. I get to see Abby Jimenez speak at a library conference this week. Keynote speakers also include children's authors Laura Numeroff🍪🐁 and R.L. Stine🫣, YA author Neil Shusterman, and cookbook author Molly Yeh. I think it's going to be a great conference.

The Raven Scholar is one of my favorite reads this year. I've been eyeing this pretty Illumicrate edition and finally decided to get it.😍

"It was an unfortunate truth that in the Venn diagram of 'qualified to teach magic' and 'still alive,' the overlap consisted almost entirely of people who had always been much too sensible to accidentally get eaten by a demon." - pg 1

I'm starting The Incandescent today.

My Owlcrate Romance was delivered yesterday. I'm in the mood for a romance, so I'm starting it now. It's a very pretty edition!😍