This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. Bought: From Netgalley/Edelweiss: From Netgalley! From Edelweiss! From the Publishers: The Weekly Wrap-Up!: Sunday 02/01/26 : Stacking the Shelves #671 & the Weekly Wrap-Up! & On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah ScholfieldMonday 02/02/25: 16 Forever by…
e-ALC, 11:28:42Narrated by: Clay CaneRelease Date: January 27, 2026Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. Read from: January 27-28, 2026Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Racism, Bullying, Racial Slurs, Death of a Parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, WarFor Readers Interested In: Adult, Audio, Historical…
e-ALC, 09:41:45Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-ChristensenRelease Date: January 20, 2026Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: January 26-27, 2026Rom-Com Mystery Mash-Up, #2Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Murder, Emotional Abuse, Gun Violence, Sexual Content, Infidelity, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury DetailFor Readers Interested In: Adult, Audio,…
What drives you to read books?? Do you mean like WHY do I read? *gestures wildly at everything* This world sucks. I would much rather to live life in a world where there’s always a happy ending. Or even in a thriller or horror novel there’s someone left standing. I think that might be part…
e-ALC, 12:23:28Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky & Michael CrouchRelease Date: January 6, 2026Published by: Recorded Books, IncRead from: January 25-26, 2026Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Rape, Death, Mental Illness, Kidnapping, Car Accident, Sexual Assault, Animal Death, Sexual HarassmentFor Readers Interested In:…
e-ALC, 10:17:17Narrated by: Bahni TurpinRelease Date: January 27, 2026Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: January 22-25, 2026Stand-alone Source: Libro FM (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Slavery, Rape, Torture, Racial slurs, Death, Infidelity, Vomit, Death of Parent, Toxic FriendshipFor Readers Interested In:…
e-ALC, 10:17:17Narrated by: Reena DuttRelease Date: January 27, 2026Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: January 15-23, 2026Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Bullying, Vomit, AlcoholFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ (Both bi), Audio, Contemporary romance, Sparkly Covers, Own Voices, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Realistic Fiction, Romance,…
This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine! A fun, fast-paced YA horror about a teen girl facing the horrors of misogyny, racism, an evil witch, and her horde of monsters. Thulasi is the perfect she’s responsible, she…
These themes will vary! It could be based off of some book mail I just received, pop culture, something personal to me, a headline from the news, a trend I noticed when I was buying books for my library system, etc. I hope you stick around to see all the themes and book recs I…
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish and is now run by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join. This week’s topic is: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography This was so hard because there’s so many more! One…
