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! When a new student arrives at an elite Black boarding school, bearing a striking resemblance to its previous Queen Bee—a girl who mysteriously died last year—she’s thrown into a deadly…
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: Books I Want to Read by New to Me Authors They also all have amazing…
e-ALC, 07:57:06Narrated by: Angel Pean, Arissa Evans, Cary Hite, Victor Quixabas, & Reginald JamesRelease Date: June 23, 2026Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: June 26-29, 2026Ghosts, #2Source: Netgalley (I received this e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Sexual Content, Injury/Injury Detail, Death, Homophobia, Toxic Relationship, GriefFor Readers of:…
e-ALC, 08:22:50Narrated by: Jennifer Jill ArayaRelease Date: June 30, 2026Published by: Tantor Media, Inc.Read from: June 24-26, 2026Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received this e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injuryFor Readers of: Audio, Family Diversity (Missing Mom, Triplets, Death of a Parent), Mystery, Realistic Fiction,…
This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what all we borrowed, bought, and received for review. It’s hosted over at Tynga’s Reviews. From Netgalley: Bought: From Sourcebooks Audio: From the Publishers: The Weekly Wrap-Up!: Sunday 07/05/26 : Stacking the Shelves #693 & the Weekly Wrap-Up! Monday 07/06/26: Slasher Summer by E.L. ChenTuesday 07/07/26: TTT: Book Titles That Include the Word “Summer”!…
e-ALC, 10:31:48Narrated by: Brenda Arteaga-WalshRelease Date: June 16, 2026Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: June 24, 2026Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received this e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley. I received a hardcover copy of this from the publisher and an ARC copy from TLA. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Mental Illness and GriefFor Readers of:…
e-ALC, 11:03:15Narrated by: LaRaisha DionneRelease Date: June 23, 2026Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: June 22-24, 2026Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received this e-ALC from the publisher and Libro FM. I also received a copy of the ARC and the hardcover from the publisher. I immersive read with the ARC. This did nothing to influence…
e-ALC, 12:30:44Narrated by: Robin Miles and Barrie KreinikRelease Date: June 2, 2026Published by: Books on TapeRead from: June 20-22, 2026Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received this ALC from the publisher and their app. I also received an ARC of this book from TxLA. I read the audio and the ARC at the same time. This…
What’s your biggest pet peeve about the book community? Recommending a book you haven’t read. If you’re going to add it to a rec post or something, have the decency to say “I haven’t read it.” Or if you haven’t read it in a while, “It’s been a minute since I read this so I…
