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For the Rest of Us: 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons edited by Dahlia Adler

December 20, 2025December 20, 2025Reviews

e-ALC, 09:04:43Narrated by: Nile Bullock, Natasha Chandel, Dana Wing Lau, Abby Manning, Gill Messer, Rebecca Mozo, Sean Rohani, Mark Sanderlin, & Kare Malina WhiteRelease Date: September 2, 2025Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: December 1-2, 2025Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Homophobia, Mental…

There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson & George M. Johnson

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025Reviews

e-ALC, 06:01:56Narrated by: Eric Lockley & Khaya FraitesRelease Date: December 2, 2025Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: November 29-30, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: For Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+, Audio, Dual POV, Holidaze (New Years), Most Anticipated, Own Voices, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Realistic…

Book Blogger Hop: Plot or Character?

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025Friday Memes

Are you more of a plot-driven reader or a character-driven reader? Definitely a character driven reader. I can deal with a nonexistent plot, but I can’t deal with a character I don’t like. I’m going to be thinking about it the whole time I’m reading. I do have a tad bit of plot driven reader…

Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025Reviews

e-ALC, 12:08:17Narrated by: Stephen Dexter & Joy NashRelease Date: November 25, 2025Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: November 24-29, 2025Harlot’s Bay, #2Source: Netgalley (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Cursing, Sexual Content, Emotional Abuse, Toxic Relationship, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Body Shaming, Fat Phobia, Panic Attacks/DisordersFor Readers…

WoW: I Punched an Alien and Now We’re in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming

December 17, 2025December 21, 2025WoW

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 zany and sexy romance about a woman who finds herself stranded on a far-off planet and mated to the warlord alien king, from USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Lemming. It’s not…

#MakeItBookish: Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!

December 16, 2025December 20, 2025#MakeItBookish, Random Recs

I have a weird habit of processing things through book recs. Why? Idk. But if I see something happening in the world or something I’ve played/watched/seen trending in the world, you can bet your ass I have some book recs for it. They’re mostly YA tho since I mostly read YA as a YA librarian….

Two for Tuesday: Snow Buddies!

December 16, 2025December 16, 2025Two for Tuesday

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…

TTT: Books on My Winter 2025 TBR!

December 16, 2025December 17, 2025TTT

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 on My Winter 2025 TBR At Take Me Away… Winter is seen as December-February…

Leave it on the Track by Margot Fisher

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025Reviews

e-ALC, 10:00:16Narrated by: Bailey CarrRelease Date: November 18, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: November 23-24, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. I also received a hardcover copy of this from the publisher that I used to immersive read. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Panic…

Stacking the Shelves #664 & the Weekly Wrap-Up!

December 14, 2025December 15, 2025StS

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: From the library: Bought: I was given some money and told to buy myself something. And so I went to my very favorite type of store… The bookstore lmao So many books I have…