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! An Indigenous teen fights to clear her brother of a murder charge by embracing her gift of hearing the sea’s prophetic thoughts in this debut young adult speculative thriller that’s Firekeeper’s…
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: TTT: Genre Freebie: Spring Break Calls for Vacation Thrillers! Sooooo it’s getting close to spring…
e-ALC, 04:43:02Narrated by: Gail ShalanRelease Date: February 3, 2026Published by: Books on TapeRead from: February 20-22, 2026 Clover Lake, #2Source: PRH Audio (I received this ALC free from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Sexual Content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Drug Use, Death of a Parent,…
e-ALC, 04:43:02Narrated by: Karla Maatouk & Huda Al-MarashiRelease Date: February 24, 2026Published by: Books on TapeRead from: February 20, 2026 Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio (I received this ALC free from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: For Readers Interested In: Coming of Age, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, MG, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Arab/ Iraqi…
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: Yo I’m not gon lie, I danced and dang near cried when I saw a couple of these lolol From the Publishers: From the Library: The Weekly Wrap-Up!: Sunday 02/22/26 : Stacking the Shelves #674…
e-ALC, 07:18:34Narrated by: Taylor MeskimenRelease Date: February 24, 2026Published by: Books On TapeRead from: February 19-20, 2026 Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received this ALC free from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Fatphobia, Death, Outing, Toxic FriendshipFor Readers Interested In: Audio, Contemporary, Holy Crap, Sparkly…
e-ALC, 11:00:55Narrated by: Ina Barrón & Karissa VackerRelease Date: February 24, 2026Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: February 18-19, 2026 Stand-aloneSource: Google Play (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Google Play. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Confinement, Child Death, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, Kidnapping, Child Abuse, CursingFor Readers Interested In: Audio,…
e-ALC, 11:00:55Narrated by: Stefanie Kay & Patrick ZellerRelease Date: February 3, 2026Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: February 16-17, 2026 Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review!)Content Warning: Murder, Blood, Violence, Sexual Content, Injury/Injury Detail, Sexism, Misogyny, Vomit, AlcoholFor Readers Interested…
When you spot giveaways, do you enter just for fun—even if you’re unsure you’ll read the book—or only when you truly want the title? I never enter if I don’t truly want the book. What’s the point of that? Why potentially take it from someone else? That makes no sense. The only reason I would…
