January TBR 2023: Can I Read 50 Books in a Month?!

Happy New Year!!! 🥳🎉🥳 If you saw that I have a huge challenge to Read My Shelf down a hundred books, then you'll know I'm going to put in serious effort in making that goal happen. I used to read hefty amounts as a kid. I could easily manage 50 small chapbooks a month. But …

July TBR 2022: A Hefty Batch of New and Old Titles

Hello Everyone, I'm feeling ambitious as usual but I figured out how to lock my computer so I can get off that and read more, mwahaha. As I don't watch tv, I'm setting a challenge to read 50 books (again) and I'm determined to actually do it this time! Last time I managed exactly half. …

June Wrap Up: I Read 20 Books

Hello Everyone, This is the lowest amount I've read all year I think, but to be fair I got rather busy. Only 20 books but that's still not bad and I hope next month will double the number as I am at 130/350 for my Goodreads goal, yikes. Here's what I've read for June! I …

Book Review: The Far Pavilions

Hello Everyone, Not the best cover but not the worst! Book Title: The Far Pavilions Author: MM Kaye Series: Book One of Two Genre: Adult Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Romance Publisher: St. Martins Press Page Count: 1000 Goodreads Summary: A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a …

April Mid-month Check In: 20 Books Read(!)

Hello Everyone, As I've begun increasing my read tbr by the month I decided I needed to get to do mid month wrap ups. I'm trying hard to keep up my reading pace, but also not forcing myself into a slump by not wanting to read. Thanks to the holiday weekend, I've managed to read …

Five Books on The TBR: I haven’t read a single one of these but they’ve been on my tbr for years!

Hello everyone, I've had a lot of tbrs over the years and many books that I had every intention of reading but failing to do so. I'm hoping that next month-where I already have 40+ books on my tbr-I can get some of these out of the way. Let me know your thoughts on if …

Discussion (Part Two): Series/Authors Backlist Titles To Focus On for 2022 (A Hefty List Continued!)

Hello Everyone, As I'm writing this, the year is wrapping rapidly to a close and I'm still reading quite a bit. I plan to get a lot more serious in reading and reviewing next year as this past year I had a bit of a hiatus. Now it's time to focus on my blog once …

TBR BOOKS: 100+ Books I STILL Haven’t Read

Hello Everyone, I'm sure we're all guilty of having books on our shelves languishing on our shelves, sitting and waiting with accusing eyes. I've easily got several dozen that I am guilty of not reading yet. Here's a bit of a list of all that I'm hoping to get to soon! So settle in, bring …

September TBR: I Haven’t Done One Of These In Ages!

Hello all, Lots of things happening in September. September first is my birthday!!! 🎂🎉🎂 Happy birthday to me!!! (I'll be 32 for those curious.) Series September is also going on, meaning you try to knock out as many series as possible. Magical Readathon is happening but I doubt I'll participate in that one. Becca's Bookopolathon …

History or Mystery? Top Six Books On My TBR

Hello everyone, I've got quite the hefty tbr going and so I thought I'd share some that I'm looking forward to reading here soon (I hope!). In no particular order these books are high on my wishlist to read: A historical fiction piece about a group of men surviving in Alaska while the leader's wife …