Genie in a Novel

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Ten More Romance Recommendations

Ten More Romance Recommendations

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January 2026 Wrap Up

What a year January has been. I’ve never been so happy for February. I don’t know how that works – January feeling like it’s more than 31 days of our lives, but it does every year. And every year it seems longer than the last. It didn’t help that this year I got sick halfway through the month and am still recovering from it, as is my mom. RSV is no joke, y’all. In any case, I’m at least ahead…

January 2026 Wrap Up

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2026 Bookish Goals and Reading Tracker

Happy New Year everyone! I realized as I was writing this that I never made a post for my 2025 goals on my blog. Why? I have no idea. But it is what it is. I did have goals, and I shared them on instagram… I just forgot to post them here. Well, not this time. Since we are now in a new year, I’m going to share my reading goals for 2026, as well as my Google Sheets Reading Tracker for anyone who…

2026 Bookish Goals and Reading Tracker

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December 2025 Wrap Up

Welcome to the last day of 2025. What a year, y’all. This was definitely a better year overall for me than last year was. Even being unemployed for the majority of this year was better than 2024 (not for my lack of trying to get a new job). My reading, well, you’d think that having that much time off would have skyrocketed my reading time, but I spent a lot of time outside this year honing my…

December 2025 Wrap Up

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Favorite Underrated Books

One thing I love about readers is that we all have different tastes. I mean, the world would be pretty boring if we all liked the same stuff, right? Personally, I like getting recommendations from other people, whether we have the same taste or not. Especially because sometimes those “out of place” recommendations tend to end up being my favorites because I took a chance outside of what I…

Favorite Underrated Books

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Review: Christmas With the Queen

December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue in the tradition of her late father and grandfather’s beloved Christmas Day radio broadcast. But even traditions must move with the times, and the Queen faces a postwar Britain hungry for change. As preparations begin for the royal Christmas at Sandringham House in…

Review: Christmas With the Queen

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Review: Taking a Second Shot

Planning the perfect prom is one last “to do” on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu’s high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by…

Review: Taking a Second Shot

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November 2025 Wrap Up

And just like that, it’s the last month of 2025. How did we get here? November was a whirlwind, y’all! I feel like I was writing up my October Wrap Up two days ago and now it’s December. Crazy. The good thing is that I read nine books in November – the most I’ve read since *checks reading spreadsheet* May, which was a total of ten books, and all but one were audiobooks. The next one after that…

November 2025 Wrap Up

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Review: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

Fall is a big deal in Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. That’s when tourists from all over the country descend upon this picturesque town to see the babbling brooks and colorful leaves while sipping hot chocolate or pumpkin spice lattes.But sixteen-year-old Lucy Kane hates the uber-popular PSL. She finds it overrated — especially when you consider the fact that there isn’t…

Review: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

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Reading Challenge for 2026 Reveal!

Another year is nearly gone. Crazy, right? Much like last year, I’ve gone through a lot this year. Most of it was good though. I’ve also come out of my shell a little more in some areas and took some risks creatively that worked out well for me. I think it’ll lead to some interesting opportunities this coming year. As for my bookish life, I’ve mentioned many times that I was struggling, but I’ve…

Reading Challenge for 2026 Reveal!

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Target and Walmart Books

This is a companion to a post I wrote a while back titled, A Sticky Situation, but more specifically to Target and Walmart. I was at Walmart earlier today just walking around after doing my initial shopping and as it usually is, I ended up over by the stationary and book aisles. I like to see what they have for books, which is usually just the hyped bestsellers, but even so, I like to look. I…

Target and Walmart Books

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October 2025 Wrap Up

Dang, happy November everyone! I do realize that, yet again, I’ve neglected my blog when I said I’d try to get back on track with it. But, alas, I did not. October was a whirlwind of skate photography, work, and getting back into reading… finally! I’ve somewhat overcome this multi-month long reading slump. I’m not sure it’s totally beat, but it’s a start. Since I have more than one book read…

October 2025 Wrap Up

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It's Been a Minute

Happy October everyone! I’m not sure about many of you, but this is my favorite month of the year. There’s just something about it that I love, despite it meaning that cold weather is on the way (well, in theory. It’s been very warm in my part of New England the past month so far!). In any case, I’m super aware that I haven’t been posting here. I haven’t been reading much either, and I’ve been…

It's Been a Minute

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If My Cats Ran a Book Club

Imagine a book club not run by humans arguing over page counts and snack choices, but by my cats – Gabriel (the chaotic, judgy floof-gremlin) and Baby (the playful, loving blob). Here is how their exclusive feline-run club would operate. The Rules Membership Requirements:– Must provide treats upon entry (Baby prefers tuna, Gabriel will eat anything).– Must agree to at least 3 nap breaks per…

If My Cats Ran a Book Club

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A History of a Bookworm

Reading is something that I’ve loved for, well, as long as I can remember. I know that I was reading well ahead of my years before I even started school because I distinctly remember being in Kindergarten wanting to read in class, but my teacher said I couldn’t because the other kids weren’t up on the same level as I was. Honestly, that seems a little rude, especially to say that to a five-year…

A History of a Bookworm

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June 2025 Wrap Up

I don’t even know how to describe June so I’m not going to. It was a month… and it was a weird, time-warp month. I swear I felt like I read so many books this month but when I looked back at my log, I only read four. I’m not even sure that’s possible because I felt like I read at least six or seven. Maybe it’s because I took a lot of bookish pictures and bought some books… they created the…

June 2025 Wrap Up

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Summer 2025 TBR Hopefuls

Summer 2025 TBR Hopefuls