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  The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by  Caffeinated Reviewer . It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. The Sunday Salon (hosted by  ReaderBuzz ) is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.  What I Did: I had a pretty quiet start to the week. Thursday, I drove 2 hours to my moms and had dinner with her, my step dad and 3 of my siblings - one of our better Thanksgivings honestly so that was nice. Friday, I went to my local used bookstore for their annual Black Friday Sale (it's the only sale they do through the year and it's fun because you pick an envelope out of a bowl and a slip of paper inside has the special you receive, this year I got 35%...

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly (Friday) meme originally created by Ruk ky @ Et ernity Books  and co-hosted by  Aria @  Book Nook  Bits  and  Dini  @dinipandareads ! I n this bookish discussion meme, bloggers get to discuss certain topics, share opinions, and spread love by visiting each other’s posts. November 28: Bookish Etiquette ( Laurie @ Laurie Is Reading ) Prompts:   There’s always a lot of bookish discourse ongoing on social media. People talk about selling ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies), tagging authors and publishers in reviews, only posting positive reviews— we’ve seen it all! Do you think there’s something such as “bookish etiquette”? Why or why not? What do you think are some dos and don’ts as readers and/or reviewers? Do you agree with all the discourse, or do you stay far away from all the drama?      This is such an interesting topic. I kind of toe the line on bookish etiquette and what I think is right and wrong. I al...

Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by  Lost in a Story , but she has permitted  I’m Into Books  to adopt it since she is no longer blogging. I always see  Confessions of a YA Reader  do this and I have been wanting to give it a shot myself as my Goodreads to-read shelf has  653 books  on it - we are on page 4 of the list now so we are making progress. I like to go with 10 books. It works like this: Go to your goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time. Read the synopses of the books Decide: keep it or should it go This Weeks Books: How Does It Feel? by Jeneane O'Riley Dragon by Kat Blackthorne Dreambound by Dan Frey Longshadow by Olivia Atwater The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ri...

  The 13th Annual Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon is a holiday readathon hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer . This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, November 26th through Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. During the event, participants will read or listen to as many holiday or winter reads as they can while taking part in challenges. Get your holiday & winter setting books and be prepared to have fun! Audiobooks, library books, ebooks, old books or new books — we don’t care. Don’t forget the hot chocolate! Here are the books I am planning to attempt to read during the readathon: A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone Good Spirits by B.K. Borison Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison 4. The Nightmare before Kissmas by Sara Raasch 5. A Winter Wish by Emily Stone 6. You're A Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky     7. Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews 8. A Winter In New York by Josie Silver 9. Finding My Elf by David Valdes 10. When The Snow...

Top Ten Tuesday was created by  The Broke and the Bookish  in June of 2010 and was moved to  That Artsy Reader Girl  in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. November 25th: Freebie In 2025, I got really into doing an alphabet challenge and I am even super close to completing it - not sure if it's beginners luck or if the amount of reading I do just making it easier for me but I had a lot of fun and I will be doing it again in 2026. I wanted to start creating rec lists for each letter of the alphabet to challenge myself and to share books that I enjoy with others that might also be doing the challenge. Have you read any of these? Let me know in the comments.     1. Anchor by Nicole Blanchard 2. Afterland by Lauren Beukes 2. A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek 4. Alive and Wells by Bailey Hannah 5. A Polar Expedition and Other Stimulating Research Opportunities by Kass O'Shire 6...

  My rating: 3 Stars Thank you to Lyonne Riley for the ARC of this novella! I love monster romances so much especially when the monster is a minotaur - I don't even know what it is about them that has them hitting so well. Longing For The Minotaur has Valentina who has been crushing on her mean step brother since she met him as a preteen and Banon who has also secretly been crushing on Valentina. I enjoyed that this was dual POV - being able to learn just how long they wanted each other from each of their POV's really hit different. I liked the smut a lot - I am a sucker for size differences and the way that Banon worshiped Val was so good. My main issue with this novella is the lack of conflict - it was almost too easy for Val and Banon to be together when they should have had a little bit of trouble from at least their married parents.  Synopsis: Valentina has always had a complicated relationship with Banon, the son of the minotaur woman her father married. He’s drop dead g...

  The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by  Caffeinated Reviewer . It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. The Sunday Salon (hosted by  ReaderBuzz ) is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.  What I Did: Monday, I went to a local evening silent book club - I wanna thank everyone who previously mentioned using an e-reader at this silent book club because the place has low lighting, made things much better for me and my eyeballs. Wednesday, I took my weekly trip to the library. Saturday and Sunday, I am going to read and rest as one last quiet weekend before the  holidays begin with Thanksgiving next week. What I Read: Big reading week for me...

  Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly (Friday) meme originally created by Ruk ky @ Et ernity Books  and co-hosted by  Aria @  Book Nook  Bits  and  Dini  @dinipandareads ! I n this bookish discussion meme, bloggers get to discuss certain topics, share opinions, and spread love by visiting each other’s posts. November 21:  End-of-Year Reading Goals? Prompts:   What books do you want to read before the end of the year? Are there any new releases you’re still looking forward to? What goals did you set at the beginning of the year? Have you changed or added to those goals? I don't have too many books left that I want to read by the end of the year - I am honestly a big mood reader so we will see where my mood takes me. Right now, I have a focus on winter/holiday themed books - last year I read 11 Holiday themed, so I am shooting for 12 this year. This is terrible of me to admit but I don't remember what I originally set my 2025 reading goal for. ...

I recently saw a tiktok from @NYCbookhoe where she spent an entire day reading only novellas and I decided I wanted to challenge myself to do the same thing. I started at 10am on a Sunday and had reading novellas as my focus for the day and I lasted until 7pm. Overall, I really enjoyed this mini readathon. At the end of the day, I found that I had spent way less time on my phone and I didn't have the Sunday Scaries (this is what I like to call the dread that fills me the day before a work week begins) like I normally do. I made it through 3.25 Novellas during the day and below are mini reviews for the 3 that I finished. I can see myself doing this again in the future - maybe in December to push me closer to my goal of 200 books (I am less than 20 away). The Unsolved Murder of Kevin Walsh by KJ Sweet | 3 Stars The Unsolved Murder of Kevin Walsh follows Bianca as a case of mistaken identity leads to her being kidnapped by a mysterious man -Orlock is what Bianca later names him- one w...

Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by  Lost in a Story , but she has permitted  I’m Into Books  to adopt it since she is no longer blogging. I always see  Confessions of a YA Reader  do this and I have been wanting to give it a shot myself as my Goodreads to-read shelf has  656 books  on it - we are on page 4 of the list now so we are making progress. I like to go with 10 books. It works like this: Go to your goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time. Read the synopses of the books Decide: keep it or should it go This Weeks Books: Unholy Trinity by Garrett Leigh It's a Date by Jeneva Rose The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine Happy Place by Emily Henry * Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler The Woman in Me by Britney Spears ...

That's What I'm Talking About 's Tell Me Something Tuesday   is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general.  November 18th: Are you an early bird or a night owl? To my own horror, I have recently become an early bird. Growing up and well into my 20's, I always stayed up as late as I possibly could and swore that I would never become the type of adult that got up at 6am for no reason but within the last couple of years, I have found myself going to bed earlier and earlier and getting up earlier than I need to. It's like a switch has been flipped inside my brain and suddenly I am one of those adults that get up at 6am for no reason. I do still like staying up late and then sleeping in - I like the way the world feels in the middle of the night but there is only so much fighting I can do against my own brain when it wants to go to bed at a reasonable hour. I have found that I enjoy having time to re...

  My rating: 3 Stars This book surprised me! I knew from the synopsis that there was going to be a conflict that brought the two main characters together, but I thought it would be brief in the beginning - it's the first 50% of the book and it had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I loved how committed to his daughter Gabe is and how his little one was the one to insist that he go save the woman that saved her. I loved how badass Chloe was - she refused to back down against the bad guys and she refused to see innocent people get hurt.  I think my favorite thing about this book came near the end when the two characters make it clear that they've just met and they have a lot to learn about each other but they both want to see where things between them can go. I found it to be refreshing and realistic - I hate in fiction when two people act like they are madly in love after only knowing each other for a brief time.  Synopsis:  He'll do anything to save her. Fo...

  The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by  Caffeinated Reviewer . It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. The Sunday Salon (hosted by  ReaderBuzz ) is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.  What I Did: Monday and Tuesday were nice because I was on PTO from my job so I got to stay home and read - it ended up being nice because we got out first snow of the winter on Sunday so I was glad to stay home and be warm. I got some cleaning done as well. I ended up going to the library on Tuesday and Thursday and I got a bunch of holds. I worked a half day on Thursday so I got my grocery shopping done earlier than normal which was nice. Friday, I had din...

  Welcome to First Line Friday! This is a weekly feature hosted by Carrie at  Reading Is My Superpower . The idea is very simple: you just share the first line (or lines) of the book you are currently reading. Friday56 is hosted by  HeadFullOfBooks RULES: * Grab a book, any book * Turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader  (If you want to improvise, go ahead!) * Find a snippet, but no spoilers! * Post it  to your blog and add your url to the Linky. If you do not add the specific url for your post, we may miss it!  * Visit other blogs and leave comments about their snippets. Expand the community. Please leave a comment for me, too!    Page 56: Synopsis: Two best friends... One destination wedding... Seven days abroad... It takes flying across an ocean to realize they are each other's home. Ari Callaghan has had a bad year. First, her dad died. Now, she’s failing out of her Master of Business Administration program. She just needs to survive her broth...