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Longer Series I Can’t Help But Recommend
I’ve always been a short series girl. Whether a duology or trilogy, those two are my absolute favourites. I get so intimidated by longer series, and if there’s a lot of books in a series by the time I learn about it, it’s a no from me. However, there are a few series longer than a trilogy that do sit on my all time favourite series list. So while I am eating my words by sharing this, here are a few longer series that I just do think are worth it. The Covenant Series by Jennifer L Armentrout – 6 Books and 2 Novellas – YA Paranormal Romance Daimon (Novella)…
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Review: Blood Over Bright Haven
Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang Published By: Cornerstone Publication Date: July 25, 2023 Date Read: July 6, 2026 Genre: Adult – Epic Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry.…
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Review: Hallowed (Unearthly #2)
Hallowed, Book 2 in the Unearthly Trilogy by Cynthia Hand Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: January 17, 2012 Date Read: June 25, 2026 Genre: YA – Paranormal Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing could prepare her for the fateful decisions she would be forced to make that day, or the startling revelation that her purpose—the task she was put on earth to accomplish—is not as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her…
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Review: Death Meets Cute
Death Meets Cute by J Penner Published By: Sourcebooks Publication Date: April 28, 2026 Date Read: June 24, 2026 Genre: Adult – Cosy Fantasy Source: ALC from Sourcebooks Audio Format: Audiobook Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph I am more than capable of being evil today. I think… Iris Weyward wants to be bad. Truly bad. Terrifyingly, gloriously villainous. But after helping her sisters unleash a spell to throw the realm into chaos, Iris is left feeling strangely empty—and still not the villain of her dreams. So, she sets off for the quiet town of Fraywell to build her wicked legacy alone. Things start a crooked little cottage, a…
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July Hopefuls
While June was my busiest month, July should be one my months with the most free time. I’m hoping that means that I will get a lot more reading done. After the 10th I’m off work for the rest of the month, which is exciting. So here’s some of the books I am hoping I will get read in July. Currently Reading Other Possibilities Have you read any of these? Let me know which one you think I should start first.
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My Month in Books: June 2026
My busiest month is over! HURRAY! I am so happy to be heading into July, as that means my 4.5 weeks of annual leave is finally upon me. I can’t wait for a summer filled with reading. Due to June being super busy, I definitely haven’t read as much as I was hoping to, but here is my bookish update from June. Book Haul Physical Books E-Books / eARCs / Audiobooks Books Read in June 2026 Starbringer (Starbringer #1) by Tracy Wolff and Nancy Croft – 2.5 Stars Death Meets Cute by J. Penner – 3.5 Stars Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand – 4 Stars In Case You Missed…
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Review: Star Bringer (Star Bringer #1)
Star Bringer, Book 1 in the Star Bringer Series by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft Published By: Red Tower Books Publication Date: July 11, 2023 Date Read: June 16, 2026 Genre: Adult – Sci-Fi Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 608 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The sun is dying…and it’s happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up-while you’re still on it. So if your only choices are flaming…
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Quarterly Reading Challenge Check In
Can you believe we are almost half of the way through 2026? It’s been a really rough year for me this year, so I definitely haven’t made as much progress on my challenges than I had hoped but here is what I’ve managed to do so far. FYI, I completely forgot to do my first quarterly wrap up so this is everything from January combined. Challenge 1: Read 52 Books in 2026 I have currently read 30 books so I am 5 books ahead on this challenge! Challenge 2: Read 12 Books Recommended by 12 Friends I have read 5 of the 12 books for this challenge so I am…
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ARCs I Am Excited To Start
I am very lucky to always have a few ARCs on my TBR. Whether these are physical, from Netgalley or via Audio Publisher Programs, I’m so thankful to everyone who allows me to read or listen to books early or for free in exchange for a review. So as I am getting back into reading after my super busy month, I thought I’d share with you the ARCs I have that I’m super excited to get to soon. Physical ARCs and Netgalley ARCs Audiobook ARCs Let me know which ones you’re most excited to read!
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Back To Business As Usual
I know I’ve been so quiet on here this month. June is the month that I take on an additional job marking for 3 weeks so it is always super busy. I definitely underestimated how I would juggle this whilst also grieving… it was tough! But I’m posting today to tell you that that is now complete, and I will be back to reading and posting more frequently. To celebrate, I thought I’d share with you the book I’m diving into this week… I am currently buddy reading Hallowed with Han. We choose a short series (usually up to 4 books) to buddy read, and the current one is the…