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Monthly Wrap Up | May 2026

Posted June 1, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 0 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

May 2026 Wrap Up

I spent most of May trying my best to get ahead of deadlines so that I can get back to being more present on the blog. It feels like a constant struggle but I’m getting closer to my goals. I’m also trying to read more books on print than on audio, but it’s just easier to read more books on audio when there are chores (and other audiobook compatible activities) to do!

My May 2026 TBR Intentions

I mentioned how excited I was about Book 8 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl coming out in May and that I wanted to reread Books 1 through 7 before diving into it. Well, I couldn’t wait and dove right in the day it released without rereading the other books! I’ll probably reread the whole series again at some point because there were a lot of details I forgot while reading Book 8, but it was totally worth it!

  1. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  2. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  3. Stiff by Mary Roach
  4. Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly

Books Read in May 2026

  1. Stiff by Mary Roach
  2. Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
  3. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  4. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  5. The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
  6. A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman
  7. My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
  8. Horns by Joe Hill
  9. The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
  10. Start Where You Are by Sabrina Pace-Humphreys
  11. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
  12. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  13. The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal
  14. Elevation by Stephen King
  15. High School by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin

Notable Book(s) This Month

Yesteryear was a big standout, not necessarily because I loved it but rather because it’s still sticking with me. It says a lot about our current social media culture and influencer’s public persona. The story and characters are fictional but I know there are real people like Natalie and her husband out there and that scares me deeply.

The other standout is of course, Book 8 of Dungeon Crawler Carl, A Parade of Horribles, because I loved it! I love listening to it on audio. I miss the characters, Jeff Hay’s protrayal of all of them, and it still makes me laugh and cry at all the right places. Definitely planning a reread once I have my other reading challenges squared off.

I also read a couple of nonfiction books about running; one is a guide/how-to, Start Where You Are by Sabrina Pace-Humphreys, which was actually quite informative and helpful, specially targeted to women runners, and the other is a memoir, The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal, which was really interesting because he talks about being a guide for blind runners, plus he was present at the Boston Marathon bombing.

June 2026 TBR Intentions

I have a few books I’m itching to read and I’m sort of wanting to read more running memoirs, but I’d also like to finish as much of the 2026 52 Book Club Reading Challenge as possible. I have other reading challenges as well, and I’m doing well with the 2026 Nonfiction Reader Challenge but falling behind with The Stephen King Constant Reader Challenge and The Classics Club. I’ll have to find a balance!

  1. The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
  2. Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub
  3. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
  4. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis

How was your month in May? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful June with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | April 2026

Posted May 1, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 6 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

April 2026 Wrap Up

As expected, April was another busy month and quite disorganized, to be honest. But the good news is that I’m getting more exercise; I’ve been getting up early almost every morning to run and/or go to the gym, and so far it’s sticking! Fingers crossed!

The other good news is that I actually managed to get a lot of books read because of all the exercising, through audiobooks! Out of the 15 books I read this month, 14 were audiobooks! That would be sad except that I know I’d have read significantly fewer books this month if it weren’t for the audiobooks, so you know what? I’ll focus on the good and be grateful for them!

Still, I do miss the printed books and I’ll try to make time for focused reading in May.

My April 2026 TBR Intentions

I played it safe and only listed three, and finished them all! Yay!

  1. Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
  2. Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
  3. Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

Books Read in April 2026

  1. Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
  2. Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
  3. Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
  4. Radium Girls by Kate Moore
  5. Into the Wild by Job Krakauer
  6. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
  7. The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer
  8. The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer
  9. The Untitled Books by C.J. Archer
  10. The Dead Letter Delivery by C.J. Archer
  11. Secrets of the Lost Ledgers by C.J. Archer
  12. The Journal of A Thousand Years by C.J. Archer
  13. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
  14. Educated by Tara Westover
  15. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Notable Book(s) This Month

The nonfiction were the standouts this month!

The Radium Girls and Educated had me feeling all kinds of feelings. For different reasons, of course. The Radium Girls was devastating on a “where-is-the-humanity?!” level, but Educated touched me on a personal level.

The Hot Zone was very good too, in a scary, horrifying way. I learned more than I wanted to about the terrifying and painful ways we puny humans can die, and I don’t know what to do with this.

I’ve been on such a nonfiction binge though, which is great. There are still so many books on my 2026 Nonfiction Reader Challenge TBR, and I’m adding more every day!

May 2026 TBR Intentions

Okay soooooooo…. Book 8 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, A Parade of Horribles, is coming out on May 12th! I have already pre-ordered it and I am very excited to read it, but not before rereading Books 1 through 7 again… Which means the series is probably going to take up my whole month, or I have to be more patient and space them out while I read other books in between, or I have to forget about rereading the previous books and just read Book 8.

I haven’t decided! But I do have to read the other books below as well, for bookclub obligations and other reasons!

  1. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
  2. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  3. Stiff by Mary Roach
  4. Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly

How was your month in April? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful May with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | March 2026

Posted April 1, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 12 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

March 2026 Wrap Up

March was a whirlwind! I was kept busy for most of the month with regular stuff and some spring cleaning. And we also had some friends come to visit during spring break with their family. We spent full days with them doing activities we don’t normally do anymore and we were exhausted but so happy to see them and spend time with them. These are people we love, so even though it was tiring, we would’ve love for them to stay even longer. It also made us realize that we’re too young to feel so old, and they’ve given us the inspiration to get more active. New fitness goals coming up for the new month and beyond!

My March 2026 TBR Intentions

As for books, I only ended up reading two out of four books in my March TBR and a total of five books for the whole month, but one of them is the Sherlock Holmes collection, and as I mentioned in last month’s wrap up post, it is massive at 72 hours or 1796 pages and is technically made up of an equivalent of nine books? So it’s not too bad I guess.

  1. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  2. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  3. The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer, MD
  4. This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Books Read in March 2026

  1. We Met Like This by Kasie West
  2. My Friends by Fredrik Backman
  3. The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer, MD
  4. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  5. Replay by Ken Grimwood

Notable Book(s) This Month

Well, obviously most of my time was spent on Sherlock Holmes! I listened to the definitive collection on audio narrated by Stephen Fry, and it was the most wonderful experience. I was always looking forward to getting back to it and was so sad when it was over. I had such a strong urge to restart the book from the beginning once I got to the end. It just feels like such a comforting book, and Stephen Fry is just the best narrator, I really felt completely lost in the Holmes’ world and I loved it!

The other books were good too, I didn’t have a bad read this month, but Sherlock Holmes was obviously the standout.

April 2026 TBR Intentions

I’ve already started rereading Foundryside, the first book in The Founders Trilogy, and my aim is to finally finish the series. I’m actually anticipating another busy month so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to read as much as I want to and I don’t want to disappoint myself but I’m hoping to get to as many of the books on my Spring TBR as possible.

  1. Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
  2. Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
  3. Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett

How was your month in March? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful April with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | February 2026

Posted March 2, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 5 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

February 2026 Wrap Up

February went by too quickly! I completely reorganized my workspace this month and it took up a whole week and a half, which is basically almost half the month! I still have little bits and pieces to clean up but at least I can actually use the space now. It made a short month feel even shorter, but I did manage to read a lot of good books anyway.

My February 2026 TBR Intentions

Yeah, I didn’t do so well reading from my TBR in February because of the mental load of reorganizing, but I did end up reading a lot of good books and even got one single nonfiction in!

  1. The Women Are Not Fine by Hope Reese
  2. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  3. The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
  4. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
  5. The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer, MD
  6. This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Books Read in February 2026

  1. The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens
  2. The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
  3. Forsaken Country by Allen Eskens
  4. Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
  5. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
  6. Strange Houses by Uketsu
  7. The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
  8. Never Flinch by Stephen King
  9. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
  10. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
  11. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
  12. The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan

Notable Books This Month

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, and The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth were just pure enjoyment for me this month. It was the storytelling – both books were different to each other, but it was just the way the stories were told. I felt completely immersed and felt all the feelings.

The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan also made a huge impact on me. It’s a reread, but it’s been a while and I’d forgotten everything except the impression it made on me the first time. It hit me harder this time around and I’ll probably talk about it more in a review soon.

And of course, Dare to Lead by Brené Brown makes the list because I love everything she puts out and this is no different. I finished the book in a single sitting, and I’ve restarted the book again because I want to savor it this time around.

March 2026 TBR Intentions

I’m keeping this month’s list short because the Sherlock Holmes collection is massive at 72 hours, or 1796 pages, and two of the other books on the list are nonfiction that require more attention.

  1. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle
  2. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  3. The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer, MD
  4. This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

How was your month in February? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful March with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | January 2026

Posted February 2, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 3 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

January 2026 Wrap Up

I had a great reading month in that I felt like I had a good balance between reading from my TBR and for bookclubs and buddy reads, and reading whatever I felt like in the moment. I binge read a bunch of romances that I’ve been sorely missing and it was so healing to my heart!

I think I also did pretty well with keeping up with my book reviews and replying comments. I haven’t finished writing all the reviews or replying all the comments, but I’m trying my best not to let them accumulate too much. It does feel a little challenging at times and I’m hoping this is not a new year’s thing that tapers off, but rather something that I’ll get better with in time!

My January 2026 TBR Intentions

I didn’t do too badly, I think. I’m also trying not to worry too much about reading from the TBR as long as my bookclub commitments get read! I’m keeping it chill. 😂

  1. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
  2. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
  3. The Women Are Not Fine by Hope Reese
  4. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  5. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
  6. The Will of the Many by James Islington
  7. The Strength of the Few by James Islington

Books Read in January 2026

  1. The Will of the Many by James Islington
  2. The Strength of the Few by James Islington
  3. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
  4. The Kaiju Preservation Society by James Scalzi
  5. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  6. The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
  7. Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
  8. Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane
  9. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
  10. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
  11. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
  12. Better Than Revenge by Kasie West
  13. The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
  14. The Guise of Another by Allen Eskens

Notable Books This Month

Firekeeper’s Daughter surprised me because for some reason I thought it was historical fantasy but it turned out to be contemporary fiction, and a really important story at that. I loved how nuanced it was and the story it told about Indigenous culture. It focuses on the current lives of Indigenous people, but it also shows how Indigenous history shapes what’s happening now. It doesn’t shy away from the difficult topics either and I think that’s important.

Everything Is Tuberculosis is another notable book for me this month because I learned a lot about how tuberculosis shaped history, and also a lot of infuriating things about how race, class, and money influence how cures are distributed in the world. I’m not surprised necessarily, just pissed off, but overall glad I read the book.

I’m also really just happy about all the romances I’m bingeing on. I feel like they are just what I need to balance out some difficult reads with some books that make me happy and lift my mood. I need some of that especially with all that’s happening in real life.

February 2026 TBR Intentions

I’m not as concerned with reading from the TBR anymore, but it’s nice to have some books in mind for what’s next. Plus, I do still have bookclub reads and buddy reads that I need to read and some nonfiction I really want to get to.

  1. The Women Are Not Fine by Hope Reese
  2. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  3. The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
  4. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
  5. The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer, MD
  6. This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

How was your month in January? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful February with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | December 2025

Posted January 5, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 1 Comment

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

December 2025 Wrap Up

Happy 2026, everyone!!

I had a busy, but good, December and I feel very happy and hopeful for the new year. I do feel like I’m constantly playing catch-up with my blog posts and book reviews though, and I am truly sorry for neglecting my blog and all of you who have been very patient with me.

My intention is to catch up with all my reviews for December, and I really want to participate in the Top Ten Tuesdays and Sunday Posts more regularly this year. I also really love the End of Year Book Surveys and booktag memes, and I’ll try to do them throughout this rest of this month.

I’m making new year resolutions for better time management and I’m going to do better in 2026!

My December 2025 TBR Intentions

I was trying to take it easy in December so I only had four books on my TBR intentions, and I cannot believe that I completely forgot to read one of them! I forgot I had it on my list! Oh well, I’ll read it this year. 😅

  1. Emma by Jane Austen
  2. Stoner by John Williams
  3. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  4. My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Books Read in December 2025

  1. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
  2. The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
  3. The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
  4. The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal
  5. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  6. Emma by Jane Austen
  7. Stoner by John Williams
  8. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  9. Starter Villain by John Scalzi
  10. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Notable Books This Month

The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal were really good! I didn’t expect them to be alternate history because the title made me think sci-fi, not history, but it made a whole lot of sense and I really like the stories that she told with each of the individual books.

Stoner was also another standout, and it’s interesting that it is because the MC is such an ordinary, unremarkable character, who’s just wanting to live a simple life. I love that we follow him throughout his life and see him through his ups and downs; the challenges that he faces, the good times he enjoys, his occasional bursts of brilliance, his passion about certain issues and then his passivity on other issues. It’s just such great writing.

January 2026 TBR Intentions

Other than BOTM obligations for January, I’m also wanting to get to some of the books on my TBR that I didn’t manage to get to last year.

  1. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
  2. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
  3. The Women Are Not Fine by Hope Reese
  4. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan
  5. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
  6. The Will of the Many by James Islington
  7. The Strength of the Few by James Islington

How was your month in December? How was your year in 2025? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful 2026 with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | November 2025

Posted December 5, 2025 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 2 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

November 2025 Wrap Up

I actually didn’t realize it was a new month already! I mean, I realized it was December but I completely forgot what that means and that I had stuff to get done. I missed the deadline for a couple of books I was supposed to finish in November as well because I wasn’t connecting the fact that time was actually passing. I’m still playing catch up!

Adding to that, my husband recently changed webhosts for our websites, which caused issues with my blog that was a pain to fix, and there might be some I haven’t even realized yet! I think one of the biggest issue is the broken links on my page that I didn’t even realize until recently, because I haven’t been present on the blog! Please forgive me if you came across any issues on my blog, or come across any more issues. I’m still fixing stuff and catching up on things from being unwell last month.

I’ll say one thing; one of the things I’d been catching up on is crocheting Christmas gifts in time for Christmas. And while I feel the pressure of trying to finish as soon as I can, I also get to listen to a lot of audiobooks while crocheting, so that’s a win!

My November 2025 TBR Intentions

I did pretty good with 6 out of 9, I think! I truly intended to read the other 3 as well, but I lost track of the time with due dates and deadlines. Oh well.

  1. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  2. Christine by Stephen King
  3. Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King
  4. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
  5. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  6. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  8. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  9. Falling by T.J. Newman

Books Read in November 2025

  1. Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith
  2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  3. Christine by Stephen King
  4. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
  5. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
  6. Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
  7. Falling by T.J. Newman
  8. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
  9. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
  10. Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi
  11. Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi
  12. Constituent Service by John Scalzi
  13. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  14. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  15. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Notable Books This Month

I have to say the John Scalzi books were my favorites this month! I’d heard a lot about John Scalzi but haven’t read any of his works. These titles just happened to be available on Audible Plus, and they were short and I was curious and now I feel like I want to read more John Scalzi!

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer was also really good. I made the mistake of listening to it to sleep when I had about two hours more to go on the audiobook. Things got real at that point and I was so worked up and upset I couldn’t sleep.

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia was another surprise. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it as much as I did and I was very pleasantly surprised!

There were a lot of other great books as well, of course, with some of my favorite authors like Stephen King and T. Kingfisher, but none of them were surprises because I knew they’d be good, so they’re not noteworthy compared to these other ones this month.

December 2025 TBR Intentions

I’m going to take it easy this December with reading obligations. I do have a couple of books I’d like to read before the end of the year, and also a couple of BOTMs for bookclubs, but otherwise I’ll read whatever I please! I’m leaning towards easy, light-hearted romance, possibly even Christmas-themed!

  1. Emma by Jane Austen
  2. Stoner by John Williams
  3. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  4. My Friends by Fredrik Backman

How was your month in November? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful December with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap Up | October 2025

Posted November 7, 2025 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 6 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

October 2025 Wrap Up

I’m late with my wrap up this month. I having some health issues and dealing with some adverse side effects so I haven’t been as active both physically and mentally recently. I’ve left a lot of tasks undone too, and I have so many book reviews to catch up on. I’m recovering though and definitely hopeful that next month will be better.

My October 2025 TBR Intentions

I did pretty good on my October TBR intentions, but there were a couple of books I didn’t get to that I still want to eventually. I did manage to read three Stephen King books, which I’m very happy about because that means I’m making progress with my Stephen King Constant Reader Challenge! I’d been slow-moving with the challenge but Halloween season often comes with lots of SK buddy reads and I’m not complaining.

  1. The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
  2. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
  3. This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
  4. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
  5. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher
  6. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  7. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
  8. Falling by T.J. Newman

Books Read in October 2025

  1. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher
  2. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
  3. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
  4. The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
  5. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
  6. This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
  7. The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
  8. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  9. Carrie by Stephen King
  10. Duma Key by Stephen King
  11. The Running Man by Stephen King
  12. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Notable Books This Month

I am still so obsessed with the Dungeon Crawler Carl series! I finally finished them to the most recently released, but I am anxiously anticipating the next books and I love that I’m still so passionate about them. I don’t usually do well with long-running series because I lose interest or they start to get repetitive, but I don’t feel that way about this series and I truly hope it stays that way until the end.

A Sorceress Comes to Call was also a standout. T. Kingfisher is one of my automatic-read authors, and this book has become one of my favorites by her. I also have Hemlock & Silver on my TBR, and I’m excited to read that next.

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened was an interesting surprise. It’s my in-person bookclub’s BOTM, and my first book by the author. I expected something humorous, yes, but I was surprised by Lawson’s brand of humor. I listened to this on audio with the author narrating, and I love how audacious and unapologetic she is. She finds humor in some serious shit too, which I find a little disconcerting, but I can’t help but love her.

November 2025 TBR Intentions

I signed up for quite a few spooky reads during Halloween season and I’m still paying the price. I also have some classics I’m doing for The Classics Club challenge.

  1. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  2. Christine by Stephen King
  3. Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King
  4. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
  5. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  6. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  7. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  8. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  9. Falling by T.J. Newman

How was your month in October? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful November with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap-Up | September 2025

Posted September 30, 2025 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 10 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

September 2025 Wrap Up

This was a busy month for me and I didn’t read a lot of variety, but I did spend time on trying to finish a couple of series, which is good in and of itself, but they’re not completely done yet!

My September 2025 TBR Intentions

My September TBR intentions has been woefully neglected this month. I’ll be migrating them forward into October and hope I have better luck getting to them!

  1. Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  2. Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  3. Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  4. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
  5. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  6. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
  7. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher
  8. Falling by T.J. Newman
  9. S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst

Books Read in September 2025

  1. Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  2. Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  3. Taste by Stanley Tucci
  4. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
  5. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
  6. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
  7. The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
  8. The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

Notable Books This Month

Obviously, the Dungeon Crawler Carl series has very much taken over my brain at the moment! I am loving all of them so far, and I’m almost done with Book 5. I have about 4 hours left of it as of this writing. I mean to continue with the rest of the books and finish the series in October, but I think I’ll have to take a break and read some other books first because of library due dates and reading deadlines.

However, I must say that I loved all the books I read this month!

The Dragonlance series were amazing also! I didn’t finish it because I realized there was a book in between Dragons of Spring Dawning and Dragons of Summer Flame, and I have not acquired that book yet. I also loved Stanley Tucci’s Taste, because I love him in general and I love how he talks about food and how food has shaped some of the relationships in his life.

Most notably, I was very surprised by how much I loved What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. I have never read his books, and I didn’t realize who the author was when I picked up this book, but I am very inspired by this book and I’m very curious to read his other books.

October 2025 TBR Intentions

I want to read the rest of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and hopefully finish some of the books I meant to read last month.

  1. The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
  2. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
  3. This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman
  4. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
  5. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher
  6. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  7. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
  8. Falling by T.J. Newman

How was your month in September? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful October with lots of great books!

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Monthly Wrap-Up | August 2025

Posted August 31, 2025 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 3 Comments

Welcome to the Monthly Wrap Up hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction to share our monthly wrap-up posts that summarizes our month in books, our favorite books of the month, what we did on our blogs, and anything noteworthy we want to share.

August 2025 Wrap Up

I spent the first half of August mood reading, and the second half reading from the TBR, so I satisfied both sides of the reader inside me! I realized that it’s important to leave room for mood reading, and it’s okay to let go of some of the books I previously committed to if I’m not feeling it.

My August 2025 TBR Intentions

Six out of eight ain’t bad! I’ve lost interest in the last Children of Time book, unfortunately. I’m not sure if I’ll ever come back to it. I am still very interested in reading The Power of Myth, but every time I pick it up I end up putting it down after a few passages because I want to savor and contemplate everything. I want to study every last bit of it! I might end up having to make up a study schedule for it or something!

  1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  2. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  4. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  5. Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  6. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
  7. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
  8. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Books Read in August 2025

  1. The Crêpes of Wrath by Sarah Fox
  2. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  3. The Long Walk by Stephen King
  4. Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
  5. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin
  6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  7. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  9. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  10. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
  11. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  12. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Notable Books This Month

My favorite books in August were obviously The Hunger Games trilogy. They are my all-time favorites and always get better the more I reread them. Dragons of Autumn Twilight is also a reread and from one of my favorite series, and The Long Walk is another reread from a favorite author.

So in the interest of fairness, I should talk about the new reads that I loved this month; most notably A Man Called Ove and Blood Over Bright Haven. These two were amazing and they make me so happy that the authors have other books that have gotten great reviews as well. I’m so looking forward to reading more from them!

September 2025 TBR Intentions

My aim is to finish the Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman this month, hopefully. I do have a couple of September BOTMs and a few other books that have September deadlines I should focus on though. I also hope to finish S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst if possible, but I’m perfectly happy to take it slow so we’ll see how it goes.

  1. Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  2. Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  3. Dragons of Summer Flame by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
  4. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
  5. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
  6. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
  7. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher
  8. Falling by T.J. Newman
  9. S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst

How was your month in August? What were your most memorable bookish moments? I hope you have a wonderful September with lots of great books!

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