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Monthly Wrap Up | February 2026

Posted March 2, 2026 by Haze in Monthly Wrap Up / 4 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 January 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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Top Ten Tuesday | Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026

Posted January 12, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 49 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.

Today’s topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026

All the books I’ve chosen for this topic are by authors I’ve read and loved before and I feel pretty confident that I’ll love these ones too! I’m so excited for them! However, I made a promise to myself that I would prioritize some of the older books on my TBR, so I’m going to pace myself and try to be a good TBR reader.

Top Ten Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026

  1. Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett – Expected publication date: Feb 17, 2026. I loved the Emily Wilde series, and based off of this new title, I think I love it already.
  2. Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman – Expected publication date: Feb 10, 2026. I love the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by the same author, and Book 8 is supposed to be out May 12 but there wasn’t any cover design out yet, so I went with this unrelated book instead and I’ll probably read it too!
  3. All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan – Expected publication date: Feb 17, 2026. The first book in the series, Long Live Evil, surprised me by how much I ended up loving it, so of course I’m reading this second one!
  4. Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher – Expected publication date: Mar 24, 2026. I love so many of Kingfisher’s works, she’s an automatic read for me.
  5. The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer – Expected publication date: Apr 7, 2026. I mean, a witch with the power to go into books and interact with the world? It’s my dream!
  6. The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss – Expected publication date: Apr 7, 2026. I love a good mystery/thriller, and this one sounds so good.
  7. The Shippers by Katherine Center – Expected publication date: May 19, 2026. Just assume that I’ll read anything Katherine Center writes. I love her books!
  8. Platform Decay by Martha Wells – Expected publication date: May 5, 2026. This is Book 8 in the Murderbot Diaries series, which I love and must continue with!
  9. Whistler by Ann Patchett – Expected publication date: Jun 2, 2026. I loved Bel Canto and I feel like this one will make me feel all the emotions too.
  10. The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden – Expected publication date: Jun 2, 2026. Arden’s writing gives me such mystical and magical vibes. I need this.

Are you anticipating any of these books? Have you read any books by these authors? What books are you looking forward to?

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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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Sunday Post | 28 September 2025

Posted September 27, 2025 by Haze in Sunday Post, Weekly Book Memes / 22 Comments

Welcome to the Sunday Post, a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer to share weekly news and updates on what we’ve been up to on our blog, with our books, and book-related happenings. I am also linking up with Deb @ Readerbuzz for The Sunday Salon.

The Universe Works in Mysterious Ways

It was another challenging week for me but overall I think it was good in many ways. One of the things I was most stoked about was that I got Brené Brown’s new book, Strong Ground, the day it released!

I am a huge fan of her works but I didn’t even know she had a book coming out and only found out about it the night before as I was going to bed. The next day, I was looking into where I could get the book and how much it cost, and apparently it was selling for $31.50 (plus tax) at a bookstore near me. And guess what? I just happened to have a giftcard for that bookstore that I had been holding on to for about two years (because I hardly buy physical books anymore) and it had exactly $31.50 left on it!!

It was just so serendipitous and I was like, the Universe wants me to have this book!

And then later the same day, I found out that there was a 2-for-1 sale on Audible, and one of the books on the sale was Book 5 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series! I had just finished Book 4 and was going to get Book 5 anyway, and now I get another free book out of it – Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, which has been on my TBR for a long time!

This hardly ever happens to me, and then twice in one day! Perhaps the Universe was making up for the other challenging things that happened last week (that we won’t talk about right now), but hey, I’ll take it! I’ll always be grateful for the good things, no matter how small, and I try to focus on the positive when I can.

Speaking of positive, good things; thank you so much to all of you who took the time to listen to our music that I shared here last week! We’ve gotten some great feedback and we’re really excited to get better and share more music with you!

I’ve added the widget to the sidebar for easy access and visibility, because of course, I’m never gonna shut up about it now. 😂 But truly, I’m just happy to be able to share something I love with you.

The Books

Books I read last week:

  1. The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman – There were a couple of reveals in this book that shook me, and that ending, omg! These books just keep getting better and better. I was going to stop at this book and take a break from the series because I had other book obligations, but I couldn’t stop after that ending, so I just kept reading!

Books I’m reading:

  1. The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman – Currently 4 hours into a 23-hour book. We haven’t gotten into the juicy stuff yet, but there’s been some funny and heartwarming scenes already.
  2. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman – I’m 4.5 hours into this 14-hour book. It’s my in-person bookclub’s botm and we were supposed to meet today (Saturday), but many of us couldn’t make it last minute so we’ve postponed the discussion to next week, which gives me more time to finish!

Last Week on The Blog

Just the TTT. I’ve only been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl, so the only book reviews I need to write are all Dungeon Crawler Carl books! I haven’t decided if I’ll write them all after I finish all the existing books, or if I should get started on each one soon!

This Week

Library due dates! I need to finish A Sorceress Comes to Call this week if I don’t want to go back on the queue and wait until it’s my turn again! But also, to be honest, I feel like I don’t have the bandwidth for focusing on new storylines at the moment, and being on a DCC binge helps because I’m already familiar with the world.

How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!

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Top Ten Tuesday | Books on My Fall 2025 TBR

Posted September 22, 2025 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 22 Comments

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl that features a different bookish topic every week.

Today’s topic is Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List 

Most of these books were already included in my September intended TBR but I haven’t gotten to them and we have just about a week left in the month. Hopefully, I’ll get to them some time this fall! I also realize that I have three Stephen King titles on this list, but to be fair, they are all actual buddy reads that I signed up for that have fall deadlines, plus I realized I need to amp up my Stephen King reading if I want to finish my Stephen King Constant Reader Challenge in a timely manner!

Top Ten Books on My Fall 2025 TBR

  1. The Wedding People by Alison Espach – I have heard interesting things about this book. It seems like a light-hearted book but apparently there are some heavy themes, but it looks like there are generally great reviews for it.
  2. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston – I have read another book by the author, and I really like the sound of the plot for this book.
  3. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman – It’s the BOTM for my in-person bookclub this month, meeting this weekend! I really hope I can finish it by then!
  4. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab – I have enjoyed several of the author’s books, but I like some more than others. I hope this is one of the good ones!
  5. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie – I really enjoyed The First Law Trilogy and I’d already read the first few chapters of this one and found it really intriguing too! It’s a thicker book but hopefully I can dive in soon.
  6. A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher – I initially started this book a few days ago but realized that I had more time on it (library deadline) than I had on Between Two Fires, so I’m putting it down and reading the other one first!
  7. Falling by T.J. Newman – The plot sounds fascinating when I heard it and I’m excited to get to it soon!
  8. Duma Key by Stephen King – I have read this before and remember loving it, but I don’t remember a single thing about it. It’s a buddy read so I decided to reread it with everyone else for the discussion.
  9. Christine by Stephen King – Another buddy read! I recently watched the movie but haven’t yet read the book. My husband has watched many of King’s film adaptations and is a fan of his works, but the only King book he has read that I have not is this one! I have to remedy that (on both sides)!
  10. The Running Man by Stephen King – And yet another buddy read; my online bookclub has a lot of serious Stephen King fans!

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Would you read any of these books?

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Sunday Post | 14 September 2025

Posted September 13, 2025 by Haze in Sunday Post, Weekly Book Memes / 10 Comments

Welcome to the Sunday Post, a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer to share weekly news and updates on what we’ve been up to on our blog, with our books, and book-related happenings. 

All’s Well That Ends Well

I was hoping the second week of school would be easier but the Universe had other plans for me. This time again, it wasn’t school kicking my butt although I have to admit I’m finding myself using parts of my brain I haven’t accessed in years and that’s a challenge in itself.

Nope, what happened was we had a plumbing issue on Monday, and we were lucky enough that we got the plumber to come on Tuesday, but those couple of days weren’t fun, let me tell you. And then on Thursday, we woke up to one of our cats, Pepper, limping, and after having Loki just passing a few months ago, I was perhaps a tad paranoid and worried about something bad happening to Pepper as well. I was anxiously monitoring and babying her the whole day. Fortunately, she seemed a lot better the next morning and is pretty much back to normal now. (I’m still babying her a little bit though.)

So yeah, it was an emotionally difficult and anxiety-ridden week for me. I didn’t get much sleep, which made it difficult for me to concentrate in class as well. I was so glad for the weekend! Everything is looking up this weekend!

Please let the coming week be as easy breezy as can be! I should mention I have my first exam this week, but the sentiment stands! Please let this week be so easy breezy that I’ll ease and breeze through the exam too!

The Books

Books I read last week:

  1. Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman – It was so much more intense than I remembered! To be fair, it’s been maybe 30 years since I last read it, but I still love it! I was initially going to read the Dragons of Summer Flame after this one but just found out that there’s another book that I don’t have in between these two, so I’m putting the series on hold.
  2. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman – I read this last year and loved it, but haven’t finished the series, so I reread to refresh my memory and I intend to finish the series this time!

Books I’m reading:

  1. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman – I also read this last year and stopped halfway through book 3. Rereading it for a refresher and finishing the rest of the books. I’m on Ch 7 now!
  2. The Devils by Joe Abercrombie – I’m only on the third chapter, which is only 3% in, but it’s already really interesting and the characters are really standing out.

Last Week on The Blog

I missed out on Top Ten Tuesday last week, but I got a couple of reviews done!

This Week

I have temporarily given up on S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst. I don’t have the mental power for an intellectual book like that right now. The Dungeon Crawler Carl series weren’t really in my plans this month, but I just needed something fun and it fits the bill!

How was your week? I hope you had a great week last week, and I hope you have a great one again this week!

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