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Top Ten Tuesday | Book Titles That Include the Word “Seven”

Posted July 6, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 48 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 Book Titles That Include the Word “[insert word of your choice here]”  

I decided to go with the word/number “Seven” in honor of today being the seventh day of the seventh month. There are quite a lot of book titles that feature the number “Seven” too, so I’m spoiled for choice! Some of these I’ve read, some are on my TBR, and some are books that look really interesting to me and that I’m adding to the TBR. Do you have any favorite books with the number seven in the title?

(ETA: I did not do this on purpose, but I’m also number 7 on the TTT linkup for this week! How cool is that?!)

Top Ten Book Titles That Include the Word “Seven”

  1. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston – I had this book on my TBR for the longest time before I finally read it even though there was so much praise for it because I was a fool, but I finally read it earlier this year and ended up loving it! I’m definitely a fan and I’m absolutely reading more from the author.
  2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – I’m a huge fan of TJR and have so many of her books on my favorites list. Interestingly, this book isn’t one of my favorites. I liked it well enough and I think it’s very good and very well-written but it’s not one of my favorites. That distinction goes to Carrie Soto Is Back and Malibu Rising.
  3. The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher – I have so many Kingfisher books on my TBR and it’s making me just a little anxious. I love the author and I must read everything she writes, but she’s writing so quickly and I can’t keep up!
  4. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson – I have no idea what this book is about but I heard it’s good and I love a good chunky book. I recently bought the audiobook on sale and I can’t wait to dive in.
  5. The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – This is historical fiction, magical realism, and mystery all in one book. A fortune teller has to find out the mystery of her mother’s death in 18th-century England. The reviews have gotten me so intrigued!
  6. The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee – This is nonfiction about a North Korean defector. I’m not very knowledgeable about the North Korean history and politics, but I’d be very interested in reading this and learning a little more. It could also be a great option for those doing geographical reading challenges.
  7. The Seven O’Clock Club by Amelia Ireland – The book description makes this book sound so mysterious; a small group of people doing some kind of experimental therapy thing and secrets are revealed. I know nothing but I need to know everything!
  8. The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames – This one intrigued me because I enjoy stories of family history sprawling across several generations, told in a sort of memoir format. At least, that’s the impression I got from the book description and reviews. I could be wrong but I’m very interested in finding out!
  9. The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms – I love Freaky-Friday-esque type of stories with very different people switching lives and this one just sounds like so much fun!
  10. Seven Summers by Paige Toon – A friend recommended Paige Toon as a must-read author and I hadn’t had a chance to try her books yet, but this one sounded good and had “Seven” in the title so I added it here! And hopefully I’ll read it too soon!

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

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Monthly Wrap Up | June 2026

Posted July 2, 2026 by Haze in Blog News, Monthly Wrap Up / 2 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.

June 2026 Wrap Up

To be blunt, June sucked.

We lost another one of our cats, Pepper, last week on the 26th of June, after losing Loki in June last year. She stopped eating on Monday so we took her to the vet. They took x-rays and a blood test, and then gave her meds and told us to force-feed her with a syringe if she didn’t start eating on her own. We did it for a couple of days but she wasn’t getting any better, and she also stopped drinking and we had to force her to drink as well.

The blood test results showed she probably had kidney disease and we took her back to the vet on Friday. She’d lost about 1.3kg in just five days. The vet said it didn’t look like she’d be able to make it without hospitalization and extensive medical intervention, and we obviously didn’t want her to starve herself to death and suffer any more than she had to, so we decided to let her go.

It sucks. I hate it. She was the baby and the most spoiled cat of all. I can’t believe she’s gone.

Button is the only one left. She’s Loki’s and Pepper’s mother, and she was very attached to Pepper. Now that Pepper’s gone, Button’s been sleeping with us every night and following us around a lot. We ended up taking Button to the vet too, this week, just to check that everything’s good with her and prevent any issues before they crop up. The good news is that her bloodwork came back great, but we’ve got to get her in for dental work later this year.

It’s still new and raw, and I find myself coming across memories and things that remind me of Pepper, and I’d just cry randomly. We just bought a new cat backpack so she could come with us on walks this summer and I have so many regrets when I see it sitting in the corner. She had only gotten to use it once.

I think when I posted about Loki last year, I’d had more time to process it before sharing about it and Pepper’s passing just happened last week so I’m rambling way too much. I know it’ll get better eventually.

My June 2026 TBR Intentions

I didn’t end up reading very much in June. I’m also behind on my book reviews, replying comments, and general blog maintenance. I did get a few of my Top Ten Tuesdays topics done ahead of time and pre-scheduled, so that’s one less thing to worry about.

  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

Books Read in June 2026

  1. The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
  2. Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub
  3. North by Scott Jurek and Jenny Jurek
  4. Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn
  5. Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
  6. The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
  7. Tuesdays At The Castle by Jessica Day George

Notable Book(s) This Month

The Talisman and Black House were wonderful and immersive reads. I loved the journey and I’m so excited for the third book in the series, Other Worlds Than These, coming out this October.

The Agatha Christie bio by Lucy Worsley was also really good! I read a fictionalized book about Agatha Christie, The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont, recently and didn’t like it very much, but this one made me want to know more about Christie and reread her books again.

July 2026 TBR Intentions

I kinda want to let myself chill and read all the happy, cozy books after the month I had in June, but I also love the feeling of satisfaction when I cross off books that fit the prompts of the reading challengs I’ve taken on. Let’s see if I can find a balance.

  1. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
  2. The Shippers by Katherine Center
  3. The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren
  4. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis

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

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Top Ten Tuesday | Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026

Posted June 29, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 17 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 Second Half of 2026  

There are waaayyy too many good books releasing every day and I despair of ever reading everything I want to read. These are just a few of the ones I’m really looking forward to. I’m excited to see what everyone else has on their list, and I’m probably going to end up adding some of them to my TBR too!

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

  1. The Roommate Rule by Georgia Stone – Expected publication date: Jul 7, 2026. I love the forced proximity trope in romances and this one looked so cute! I also really love this cover!
  2. Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves – Expected publication date: Jul 7, 2026. The MC is Death and presents as an ordinary guy. I need to see where this goes.
  3. The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren – Expected publication date: Jul 14, 2026. Christina Lauren’s books are always fun when I need a lighthearted romance.
  4. Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon – Expected publication date: Jul 14, 2026. I read The Ex Talk by the author some time ago and really enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to read more by her.
  5. The Eye of Leviathan by M.A. Carrick – Expected publication date: Jul 14, 2026. I love the Rook & Rose series by the authors and I’m so excited to read more from them! This is the first of a new series and I’m torn between reading this one immediately versus waiting for the whole series to be out so I have the whole story at once.
  6. A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin – Expected publication date: Sep 1, 2026. I’ve read several of Madeline Martin’s historical fiction and loved them, this one has witchy elements to it and I’m curious to see how she fares with historical fantasy.
  7. The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon – Expected publication date: Sep 8, 2026. Frozen River by the author really surprised me and I’m excited to read more by the author.
  8. Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo – Expected publication date: Sep 15, 2026. The third and final book in the Alex Stern series. I loved the first book, was kind of disappointed with the second one, but I haven’t given up on it hence the excitement for this one. I hope it will not disappoint.
  9. Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King – Expected publication date: Oct 6, 2026. I just recently finished reading the first two books in The Talisman series, in preparation for this third book coming out. I cannot wait!
  10. As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers – Expected publication date: Oct 13, 2026. I’m a huge fan of Becky Chambers, especially because of all the found family stories like in The Wayfarers series, so I want to read this one too!

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

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Top Ten Tuesday | Books on My Summer 2026 TBR

Posted June 22, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 34 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 Summer 2026 To-Read List 

I have a whole bunch of books I hadn’t read from past TBR lists, but I decided to try not repeating them for this one even though many of them remain unread and still on my TBR.

I ended up with a full list of women authors, with many of the books touching on feminism and women’s issues, completely unintentionally, but I’m not mad about it. Hopefully I am able to read as many of these as possible this summer. Excited to see what everyone else is planning to read!

Top Ten Books on My Summer 2026 TBR

  1. The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston – I read a couple of Ashley Poston books recently and fell in love with her stories. This is her newest release and I’m excited to read it!
  2. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – I love stories set in ancient Rome and I have a whole separate TBR filled with books in this category. This one looked good and I thought it’d be a good one to start with.
  3. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill – I’ve seen some rave reviews about this book and my interest is piqued. Dragon women, right up my alley!
  4. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North – This was on my radar a long time ago but I forgot about it until recently when my bookclub friends were talking about it and renewed my interest in it.
  5. Venco by Cherie Dimaline – Witches and magical realism, how can I resist! I’ve been on the library waitlist for a while now, and I believe it will be ready for me this summer!
  6. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – A book I had read before and loved about women’s friendships. I’ve been meaning to reread this and hopefully I can get to it this summer.
  7. The Shippers by Katherine Center – Another new one I’m excited for! I’d read anything by Katherine Center!
  8. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston – I’ve read 10 Blind Dates by the author and enjoyed it more than I expected to. It’s a completely different genre but I’m curious what this one will be like.
  9. The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang – I recently read Blood Over Bright Haven and omg it was so intense. This book is the more popular one by the author so I’m looking forward to reading it.
  10. Eve by Cat Bohannon – Nonfiction about how the female body shaped science and history throughout the years. It sounds absolutely fascinating!

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

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Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Read

Posted June 1, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 26 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 I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Read  

Some of these books have been on my TBR forever. Some of them are recognizable classics or pop culture books that people talk about all the time and I feel like I should read to understand. All of these are books that I can’t believe I’ve never read, but I do intend to read them eventually!

Top Ten Books I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Read

  1. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison – I got it mixed up with The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, which I read when I was a lot younger, and was very confused when people talked about it and I was like…”wait, what? When did that happen in the book?”
  2. Watership Down by Richard Adams – There is so much praise for this book and I keep meaning to read it but I haven’t yet.
  3. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan – I’ve tried reading it many times but haven’t been able to get through it because it hits so close to home. I’m not sure if I should let it go or push through.
  4. The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R Tolkien – I actually did try listening to this on audiobook, narrated by Andy Serkis. I loved what I heard thus far, but I couldn’t finish it at the time because I listened to it to sleep and Serkis’ Gollum voice scared me awake! I intend to try it again soon!
  5. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk – Any book by Palahniuk, to be honest. I don’t know why I haven’t read any.
  6. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King – As a self-proclaimed King fan, I am ashamed that I haven’t read this series. In fact, there are still a whole bunch of King books I have never read! The shame!
  7. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – I have used the “catch-22” reference a few times in my life but I have never read the book.
  8. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – I know the basic story and I already love the vibes, but I’ve just never read the book. I think I might have read an abridged children’s version once though.
  9. Beloved by Toni Morrison – One I really want to read but I read some reviews saying it was bleak and a difficult read so I’m a little hesistant.
  10. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson – This is another story that’s been told and adapted so many times in pop culture but I’ve never read the original.

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

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Monthly Wrap Up | May 2026

Posted June 1, 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.

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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Top Ten Tuesday | Books Set in Rome

Posted April 6, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 30 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 About/Set In Places on My Bucket List  

I’m in so much trouble! My plan for this week’s list was to list a few books for places on my bucket list, as per instructions, and I had a few different places in mind like, I wanted to visit the Colosseum in Rome, the Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls, and so on… Well, I started with Rome and did my search for books featuring Rome, and ended up with SO MANY NEW BOOKS ON MY TBR!

What’s worse, some of them are series! What’s even worse, some of them are LONG RUNNING SERIES with seven or more books!

So obviously I stopped searching for any other books featuring my other bucket list places because I cannot afford this! You’ll have to make do with just books about Rome!

Top Ten Books Set in Rome

  1. From the Ashes by Melissa Addey – The author has written another series, The Forbidden City, set in China that I’m also interested in and have on my TBR. There are four books in this series.
  2. SPQR by Mary Beard – This is nonfiction and seems to be very highly recommended. I’ve already put in a request for it from my library.
  3. Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr – This is a memoir that I’m interested in because I have another book by the author on my TBR as well, All The Light We Cannot See.
  4. The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough – The author of The Thorn Birds, with such high ratings for these books on Goodreads, and seven books in the series!
  5. Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow – 25 freaking books in the series! To be fair, I already had this book on my TBR for a while, but I’d forgotten about it and I didn’t know there were 25 books in the series!
  6. Pompeii by Robert Harris – Thank the gods this is a standalone! It might be the only standalone on this list, other than the nonfics!
  7. The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – 13 books in this series. Not as bad as 25 but still painful on my purse!
  8. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn – It’s Kate Quinn and I’d been wanting to read more of her books. I didn’t know she wrote historical fiction about Rome, but I am so here for it! Four books in this series.
  9. The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff – This is the first of eight books in a series. They were apparently not written as a series but they are categorized as one, so we’ll see.
  10. The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie – So this is the only book on the list I’ve read and loved. It’s one of my all-time favorite books and I reread it all the time and recommend it to everyone I can because it’s criminally underrated. It’s also a duology but I haven’t read the second book. If you’re a fan of historical fiction set in Rome and haven’t read any of these books, I highly recommend you read this one!

Have you read any of these authors? What did you think of them? Would you read any of their 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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Top Ten Tuesday | Books on My Spring 2026 TBR

Posted March 23, 2026 by Haze in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Book Memes / 42 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 Spring 2026 to-Read List 

Some of these books have been on my TBR for years! I’ve featured a couple of them on several TBR lists over the last few years and it’s just embarrassing at this point, but I feel like I’m going to keep featuring them and purposely embarrass myself until I read them, as a motivation for me to finally read them! Hopefully it works? 😅

Top Ten Books on My Spring 2026 TBR

  1. The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich – I’ve become a fan of the author ever since I read The Sentence and I’ve been wanting to read more of her books. This one has been on my TBR since it came out in 2024 but I haven’t gotten around to it for some reason. I’ve borrowed it multiple times from the library but kept returning it unread. I ended up purchasing the audiobook so I could listen at my convenience but I haven’t started it yet. Hopefully sometime soon!
  2. In The Woods by Tana French – I came across it while researching Irish authors for last week’s Top Ten Tuesday and I’m very excited about it because it really sounds like the kind of book I’d love, and if so, there are a whole bunch of other books by the author I’d probably read too!
  3. Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett – This would be a reread, but I didn’t finish the series the first time I read it, and my intention is to reread to finish the whole series.
  4. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – This would aso be a reread. I read this book years ago and loved it, but it’s been a while and I think I’ll get a lot more out of it this time around.
  5. Educated by Tara Westover – This book was overhyped at one point which made me hesitant to read it, but it’s been a while and people are still consistently talking about how good it is. So I’ll give it a try.
  6. Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell – This is relatively new on my TBR but it sounds so good and I love a good monster romance!
  7. The Glass Château by Stephen P. Kiernan – I have loved all of the author’s books and I have featured him and his books many times on my blog. I’ve also featured this book on many of my TBR lists but just haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. This is the one book I hope I will have read by the time the next TBR list feature comes around!
  8. Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane – I don’t understand the holdup for me reading this book either. It’s been on my TBR a long time and I just need to get to it.
  9. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett – This would be another reread. I loved this book when I read it so many years ago and I’ve just been craving the vibes. I’ve also been meaning to read other books from the author, but somehow just never did.
  10. Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth – I recently read a couple of the author’s books last month and really enjoyed them. Hopefully I can get to this one soon too.

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

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