After doing monthly wrap-ups in 2025, I decided to go back to weekly wrap-ups for 2026. I’ll be linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer, and Sunday Salon hosted by Readerbuzz. I’ll also be linking up with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Reading Reality, and with It’s Monday, What Are Your Reading? hosted by The Book Date.

Life

This time next week I’ll be in the middle of this year’s Reverse Readathon and kicking off my birthday celebration week! I’m getting excited (well, even more excited). This week I’ll be decorating and putting all of the finishing touches in place.

This weekend I’m celebrating Taylor Swift’s wedding, rather than the 4th of July.

Books

Finished

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister ****
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare ****

In Progress

Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach
Picture Perfect by Holly Smale
You Were Made for Me by Jenna Guillaume
Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder
Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein

The Demon Tide by Laurie Forest
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa
Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak
The Reality of Us by Emma Mugglestone

The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander
Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy
Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

Added to Shelves

My Own Kind of Person by Tim Manley (NetGalley)
From Square One by A.M. Woody (NetGalley)
Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Isaac Blum (NetGalley)
Triple Threat by Katie Chandler (Atria)
Compulsively Yours by Allison Raskin (HTP)

Blog

Last Week

Umbrella Covers
Read Queer All Year
Top Ten Tuesday~ Anticipated Releases July-December 2026
July TBR
Don’t Let it Break Your Heart Review
Recapping June
Club-ish Titles
Friday Memes

This Week

Swimming Covers
2nd Quarter Check-In
Top Ten Tuesday- Titles containing X
ARC Progress Update
Never Titles
Friday Memes
Dewey’s Reverse Readathon Kickoff
Celebrate 55 Kickoff

Challenges

A-Z Title: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y

A-Z Author: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y

A-Z Location: A, C, E, F, G, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, U, V, W

Audio: 133

Library: 125

Banned: 1

Diverse: 53

Total Books Read: 135

TBR

Owned 1929 (-1)

Unowned 3117 (+18)

ARCs 245 (+2)

Total 5291 (+19)

1000 Books* 1697 (-1)