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

I was sick about half of the week, and am still not feeling fantastic. I am very behind on chores and everything else, because I basically did nothing on those days except nap, read, play games and watch Netflix. I’m hoping I’ll be back up to my usual speed next week.

Books

Finished

The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne by Summer N. England ****
The Summer of Lost Things by Jenn Bennett *****
Riverbend by Karis Walsh ****
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid ****
A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky ****

In Progress

Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez
Oh My Affogato! by Daphne Ang
Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Never Date a Celebrity by Claire Forsythe
Left on Read by Marissa Eller

Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy Rose
13 Little Love Stories by Elise Bryant, et al
Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss

My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
Savor It by Tarah DeWitt
Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
Beautiful by Christina Lauren (re-read)
We Became Wild by H.D. Carver

How to Get a Life in Ten Dates by Jenny L Howe
Today, Tonight, Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed
Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden
Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
The Maui Effect by Sara Ackerman

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Truly, Madly, Magically by Hazel Beck
The Perfect Crimes of Marion Hayes by Cat Sebastian
Tight Rope by Amanda Quick
Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

Added to Shelves

The Christmas Yes List by Melissa Ferguson (ALC, NetGalley)
Love and Lake Monsters by TJ Alexander (DRC, Atria)

Blog

Last Week

Discussion~ Making Changes
Review~ Joy to the Girls
Review~ Shapes of Love
Review~ Stops Along the Way
Review~ The Bookstore Diaries

This Week

Discussion- Sapphic September
Review~ Operation Boyfriend
Review~ The Impossible Garden of Clara Thorne
Review~ The Summer of Lost Things
Review~ Riverbend