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 had a little trauma during my birthday week. Or at least trauma for me. We had a lizard get into the house and I am terrified of all reptiles. It was not a happy day for me (this was Sunday, my self-love day, ironically).

Things turned around on Monday though, when I got some packages for my birthday. I waited until Wednesday to actually open anything. Details on what was in them, as well as everything I did for my birthday celebrations are covered in my Celebrate 55 posts listed below. Overall it’s been a great week and I’m looking forward to closing it out today (Saturday).

After 4 or 5 years with this blog, I finally designed a very simple blog logo. I’m not a graphic artist by any means (you’ve probably noticed from my graphics lol), but I can usually pull things together in Canva.

Books

Finished

You Were Made for Me by Jenna Guillaume ***
Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder ****
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson ****
The Name Drop by Susan Lee ****

In Progress

The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman 4%
Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon 10%
Tough Guy by Rachel Reid 64%
Slingshot by Mercedes Helmwein 54%
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Matthews 37%

The Demon Tide by Laurie Forest 35%
When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa 33%
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley 33%
Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak 17%
The Reality of Us by Emma Mugglestone 12%

The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander 12%
Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely 20%
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert 5%
This Cursed Crown by Alexandra Overy 5%
Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai 4%

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman 4%
Anita De Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez 3%
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid 52%

Added to Shelves

Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll (eARC, Invite, St. Martin’s Press)
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (PB, Purchased, New, Winco)
We Unleash the Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (PB, Purchased, Used, Read the Room)
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (PB, Purchased, Used, Read the Room)
The Inheritance by Nora Roberts (HB, Purchased, Used, Yours Truly)

The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts (HB, Purchased, Used, While Away Books)
Geekerella by Ashley Poston (HB, Gifted)

Blog

Last Week

Superhero Covers
Celebrate 55~ Readathon Wrap Up
Birthday Traditions Past & Future
Celebrate 55~ Self-Love Wrap Up
Top Ten Tuesday~ Books By Authors I Want to Read
Celebrate 55~ Heated Rivalry Wrap Up
Review Take Me With You
Review You Were Made for Me
Celebrate 55~ Taylor Swift Wrap Up
This is 55
First Titles
Celebrate 55~ Zoo/Birthday Wrap Up
Friday Memes
Celebrate 55~ Spa Wrap Up
Celebrate 55~ Bookshop Wrap Up

This Week

Car Covers
Celebrate 55~ Event Wrap-Up
Hopes for My 56th Year
Top Ten Tuesday~ Books That Live in My Head
Review~ Main Character Energy
Review~ The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
Shop Titles
Friday Memes

Challenges

A-Z Title: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, 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: 143

Library: 135

Banned: 1

Diverse: 60

Total Books Read: 145

TBR

Owned 1926 (-1)

Unowned 3131 (+11)

ARCs 240 (-4)

Total 5297 (+6)

1000 Books* 1692 (-2)