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 week was hot. Not triple digits yet, but still high 90s (F). I hate the heat, its made me cranky and made my sleep schedule even worse than usual. Thankfully its cooled down a bit this weekend. The heat doesn’t help the fires either, and about half of Oregon is currently on fire. Nothing is close to me right now, but there are a lot of communities in trouble.

I feel like I didn’t do much this week. I mean, I did, obviously, but nothing really of note aside from chopping off half my hair. My hair was quite long, hitting below my waist, and I cut it to just below my shoulders. I kind of wanted it a little shorter, but I’m afraid to cut too short in the event I mess up and have no room to fix it. But it’s still much cooler than it was.

I have also been doing a lot of planning and mental organization. I have a potential secret project that I am doing some preliminary work. I’m not at a point where I can reveal anything about it, but it could be life changing if it works out.

Books

Finished

One in a Million by Beverley Kendall ****
Beautiful Boss by Christina Lauren (re-read)
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Matthews ****

In Progress

She Gets the Girl by Rachel Lippincott & Alyson Derrick
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa
The Demon Tide by Laurie Forest
Mint to Be by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Tough Guy by Rachel Reid
Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
Fake it Till You Bake it by Jamie Wesley
Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely

Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak
The Reality of Us by Emma Mugglestone
The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander
Out of Character by Annabeth Albert
Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon

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
Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

Added to Shelves

Between the Lines by Haley Cass (eARC, Atria, Invite)
Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe (eARC, NetGalley)

Blog

Last Week

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

This Week

Red Covers
If I Had X Dollars
Top Ten Tuesday~ I Had to Have It but Need to Read It
Review~ The Name Drop
Review~ One in a Million
Summer Titles
Friday Memes
August TBR

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: 146

Library: 138

Banned: 1

Diverse: 61

Total Books Read: 148

TBR

Owned 1930 (+4)

Unowned 3129 (-2)

ARCs 242 (+2)

Total 5301 (+4)

1000 Books* 1692 (0)