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 spent finishing up prep for my birthday extravaganza. I blew up balloons and hung streamers, all to celebrate myself. I’ll post some pictures to Instagram/Threads throughout this week of my celebrations. I also stocked up on yummy (mostly healthy) treats for the week and took mom to an appointment with her podiatrist.

I was able to finish several books this week and with the readathon, will finish even more today (Saturday) after this posts. I was going to add those books as well, since it’s still technically part of this week, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stay awake and that will affect whether or not I finish them all now or during the week. So those books will be included next week.

Books

Finished

Take Me With You by Steven Rowley ****
The Iron Knight ****
Picture Perfect ****
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan ****
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach ****

The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee ****

In Progress

The Name Drop by Susan Lee
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon
You Were Made for Me by Jenna Guillaume
Some Kind of Famous by Ava Wilder

The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson
Slingshot by Mercedes Helmwein
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Matthews
The Demon Tide by Laurie Forest
When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa

Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
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

Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

Added to Shelves

Nothing This Week

Blog

Last Week

Swimming Covers
2nd Quarter Check-In
Top Ten Tuesday- Titles containing “Bright”
An Academic Affair Review
ARC Progress Update
Never Titles
Friday Memes
Dewey’s Reverse Readathon Kickoff
Celebrate 55 Kickoff

This 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 The Name Drop
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

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: 139

Library: 131

Banned: 1

Diverse: 56

Total Books Read: 141

TBR

Owned 1927 (-2)

Unowned 3120 (+3)

ARCs 244 (-1)

Total 5291 (0)

1000 Books* 1694 (-3)