I truly feel like July, August and September flew by. Especially September. We’re already into October and soon it’ll be the holidays — the end of 2026 is suddenly on the horizon and I’m not fully sure how we got here.
This quarter saw some ups and downs when it comes to my reading, so let’s chat about it! If you wanna know all of my 3rd quarter stats, then keep reading!
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Okay, I swear that September started 2 seconds ago, and suddenly the month is over? Honestly, just wild. The last half of the year is absolutely flying by! September was a mostly okay month, (Taylor Swift voice) so let’s get into it…
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Hello my sundrops! Now that we’re in the “ber” months, I am definitely feeling the autumnal vibes, even if the weather around me isn’t.
Now, we all know that I will read the mystery, thriller, horror and dark academia genres all year long as they’re some of my favorites, but I think that autumn is the most perfect time to read these genres specially, and I have a lot that I want to get to between now and the end of November. I thought it would be fun to make an autumn hopefuls list and talk through why I’m excited to read them!
So, grab your coziest blanket (or if you’re in warm weather like me still, have the fan on while you grab that blanket) and let’s talk about some books I’m excited to read during the “ber” months!
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A struggling student, a resident golden boy, and the curse that will bring them this queer, trans retelling is Hamlet as you’ve never read it before
Exploring classism, identity, and the true meaning of revolution, this dark academia novel is perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang’s Babel and S. T. Gibson’s An Education in Malice
The summer before his sophomore year, Horatio Bithersea walks into the university library to find Carson Hamlett, resident golden boy and master magician, cradling his father’s dead body. Life at Elsinore, one of the most prestigious universities in the secretive magical world, simply goes on when the professor’s death is ruled an accident—despite the mysterious circumstances and the bloody scene.
A year later, Horatio is keeping his head down, attempting to graduate without his out-of-control magic harming his classmates. That changes when the ghost of Hamlett’s father appears and places a curse on Horatio and avenge his death by destroying Elsinore and its heart, lest the ghost robs them of their minds, memories, and their very souls.
Elsinore has given Horatio everything—knowledge of his magical ability, an escape from his abusive family, and freedom to pursue his life as a transgender man—and now he’s to be its doom. As the two uncover more of Elsinore’s secrets Horatio finds himself becoming more and more ensnared in Hamlett’s dark but charismatic web.
The question is not if Horatio will manage to destroy Elsinore. The question is if Hamlett will destroy him first.
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August did in fact slip away into a moment in time. What a month it’s been, let’s chat about it!
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Hello, hello, besties! I won’t lie, brain power is pretty low currently and writing up reviews (or even super coherent posts tbh) is not feeling super likely lately, so I thought it would be nice to share a little anticipated releases list! Although it’s August (what?) and we’re in the later half of the year, there are still some releases coming out this year that I’m so excited for, so we’re going to talk about those today!
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Happy “salt air and the rust on your door” eve everyone! As always, with the end of the month comes my monthly wrap up. I think July was an overall more interesting month than June was, so I’ve got more to talk about in this wrap up, let’s get into it!
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Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years–or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.
When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.
One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.
Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.
Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.
But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.
And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad… depending on who’s telling it.
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.
It’s July, which means it’s time for me to post my mid-year freak out tag answers! This is such a fun tag to do every year, as I love looking back on my reads for the first half of the year and looking forward to the rest of the year. From January to June I read a total of 87 books, and most of these categories were really easy to fill out, and some categories I didn’t really have answers for, so I decided to forgo those this time around.
Let’s get to the tag!
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We’re now half way through 2026…that’s just insane, and since we’re done with another quarter, it’s time for some stats! Let’s talk about April, May and June
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