Hi friends! This month has been pretty crazy, but I’ve gotten some NetGalley approvals recently, so I thought it would be fun to go through some of the ARCs that I’ve got!
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TBR: 26 in 2026
Hello 2026! I still don’t think it sounds like a real year, but whatever, it’s fine. It’s time to share with you my 26 in 2026!
I had so much fun doing this challenge last year, and ended up reading 21/25 books which is not bad at all. This year, however, I am determined to read all 26 books on this list, so I’ve been very specific about the books I’ve chosen. You may remember that last year I split my picks into different categories; I’m doing categories again this year, but with a twist. The requirement for every book on my 26 in 2026 list is that they have to be from my owned tbr.
One of my goals every year is to read down my owned tbr. I don’t remember how many books I started with on my owned tbr in 2025, but we ended the year with 114 unread books from my personal library. Honestly, that’s not that bad of a number considering the amount of books that I did haul in 2025. Ideally, by the end of this year, even with all the books that I know I will end up purchasing or be gifted, I can end 2026 with under 100 unread books from my personal library. Hence the requirement for this year’s challenge being books that I already own.
Now that you know that bit of information, let’s get into the tbr! Grab your favorite beverage, get cozy and let’s go through my 26 in 2026!
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We are just weeks away from one of my favorite reading challenges, Winterween! Winterween is a yearly readathon hosted by GabbyReads and is a way to bring the Halloween vibes to the winter months! This year, Winterween is from January 9th – 15th and you know I’ve been planning my tbr since Gabby announced the readathon.
Grab your favorite beverage, get cozy, maybe turn on a Halloween playlist or film, and let’s talk about my Winterween tbr!
Read moreTBR: 2026 Anticipated Releases
With the beginning of December comes the start of the end of the year blog posts and I could not be more excited! I have many of these end of the year type of posts planned for the month, but we’re going to start with one of my favorites, my anticipated reads of 2026!
If you’re curious as to which books are at the top of my list for 2026, grab yourself a comforting beverage, a cozy blanket and let’s talk about some 2026 releases!
Read moreTBR: Books on My Owned TBR That I Want to Read by the End of the Year
Hello my sundrops! To quote Maisie Peters, “I wake up and it’s October”. As we’re getting towards the end of the year, I’ve started to not only look ahead to 2026 (doesn’t sound like a real year) and what books I’m looking forward to, but also what books on my owned tbr that I’d like to read before the year is out.
One of my big goals for 2025 has been to get my owned tbr down to 100 books. At this moment, I’m at 135, which really isn’t a horrible number considering the amount of books that I buy throughout the year and the books that I get through the library or ARCs that I get. I do wish I remembered what my owned tbr was at when the year started to see how many I’ve already ticked off the list, but alas, I don’t remember. The thing is, I don’t think I’m going to get to 35 of the books on my owned tbr in addition to all the other things I want to read, so I decided to pick 9 books from my owned tbr that I’m going to prioritize.
Read moreTBR: Summerween 2025
Friends, can you believe it? Summerween is almost here and I am thrilled! If you don’t know, the Summerween readathon is hosted by Gabby from GabbyReads on BookTube, and it’s a readathon that takes place every summer specifically to read thriller and horror novels. This summer the readathon is running from July 5th – 12th, so there’s still plenty of time to prepare if you want to participate! This will be my 3rd Summerween and I am so excited. I look forward to it every summer (especially all the cute merch!) and I wanted to share my — not at all ambitious… — tbr with y’all!
Read moreTBR: Recent Netgalley Approvals
Hi friends, I hope that you’re doing well! This month I’ve gotten an insane amount of Netgalley approvals, so I thought it would be fun to do a little Netgalley TBR and show y’all my list of ARCs! I’m gonna list these in order of publication date, because why not 🤷🏻♀️
Get comfy and cozy, and let’s chat!
Read moreTBR: 25 in 2025
Hi friends! I hope January has been treating you well! Historically, I’ve been bad at these challenges that are the x number of books for x year, but I wanted to try it this time around and split it into 5 categories. For some reason that made it seem less daunting to me than just picking 25 books at random.
So, get cozy, maybe pull up Goodreads or StoryGraph in case there are books on here that pique your interest, and let’s talk about 25 books I want to read in 2025!
Read moreNetGalley TBR: ARCs I’d Like to Read by the End of the Year
With the exception of the ARC I’m currently reading, all of the ARCs I have are 2025 releases. Most of the time I like to read an ARC either the month before it’s released, or the month it is released, but I have a few that I’m just so excited about that I’d love to read them before the year is out. Most of these actually come out in January, so I’ll be reading them either this month or in December, but I’ve got a few others that are coming out a little later that I can’t wait to read!
Get comfy and cozy and let’s chat 2025 ARCs I’m most excited to read!
Read moreThemed TBR: Halloween Season TBR
It’s almost Halloween season and I’m so excited! This really is the time of year where all I want to do is sit and read — I mean, that is always, but honestly, from like October to February it being so dark outside so early is really hard for me so all I want to do is read and escape. Anyway, this time of year especially, all I want to do is read dark and scary books; lots of intense mystery/thrillers and a lot of horror novels.
While I have my Fall TBR, I also wanted to do a Halloween themed TBR for the month of October. Now, my mystery/thriller and horror TBRs are never ending, so there were a lot of options for books to be on this list. I then thought “Hey, you’re trying to get your physical TBR down, how about this list is just the mystery/thriller/horror books that you’ve got physical copies of” and then suddenly it became a little bit easier to figure out this TBR!
So, if you’d like to see what scary and spine-chilling reads I want to get to in October, let’s go!
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