Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • #SpringIntoLoveBingo Announcement + TBR

    #SpringIntoLoveBingo Announcement + TBR

    I did just turn on the air conditioner last night, but it still seems weird to be talking about Spring when I look outside my window and still just see brown. I’m very much looking forward to things coming back to life. But setting that aside, I’m glad to be bringing y’all #SpringIntoLoveBingo! I hope…

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  • Catch Up ARC Reviews: It’s a Love Story, Ladies in Hating, and An Academic Affair

    Catch Up ARC Reviews: It’s a Love Story, Ladies in Hating, and An Academic Affair

    This was a great batch of ARCs. I really enjoyed all three of my main reviews, though, there’s also a bonus DNF review tacked on at the end. It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan, Ladies in Hating by Alexandria Vasti, and An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister are all books I received e-book ARCs…

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  • Catch Up ARC Reviews: We Who Will Die, The Seven Rings, and And They Lived Happily Ever After

    Catch Up ARC Reviews: We Who Will Die, The Seven Rings, and And They Lived Happily Ever After

    Will I ever timely review my ARCs again? Who is to say? But in the meantime, I hope y’all enjoy reading my reviews of these books. I received review copies of both the e-book and the audiobook of We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark, and I did do a mixed format reading of We…

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  • January Wrap Up

    January Wrap Up

    January is two weeks past us and I’m just now sitting down to write this wrap up. That’s more of a testament to how many other things have been capturing my attention than anything else, but I do hate being this off schedule. I also just made a list of all the ARCs I’ve read…

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  • 2026 ARC Reviews: Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone, The Odds of You, and Enchanting the Fae Queen

    2026 ARC Reviews: Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone, The Odds of You, and Enchanting the Fae Queen

    These three books are really so different, but I’m very delighted to be bringing you reviews for them during the month of their release. Not always a thing I manage. (In fact, it’s often NOT something I manage.) Anyway, I received an e-ARC of Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone by Christine Riccio, The Odds of…

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  • February TBR + New Releases

    February TBR + New Releases

    I’m going to have a lot of time for audiobooks this month so I imagine my re-read of Guild Hunters is going to see some pretty impressive progress being made, but I do also have other books I’m trying to read. So we’ll see how this goes. In other news, February! I’m hoping to make…

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  • Favorite Books I Read in 2025

    Normally I break my favorites list into multiple things and perhaps I should do that, but instead, I’m cheating slightly and giving you my top “ten” books and then some honorable mentions. Incredibly unusually, most of my favorites are not romance novels because for some reason I had an absolutely incredible reading year for nonfiction,…

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  • Tier Ranking the 2025 Releases I Read from Sept-Dec

    Tier Ranking the 2025 Releases I Read from Sept-Dec

    We’re nearly there, wrapping up my full reading year, but I have a few more posts I feel like have to be done before we can officially move on. I read 38 2025 releases in the last four months of the year, which is quite a few, though less than in the second third if…

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  • Quarter Four Favorites

    Quarter Four Favorites

    Y’all, Quarter Four was quite the reading time. I read 49 books and I had a bunch of great reads so I’m here to tell you about ten of them.

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  • December Wrap Up

    December Wrap Up

    December was definitely a month that happened. I loved spending time with my family and friends during the holiday season, but I’ve also really enjoyed spending yesterday and today by myself alone in my apartment to recharge. But rather than reading me talking about how much I value my alone time, let’s switch our focus…

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