Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • Ranking All the 2021 Releases I Read from September – December

    Ranking All the 2021 Releases I Read from September – December

    Woo! We get to wrap up this year long blogging project! If you missed the first two, you can find them here (January – April) and here (May – August). Essentially though, this post is one where I attempt to rank the 2021 releases I read from worst to best, so a few disclaimers here.…

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  • 2021 Wrap Up and 2022 Goals

    2021 Wrap Up and 2022 Goals

    It’s honestly hard to believe that 2022 is here and 2021 has come to a close. It feels so weird to look back on the last year. I started 2021 with covid, finally started therapy, but not until after I booked a last minute trip across the country to go whale watching in Seattle to…

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  • Favorites of the Fourth Quarter

    Favorites of the Fourth Quarter

    Are you overwhelmed with my favorites lists yet? If so, I’m sorry, but also, I have a lot of books I want to talk about! Although, if we’re being honest, I’m realizing you’ve seen a lot of these books already featured in the other lists I have shared. Also, just so we’re all clear, I…

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  • Favorite Non-Romance Titles Read in 2021

    Favorite Non-Romance Titles Read in 2021

    As you all may have noticed, every now and again, I do venture outside of romance and read from other genres. So I am excited to present to you in this post my top ten non-romance titles and a few honorable mentions from 2021 reads!

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  • My Favorite Backlist Romances that I Read in 2021

    My Favorite Backlist Romances that I Read in 2021

    I am back with another list of favorites for you today because I just can’t help myself but have several lists. We’ll get into how many books I read total in 2021, but I think it was right around 270 so this is sort of like a list of 10 per 100 books read. Or…

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  • December Wrap Up

    December Wrap Up

    We could also call this month the “Help, I fell down the Wheel of Time rabbit hole and I can’t get out,” which is a very abrupt departure from my Kate Canterbary rabbit hole. It is also true though. The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime absolutely captured my attention and held it to the…

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  • #Top10of2k21: Most Anticipated Books of 2022

    #Top10of2k21: Most Anticipated Books of 2022

    I love making a most anticipated post so much! There’s a reason I do them quarterly because it just brings me so much joy.

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  • #Top10of2k21: Best of the Best, aka My Favorite 2021 Romances

    #Top10of2k21: Best of the Best, aka My Favorite 2021 Romances

    The past couple of years I have split my favorites list into so many and this time I am challenging myself by just doing three. So this top ten list is my top ten of the 2021 releases I read this year (of the romance genre) and you’ll see the other two soon (favorite non-2021…

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  • Catching Up on ARC Reviews: A Thorn in the Saddle, The Brightest Star in Paris, and Songs in Ursa Major

    I definitely did not mean to hoard my reviews for these three books but I did so here’s a surprise three ARC reviews for books you can pick up already! Yay! A Thorn in the Saddle by Rebekah Weatherspoon is a great contemporary romance out from Avon and I would also recommend the audiobook. The…

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  • #Top10of2k21: One True Pairings

    #Top10of2k21: One True Pairings

    Y’all, I am so excited to share with you my list of favorite couples this year. Kim’s challenge really gives us the opportunity to spotlight some of the things I otherwise wouldn’t really talk about, but I read some incredible romances this year where the relationship really shined. So let’s talk about my list!

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