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2026 ARC Reviews: Chaos, Out of Her League, and The Summer of Lost Things
Alright y’all, we’ve got some good books to talk about today! Each of these books (Chaos by EJ Blaise, Out of Her League by Ava Rani, and The Summer of Lost Things by Jenn Bennett) released in May, with one caveat. Technically, Chaos came out last year, but it released in audio this year so…
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Celebrating Queer Joy: ARC Reviews of After Hours at Dooryard Books, Star Shipped, and The House of Now and Then
Considering how much I’ve already raved about After Hours at Dooryard Books and Star Shipped to anyone who would listen, it is really strange to just now be sitting down to write full reviews of each of the books to share with y’all. I’ve already talked about them in my April Wrap Up and my…
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Tier Ranking the 2026 Releases I Read from January – April
These posts are probably my favorites of the year, but they’re also a lot of work so yay for being here! We’re going with Taylor Swift tiers as per usual, so we’ve got The Alchemy as our top most tier, not because it’s my favorite song but because it encompasses the idea of loving a…
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ARC Reviews: Stranger Things Have Happened, An Ordinary Sort of Evil, and Dolly All the Time
I have been so fortunate with the ARCs I’ve had access to lately and these three were all winners! Stranger Things Have Happened was my second book by Kasie West and solidified that she’s going to be an auto-read author from me because I am truly vibing with her writing style. An Ordinary Sort of…
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Catch Up ARC Reviews: Waiting for Friday Night, We Met Like This, and Some Kind of Famous
I think I’ve been pretty up front that I am the world’s worst at getting books read in a timely fashion, but I do still try and read and review them! This is part of why I don’t write full reviews of every book I read so I still feel like I’m giving these books…
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Contemporary Romance ARC Reviews: Enemies to Lovers, While You Were Seething, and How Not to Fall in Love
I had a great spring break, which is a thing that I made for myself because for some reason we don’t get one as adults and that felt cruel this year for some reason. Anyway, the reason I had a great spring break is because I read a lot of good books, including these three.…
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ARC Reviews: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay, and Tiny House, Big Love
This was a set of three books by authors I have loved and they certainly delivered. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the first in yet another series by Ilona Andrews, one of my favorite authors of all time. This book comes out TODAY! And it’s a Book of the Month Add On or…
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Books with Flowers on the Cover (ARC Reviews): One & Only, Anderson in Bloom, and No Place Like You
This is a really excellent round up of three books that I enjoyed quite a bit and each and every one is already out because of course they are. First up, we have One & Only by Maurene Goo, which is her first adult novel and it was just as captivatingly written as her YA…
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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
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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