Monthly Wrap-Up (February 2026)
Welcome to my February 2026 wrap-up post! It’s been a short month but also a long month…weird. I didn’t read or watch as much as I’d planned, but I still had fun!
Welcome to my February 2026 wrap-up post! It’s been a short month but also a long month…weird. I didn’t read or watch as much as I’d planned, but I still had fun!
Since they were in the same universe and Your Knife, My Heart comes first within the world’s timeline (even though it’s published second), I decided to read Leave Me Behind first. I mainly worried that Your Knife, My Heart would potentially spoil Leave Me Behind. I’m happy to share that’s not the case! But I’m… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (January 2026)
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026! Last year had some incredible moments for me (I made some amazing memories). But I’m also happy to look forward, toward what good things 2026 will bring. That being said, here are my top reads of the year which definitely count as kernels of happiness peppered throughout 2025! Note: I listed… Read More My Top Reads of 2025
And so another year has gone by! While 2024 has brought some happiness, I’m definitely glad to have it behind me. On a happy note, though, I’m happy to be posting my top reads of the year post within the fist half of January! I’m taking that as a definite win (especially since I gave… Read More My Top Reads of 2024
A bit late on the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag this year. But I suppose it’s better than being months late! For those of you who haven’t read my previous freak out tags yet, here are my Mid-Year Freak Out Tag posts from 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023!
Here we are…another year gone. I honestly don’t know where 2023 went. It moved so slowly while in retrospect feeling like it went so quickly. It’s quite bizarre if you ask me. As I sat down to work on this post, I realized that I somehow missed creating a post for 2022. I did list… Read More My Top Reads of 2023
I’m actually on time with the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag this year! (Last year I was late, and prior to that, I hadn’t done the tag for 3 years.) For those of you who haven’t read my previous freak out tags yet, here are my Mid-Year Freak Out Tag posts from 2018, 2019 and 2022!
Alexei Lebedev’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail begins with a single snake. And it is angling for the hot stranger who seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Lex is prepared for rattlesnakes, blisters, and months of solitude. What he isn’t prepared for is Ben Caravalho. But somehow—on a 2,500-mile trail—Alexei keeps running into the outgoing and charismatic hiker with golden-brown eyes, again and again. It might be coincidence. Then again, maybe there’s a reason the trail keeps bringing them together . . .
Ben has made his fair share of bad decisions, and almost all of them involved beautiful men. And yet there’s something about the gorgeous and quietly nerdy Alexei that Ben can’t just walk away from. Surely a bad decision can’t be this cute and smart. And there are worse things than falling in love during the biggest adventure of your life. But when their plans for the future are turned upside down, Ben and Alexei begin to wonder if it’s possible to hold on to something this wild and wonderful… Read More Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly (Review)
Sexy, driven rapper Danielle “Duchess” Nelson is on the verge of signing a deal that’ll make her one of the richest women in hip hop. More importantly, it’ll grant her control over her life, something she’s craved for years. But an incident with a rising pop star has gone viral, unfairly putting her deal in jeopardy. Concerned about her image, she’s instructed to work on generating some positive publicity… or else.
A brilliant professor and reclusive royal, Prince Jameson prefers life out of the spotlight, only leaving his ivory tower to attend weddings or funerals. But with the Queen’s children involved in one scandal after another, and Parliament questioning the viability of the monarchy, the Queen is desperate. In a quest for good press, she puts Jameson in charge of a tribute concert in her late husband’s honor. Out of his depth, and resentful of being called to service, he takes the advice of a student. After all, what’s more appropriate for a royal concert than a performer named “Duchess”?
Too late, Jameson discovers the American rapper is popular, sexy, raunchy and not what the Queen wanted, although he’s having an entirely different reaction… Read More American Royalty by Tracey Livesay (ARC & Audiobook Review)
So, it’s way past the halfway through 2022 point. But I haven’t done this tag in three years. Three years! So, I figured late was better than waiting another year, right? For those of you who never saw them or those of you who’d like to take a walk down memory lane, here are my… Read More Mid-Year Freak Out Tag 2022