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It's time for the 2026 book release calendar! As before, I will be periodically updating this throughout the year with more new releases and/or release date changes. Highlighted cells indicate a placeholder that will be updated when more information is available. If you’d like to download your own copy, you can access the Google Sheet... Continue Reading →
Published: January 6, 2026 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Series: N/A Genre: Thriller Pages: 258 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl... Continue Reading →
The weather has been awful here for the last week (ice storm and now a snow storm) so I've been all cooped up inside reading. I read Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett which was a perfect cozy read for the cat lovers out there. After that I picked up Thistlemarsh by Moorea... Continue Reading →
Published: February 17, 2026 Publisher: Ace Series: Harker Academy #1 Genre: Fantasy, Romance Pages: 494 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper. Viv Abbot is... Continue Reading →
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I've come to really love H.G. Parry's works and though I'm not always a big fan of Arthurian fantasy, I am... Continue Reading →
Published: January 20, 2026 Publisher: Tordotcom Series: N/A Genre: Fantasy Pages: 160 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a tale of low fantasy and high mischief.No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing,... Continue Reading →
I decided to read Alchemised by SenLinYu this week after putting it off due to the sheer size of the book. I am honestly surprised at how compelling (and dark) this book is! I haven't been able to put it down. I'm also listening to My Husband's Wife after seeing some reviews that really caught... Continue Reading →
Published: October 28, 2025 Publisher: Nikota Publishing House Series: The Ether Witch #2 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 487 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:A devil, a familiar, and magic gone wild—Tam’s life is more than a little complicated! Can he turn the chaos into triumph, or will it drag him someplace far darker? Having narrowly escaped... Continue Reading →
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I think I can speak for a huge portion of sci-fi and fantasy readers when I say I CANNOT wait to... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly themed post first created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010 and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is actually supposed to be 2026 Reading Goals, but since I've already posted mine for the year I'm going to do last week's theme that I wasn't able... Continue Reading →
Published: November 18, 2025 Publisher: DAW Series: The Sun Eater #7 Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 928 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5 Stars Synopsis:The seventh and final novel of the galaxy-spanning series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe at last lights the greatest fire humanity has ever seen Ambitious universe-building combines... Continue Reading →
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