April By the Numbers: Total Books Read: 6Audiobooks: 0Five Star Reads: 1Debuts: 3 (50%)Published in 2022: 6 (100%)Nonfiction Reads:  0 (0%)By Women Authors: 5 (83%)By Nonbinary Author: 1 (17%)Books by BIPOC Authors: 3 (50%)Diverse Books: 1 (17%)Goodreads Challenge: 41/125 (33%)12 Friends + 12 Books + 12 Months: 4/12 (33%)Nonfiction Challenge: 2/12 (17%)Unread Shelf: 8/24 (33%)EIWTB Challenge: 11/12 (92%)A to Z Challenge: 18/26 (69%) Favorite Book of the Month: You … Continue reading April Wrap-Up // 2022

The first quarter of 2022 has just passed, so I figured it was the perfect time to share the top five books I read from January to March. (And because I'm me, I also have five honorable mentions too!) During the first three months of 2022, I've read 35 books. If you haven't read some … Continue reading Q1 Favorites // 2022

This month's reading started off strong, and then we got a...puppy! From that point on, my brain was somewhat scattered and my time to read sharply decreased. We've had Mac for two weeks now and we're starting to get settled in a groove, so I'm hoping I can get back to regularly reading in April! … Continue reading March Wrap-Up // 2022

We're already through the first month of the new year...and while I was optomistic about 2022, that optimism was shattered last week when we had to put our twelve-year-old dog down. He broke his leg walking, and unbeknownst to us, Gus had bone cancer. I am fully convinced that there will never be another dog … Continue reading January Wrap-Up // 2022

It’s finally here! The day I announce my Top 10 Books of the Year! If you’d like to catch up on the other “Best of…” posts, here’s the link to 2020 and 2019. My Absolute Favorite Book of the Year: Honor by Thrity Umrigar In Honor, Umrigar explores the consequences of the cultural clash between Muslims … Continue reading My Top 10 Books of 2021

At the beginning of the year, I made a goal to try and tackle some of the books already on my shelves. While I did read a lot of backlist books in 2021, my overall total number of books on my personal bookshelves stayed pretty much the same. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm going to continue to focus … Continue reading The Top 10 Backlist Books of 2021

I've never paid attention to whether or not a book is a debut until I became friends with Sarah and Susie. They track their reading (Sarah's Book Tracker is AWESOME!) and this is a category they put a lot of emphasis on. I recently recorded a podcast with Sarah (listen to her awesome podcast and … Continue reading The Best Debuts of 2021

This was a lot of fun to create and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! (Any book I read this year was eligible regardless of publication date.) If you’d like to catch up on the other “Best of…” posts, here’s the link to 2020 and 2019! My Favorite Fiction Book of the Year I … Continue reading 21 Superlatives for 2021