BBNYA Spotlight – Ember and Steel by Donna Morgan

Hello Everyone! Today is day eleven of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Ember and Steel by Donna Morgan. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – Echoes of the EtherStone by Lucy A. McLaren

Hello Everyone! Today is day ten of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Echoes of the EtherStone by Lucy A. McLaren. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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November TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The November prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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BBNYA Spotlight – Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher

Hello Everyone! Today is day nine of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. Keep reading to find out if Dogged is a book you want to add to your TBR! For more books by Michael R.

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BBNYA Spotlight – Devil Inside by Tom Lloyd

Hello Everyone! Today is day eight of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Devil Inside by Tom Lloyd. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – Corruption by Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren

Hello Everyone! Today is day seven of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Corruption by Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – Clipped by KQ Watson

Hello Everyone! Today is day six of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Clipped by KQ Watson. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – Child of the Dragon by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley

Hello Everyone! Today is day five of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Child of the Dragon by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – Awakening: Book One Between the Birches by KP Roberson

Hello Everyone! Today is day four of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Awakening: Book One Between the Birches by KP Roberson. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – An Absence of Artificers by Emma Bradley

Hello Everyone! Today is day three of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on An Absence of Artificers by Emma Bradley. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – A Second Life Worth Living by Karen Lucia

Hello Everyone! Today is day two of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on A Second Life Worth Living by Karen Lucia. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest. One of the questions was…

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BBNYA Spotlight – A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson

Hello Everyone! Today is day one of the BBNYA 2026 spotlight tours! Today I’m shining the spotlight on A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson. Thank you to the BBNYA team for putting the media kits together for the spotlight tours. This year the BBNYA team asked authors some fun questions when they signed up for the contest.

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Spotlight – Sisters… No Way! by Siobhán Parkinson

Hello Everyone! Today I am shining the spotlight on Sisters… No Way! by Siobhán Parkinson as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! This blog tour is celebrating the newly released 30th anniversary edition of Sisters... No Way! Thank you to The Write Reads team for organizing this blog tour. For more books published by Little Island Books, you can check out my spotlight of…

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Spotlight – The Connection in Everything by Rich Marcello

Hello Everyone! Today I am shining the spotlight on The Connection in Everything by Rich Marcello as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! Thank you to The Write Reads team for organizing this blog tour. Thank you to The Artsy Reader for designing the banner for this blog tour. Title: The Connection in EverythingAuthor: Rich Marcello…

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Spotlight – One More Hour of Daylight by C.M. Gray

Hello Everyone! Today I am shining the spotlight on One More Hour of Daylight by C.M. Gray as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! Thank you to The Write Reads team for organizing this blog tour. Thank you to The Artsy Reader for designing the banner for this blog tour. Title: One More Hour of Daylight…

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First Line Friday – 2 October 2026

Hello Everyone! First Line Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Here’s how it works! Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

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Bookish Questions Book Tag

Hello Everyone! Today I am doing the Bookish Questions Book Tag! I saw this book tag on Zezee With Books and it looked like an easy enough tag to do to help ease my way back into book tags. I'm not sure who the original creator of this tag is. If you feel like joining the Bookish Questions Book Tag fun, consider yourself tagged!

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October TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The October prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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First Line Friday – 4 September 2026

Hello Everyone! First Line Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Here’s how it works! Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…

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September Hopefuls

Hello Everyone! I am back to blogging with my September Hopefuls list! I have been in an absolutely horrendous reading and blogging slump this year, but I am determined to claw my way out of it. Part of me was tempted to make a hopefuls list with about a dozen books with autumn vibes that I want to read this month, but I realized that would be setting myself up for failure.

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September TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The September prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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August TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The August prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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Spotlight – Time-Marked Warlock by Shami Stovall

Hello Everyone! Today I’m playing catch-up and shining the spotlight on Time-Marked Warlock by Shami Stovall as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! Time-Marked Warlock was the third place finalist in BBNYA 2025!! Thank you to The Write Reads team and the BBNYA team for organizing this blog tour. Thank you to The Artsy Reader for designing the banner for this blog tour.

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Spotlight – A Little Bird Told Me by Rachael Gray

Hello Everyone! Today I’m playing catch-up and shining the spotlight on A Little Bird Told Me by Rachael Gray as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! A Little Bird Told Me was the second place finalist in BBNYA 2025!! Thank you to The Write Reads team and the BBNYA team for organizing this blog tour. Thank you to…

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Spotlight – Fiona and the Forgotten Piano by Kate DeMaio

Hello Everyone! Today I’m shining the spotlight on Fiona and the Forgotten Piano by Kate DeMaio as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads! Fiona and the Forgotten Piano was the winner of BBNYA 2025!! Thank you to The Write Reads team and the BBNYA team for organizing this blog tour. Thank you to The Artsy Reader…

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I’m Back! Maybe, I Hope

Hello Everyone! I'm back! Well, at least I hope I am! I wasn't planning on taking this long of a break from posting, but the bookish motivation just wasn't there. Really, motivation in general has been gone the past few months. The bookish motivation isn't really back yet, but July seems like a good time to try to get it back and to get back into some sort of routine.

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July TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The July prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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June TBR Tackle Challenge Prompts

Hello Everyone! The June prompts for the TBR Tackle Challenge are here! If you’re new to the TBR Tackle Challenge, it’s a monthly reading challenge. The goal of the challenge is to read the books that you already own and to “tackle your TBR.” Every month, there are five prompts to help you decide what books to read from your existing TBR.

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Spotlight – Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson

Hello Everyone! Today I’m shining the spotlight and sharing my first impressions of Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson as part of the blog tour hosted by The Write Reads in association with Little Island Books. Thank you to The Write Reads for organizing this blog tour and for providing me with the materials for it. Thank you to Little Island Books for providing me with a digital copy of 

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