Books on My Spring 2026 to-Read List – Top Ten Tuesday

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Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books on My Spring 2026 to-Read List. I never got around to making a list for winter, but I actually did okay with my fall list. I read 8 out of the 10 books that I chose. Hopefully, this spring will be just as successful (or more). I’ve tried to make it a mix of older, recent, and upcoming releases. Let’s take a look at what I hope to read before spring is over… The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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Bookish Goals for 2026 – Top Ten Tuesday

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Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Goals for 2026. I managed to find 10 bookish things I’d like to accomplish this year. I hope these are all doable, but we’ll see…

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Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List – Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List. I actually did okay with my summer list. I read 6 out of the 10 books that I chose, and I’m currently reading one other that I plan to finish later this evening. Hopefully, fall will be just as successful (or more). I’ve tried to make it a mix of older, recent, and upcoming releases. Let’s take a look at what I hope to read before the fall is over… The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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Books with Occupations in the Title – Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books with Occupations in the Title. Most of my choices this week are fantasy books, and the occupations largely reflect that fact. However, I think all of them have some sort of real-life analogue, as well. The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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Favorite Moments From Fan Expo Chicago 2025 – Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is a non-bookish freebie. I recently attended the Fan Expo Chicago 2025 convention and had a blast. So, I’ve decided to share my 10 favorite moments from the convention. I didn’t take a ton of pics while I was there. I tend to prefer being in the moment rather than experiencing stuff through a camera lens. Although, I have included some pics of things I acquired at the convention just to break up the monotony of words. šŸ™‚ Without further ado, here are my 10 favorite moments from Fan Expo Chicago 2025!

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Books I Hope Could End a Reading Slump – Top Ten Tuesday

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Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books Guaranteed to Put an End to Your Book Slump. I’ve decided to twist the theme a little this week and share the books on my TBR that I’d most likely reach for to pull myself out of a slump. The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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Books I’d Like to Re-read – Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday - Books Set in a School

Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books I’d Like to Re-read. I don’t do nearly as much re-reading as I’d like. The list I came up with for this week is a mix of favorites I would love to revisit and series starters I need to read again. For example, I read the first three books of A Chorus of Dragons, including The Ruin of Kings mentioned below. Unfortunately, it’s been so long that I need to read them all again to continue the series. lol. Those types of picks are marked with NTC, or ‘need to continue,’ below. The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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Most Anticipated July 2025 Book Releases

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It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. I was hoping July would be a bit slower than June on the releases front, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. There are once again SO MANY great July 2025 book releases.

I’m merging this monthly post with this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2025. Doing both posts individually this week just felt a bit too repetitive. So, I decided to just focus on July 2025 book releases instead of the entire second half of 2025. Feel free to return each month to see all of my anticipated releases for the second half of 2025. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

If you missed out on seeing the June books that I was excited to pick up, you can also find my most anticipated June 2025 releases here. Without further ado, here are 20, YES TWENTY, of my most anticipated July 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):

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