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. 🙂 Without further ado, here are my 10 favorite moments from Fan Expo Chicago 2025!

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!

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!

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 Summer 2025 to-Read List. I actually did okay with my spring list. I read 6 out of the 10 books that I chose. That’s most likely due to many of them being ARCs. lol. Hopefully, summer will be just as successful (or more). Let’s take a look at what I hope to read before the summer is over… The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

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 Bookish Wishes. However, I really don’t need any more books at the moment. I actually just bought a bunch of books over the weekend while I was in Chicago. So, I’ve decided to share the ten most recent books I’ve added to my shelves instead of a wishlist. The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case you want to learn more about them!

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 Memorable Animal Companions. This was such a timely topic for me because I just had a wonderful visit to the zoo over the weekend. They even had a red panda, which is my favorite animal. It was SO CUTE!! Obviously, I love real life animals, but fictional ones are awesome, too. Animal companions, especially magic ones, are so much fun to read about. Here are ten books with some of the most memorable animal companions I’ve ever read. The titles link to my review, if available, and the covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case you want to learn more about them!

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 the Word “Dark” in the Title. I chose this word for a couple of reasons. First, it was the only word I searched that had ten books I’d actually read and liked. lol. Second, the mix of books with the word dark in the title was more diverse than I expected. My choices come from such a wide range of genres, including fantasy, middle grade, science fiction, nonfiction, literary, and Star Wars books. The titles link to my review, if available, and the covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case you want to learn more about them!

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 You’d be a Fool Not to Read. I’ve chosen to interpret this topic by giving you all my list of the best books of 2025… so far. These are all books I’ve read and loved in the first quarter of 2025, and many of them are new releases. The titles link to my review, if available, and the covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case you want to learn more about them!

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 Did Not Finish (DNFed). It takes a lot for me to DNF a book. I’m trying to get better at it, but this is an almost exhaustive list of all of the titles I’ve DNFed in the last four years. So, my completionist tendencies still need some work. lol. All of these books were ones I couldn’t stand to finish. Many of them were just mind-numbingly boring. Some were confusing, poorly written, or just annoying. Others had the problem of having a main character I couldn’t put up with for one moment longer. I’ll let you guess which description fits each book. 🙂 Even though I don’t recommend any of these, the covers do link to the Goodreads page of each book in case you want to learn more about them!