Spell the Month in books October 2025

I am happy to be participating in this monthly meme again! It is hosted by Jana @ Reviews From the Stacks. Here is how she describes the meme: Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month.

Top Ten Tuesday-FALLing for reading

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Read/Avoided Because of the Hype (and did you make the right choice?) I tend to avoid books that are super hyped, for whatever reason that is a turn off to me. Sometimes I will end up reading a hyped book years later, but probably wouldn't have enough to make a list from. So, I am going to go with books that are great to read in the fall. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today.  

Ten-ish books that are great for reading in the fall: (click on the book cover if you want to see my review of the book)

The sweater weather series are loosely tied together by their cozy fall romcom vibe and take place in the same town, Harvest Hollow.

  

Easy As Pie

Title: Easy as Pie

Series: Sweater Weather #5

Author: Carina Taylor

Publisher: Lit and Write LLC

Genre: RomCom, Contemporary Romance, Fiction,

Source: Kindle Unlimited

My Review:

 Easy as Pie by Carina Taylor is the fifth book in the Sweater Weather series. The books are loosely tied together by their cozy fall romcom vibe and take place in the same town, Harvest Hollow.

Stacking the Shelves #85, Sunday Post #82, Sunday Salon #76

Hey bookish friends! How are you all doing? Today we moved my daughter back to college. It was SO much easier than in previous years because we are so much closer! We went there and back in the same day, plus she is only an hour and a half away, she didn't have to take as much stuff! It was a long week. I plan to read, blog, go to Church, and rest for the remainder of the weekend. It's going to be odd trying to get into a new routine again.

Top Ten Tuesday-Fall RomCom Vibes

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is a genre freebie. Since a few authors I know and love are doing a fall series together, I decided to highlight fall covers this week.Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Cover REVEAL!!!! Just Don't Fall

It's rare for me to participate in cover reveals. However, I have LOVED all of Emma St. Clair's books, so I decided to participate in the cover reveal for Just Don't Fall, releasing August 31, 2023. 

Title: Just Don't Fall

Series: Sweater Weather Series

Author: Emma St. Clair    

Publisher: Emma St. Clair

Genre: RomCom

Top Ten Tuesday-Indie Authors

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Indie/Self-Published Books (submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits). I am excited about this title because I have read quite a few Indie Authors 😂 The hard part will be remembering WHO they all are, LOL. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Top Ten Indie/Self-Published Authors:

You all know I am going to start with Emma St. Clair! I love her books. These represent two of her series. Emma writes sweet, closed-door romantic comedies. They are hilarious. Her heroines are typically sassy and there is always some kind of animal in each book (notice I didn't say pet 😂).

Top Ten Tuesday-Authors I discovered in 2022

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is new-to-me authors I discovered in 2022. I did not focus on new authors as much in 2022 as I did in 2021 (I read over 146) . So, I am curious how many I read as well 😀Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

New-to-me authors discovered in 2022 and the first book I read by them:

Well, looks like I read 55 new ones 🤯 so I will link to my Goodreads shelf and highlight my top 10 favorites:

Spell the Month in Books-December 2022

I have seen this meme around a few times but never on the day it posts. Today I happened upon it and decided to participate. It is hosted by Jana @ Reviews From the Stacks. Here is how she describes the meme: 

Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted here on Reviews From the Stacks on the second Saturday of each month.

20 Books of Summer-How I Did

Well, this summer reading plan did not work out how I had planned! Anyone else? 😂

Books I completed for this challenge (click on the cover if you want to read my review):

 

Mr. HOA

Title: Mr. HOA

Series: Fake It #1

Author: Carina Taylor

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Publisher: Independently Published

Source: Own

Challenges: Mount TBR, 20 Books of Summer, The Nerdy Bookworm, 2022 Literary Escapes Challenge

My review:

Mr. H.O.A. is the first book I have read by Carina Taylor.

First Line Friday #57- Mr. HOA

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! Any plans for the weekend? We are at my sister's house in Tennessee, we got here yesterday afternoon, had some time in the pool before the rain, and will be here until Monday. I hope to see my brother and his family this weekend as well.

Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link).  This week I am (finally!) reading Mr. HOA by Carina Taylor.

Top Ten Tuesday-Books I STILL haven't read yet

 Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books From My Past Seasonal TBR Posts I STILL Haven’t Read (Submitted by Dedra @ A Book Wanderer) This sounds like an easy topic, but we will see 😂  I have only been blogging for a little over a year so my list will start with last summer. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Books From My Past Seasonal TBR Posts I STILL Haven’t Read:

Books from 2021 Summer list:

20 Books of Summer

It's no secret that I have been trying to whittle down my physical TBR shelves, as well as my Goodreads shelf (although I am continually adding to that one 😂).

Top Ten Tuesday-Books I was SO excited to get

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books I was SO excited to get but I still haven't read (bonus points if you tell how long it's been since you got them). This one will be super easy for me (and probably you as well), since I have SO many. The hard part will be narrowing it down to 10. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Top Ten Books that I was So excited to get but I still haven't read:

Top Ten Tuesday-Couples

Happy Tuesday, my bookish friends!! I hope you all are doing well. Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is books with [__] on the cover. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do today's topic on. I started looking through the books I physically own and decided to feature couples. Out of 158 books only 13 had couples on them... and I'm not entirely sure one of them counts...I will let you decide 😂 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and you can head over there to see what our other bookish friends are up to today. 

Books I own that I still need to read with couples on them:

Books I Wish I had read this year

 MERRY CHRISTMAS

Today I am participating in the Top 10 of 2021 hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads. Today's topic is books I wish I had made time to read in 2021. While I did read a ton of books this year (246 so far) there were still quite a few that I wish I had gotten around to. All of these I either checked out of the library and didn't actually get to them or I heard so much about them that I kept saying I was going to read them!