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Book Review: Soon By You by Dahlia Adler 3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! Soon By You is scheduled for release on May 19, 2026. The Preamble: Soon By You wasn't my first Dahlia Adler book. I read one of her older books last year and enjoyed it, so when I saw this one on NetGalley, I figured it would be a good time!

Book Review: Soon By You by Dahlia Adler

3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! Soon By You is scheduled for release on May 19, 2026. The Preamble: Soon By You wasn't my first Dahlia Adler book. I read one of her older books last year and enjoyed it, so when I saw this one…

Oh my god, yeehaw Kacey Musgraves is making a comeback life is so good 😭

Gonna need these new ACOTAR books to be released in paperback editions that match the box set that already exists or I’m gonna cry over how they look on my shelf

Book Review: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth 5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance listening copy of this book! Mad Mabel is set to release on April 21, 2026. My Thoughts: I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book. Truly, I saw it on NetGalley, thought the premise sounded interesting and different, and dove right in when I was approved!

Book Review: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance listening copy of this book! Mad Mabel is set to release on April 21, 2026. My Thoughts: I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book. Truly, I saw it on NetGalley, thought…

I’m just so tired

It’s JUST HOCKEY and I know that but man I love this country a lot and I just want us to have some damn joy

Canada’s just getting destroyed and bullied and beaten over and over these past few years like wtf did we do to deserve this?? Be nice and respectful? Not elect a monster? Jfc

Man, I’m kinda with the panel…

A gold medal hockey game shouldn’t be on the same day as the closing ceremonies so we can do 5 on 5 OT until the game is properly decided 🤐

I’m unwell and it’s not even 8:30am

So too many men on the ice only applies when it’s against Canada huh

Book Review: The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley by Lindz McLeod 3.5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley is scheduled for release on May 5, 2026! The Preamble: Last year, I read Lindz McLeod's first Pride and Prejudice-inspired novel, The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet, during my Jane Austen (and inspired works) era and enjoyed it! A sapphic interpretation of an Austen story, or at least Austen characters, is a hit with me almost 100% of the time.

Book Review: The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley by Lindz McLeod

3.5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley is scheduled for release on May 5, 2026! The Preamble: Last year, I read Lindz McLeod's first Pride and Prejudice-inspired novel,…

No that was TOO stressful. And the gold medal game starts at 6am my time????? Rip me

Big day to be a Halifax Mooseheads fan I fear

MY HALIGONIAN HEART

I just know my poor cat can’t wait for Olympic hockey to end so I’ll stop randomly screaming

There’s truly nothing like an Olympic hockey gold medal game going to OT.

Now Captain Clutch, pls do the thing

This crowd is so insanely loud from both sides’ fans and the Olympics had the nerve to say it wasn’t a high demand event or whatever tf

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So. Let me apologize to Mitch Marner for doubting him in the same moment he was making his game winning play. This is not the Leafs, and I should’ve had faith 😅

I forgot how much I yell during important hockey games until this morning

When you’re at a destination wedding with almost complete strangers except your (opposite sex) partner and yet the whole group looks to you when Pink Pony Club plays… am I already that good at giving queer vibes despite not having all the tattoos I want yet?

Book Review: The Antiquarian’s Object of Desire by India Holton 5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Antiquarian's Object of Desire is scheduled for release on April 21, 2026. The Preamble: Oh no, the magical artefact wants mommy and daddy to just stop fake-fighting already and is willing to throw as many tantrums as it takes to make it happen! After getting access to this ARC, I…

Book Review: The Antiquarian’s Object of Desire by India Holton

5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Antiquarian's Object of Desire is scheduled for release on April 21, 2026. The Preamble: Oh no, the magical artefact wants mommy and daddy to just stop fake-fighting…

seriously whyyyyyyy can’t I stop singing it

I just wanna find my people

Meaning people who watch the Mike’s Mic Gossip Girl recaps and have unwillingly adopted the vocal stim of “Elizabeth Hurley” (sung like Taylor Swift’s Elizabeth Taylor) to the point where they want to remove their own vocal cords

Book Review: Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto 3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block is due out on April 28, 2026. The Preamble: My first Jesse Q. Sutanto read was a Netgalley-provided ARC of Next Time Will Be Our Turn last year, and it became one of my favourite books. As I understand it, that was a different style of story than Sutanto normally publishes, but I still wanted to read more from this author!

Book Review: Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto

3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block is due out on April 28, 2026. The Preamble: My first Jesse Q. Sutanto read was a Netgalley-provided ARC of Next Time…

Book Review: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn 3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn is due out on April 7, 2026. The Preamble: I requested The Paris Match primarily because it had such a pretty cover, but its summary also intrigued me. This was my first time reading a book by this author too, and although this book didn't reel me in like I'd hoped, I’m definitely interested in reading more from her!

Book Review: The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn

3 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC! The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn is due out on April 7, 2026. The Preamble: I requested The Paris Match primarily because it had such a pretty cover, but its summary also intrigued me.…

I have such a nice group of people I follow online and irl friends that I sometimes forget when I’m talking to *other* people irl that not everyone in my life has common sense views about world events and then I end up so thoroughly disappointed and enraged about it. So anyway 🖕🏻🧊

Reading Roundup: My Top Reads of 2025 My first year with a book blog has come to a close! 2025 was a crazy reading year for me, but hopefully it was the start of something new and lasting. I actually didn't read a single book in January or February; it was the slump of all slumps. I started in March by reading a truly terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book because a website said they'd reward anyone who read and reviewed the book $50, and I needed all the extra money I could scrounge up.

I read a LOT of books in 2025 (at least for my standards). I also wrote about my favourite reads!!

I’m obviously watching Elf

Almost 30 years old and still crying when Zooey Deschanel gets all of New York to sing Santa Claus is Coming to Town to help save Buddy and Santa and Christmas in general