
Aloha friends!
+ Counting down to back to school for the kiddos! I still have to do back to school shopping but I’ve been so lazy after our guests left Hawaii.
+ I have been on a roll with reading though – I feel like once the bar mitzvah was over, a weight lifted off my chest and I could devote more time to reading.

Blog Posts:
- An Arcane Education by. Lyla Andrews | ARC Review – 3 stars/2 🌶️
- Books That Live in My Head Rent-Free | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 7/21/26
- New Book Releases This Week | 7/21/26
- Tides of Fortune by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray | ARC and ALC Review – 3.5 stars
- WWW Wednesday | 7/22/26
- Song For Another Home by. Bora Lee Reed | ARC Review – 3.5 stars
- Stacking the Shelves | 7/23/26
- Favorite Books From the First Half of 2026
- The Anatomy of Magic by. Alexis L. Menard | Book Review – 4 stars/1.5🌶️
- Ravenous by. Kresley Cole | ARC and ALC Review – 2.5 stars/ 3🌶️
Books I Finished
- Roses & Ruin by. Hazel Cross
- Gingerbread Bones by. Jennifer Lovise
- Nightwitch by. Jaymin Eve (DNF)
- Winterveil by. Ava Reid
- These Vile Hearts by. Melody Robinette
- The False Vows by. Lydia Gregovic
- Wrecked by. Bree L. Mina
Currently Reading:
- The Killing Rules by. Bree Despain
- In the Veins of the Drowning by. Kalie Cassidy
- To Dream in Darkness by. Ann Liang (alc)
- The Best I Never Had by. Amy Buchanan
- Kiss of the Black Flame by. Helen Schuerer

Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:
+ Olivia Rodrigo – You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love – still listening to this
+ The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes (Netflix) – finally watched this and it was pretty good.
+ Wicked For Good (Netflix) – definitely loved the first movie more, but I still got teary eyed at the end when Elphie and Glinda sing their duet.

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!














