Category: Monthly Wrap Up

Monthly Wrap Up and Reading Journal Update | March 2025

I was reading so much in the first two weeks of March that I kind of got burnt out by the end of the month. I’m definitely using reading as a method to disassociate from all the stressful things happening in the USA and around the world. The amount of book reviews I post in a month is way different from what I actually read. According to my physical reading journal I’ve read 28 books in March. Some of them are arcs that are being published in later months which is why I haven’t posted them on my blog yet. SO…first here is the video of my latest reading journal wrap-up.

What I Posted: 18 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

Book Tags:

Birthstone Book Covers: February – Amethyst

Blog Tours:

BLOG TOUR} One in a Million by. Beverley Kendall | Book Excerpt

Let’s Talk Bookish:

Let’s Talk Bookish: Women in STEM in Books | 3/7/25

Let’s Talk Bookish: Writing & Posting Book Reviews | 3/14/25

Let’s Talk Bookish: Guilty Pleasure Reads | 3/21/25

Let’s Talk Bookish: Underrepresented Types of Female Characters | 3/28/25

Top Ten Tuesday:

Things Characters Have Said  | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 3/4/25

Books on My Spring 2025 to-Read List  | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 3/18/25

Books I Did Not Finish…YET | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 3/25/25

Top 5 Tuesday:

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books with a pronoun in the title | 3/4/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books with a place in the title | 3/11/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books with an emotion in the title | 3/18/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books with flowers on the book cover | 3/25/25

Other:

Read the Month in Books: February 2025 – How Did I Do?

Stacking the Shelves | 3/17/24

Reading Journal 2025

Reading Journal – February 2025 Wrap-Up

Birthstone Book Covers: March – Aquamarine

This is the most I’ve read in awhile, we’ll see if I do the same in April. Probably not!

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | February 2025

February had it’s highs and lows and I can’t believe it’s already over. Let’s see what I posted.

Here is how my book ratings went in February:

What I Posted: 16 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

Book Tags:

Birthstone Book Covers: February – Amethyst

Blog Tours:

BLOG TOUR} A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by. Adriana Herrera | Book Excerpt

Let’s Talk Bookish:

Let’s Talk Bookish: Reading Challenges: Do we love them or hate them? | 2/7/25

Let’s Talk Bookish: Favorite Romance Tropes & Book Recs for them | 2/14/25

Let’s Talk Bookish: Non-Romantic Love | 2/21/25

Top Ten Tuesday:

2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven’t Gotten To | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 2/4/25

Pink Book Covers | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 2/11/25

Books Set in Another Time  | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 2/25/25

Top 5 Tuesday:

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 series I will start in 2025 | 2/4/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 series I will Finish in 2025 | 2/11/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books I want to reread in 2025 | 2/18/25

Top 5 Tuesday | Top 5 books I want to buy in 2025 | 2/25/25

Other:

Read the Month in Books: February 2025

I’m surprised I had so many 2.5 star reads! That’s a first.

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | January 2025

In the world outside of books, I want January to have a do-over. It was mentally, and emotionally draining with everything going on in the USA. But now we are rolling on into February. 🫠. BTW, because I usually copy my last Monthly Wrap-Up and make the changes for the current month, it’s easier….I just realized my December post still had my November post words. And I only caught it NOW. That’s how you know the holidays was crazy busy…LOL, sorry about that – it is fixed.

Here is how my book ratings went in January:

What I Posted: 13 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

Book Tags:

Birthstone Book Covers: January – Garnet

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | December 2024

December? I just realized (in January 2025 because I copy and change things before I post things that this DECEMBER post was still in my November post wording. That’s how you know December was just tiring. LOL

Here is how my book ratings went in December:

What I Posted: 9 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

Book Tags:

Birthstone Book Covers: December – Tanzanite | Zircon | Tourquoise

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | November 2024

Oh November! It was filled with some ups, some major downs, and then everything else just came upon me in a rush and here we are at the last day of November. It was a chaotic month and I can say I’m glad we are putting it behind us but I’m also not ready for this year to be almost over. Anyway it was so chaotic, I didn’t have the motivation to read in the beginning of the month. The bulk of my reading came at the end of the month.

Here is how my book ratings went in November:

What I Posted: 10 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

Book Tags:

Birthstone Book Covers: November – Citrine | Topaz

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | October 2024

October has come and gone and what it was! We had a much needed Fall Break, then we cruised into Halloween. As for books, I wasn’t in a slump, per se, but I definitely feel invested in a few of the books I was reading maybe because it just got busy for me in the second half of October. I kind of feel like I’ve lost my steam for reading for the rest of the year lol…but we’ll see?

Here is how my book ratings went in October:

What I Posted: 18 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

I actually did some other Book Tags this month other than the Birthstone Book Covers one I do monthly! Yay!

Are people still doing blog tours? I haven’t signed up for one in months! I’ve only done 2 this year and the last one was in May.

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | September 2024

September was such a busy month for me but I also had to read so many arcs for October and I’m happy to say I did finish them on time! 😅 I’m actually happy that September is over – it was long, tiring, and I hope October is more chill – but with the holidays coming, I doubt it will be. Anyway I read a lot of books and posted some of them on my blog for this month.

Here is how my book ratings went in September:

What I Posted: 14 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

I read a lot and posted 14 books for September on my blog but I noticed most of them are 3-3.5 star reads. The Thirteenth Child is one of my favorite books this year, but yeah everything else was just okay.

I did listen to 1 audiobook – yay! It’s hard for me to the audiobooks but I try to do 1-3 a year.

How was your month?

Reading Monthly Wrap Up for August 2024

August was full of transitions! My kids went back to school, my son is now in middle school and we have new routines but I love how everything has really come together seamlessly. Now we are just counting the days until their dad is back home with us, which will be in 3 months.

I think with how busy I’ve been in August, I read a pretty good amount of books and posted a bunch of reviews. Question – do you post a review of every book you read? I’m just curious because I do, but I’ve wondered if I need to. 🤔 Just thinking of ways I can tweak my blog a little.

Here is how my book ratings went in August:

What I Posted: 12 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

I actually read more books than I posted in August only because the arcs I read will be posted closer to their publication date. But wow, I’m amazed most of my book ratings in my August books are 3-3.5 stars! No 4-5 stars, shocking!

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | July 2024

I felt like July was the one month where it felt like it wasn’t going too fast or too slow, even though my husband surprised us with a last minute trip to visit us. We really relaxed this month, well…after my son got over Covid in the beginning of the month. So I had a good chance to read this month which was nice and I notice I was gravitating towards contemporary romance books!

Here is how my book ratings went in July:

What I Posted: 14 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

  • The Ever King by. L.J. Andrews
  • Not Another Long Song by. Julie Soto

4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • Ghostsmith by. Nicki Pau Preto
  • The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by. Megan Bannen
  • Birding with Benefits by. Sarah T. Dubb
  • The Paradise Problem by. Christina Lauren
  • All Roads Lead to Rome by. Sabrina Fedel
  • The Mirror of Beasts by. Alexandra Bracken
  • The Ever Queen by. L.J. Andrews

3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

  • The Girl with No Reflection by. Keshe Chow
  • The Seventh Veil of Salome by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The Mist Thief by. L.J. Andrews

3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

  • Caste of the Cursed by. Romina Garber
  • That Prince is Mine by. Jayci Lee

2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

I think I had a pretty good month!

How was your month?

Monthly Wrap Up | June 2024

June started off busy with an overnight stay, and my hubby being home for a little bit. Then my daughter and I getting sick after he left, and my son having his piano recital then his summer week-long program at his middle school. I feel like June just really started for us but actually now it’s over?! How can that be? 😅

How is it that my kids go back to school in 5 weeks? It’s too fast I tell you. And with these days just flying by me, I had no energy to read between being sick and then hitting lazy summer mode – is there such a thing as lazy summer mode when the kids are home? I feel like I haven’t been reading as much this year in general but that’s totally okay.

Here is how my book ratings for June went:

What I Posted: 8 Books

5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️:

    4.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

      4 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

      3.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫:

      3 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️⭐️:

      2.5 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️💫

      2 Star Reads – ⭐️⭐️

        I finally had to request more books on NetGalley for the second half of 2024 because I realized I barely had any! Now I have a pretty decent list so hopefully they are good books! 🤞🏽

        How was your month?