Book Releases in January-March 2026

2026 is just around the corner and I already have a long list of books I would LOVE to eventually read! I am blessed that I can get arcs from NetGalley – so I have already read a few of these. Here is a snapshot of what is coming out in January – March 2026!

January 2026:

**any book with a star rating is an arc I have already read and reviews will be posted nearer to publication**

Drive Me Crazy by. Lizzy Dent 1/6/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Room to Breathe by. Kasie West 1/6/26
The Swan’s Daughter by. Roshani Chokshi 1/6/26 (I listened to the audiobook) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dragon Cursed by. Elise Kova 1/6/26
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by. Elizabeth May 1/27/26
A War of Wyverns by. S.F. Williamson 1/6/26
The Book of Blood and Roses by. Annie Summerlee 1/13/26
Graceless Hearts by. Isabel Ibañez 1/13/26
We’ve Hit Turbulence by Jessica L. Cozzi 1/13/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Oxford Blood by. Rachael Davis-Featherstone 1/13/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Scorched Wings by. Frost Kay 1/13/26
A Vow in Vengeance by. Jocelyn Rodriguez 1/13/26
Catch Her If You Can by. Tessa Bailey 1/20/26
The Poet Empress by. Shen Tao 1/20/26
We Who Have No Gods by. Liza Anderson 1/27/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Re-Do List by. Denise Williams 1/27/26
King of Ravens by. Clare Sager 1/27/26
King of Beasts by. Catherine Doyle 1/27/26
Dead Fake by. Vincent Ralph 1/20/26
Night Terror by. Vincent Ralph 1/20/26

February 2026:

All We Once Had by. Katy Upperman 2/3/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by. Emma Summerman 2/3/26
Dawn of the North by. Demi Winters 2/3/26
Stolen Midnights by. Katherine Quinn 2/3/26
Queen of Faces by. Petra Lord 2/3/26
Songbird of the Sorrows by. Braidee Otto 2/3/26
A Stage Set For Villains by. Shannon J. Spann 2/3/26
Love and Other Brain Experiments by. Hannah Brohm 2/3/26
Throne of Nightmares by. Kerry Maniscalco 2/10/26
Maybe This Once by. Sophie Sullivan 2/10/26
Keeper of Lost Children by. Sadeqa Johnson 2/10/26
Crown of War and Shadows by. J.R. Ward 2/17/26
Caged by Fallen Crows by. Ava Larksen 2/16/26
Goodbye and Everything After by. Mae Coyiuto 2/17/26
The Sun and the Starmaker by. Rachel Griffin 2/17/26
Half City by. Kate Golden 2/17/26
The Light Under the Shadow Wing by. Amanda Bouchet 2/23/26
Wicked Onyx by. Debbie Cassidy 2/10/26
Cleopatra by. Saara El-Arifi 2/24/26
And Now, Back to You by. B.K. Borison 2/24/26
The Fall of Iris Henley by. Jennifer Graham 2/24/26
The Wicked and the Damn by. Rebecca Robinson 2/24/26
The Legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox by. Katrina Kwan 2/24/26

March 2026:

We’re a Bad Idea, Right? by. K.L. Walther 3/3/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
The Dragon and the Sun Lotus by. Amélie Wen Zhao 3/3/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Her Hidden Fire by. Cliodhna O’ Sullivan 3/3/26
Mayhem and the Mortal by. Shanora Williams 3/3/26
It Seemed Like a Good Idea by. Lauren Blakely 3/3/26
She Drinks the Light by. Yasmin Angoe 3/3/26
Midnight on the Celestial by. Julia Alexandra 3/3/26
The Library of Amorlin by. Kalyn Josephson 3/3/26
The Ruins Beneath Us by. Sasha E. Sloan 3/3/26
The Wings that Bind by. Briar Boleyn 3/10/26
Heart of Mischief by. Emma Noyes 3/10/26
Brighter Than Nine by. June C.L. Tan 3/10/26
Toe to Toe by. Falon Ballard 3/10/26
Innamorta by. Ana Reid 3/17/26
In Time With You by. Kristin Dwyer 3/24/26
Starside by. Alex Aster 3/24/26
The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop by. Takuya Asakura 3/24/26
Between Tides & Thunder by. Leena Kazak 3/31/26
The Governess’s Guide to Spells and Managing Misfit Marquesses by. Amy Rose Bennett 3/31/26

Are there any books you are looking forward to in 2026?

Most Anticipated Book Releases | May 2025

I actually haven’t done one of these all of 2025 so far, so let’s start it up again. There are some exciting book releases coming up this month! Here is what I’m looking forward to in May!

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

Wandering Wild by. Lynette Noni – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Love Haters by. Katherine Center – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Thrashers by. Julie Soto – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Fate Forged in Fire by. Hazel McBride – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Black History Month: Books By Black Authors

February is Black History Month so let’s celebrate some amazing Black authors!

Here are a few books that I have read over the past few years and books that are on my TBR list:

I read this cozy romance last year called Deja Brew by. Celestine Martin and really enjoyed it! It’s part of a series so I’m hoping to read the other two.

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by. Talia Hibbert

Definitely want to read more from this author!

I Was Told There Would Be Romance by. Marie Arnold – this cover looks so cute! This one is on my TBR list.

A Legend in the Baking by. Jamie Wesley – this one looks cute! And it’s a foodie book, which I haven’t read much this past year. So I need to get back on it – this one is on my TBR.

Sleep Like Death by. Kalynn Bayron is on my TBR list. I’ve read three other books from this author:

One of my most anticipated reads this year is Oathbound by. Tracy Deonn! I’ve read the other two books in the series as well:

Bloodmarked by. Tracy Deonn (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)

Legendborn by. Tracy Deonn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

The Poisons We Drink by. Bethany Baptiste was a book I read last year and I thought the magic system was really cool!

The Davenports by. Krystal Marquis

The Blackwoods by. Brandy Colbert – this was a multigenerational story and it was like a soap opera, loved the drama.

Curvy Girl Summer by. Danielle Allen – this one is on my TBR!

The Fifth Season by. N.K. Jemisin has been on my TBR for awhile now. I’ve heard only good things about this author and series!

One of my favorite authors is Tiffany D. Jackson and I’m waiting patiently for another book from her! These are the books I’ve read from her:

Monday’s Not Coming by. Tiffany D. Jackson

Grown by. Tiffany D. Jackson

White Smoke by. Tiffany D. Jackson

The Weight of Blood by. Tiffany D. Jackson

What are some of your favorite Black authors?

2024 | A Year in Review

It’s that time again in the year, the end of the year where I look back and see how much I’ve read during the year. The only place I track my reading is on Goodreads so this is what Goodreads says I’ve read:

I read 181 books last year and this year just 134 (3 books were read by my daughter) and I am very happy with that. My goal was to read less, so I don’t burn out and I did a good job! *pats myself on the back**.

Of course a Sarah J. Maas book is going to be the longest one I’ve read this year! lol not a surprise at all. As for the shortest book? Well my daughter read that one and since my kindle app is linked to my Goodreads, it picks up the books she’s read. And a 385 page book sounds like a dream – I’m glad that’s the average length of a book I’ve read this year!

I finally read Verity and I’m excited to see how they adapt it into a movie. My least shelved book is from an indie author who asked me to read and review her book called Spindleheart. My rating average basically stayed the same from 2023 which is interesting.

This was my first review of the year….

And supposedly my last review…this was a good one!

Here are some stats of how I rated books this year. I have a lot of 4 star books only because if I give it a 3.5 rating, I round up since Goodreads doesn’t allow us to do half stars.

I didn’t do many blog tours this year – very, very few:

BLOG TOUR} The Summer Swap by. Sarah Morgan | Book Excerpt

Blog Tour} The Catch by. Amy Lea | ARC Review

As for some personal favorites of mine this year:

The Women by. Kristin Hannah

The Last Bloodcarver by. Vanessa Le

Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1) by. Kristen Ciccarelli

Funny Story by. Emily Henry

Not Another Love Song by. Julie Soto

The Thirteenth Child by. Erin A. Craig

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by. Carissa Broadbent

Quicksilver by. Callie Hart

How was your reading year? Did you reach your reading goals? What was your favorite books of 2024?

Looking Back on 2024: Books on the Backlist

I did read some books from the backlist this year. I’m not good at trying to clear my TBR list EVER…I just try to get some books I’ve been wanting to read from the online library so if my backlist titles are few…that’s why. Let’s take a look at the backlist titles I read in 2024.

Books on the Backlist

The Endless War (The Bridge Kingdom, #4) by. Danielle L. Jensen
The Great Alone by. Kristin Hannah
Nettle & Bone by. T. Kingfisher

The Fine Print by. Lauren Asher (Dreamland Billionaires, #1)
Heart of the Sun Warrior (The Celestial Kingdom, #2) by. Sue Lynn Tan
Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

Verity by. Colleen Hoover
King of Greed (Kings of Sin, #3) by. Ana Huang
Check & Mate by. Ali Hazelwood

A Fire Endless by. Rebecca Ross
The Unmaking of June Farrow by. Adrienne Young
The Ever King (The Ever Seas, #1) by. L.J. Andrews

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by. Megan Bannen
Butcher & Blackbird by. Brynne Weaver

Let me know in the comments!

Looking Back on 2024: New to Me Authors

I feel like I read a bunch of new authors this year – let’s take a look!

New to Me Authors in 2024

If I Promise You Wings by. A.K. Small
These Deadly Prophecies by. Andrea Tang
The Summer She Went Missing by. Chelsea Ichado
Snowglobe by. Soyoung Park
Compass and Blade by. Rachel Greenlaw
The Half King by. Melissa Landers

The Last Bloodcarver by. Vanessa Le
Nettle & Bone by. T. Kingfisher
The Fine Print by. Lauren Asher
So Let Them Burn by. Kamilah Cole
The Poisons We Drink by. Bethany Baptiste
A Winter Wish by. Emily Stone

Spindleheart by. T. I. Avens
Beautiful Villain by. Rebecca Kenney
Curious Tides by. Pascale LaCelle
Just for the Summer by. Abby Jimenez
Warm Hands of Ghosts by. Katherine Arden

Flawless Girls by. Anna-Marie McLemore
The Calculation of You and Me by. Serena Kaylor
Dungeons and Drama by. Kristy Boyce
A Magic Fierce & Bright by. Hemant Nayak
This Summer Will Be Different by. Carley Fortune
Not Here to Be Liked by. Michelle Quach
A Song to Drown Rivers by. Ann Liang

Birding with Benefits by. Sarah T. Dubb
All Roads Lead to Rome by. Sabrina Fedel
The Girl with No Reflection by. Keshe Chow
Castle of the Cursed by. Romina Garber
The Monstrous Kind by. Lydia Gregovic
Happy Medium by. Sarah Adler

Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee
Dishonestly Yours by. Krista & Becca Ritchie
Fledgling by. S.K. Ali
Deja Brew by. Celestine Martin
Fear of the Flames by. Olivia Rose Darling
Road of Bones by. Demi Winters
House of Thorns by. Isabel Strychacz

Eleven Houses by. Colleen Oakes
The Wren in the Holly Library by. K.A. Linde
Bloodguard by. Cecy Robson
Truly, Madly, Deeply by. Alexandria Bellefleur
Cloak of the Vampire by. Sapir A. England
Darkly by. Marisha Pessl

I read from 45 new-to-me authors this year! 👏🏽 My favorites that I would definitely read from again are:

Vanessa Le, Marisha Pessl, Demi Winters, Geneva Lee, Sabrina Lee, Lydia Gregovic, Sarah Adler, Serena Kaylor, T. Kingfisher, Emily Stone, Kristy Boyce

How many new to you authors did you read in 2024? Or who is your new favorite?

Let me know in the comments!

Looking Back on 2024: Series That I Started or Finished

I did a similar post last year to see what series I started and finished during the year. It’s very interesting to see if I stick to a series or not. It’s so hard sometimes to get back into a series after waiting so long for the next book since I don’t re-read a lot of books anymore.

Series That I Started or Finished in 2024

Here’s what I started:

A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal
Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth, #1) by. Kristen Ciccarelli
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) by. Danielle L. Jensen

Snowglobe (Snowglobe Duology) by. Soyoung Park
The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver) by. Vanessa Le
The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom) by. Holly Renee

Curious Tides (Drowned Gods) by. Pascale LaCelle
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall) by. Sarah A. Parker
Heavenbreaker (Heavenbreaker) by. Sara Wolf

The Ever King (The Ever Seas Series) by. LJ Andrews
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy) by. Brynne Weaver
Heir (Heir Duology) by. Sabaa Tahir

The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome series) by. Catherine Doyle
Dishonestly Yours (Webs We Weave series) by. Krista & Becca Ritchie
The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy) by. Karen Marie Moning

Fledgling (The Keeper’s Records of Revolution series) by. S.K. Ali
A Fire in the Sky (A Fire in the Sky series) by. Sophie Jordan
Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames series) by. Olivia Rose Darling

The Road of Bones (The Ashen series) by. Demi Winters
The Games Gods Play (The Crucible series) by. Abigail Owen

Filthy Rich Fae (Filthy Rich Fae series) by. Geneva Lee
Fangs for Nothing (The Nevermore Murder Club & Smutty Book Coven) by. Steffanie Holmes
The Wren in the Holly Library (The Oak and Holly Cycle series) by. K.A. Linde

Zodiac Rising (Descendants of the Zodiac series) by. Katie Zhao
The Half King (The Half King series) by. Melissa Landers
Bloodguard (Old Erth series) by. Cecy Robson

The ones I won’t be continuing are:

Snowglobe (Snowglobe Duology) by. Soyoung Park – from what I remember it was intriguing but don’t know if it’s enough for me to read part two.
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall) by. Sarah A. Parker – this first book was SO long, but I pushed through. I don’t know if I have the patience to read a book two.
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy) by. Brynne Weaver – read this because of the hype and this was entertaining but not interested in the rest of the series.
Fledgling (The Keeper’s Records of Revolution series) by. S.K. Ali – entertaining dystopian read but would have to be in the right mood to read it.
Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames series) by. Olivia Rose Darling – I liked this one but didn’t love the flow and wasn’t connecting to the characters.
Fangs for Nothing (The Nevermore Murder Club & Smutty Book Coven) by. Steffanie Holmes – this was fun but no interest in continuing unless I have nothing else to read
The Wren in the Holly Library (The Oak and Holly Cycle series) by. K.A. Linde – bought this because the book cover was pretty but ugh, I didn’t love the story, wanted more from the story.
Zodiac Rising (Descendants of the Zodiac series) by. Katie Zhao – interesting world building but didn’t love.
Bloodguard (Old Erth series) by. Cecy Robson – another pretty cover but story was okay.

Here are the series that I finished:

I finished 12 series this year! Many were duologies which makes it easier to finish.

Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment series) by. Rebecca Ross
Destroy the Day (Defy the Night series) by. Brigid Kemmerer
The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology) by. Holly Black

A Fire Endless (An Elements of Cadence series) by. Rebecca Ross
Ghostsmith (House of the Dead series) by. Nicki Pau Preto
The Mirror of Beasts (Silver in the Bone series) by. Alexandra Bracken

Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies series) by. Lynn Painter
The Blood Orchid (The Scarlet Alchemist series) Kylie Lee Baker
Wisteria (Belladonna series) by. Adalyn Grace

Fangs for Nothing by. Steffanie Holmes

The Whispering Night (The Luminaries series) by. Susan Dennard

The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us series) by. Tricia Levenseller

What series did you start or finish in 2024?

Let me know in the comments!

Most Anticipated Book Releases | December 2024

There are some exciting book releases coming up this month!

This is what I’m looking forward to:

The titles above are books I haven’t read but I think I also should showcase the arcs I read that are releasing this month. So here they are:

Better Than Revenge by. Kasie West – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
A Monsoon Rising by. Thea Guazon – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What the Woods Took by. Courtney Gould – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dating and Dragons by. Kristy Boyce – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Last Fashion House in Paris by. Renee Ryan – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What is your most anticipated book release this month?

Black Friday – Black Book Covers

I forgot to make a post for Thanksgiving yesterday – whoops! I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a very nice one. I spent time with family and we had good, filling food. Today is Black Friday, where supposedly there are good deals at the stores — does anyone feel like the days of the “good deals” are gone? Hardly anything is 50% off anymore, it’s usually 15-25%, which is a bummer so am I shopping this weekend? Nope. But in the spirit of Black Friday…here are some black book covers!