WWW Wednesday | 7/30/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

So we had a tsunami warning yesterday in Hawaii and sirens going off, alerts going off on our phones every hour for 4 hours – so it was an anxiety filled afternoon and night. We are barely in the safe zone – we didn’t have to evacuate, but we were monitoring the news very closely. There was actually tsunami waves around the state, on ours of Oahu I think one coastline got 4 feet. It was small but I’m HAPPY about that.🙏🏽

Anyway, haven’t been in the best mood for reading – I think I have just too much on my mind with the house being painted, my dog going crazy because of the noise the men were making around the house while painting lol, the kids going back to school next week and having to finish up with school supply shopping, etc…and the tsunami warning didn’t help! Anyway, how is your reading going? Maybe I’m just tired because we are at mid-year and I need to gather all the energy to finish up the rest of the year!

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 48% – lots of progress

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – 23% – some progress

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters – 2% – no progress

Reckoning by. Gillian Eliza West – 17% – no progress

Neverthorn by. Shannon Mayer – 37%


What have you just finished reading?

Before I Let Go by. Kennedy Ryan (audiobook)


What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – Finally got this in the mail!

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

The Nightblood Prince by. Molly X. Chang – this came at the same time as my other fairyloot box!

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 7/23/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

I had a time this weekend – Lady Gaga is AMAZING live. I only wish I bought the closer tickets that popped up days before the show because the nosebleeds didn’t give me a view of the middle screen (speakers were blocking). Other than that I danced and sang my heart out. My hubby and I walked through a few hotels (hotels are huge so we almost walked 20,000 steps in one day 🫠), but we did eat a buffet that day so, we had to burn off the food! It was hot, I’m a humidity kinda girlie, dry heat feels like the hair dryer is on me outside. 😂. It was a fun trip but damn, Vegas is pricey these days. I think I have to go back on my book buying ban! 😩

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 19% – read some on the plane

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – 3% – read a little on the plane

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters – 2% – no progress

Reckoning by. Gillian Eliza West – 17% – read on the plane


What have you just finished reading?

Direbound by. Sable Sorensen – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫


What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – where is my fairyloot book? It’s taking so long.

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

Neverthorn by. Shannon Mayer

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 7/16/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Going to Vegas on Friday so I’ve been just getting things ready for my family to babysit my kiddos and our dog! Not looking forward to the weather in Vegas but I think we’ll be staying mostly indoors anyway. Looking forward to Lady Gaga!

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 13%

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – 2%

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters – 2%

Metal Slinger by. Rachel Schneider – 2%


What have you just finished reading?

The Wolf King by. Lauren Palphreyman– ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Night Prince by. Lauren Palphreyman – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫


What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – where is my fairyloot book? It’s taking so long.

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 7/9/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

How is everyone’s week going? It was a quiet 4th of July, I buckled down and FINALLY finished all my July arcs. 😅 I have only 2 more August arcs to read and then a whole bunch of September arcs. Will be glad to read non-arcs soon but honestly, a lot of the arcs I got I’m so grateful for and have been really good this year!

What are you currently reading?

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 13%

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – 1% just started

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard – just started


What have you just finished reading?

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Game On by. Ki Stephens – ⭐️⭐️⭐️


What are you going to read next?

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray – where is my fairyloot book? It’s taking so long.

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

The Dating Prohibition by. Taj McCoy

Witch You Would by. Lia Amador

What are YOU reading right now?

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce | ARC Review

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice Rating:

Title: The Homemade God

Author: Rachel Joyce

Format: eBook (NetGalley)

Pages: 336

Publication Date: 7/8/25

Publisher:  The Dial Press

Categories: Fiction, Family Drama, Mystery, Contemporary

Disclaimer: **I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

Thank you to The Dial Press for giving me a chance to read this eARC in exchange for an honest review!


Family is everything, even when it falls apart.

After the sudden death of a renowned artist, his four adult children travel to Italy to sort out his affairs with his much-younger wife, in this moving novel from the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.


World-famous artist Vic Kemp has relied on his four children ever since their mother died when they were young. Netta, the oldest, is a litigator who often serves as co-parent to her siblings; Susan, a housewife who cooks and cleans for both her husband and her father; Goose’s own thwarted artistic ambitions have left him resigned to a job in Vic’s studio; and Iris, the baby, drops everything the moment her father calls. 

When Vic summons the siblings with the promise of big news, they hope their father is about to tell them he has finished the mysterious masterpiece he claims will be the capstone to his career. Instead, he announces he’s getting remarried. Bella-Mae, his wife to be, is apparently beautiful, a fellow artist—and twenty-seven to his seventy-six years. When his children dare to express concern, Vic decamps with Bella-Mae to his summer home in Italy. Six weeks later, he is found dead. There is no sign of his will, or his promised final painting. 

Netta, Susan, Goose, and Iris gather at the house on Lake Orta to piece together what happened and prepare to bring their father’s body home. They spend the summer in a waiting game, living under the same roof as Bella-Mae, and forced to confront Vic’s legacy and the buried wounds they have incurred as his children. So who is Bella-Mae? Is she the woman their father believed her to be? Or is she the force that will destroy the family for good? How long can their old bonds hold? 

With sparkling wit, compassion and tender insight, The Homemade God explores memory, identity, grief, healing, and the bonds of siblinghood—what happens when they splinter, and what it might take to find a new way forward.

Content Warning: parental death

+ I enjoyed the setting of Italy where this book takes place.

+ This story explores the sibling relationship and I find that very interesting because the personalities and lived experience in one family can be very different for each person. In this story we see how each sibling is different and the experiences they have with their father who has just passed away. I did like the sibling dynamics and family drama

~ Even though this book is just barely over 300 pages I had a hard time reading through it maybe because I wasn’t in the mood for it and it’s not the usual genre I read. But also felt disconnected from the characters. I liked learning about each of them but I never felt connected to them so I never felt invested in the story.

Final Thoughts:

I was not the right audience for this book but I did find the family drama and sibling dynamics interesting.

Book Links:

Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

WWW Wednesday | 7/2/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Where has June gone? I don’t think I’m ready for the second half of the year!

What are you currently reading?

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – 20% don’t know why this one is going too slowly for me.

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – 4%

A Steeping of Blood by. Hafsah Faizal – 8%

Once a Villain by. Vanessa Len – 1% just started


What have you just finished reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia – ⭐️⭐️⭐️


What are you going to read next?

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray (just waiting on my fairyloot copy but it might come in 2 weeks)

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

The Executioners Three by. Susan Dennard

A Land So Wide by. Erin A. Craig

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 6/25/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

It’s been a chill week and I’m finally making headway into The Knight and the Moth! I probably would have been done with it if it was an ebook but with hardcovers I actually have to find daylight hours to sit and read it. But it’s summer and when I sit and read, my daughter likes to start talking to me 😅🥰. So many July releases are coming out soon and I think I have 6 July arcs to finish still! I had 19 arcs for July to finish. It was a little too much on top of the books I was borrowing from Libby and books I was buying. 🫠

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – I’m at chapter 9! It’s good so far!

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 14% in. Haven’t made a dent in this one.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – 20% in – kind of not feeling this one but I’m pushing through

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – 17% in

Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge – 25% – Phoenix racers – pretty cool!

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes – 4%


What have you just finished reading?

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

You Between the Lines by. Katie Naymon– ⭐️⭐️⭐️

House of Hearts by. Skyla Arndt – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Warrior Princess Assassin – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


What are you going to read next?

This list hasn’t changed since I went on vacation! I will be getting to these soon!

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Roots of Darkness by. Demi Winters

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 6/18/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

My trip to South Korea was AMAZING. I had so much fun, it felt too short but wow, it felt like a real vacation – only because vacationing with my kids and husband feels like I’m not on vacation haha, I’m still in caretaker mode…but this shopping tour with my sister was relaxing, even with all the walking we did because tours can be strenuous but it was good exercise for me. I needed that! We met some really fun retired ladies (I hope to be traveling like them when I’m their age!). It felt like I went outside and as the kids say today “touch grass”. 😅 It felt so nice to let my mind let go of responsibilities for a week. SIGH…take me back! I didn’t get much reading done (it was actually nice to take a break from that too), but I did manage to read one book on the trip.

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – I will focus on this one this week.

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – same reason as above

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 14% in.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – 20% in

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – 17% in


What have you just finished reading?

A Spell to Wake the Dead by. Nicole Lesperance – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Enigma by. RunYx – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

A Magic Deep & Drowning by. Hester Fox – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Where the Library Hides by. Isabel Ibañez – ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (audiobook I finished before vacation)


What are you going to read next?

This list hasn’t changed since I went on vacation! I will be getting to these soon!

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 6/4/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Hi everyone! Kids are on summer break – yay! But my son is still getting over a cough. We had the laziest day on Sunday so all I did was read. Now it’s Wednesday and I have a doctor’s appointment. I have been packing for my South Korea trip which happens on Sunday. Just a few more errands to take care of before then and then I’ll be on vacay. I’m excited to go to somewhere new!

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – I haven’t gotten far because I’m reading the hardcover and I need daylight for that (but I read mostly at night). Might have to read this one after my vacation.

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – same reason as above

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 11% in.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – 16% in

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern – 13% in


What have you just finished reading?

On Wings of Blood by. Briar Boleyn – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Bond That Burns by. Briar Boleyn – ⭐️⭐️💫

Love at Full Tilt by. Jenny L. Howe – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mayra by. Nicky Gonzalez – ⭐️⭐️⭐️


What are you going to read next?

More arcs to knock off my July netgalley list! And then I’ll be moving on the August arcs! I don’t have a lot in August but why did I sign up for so many in September?! I think it’s funny that in November, I only have 1 arc to read. 😅

A Theory of Dreaming by. Ava Reid

Soul of Shadow by. Emma Noyes

Heir of Storms by. Lauryn Hamilton Murray

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What are YOU reading right now?

WWW Wednesday | 5/28/25

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words.

The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s:

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

Okay now that The Knight and the Moth came in, I’m going to try finish that and Summer in the City, two hardcovers on my shelf. But I really am working through so many July arcs – only 7 more of them to go. 😬 I want to knock off a few more before I go on my vacation to South Korea. I don’t think I’ll have time to be reading there, maybe on the long plane ride? I’ll be bringing my kindle, so maybe I can finish a book or two. It’s Wednesday and it was a busy weekend and of course my son is sick again, he was just sick 3 weeks ago! Hopefully he’s okay to finish out the last week of school (but he wishes he doesn’t have to lol). Hope everyone is having a good week so far!

What are you currently reading?

The Knight and the Moth by. Rachel Gillig – just started this one

Summer in the City by. Alex Aster – just started this one too

Wrath of Dragons by. Olivia Rose Darling (Fear the Flames, #2) – this is an arc and I’m 10% in.

The Homemade God by. Rachel Joyce – this is another arc that I got gifted, but never requested, just started and I’m 4% in. It’s something different from Fantasy so I decided to read and review it.


What have you just finished reading?

Thorn Season by. Kiera Azar ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Jasad Crown by. Sara Hashem ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fallen Court: Filthy Rich Fae by. Geneva Lee – (audiobook) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Arcana Academy by. Elise Kova – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


What are you going to read next?

More arcs to knock off my July netgalley list! I don’t know why I have so many arcs for July.😅

Mayra by. Nicky Gonzalez

Tricks of Fortune by. Lina Chern

Of Flame and Fury by. Mikayla Bridge

The Bewitching by. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What are YOU reading right now?