My first book haul of 2026! I‘m proud of myself for researching before a bookstore visit. All of these books I already knew I wanted on my shelf. 🥰💛

I have really been enjoying this series from graphic audio. Add an epic hot cocoa is pure Sunday bliss. 🥰💛

5✨ Vera is instantly likeable in a I‘m afraid to cross her kind of way. She mothers and grandmothers everyone she meets, and has lots of experienced wisdom. Especially, when it comes to tea. One morning when opening her tea house she discovers someone broken in and died! Soon she discovers that the police don‘t know what they are doing, and she can solve the murder on her own. #HTBookclub

3✨ I finally got to the next book in this series. We look at a lot of immigration individuals making their way here, quite a few murders, and mouth watering descriptions of food and drinks. It does continue the main storyline, but Claire for the most part doesn‘t have a set side-kick. Mike makes some dumb mistakes, Mateo helps by having an influencer wife as well as uses his charm, and several side characters. #serieslove @TheEllieMo @Susanita

5✨ Wow! Another great mystery/thriller that I didn‘t see coming. It all started as an engaged couple coming into money troubles so they had to get a tenant to live with them. Annoying things started to happen, but there was a lot more deeper situations going on that weren‘t revealed until we find out what‘s really happening! I ate this book up! 😍 -My diamond dots is also coming along nicely.

Audio diamond dots-ing today. 🥰

3✨ I haven‘t been a fan of this authors writing style, but this one I enjoyed a lot more than others I have read. I continue reading because the retellings he creates stick to the fairy tale in a way that only he can imagine. I really enjoyed hearing Iris‘ story as she discovered a different life, and Clara who showed the curses of being beautiful. #DogsofLitsy -Tess

3✨ Not a bad mystery, but not one of my favorites. #DogsofLitsy #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle -Monica

If you have a Michael‘s they have a lot of bookish items. I was going for the pillows, but none were at my location. However, I found these cuties! 🥰

Went to the library today to get F and S some books to read for homework starting next week, but I found some I wanted to read too. 🥰 @Littlewolf1

Yay! Book mail! #BOTM I‘m excited to read this one. 🤩

3.5 ✨ I‘ve been meaning to read this diary for a long time. I learned a lot of things I didn‘t know in this time period. I like how the author of this historical fiction based this story on her mother‘s family as they navigated the Great Depression, and what could have happened to the characters during Christmas time.

Aaahhh! Okay, so I went on instagram to check out the American Girl store for my daughter Felicity… did you know they cut Felicity because her grandfather owns slaves? 😱🤯 It‘s such a minor thing in the series I thought. I honestly don‘t even remember it. I remember Felicity being courageous, caring, and loving. Was slavery a horrible part of our past, yes! So they write off my favorite character and my daughter‘s namesake. 😭 #AmericanGirlReads

Learning something else new. In 1932 and it appears even earlier they had metal dishes with a heat source underneath. I also learned it‘s called a chafing dish. Maybe I should have known this, but I didn‘t know it had a name. 🤯

Hmmm 🤔 So… here‘s what I‘m thinking. We just heard that the banks closed down, one dad kills himself at his kids birthday party, another dad left his family when he lost his job, and then the teenager takes the kids to a movie where the male lead has to choose between an adulteress and a prostitute… umm… escaping the reality of the crazy in the Great Depression?

Hoping to find another one in this book too. 🤩 @AsYouWish

Tried to make a tracking pic collage for my Book Spin Books. I love that this month will be my #AuthoraMonth #FableBR and #FoodandLit challenges as well. 🤩

4✨ A lot shorter than I was hoping, but overall I enjoyed actually reading something about Sinbad even if it was quick. Maybe I‘ll try reading more in the future about him and his adventures. @Littlewolf1

First word in my current graphic novel for #WickedWords @AsYouWish 😍

4✨ A nice short read. Poems about different mainly plants and animals. I listened to the audio and it paired the poems with nature sounds. Great read to relax and enjoy nature even when you can‘t be there. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks

3✨ Not a favorite in the series, but still gave me the feels. Anne is seen more of an overworked mother in this story, and her husband is tirelessly taking care of the community. Anne feels a bit lonely because he is out at all hours helping people. However, the book goes through a lot more of her kids different needs and worries that Anne is there to help them navigate. #SeriesLove First book of the year!

3✨ A scammer mystery for this one. Where the criminal takes advantage of people out of precious and financial gains they have. Last book of the year! With Tess #DogsofLitsy

Sorry guys. I didn‘t like this one. 😬 I actually had a decent reading year. Some of these books were added because they weren‘t horrible, but weren‘t for me, or were paired with really amazing reads. @Littlewolf1

Who would have guessed that my January favorite would be my favorite of the year. 🤩 I‘m still thinking about the twists and being completely surprised. Lucy Foley did it again for me. 🥰 @Littlewolf1

I did not do good at this challenge… 😬The three books I read were so good! 🤩 I‘m just going to get three new ones and try these again in the new year. 😅

I haven‘t really kept up with this all month, but these were my favorite reads in December. Still trying to finish two books before the end of the night. 😬

This #roll100 is a great way to start the new year! A couple of motivational books, and a sappy romance. 😍 @PuddleJumper

3✨ In this mystery Nancy seemed a little bit more alone. Especially, in the heat of the moment scary bits! She was looking for a poisonous doll and for a missing father. Really liked the ending on this one. I liked how it was more believable than some of the other mysteries too. #NancyDrewBR @Librarybelle

Setting up my January reading list for #BookSpinBingo maybe this will be a more successful year for Bingo‘s. 😅

Not only do I have a selection for #AuthoraMonth but we are reading it for our Fable Club. If you would like to read along with us here is our Fable link: https://fable.co/club/roaringwolf-fright-night-with-roary47-202125311454

I have my 2026 #Roll100 ready to go. All are books on my shelves that have been collecting dust. Looking forward to clearing out my TBR I already own. 🥰💛 @PuddleJumper

Well, I miss @TheSpineView and @Andrew65 and wish them well. Until their return I do still have series I‘m trying to read the image is just my new adds from 2025 😬 Thank you for helping me share my series with someone #SeriesLove

I joined #BOTM for the upcoming year. My first pick should be on its way for the new year. Two others were really tempting. 🥰 What are some things I should know from anyone who‘s a frequent of this subscription?

Why I love historical fiction. I learn so much! I didn‘t even know this was a thing. 🤔

3✨ I enjoyed the enemies to lovers, human/dragon relationship, and the slow burn (funny because one‘s a dragon 🤣). There was a lot that was happening in a world I was trying to learn, and there is a cliffhanger. I‘m not sure what I‘m feeling because it feels unfinished, but I did enjoy the ride. 🥰

4✨ I was intrigued by a Christmas thriller. It did not disappoint. It had me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. It started with quite a few characters because not all of them would survive if any plus what is happening to them has happened before.

Well, not perfect. I have a lot of organizing still to do, but holiday prepping happened. I got all but Santa‘s gifts and the stockings done for my kiddos and it took me all day on top of laundry and dishes that also feel unending. It just nice to burn my gingerbread candle and sit for a bit to read the tagged before company the next two days.

6 years! 😍🥰 Loving every minute. 💛

Currently audio wrapping for my baby dragon 🐉, so naturally I‘m listening to a dragon book. I‘m really liking this one. 😍I‘m physically following along in mini breaks. 🥰

Got my new chair in! 🤩 Just need to arrange to fit my space now. Besides a few bags it‘s cleaned out. 🥰💛

4✨ I was looking for a spooky Christmas read and this did not disappoint! Looking for any form of work in her chosen field she doesn‘t think twice when the man who wouldn‘t hire her dies and his son takes over. Then there is a creepy doll she gets from a company secret Santa exchange? Plus… people keep getting hurt and disappear. I mean red flags for sure, but let‘s keep working for them why not. #FableBR

4✨ How cute is this story! It starts off with a kid getting bullied and a young girl, her peer, not doing much about it. However, they go into this magical store to find that good deed‘s gain them points that they can use to get magical gadgets, they also bring their friends along to help them, help Santa. Something I will need to get on my shelves for my kiddos to read since I read this through my library. #FableBR

3✨ This was a fun Christmas mystery! We have a well known mystery writer, her family, and really smart detective type people in one house for the holidays. When the writer goes missing it‘s up to the mystery solvers to find out what happened. The romance in it was fun too. I really liked the dialogue between the two MCs where I laughed out loud a few times.

2✨ This is not my favorite in the series. I had trouble keeping the characters straight because she is an assassin looking for her brother. Going undercover she has a different name, a real name, and a code name. Normally I like an enemies to lovers, but this time I just couldn‘t get into their romance. I still like a strong female lead, and the unique storyline.

DNF- I was still at the beginning when I stopped. I liked the idea of this, but the female lead was not very interesting and the male lead pretty much watched her grow up. It gave me ick vibes so I‘m getting it off my shelves.

A thoughtful student got me this festive cricket as a gift (I really like insects 😅). Plus I was reading the tagged when students didn‘t need me in classes they were content with their grade and I didn‘t have F‘s (my best and AP classes). I‘m glad that semester is over. Time to finish cleaning my library and rest.

Cleaned under and on top of the desk today. One more day of this semester and maybe one more day of cleaning should do the main clean up of my library and then the glow up. 🥹

Oh man… when I tell you life happened my library became the storage room. I have two days left of the school year so this library is getting a glow up so I can enjoy it for the break! 🥰

3✨ There was quite a bit of history we went through in this one, as well as a lot of politics. The connection to the diary at the coronation was such a cute touch. I also like that there was more clarification in were Poppy came from and why certain things are happening. So… how many times are we going to switch up who her mother and father are? Cause… I can‘t keep up. 😅

5✨ This was a cute story! I loved the magical whimsy of this town. The great aunt was a fun character, and the names of these characters I laughed probably too loudly at (Cole Black for the grumpy character 🤣). The spice was uncomfortable, but I didn‘t care because there were elements of dealing with rejection and grief. This I felt the characters navigated and supported each other in such a beautiful way. #HTBookClub