Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers
I have so many books in my brain with cardinal numbers but when I tried to think of books with ordinal numbers, my brain emptied!!!
So….I failed really….4 books only!
The Second Death of Locke
The Thirteenth Child
Gideon the Ninth
Ninth House
What books did you choose?
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Last week I said you might not get a reading update from me because I was starting a 36 hour audiobook… and that was correct!! I haven’t finished so it will be in next weeks update!
Instead, can we talk about the SJM announcement because I AM SO EXCITED!
(What I’m not excited about, however, is how much I just had to pay for two completely normal hardbacks of the books… why are they so expensive?!)
Anyway, here’s what I’m really hoping we get in these next three books:
* SPOILERS – DO NOT READ BELOW IF YOU HAVEN’T READ ACOTAR/CRESCENT CITY*
~ Mor getting her HEA
~ Azriel and Gwyn (or I’m not reading them!)
~ Elain grovelling massively to Lucien OR
~ Elain is the traitor (I don’t like her!)
~ More Valkyries (and I’ve seen a theory I agree with!)
~ A scene with Az and Cassian babysitting baby Nyx
~ Ruhn and Rhys being brothers (so Rhys is Bryce’s cousin!)
~ I want to know what’s under Ramiel
~ I so, so badly want Manon to make an appearance (with Dorian!)
~ A MASSIVE, HUGE fight scene with all the good guys from ACOTAR/ToG/Crescent City.
~ Oh and if Lehabah would come back to life, that would be great!
Feature – No Spend March
Feature – February Storygraph Stats
Feature – Stacking the Shelves: February
Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: February
Feature – April book releases
What have you read lately?
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks!
In other words, if you can read it or if it can be read to you – no matter how you got it – it belongs in Stacking the Shelves.
The Stacking the Shelves meme was originally hosted at Team Tynga’s Reviews. It is currently hosted by Reading Reality.
I was trying to work out whether 5 books hauled was good or bad….but then I realised that I’d actually read 3 of these already so I’m good!
Books I Bought
The Lies That Summon the Night by Tessonja Odette
Half City by Kate Golden (Fairyloot)
Advanced Reader Copies
One Small Echo by Jane Washington
A Sea Change by Cassandra Clare
The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
I’d better get reading!
I always keep track of my books read in the year but, for 2026, I decided to keep track of my monthly reading stats as they help me understand my reading habits and to try and help me stay motivated.
February might be the shortest month of the year, but I had a really strong reading month (well for me anyway!)
• Books Read: 8
• Total Pages: 3,377
• Average Rating: 4.69 ⭐
• Average Time to Finish a Book: 7 days
• Genre: 100% Fantasy (including 1 short story)
• Format Breakdown:
• 50% Audiobook
• 38% Digital (eBook)
• 13% Print
This month was completely dominated by fantasy maybe because of the dark evenings and colder weather making me want to disappear into magical realms!
Will March stay fantasy-heavy? Probably!!!!
How many books did you read in February? Any faves?
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Best Romantasy Books to Read
Romantasy is one of my utter fave genres to read. I mean, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, forced proximity and morally gray love interests – what more could you want?!
If you’re just getting into romantasy, this is where I would start.
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
One of the most popular romantasy series of all time, this book blends fae courts, danger, and a sweeping romance.
2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Set in a deadly dragon-rider academy, this romantasy combines intense training, political intrigue, and a fiery enemies-to-lovers romance.
3. From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
This series mixes prophecy, forbidden love, and mythology-heavy fantasy elements.
4. The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
A darker romantasy featuring a deadly tournament, vampires, and morally gray love interests.
5. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
A political fae romantasy filled with manipulation, tension, and enemies-to-lovers chemistry.
6. The Bonds That Tie by J. Bree
A RH series that blends romance, action, supernatural abilities and political conflict…and a mate bond!
7. The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig
A dark fantasy romance about a cursed young woman sharing her mind with a dangerous ancient spirit, set in a kingdom where magic is forbidden and power comes at a deadly cost.
8. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
A fantasy novel centered on an assassin’s fight for freedom, identity, and power in a corrupt empire.
9. Ironside Academy by Jane Washington
A paranormal academy romance about a powerful young woman entering an elite school for the gifted, where psychic abilities, dangerous bonds, and hidden agendas collide.
10. Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
A dark fantasy-romance book series that blends a magical school with astrology, elemental magic, political intrigue, and complex relationships — often with mature themes like bullying, manipulation, dark romance, and power struggles.
What would you recommend?
Not a book post but something that does involve them because I won’t be buying any (and I’ve skipped my book boxes!!)
No Spend March!
It seems a simple challenge so I want to see if I can do it – my son is doing it too!
I saw this on Tik Tok and it’s basically where you commit to spending money only on essentials and cutting out all non-necessary purchases. Essentials are rent, food shop, petrol, bills etc.
What’s Out…..
❌ Takeaways and eating out
❌ Online shopping
❌ Book boxes
❌ Other book purchases
❌ Impulse buys of anything!
I don’t have any clear goals for saving, I just want to see if I can stick to it. But I am going to keep a tracker of what I am spending on and how much and tick off each day that I make it!
Have you ever done this? How did you get on?
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Happy March! 🌸
Some weeks are exciting. Others are….just normal. And I’ve had a ‘just normal’ week of work, the never ending decisions of what to make for dinner each day and I listened to an audiobook!
I don’t know if I’ll have an update next week, I’ve started Alchemised and the audio is 36 hours long, 36 hours!
🎧 Silver and Smoke by Helen Scheuerer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
See my review soon!
Book Review – Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Book Review – Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis
Double Book Review – Forging Silver into Stars books 2&3 Brigid Kemmerer
Feature – February Storygraph Stats
Feature – Stacking the Shelves: January
What have you read lately?
Hello March!!!
Hope March is great for you!
“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”
― Lewis Grizzard
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
― Charles Dickens
Series: Forging Silver into Stars
Author: Brigid Kemmerer
Genre: YA Fantasy
Forging Silver into Stars – my review
This book picks up where we left off in Forging. Tycho and Jax are together and Callyn is with Lia Mara….but alliances are still fractured and the scravers are looking for blood!
All of our characters are having personal struggles, Tycho with his magic and loyalty, Jax with struggling with being in a foreign land with a language he doesn’t understand with people he doesn’t trust and Callyn hiding her newfound magic.
I loved Jax so much, he is my fave character from this series and him and Tycho together makes my heart sing!
But I did feel like this book hung out the story where it didn’t need it a tad . But don’t get me wrong, I liked this read and I will defo be reading book 3!
⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5
Here we are in the conclusion and the scravers are inching closer and closer to takeover.
This book was packed with action and danger — by the final chapters, my heart was in my mouth! I genuinely felt on edge the whole time.
Alec and Callyn were so sweet together, and I completely fell in love with Alec. Honestly, it was a real struggle deciding who I loved more — Alec or Jax. Both of their character arcs were beautifully developed and truly outstanding.
This was such a satisfying conclusion. I’m going to miss this world and these characters… but I’m really hoping we might get a Nora book next!
⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5
Sound like something you’d like?
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