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Music Monday: Wednesday, Season 2 (2025)

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying! If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying. It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others. If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Welcome to the first Music Monday of 2026! I've even made up a new logo Today, I'm featuring my three favorites from Wednesday , Season 2 (2025). I think I enjoyed season 2 even more than I did season 1. As always, Thing is still my favorite and he gets a great storyline this season. Give a listen to the cello covers of The Dance of the Knights , Don't Fear the ...

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader . For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Anne's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone! This week I'm spotlighting one of my The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge books, Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson . I really liked A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series, so I have high expectations for this. Beginning: Dea...

Books From The Backlog: Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead

Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books . This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile. I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead Published: 1996 Genre: Historical fantasy My Copy: Format: Mass market paperback Pages: 870 Where I Acquired It: Goodwill Summary (From Goodreads): Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish Monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan's quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world, to the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present a...

Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2025

Happy Tuesday everyone! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday (the first of 2026!) which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's topic is Best Books I Read in 2025 I've read a lot of great books this year, so it's going to be tough to pick just ten. Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: A Drop of Corruption ( Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett His Majesty's Dragon ( Temeraire #1) by Naomi Novik Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman James by Percival Everett The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix Les Normaux ( Les Normaux #1) by Janine Janssen and S. Al Sabado The September House by Carissa Orlando Sunrise on the Reaping ( The Hunger Games #0.5) by Suzanne Collins Thronebreakers ( Crownchasers #2) by Rebecca Coffindaffer Voices in the Snow ( Black Winter #1) by Darcy Coa...

Music Monday: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying! If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying. It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others. If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. Welcome to the first Music Monday of 2026! I've even made up a new logo Today, I'm featuring my three favorites from the movie Wicked: For Good (2025). I really loved this finale and I'm glad I had the chance to see it on the big screen. Give a listen to No Good Deed , For Good , and As Long As You're Mine : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to...

2025 End of Year Movie Survey

Happy Sunday everyone! Today, I'm sharing my 2025 End of Year Movie Survey! I've been doing my Mid-Year Movie Freak Out for a few years now (check out my 2025 list here), but I didn't start my End of Year Movie Survey until last year (you can see my list here ). All of the movies I featuring in today are all first time watches in 2025. If anyone would like to link up with me and share their End of Year Movie Survey, I'd love to see your answers to the questions. By the way, the titles are linked to my Letterboxd review or their Letterboxd page. Without further ado, here we go: 1. Best Movie You Watched In 2025? Sinners ( 2025 ) - This made my Mid-Year list as well. I've seen a lot of great movies released this year, but I'd still say this is my favorite overall. I actually went to see this twice in theac. 2. Best sequel you've watched so far in 2025. Predator: Badlands (2025) - This was such a pleasant s...