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        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: Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon Published: September 15, 2020 Genre: Middle Grade Horror My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 308 Where I Acquired It: Thrift shop in Ohio Amish Country - very surprising to find horror there given the store more often has inspirational fiction than anything. Summary (From Goodreads): One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a nightmare world. Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend. Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was... different. Nobody k...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing In The First Half Of 2026.  It was a tough choice to choose only ten releases coming out between now and June, but I have high hopes for these.  Here we go, in order by release date:  Twelve Months ( The Dresden Files #18) by Jim Butcher - Release date: January 20th, 2026 To Ride a Rising Storm ( Nampeshiweisit #2) by Moniquill Blackgoose - Release date: January 27th, 2026 Nightshade and Oak  by Molly O'Neill  - Release date: February 3rd, 2026 Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman - Release date: February 10th, 2026 River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse - Release date: March 3rd, 2026 Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher - Release date: March 24th, 2026 The Spell for Unraveling ( The Buried and the Bound #3) by Rochelle Hassan - Release date: April 28th, 2026 The Last Contract of Isako ...

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 ...

      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...

        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...

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...