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  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  In honor of SciFi Month 2026 , a celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @ Dear Geek Place , Imyril @ There's Always Room For One More , Annemieke @ A Dance With Books , and Mayri @ Book Forager , all of my Top Ten Tuesday posts will be sci-fi themed.    This week's topic is One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read, but in honor of the month I'm sharing Sci-Fi Books I've Loved Since This Time Last Year.  I've enjoyed quite a few books from the genre so I definitely had plenty to choose from.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title:  Another Kind by Trevor Bream and illustrated by Cait May   Fugitive Telemetry ( The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Network Effect ( The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells Severance by Ling Ma Sunrise on the Reaping ( The H...

Happy Monday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in October for Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia 2026, The Boardgame , an additional challenge to G. @ Book Roast 's Magical Readathon .  You can see my full tbr here .  Without further ado, check out my mini review below: October - 10B - Meet entry wardens (ah finally, the gates to the Capital of Darkmeadow, but you get stopped by the wardens.  This city has strict entry rules, you'll have to convince them to let you in.) - read a debut novel ❋ ❋  ❋ Friend Request by Laura Marshall  has a pretty great premise, but it's a bit underwhelming in the end. One thing I appreciated the most was the dual timeline from 1989 to 2016. My least favorite thing about the story was easily our main character. She's a little too whiny about everything which made me lose interest in her fairly early on in the story. My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . Next Month: November - 11B - Pay ...

Happy Monday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my October update for my progress for both the year long reading challenges,  Beat The Backlist 2026   &  The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge .  Beat the Backlist is hosted by Austine Decker and I completed 3 books for a total of 22 read out of 24 books on my tbr.  You can see my original tbr here .  For the The 52 Book Club's challenge, I read 2 book for a total of 50 out of 52 books.  You can see my original tbr for it  here .  I'm so close to being done wih both of them!  Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in October for these two challenges: ❋  ❋  ❋ I found a 1910 edition of  The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives   at a local antique shop and it really caught my attention and since the seller was only asking a few dollars I thought I'd give it a try. The Japanese stuff is really interesting and pres...

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.  Hello everyone!   In honor of SciFi Month 2026 , a celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @ Dear Geek Place , Imyril @ There's Always Room For One More , Annemieke @ A Dance With Books , and Mayri @ Book Forager , all of my Music Monday posts will be sci-fi themed.    Today, I'm featuring some of my favorite pieces composed by Daniel Pemberton from  Proje...

Happy Sunday everyone and welcome to SciFi Month 2026!  SciFi Month is a month long celebration of all things sci-fi and it's hosted by Lisa @ Dear Geek Place , Imyril @ There's Always Room For One More , Annemieke @ A Dance With Books , and Mayri @ Book Forager .  You can also find it on Bluesky here and follow along with #SciFiMonth26 .  This year will be my 10th year participating - a whole decade, wow!  (Art credit: Art Credit Image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.  Use of this image does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by NASA. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI), Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Text: Dolly Parton. )   This month I'll still be doing my regular posts, but my Music Monday, Top Ten Tuesday, Books From The Backlog, and Friday Book Snippets will have a sci-fi twist.  Also, be on the look out for sci-fi movie and tv reviews and maybe a few other special things this month. Who knows...