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Music Monday: The Mandalorian, Season 2

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! Today, I'm featuring five of my favorite pieces from the soundtrack of The Mandalorian , Season 2 . I just recently finished watching it and I absolutely loved it. I liked the first season, but I preferred the second season. There were some inspired choices that were made with the Ludwig Goransson's score. Give a listen to Ship o hoj, Mandalorian...

Trope-ical Readathon - Team Fantasy - March 2026 Bingo Round - Wrap Up & Mini Reviews

Happy Saturday everyone! Today I'm sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for the March 2026 Bingo Round of the Trope-ical Readathon which was hosted by Jenjenreviews . Itran the entire month of March and I was on Team Fantasy. This time around we've got unique bingo boards to complete that are based around your choice of team. Of the 25 books on my original tbr , I managed to complete one bingo with a few extra squares for a total of 10 books. Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read for this round: Dark Academia ❋ ❋ I really wanted to love Katabasis by R.F. Kuang , but I was so irritated by the characters and the tone that it put me right off. I made it about 200 pages before I started skimming to see if anything would catch my eye to make me slow down to savor it but that never really happened again. Finally, I just wanted to mention that I couldn't help but think that Alice should talk to the Winchester b...

The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge - March Update

Happy Friday everyone! Today I'm sharing my my third update for my March progress for the year long reading challenge called The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge . You can see my original tbr here . In March, I completed 6 books for a total of 22 read so far out of 52 total books on my tbr. I think I made more great progress in the challenge. Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in March: 21. Written in the 1800s ❋ ❋ ❋ Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne is a classic that's been on my radar forever and I've seen adaptations of it before as well. It's good to have finally read the source material to see where it all started. I wouldn't call it a favorite (for Jules Verne stories that honor still goes to Around the World in 80 Days ) but it's still a fun adventure. My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . 25. Includes a red herring ❋ ❋ ❋...

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell

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 2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge books, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell . This sounds awesome to me! Beginning: One week before I accidentally doomed all of humankind, I found mysel...

2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge - March Update

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I'm sharing my my third update for my progress for the year long reading challenge called the 2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge . In March, I completed 7 books for a total of 15 read so far out of 50 total books on my tbr. I think I'm making pretty great progress. You can see my original tbr here . Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in March for this challenge: 21. A book about a bachelorette trip ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ I've only read Ashley Herring Blake's MG before and romance isn't usually my go-to genre, but I ended up enjoying Delilah Green Doesn't Care ( Bright Falls #1) by Ashley Herring Blake quite a bit more than I was expecting. I most appreciated that it was told from both the perspectives of Delilah and Claire rather than just one of them. I felt like I really got to know the both of them. I don't think the book needed to be n...

Books From The Backlog: Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds #1) by Emma Newman

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: Between Two Thorns ( The Split Worlds #1) by Emma Newman Published: February 25, 2013 Genre: YA Urban Fantasy My Copy: Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 384 Where I Acquired It: Thrift shop Summary (From Goodreads): Something is wrong in Aquae Sulis, Bath’s secret mirror city. The new season is starting and the Master of Ceremonies is missing. Max, an Arbiter of the Split Worlds Treaty, is assigned with the task of finding him with no one to help but a dislocated soul and a mad sorcerer. There is a witness but his memories have been bound by magical chains only t...