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  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Fall 2026 TBR.  All of the books featured on today's list are ones on various challenges I'm participating in.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones   Defiant ( Skyward #4) by Brandon Sanderson The First Sister ( The First Sister Trilogy #1) by Linden A. Lewis Friend Request by Laura Marshall Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Lucy Undying by Kiersten White   The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir Scourge ( Darkhurst #1) by Gail Z. Martin   The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling This Is the Year by Gloria Muñoz   Have you read any of these books?  What is on your tbr?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Authors I've Met, but I've decided to feature recent books I've enjoyed that I would love to see adapted to the big or small screen.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Amberglow Candy Story ( The Night Alley #1) by Hiyoko Kurisu - I need to see this as a tv series - live action would be great, but animated would be nice too - whatever works.  I wouldn't even mind if the adaptation would further add some more stories just so I could see some more of Kogetsu's experiments and his friend Akifumi as well. Another Kind by Trevor Bream and illustrated by Cait May - Please, I just want to spend some more time with these delightful kids and a tv adaptation would be a brilliant way to do that! Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet - I've seen quite a few Little Women adaptations, but I'd really like to see this YA co...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is an Indie Freebie, so I've decided to feature ten self published books I want to read.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Empire of Shadows ( Raiders of the Arcana #1) by Jacquelyn Benson - This sounds like a lot of fun and it's been compared to The Mummy (1999) which is an all-time favorite movie, so this could be perfect! Gunmetal Gods ( Gunmetal Gods #1) by Zamil Akhtar - I think this has been on my tbr for too long! The Librarian of Crooked Lane ( Glass Library #1) by C.J. Archer - Historical fantasy about a librarian?  Sign me up! Never Die ( The Mortal Techniques ) by Rob J. Hayes - I haven't read any of the other standalone books in this series, but this sounds like it has a lot of potential. Nice Dragons Finish Last ( Heartstrikers #1) by Rachel Aaron - This is has been on my tbr for nearly a decade now...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books With Nationalities In The Title.  I wasn't expecting to have quite so many that fit this prompt, but anyway all of these are books that I liked quite a bit!  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin American Panda by Gloria Chao American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez The Italian by Ann Radcliffe The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett Have you read any of these books?  As always,...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Bookish Places I’ve Visited, but in honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I'm going to do something a bit different and share Horror Locations I Really Don't Want To Visit.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer - New Creations craft store - no, thanks! Dracula by Bram Stoker - Dracula's castle - nah!  The above gif is from the movie Horror of Dracula (1958) which stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and is one of my favorite adaptations. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales  by Edgar Allan Poe - The House of Usher - I'll just stay home okay! Fear Street by R.L. Stine - Fear Street and Shadyside - Another one I'll stay away from, thanks!  Readin...