Category: Library Love

Library Stats and Savings For March 2026

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats, on top of keeping up with my official challenge page.

*I use Amazon pricing, or the price on the receipt when I leave the library*

Library Stats and Savings For February 2026

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats, on top of keeping up with my official challenge page.

*I use Amazon pricing, or the price on the receipt when I leave the library*

Library Stats and Savings For January 2026

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats, on top of keeping up with my official challenge page.

*I use Amazon pricing, or the price on the receipt when I leave the library*

2026 Finishing The Series

This is where I will be keeping track of my Finishing The Series books to share with everyone. You know I also track everything on multiple spreadsheets like a huge nerd!

My goal is Limited Series: Read 1-4 series!

The Licanius Trilogy – The Shadow of What Was Lost, An Echo of Things to Come, The Light of All That Falls

Desert Plains – A Killer’s Wife, Crimson Lake Road, An Unreliable Truth

Dark Future – The One, The Passengers, The Minders, The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment

The Guild Codex: Spellbound – Three Mages and a Margarita, Dark Arts and a Daiquiri, Two Witches and a Whiskey, Demon Magic and a Martini, The Alchemist and an Amaretto, Druid Vices and a Vodka, Lost Talismans and a Tequila, Damned Souls and a Sangria

*I started reading in 2025 and am still in the middle of
*A link as the title means I read the book

2026 Library Love Challenge

This is where I will be keeping track of my Library Love Challenge books to share with everyone.

My 2026 Library Information Google Sheet (view only)

My goal is Library Addict: Read 48 Library Books!

January 2026 Saved $89.50

  1. Two Witches and A Whiskey by Annette Marie
  2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  3. The Shut-In by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski
  4. Demon Magic and A Martini by Annette Marie
  5. Nine Pines by Kiersten Modglin
  6. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio

February 2026 Saved $97.00

  1. The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas
  2. The Chef by James Patterson and Max DiLallo
  3. Malice by John Gwynne – returned unread

March 2026 Saved $106.49

  1. Taming Demons For Beginners by Annette Marie
  2. Strange Houses by Uketsu
  3. Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
  4. The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
  5. The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie

April 2026 Saved $23.99

  1. Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
  2. To All Those I’ve Killed Before by J.L. Hyde

My library uses Beanstack and hosts reading challenges on the website. I’ll be sharing the themed photos below.

Runs from January 1 to March 1
Runs from March 20 to May 20

Library Stats and Savings For December 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

I checked out a total of 71 books (audiobook/physical/eBook), I read 43 of them (so 61% read) and saved $1,289.85 *using Amazon prices or the price on the receipt when I leave the library*.

Review: Warping Minds and Other Misdemeanors by Annette Marie @annettemarie.author and Rob Jacobsen #readalong2026 #librarylove

Title: Warping Minds and Other Misdemeanors
Author: Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
Format: audiobook
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publication Date: August 25, 2020

COYER Library Love

I liked the characters in this book, but something about the story won’t let me rate it above 3.5 stars. I think my mind is wanting to compare it to the other series that Annette Marie wrote, and while they are in the same universe, this one just has a different feel. It was not a bad story, and I will continue on with the read-along.

Review: This Is A Safe Space by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor

Title: This Is A Safe Space
Author: Lucinda Berry
Format: audiobook
Length: 3 hours 40 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: October 21, 2025

Audiobook Challenge, COYER, Library Love Challenge

This audiobook is a fast, razor-sharp psychological thriller that grabs you from the first page and never lets up. The full-cast narration takes it to another level, with realistic text message dings and voicemail audios. It’s immersive, emotional, and so vivid that it feels like you’re right inside the story. Smart, twisty, and impossible to stop listening to, it’s a standout thriller from start to finish. 

I borrowed this audiobook from my library. Thanks Libby!

Library Stats and Savings For November 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

One of my goals for this year was to save at least $1,000 while using the library! Woohoo!!!!

Review: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells @marthawellswriter #LibraryLove2025 #SciFiMonth2025

Title: All Systems Red
Author: Martha Wells
Format: hardcover
Length: 171 pages
Rating: 3 stars
Publication: 2017

Challenges: Library Love, HRCYED 2.0

Review: Funny sci-fi books aren’t normally my thing, but I’ve been hearing lots of buzz about this books for awhile now and figured I’d give it a try. I liked it. It was a fun ride. I will probably read the next book in the series. And eventually get to the TV show lol.

Library Stats and Savings For October 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

One of my goals for this year was to save at least $1,000 while using the library! Woohoo!!!!

Library Stats and Savings For September 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

Review: Too Close To Home by Seraphina Nova Glass #thrillerbookloversthepulse @Seraphinanovaglass @thrillerbookloversthepulse @htp_hive @htpbooks @parkrowbooks

Title: Too Close To Home
Author: Seraphina Nova Glass
Format: eBook
Length: 304
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: April 14, 2026

Review: I enjoyed this book! The short, fast paced chapters made it a book that I could fly through. I even stayed up way past my bedtime because I could not put this book down. At some points in the story you had to stretch your imagination a little bit, but overall a great read from Seraphina Nova Glass.

Thank you to Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse, the author, HTP Books and Park Row for allowing me to read this ARC through Netgalley.

I was sent a complimentary ebook through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse.

Review: The Chateau by Avery Bishop @averybishopbooks @audible #thrillerbookloversthepulse #audible

Title: The Chateau
Author: Avery Bishop
Narrator: Christine Lakin
Format: Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publication Date: August 21, 2025

Challenges: Audiobook, COYER

Review: I was really into this story for most of the book, but once the reveal showed itself it started to lose me.  By the end I was just wanting the book to be over. I’m fine with an unreliable narrator but the last two hours of this audiobook was a struggle to get through. I gave it a little more than an average rating because I like how the story started off with the police interviewing guests at the resort and you’re trying to figure out what happened and what’s going on.
I did enjoy the narrator, Christine Lakin. She did a great job!

I was sent a complimentary audiobook through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse.

Review: The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve

Title: The Memory Collectors
Author: Dete Meserve
Format: audiobook
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: May 20,2025

Challenges: COYER, Library Love

Review: I can absolutely get behind a sci-fi time traveling story! I love different takes on time traveling and the current time line we are all living in. I enjoyed how you could slowly see how the characters stories intertwined as they were navigating their past.

This audiobook has multiple narrators, which was absolutely stellar! It really helped separate which character was which while listening to the story. All of them did a fabulous job! Every single narrator of this story REALLY made me get into this book. They felt like they were real people and not characters within a book.

This book is written by a Jewish author.


I borrowed this book through Libby.

Library Stats and Savings For August 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

Library Stats and Savings For July 2025

I absolutely LOVE using my library for all my books and audiobook needs. I do not have a lot of money to blow on a hobby, so I found a good way to support my community, my library and my reading habit! The library has a ton of resources and I always check there first for audiobooks I want to listen to or books I want to read. Libby is my friend and I have multiple library branches hooked up to my account for maximum borrowing.

I am also doing two library challenges for this year, so I thought it’d be fun to post monthly updates about my library stats.

Library Love Audiobook Challenge of 2025 #LibraryLoveChallenge #AudiobookLove

This challenge ran from June 1 through July 31, 2025. The only real rule is to listen to audiobooks using the library (Libby, Hoopla, etc). And to have fun!

I listened to SIX audiobooks with Libby during the challenge time frame.

I am SUCH a library girly!!

Review: Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier

Title: Things We Do In The Dark
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Narrator: Carla Vega
Format: Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: July 19, 2022

Challenges: Audiobook, Beat The Backlist, COYER, Library Love, Virtual Mount

Review: I literally have no words on how great this book was. Dark and tragic! Jennifer Hillier is a great author and I need to read more of her books!
PLEASE CHECK THOSE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING/LISTENING TO THIS BOOK

I borrowed this audiobook from Libby.

Review: My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

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Title: My Lovely Wife
Author: Samantha Downing
Narrator: David Pittu
Format: Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: March 26, 2019

Challenges: Audiobook, Beat The Backlist, COYER, Library Love, Virtual Mount

Review: I like that the book is told from the husband’s point of view. It made the whole ending part of the plot great! The kids were on my nerves, but that’s probably because they were teenagers lol.
Overall, great debut book from Samantha Downing!

I borrowed this audiobook from Libby.