Category: Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Places I’ve Visited

I have been to Key West, where Hemingway lived. The house is available to visit via a tour, and our tour guide had such interesting facts to share with us! Highly recommended if you visit the area.



Speaking of Key West, I have been to Judy Blume’s bookstore. Judy Blume is a co-founder and co-owner of Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West, a local nonprofit independent bookstore located inside The Studios of Key West cultural center. 


And a litttttttttttle bit of a stretch, but I visited Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach in Vik, Iceland. In Season 7 (Episodes 5 and 6) of Game of Thrones, this dramatic coastal location served as Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, the remote castle on the eastern end of the Wall. P.S. You can’t tell in the photo but it was absolutely pouring when we were there! We took some photos quickly and enjoyed the views from the parking lot lol.

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Want to Catch Up On

I’m in the middle of a bunch of series, but these are the one I am prioritizing! The links take you to book 1 in the series.

The Sun Eater (7 books in the series; series complete)
Moonrise (5 books in the series; series ongoing)
The Licanius Trilogy (3 books in the series; series complete)
Eddie Flynn (10 books in the series; series ongoing)
Desert Plains (3 books in the series; series complete)
Villains (12 books in the series; series ongoing)
4MK Thriller (3 books in the series; series complete)
Cormoran Strike (8 books in the series ;series ongoing)
Dark Future (5 books in the series; series ongoing)
Arlington Hall (2 books in the series; series ongoing)

The stars under the covers are what I gave the first book in the series.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Was Reading On This Day Over the Last Ten Years

I had to dig deep to find some of these, as I’ve switched accounts a couple of times over the years (and that’s long story). I tried my best to be accurate though.

2025: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
2024: The One by John Marrs
2023: Rapid Falls by Amber Cowie
2022: Upgrade by Blake Crouch
2021: The Cottage by Lisa Stone
2020: His & Hers by Alice Feeney
2019: Butterfly In Frost by Sylvia Day
2018: I Will Never Leave You by S.M. Thayer
2017: Island of Glass by Nora Roberts
2016: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

Top Ten Tuesday: Goals For 2026

Reading Goal: 50 Books. Reading is supposed to be a marathon, not a sprint. I feel like I am always rushing through books because I wanted to hit high goals and “keep up with the Jones'”. This year I want to take my time with the books I want to read, remember the plot, and enjoy the stories more.

Reading Goal: I will be doing another ZERO spending year again. I love my library, and Libby and Hoopla have been life savers for books I want to read and don’t want to spend money on. I’m supporting my community by using the library! I plan to keep myself accountable on spending with my Google sheets, like the last four years.

Reading Goal: I am not requesting or accepting any eARCs this year. No requesting on Netgalley, Edelweiss or any companies I am affiliated with, unless it’s a book I REALLLLLLLLLLLLLY want to read and know I can read it around the time I am approved. I want to make use of my library as much as humanly possible and get through my backlog of ARCs/books I have on my Kindle already.
P.S. If an ARC shows up on my doorstep as surprise mail then it is what it is.

Reading Goal: I want to try to read some bigger books this year. That was my plan last year and then I ended up abandoning it early on. I plan to choose a few series with thicker books and get to them this year.