Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: November 2025

December 1, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

Celebrating another turn around the sun! I hit it hard with holiday romances and found a couple new gems! Future reviews will be out soon or check my socials to see more breakdowns.

Princess of Blood (The Shards of Magic #2) by Sarah Hawley
[ARC] We Fell Apart (We Were Liars) by E. Lockhart
[ARC] Coldwire (Coldwire #1) by Chloe Gong
Check the Halls (The Ottawa Otters #2) by K.M. Gillis
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible #2) by Abigail Owen
[ARC] The Wild Card (Sheet Cake #4) by Emma St. Clair
Soul Searching (Sweetwater Peak #1) by Lyla Sage
How He Got the Girl (Sweeter Than Fiction #2) by Amanda Schimmoeller
Mate (Bride #2) by Ali Hazelwood
Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou
My Merry Mistake (Holidays with Hart #3) by Courtney Walsh
Thorn Season (Thorn Season #1) by Kiera Azar
A Wraith Beneath the Tides (Beyond the Tides #1) by Emilia Jae
Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown #1) by Gretchen Powell Fox
The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs
About Last Christmas by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Never Over by Clare Gilmore
[ALC] Arrow of Fortune (The Raiders of the Arcana #3) by Jacquelyn Benson
Highland Holiday by Kasey Stockton
[ARC/ALC] The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews
That’s A Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
Big Nick Energy by Kristen Bailey
Sleigh Bells and Snowstorms by Claire Kingsley
[ALC] Moms of Mayhem (Mayhem Hockey Club #1) by Aimee Vance
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Catching Feelings #1) by Kate Watson
Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy #2) by Callie Hart
Silent Heist by Jenessa Fayeth
[ARC/ALC] Better in Black (Shadowhunter Chronicles) by Cassandra Clare
[ARC] The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea
[Novella] The Holidate Switch by Torie Jean
[ARC/ALC] Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana
[Novella] Mistletoe Fall Out by Larissa Hommes
A Little Holiday Fling by Farrah Heron
[Novella/ARC] How to Kiss on Christmas Morning by Jenny Proctor
[Novella] Merrily Ever After by Catherine Walsh
Eclipse of the Crown (Villains & Virtues #3) by A.K. Caggiano
Please Don’t Go (Midnight Strike #1) by E. Salvador
[Novella] Snow Place Like Home (Home Sweet Holidays) by Laura Pavlov
[Novella] Merry and Bright (Home Sweet Holidays) by Ali Rosen
[Novella] All Wrapped Up in You (Home Sweet Holidays) by Rosie Danan

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: October 2025

November 4, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

I had to amp up the reading to combat the fact that I had EIGHT arcs coming out on November 4th. But all is good, all has been read. Reviews will be out over the next few months!

Town of Shadows (Slanted London #1) by Jessica Scarlet
The Weaver Bride (The Weaver Bride #1) by Lydia Gregovic
[ARC] Marriage is Shore Thing (Wilks Beach #2) by Laura Langa
Throne in the Dark (Villains & Virtues #1) by A.K. Caggiano
Unending (The Unseelie Duology #2) by Ivelisse Housman
Our Beautiful Mess by B.K. Clark
The Mummy Snatcher Curse (The Wand Keepers #2) by Tiffany McDaniel
Grave Flowers by Autumn Krause
[ARC/ALC] Secret Haven (Sparrow Falls #6) by Catherine Cowles
Ghost Business (Boneyard Key #2) by Jen DeLuca
A Steeping of Blood (A Tempest of Tea Duology #2) by Hafsah Faizal
The Sound of Summer (The House on Harrison Blvd #1) by Meagan Williamson
[ALC] Red City (The New Alchemists #1) by Marie Lu
[ARC]The Demon and the Light (The Floating World #2) by Axie Oh
House of Dragons (Royal Houses #1) by K.A. Linde
[ARC/ALC] An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew
Summoned to the Wilds (Villains & Virtues #1) by A.K. Caggiano
Kill the Beast by Serra Swift
The Arrow and the Alder by Barbara Kloss
The Last Tiger by Julia Riew & Brad Riew
[ALC] The Heir (Crownhaven #1) by Sophia Travers
[ALC] Never Ever After (Never Ever After #1) by Sue Lynn Tan
Sonnets and Serpents (Casters & Crowns #2) by Elizabeth Lowham
[ARC] Against a Crescent Storm (The Balkan Legends #3) by A.L. Sowards
For No Mortal Creature by Kenshe Chow
[ALC] The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
[ARC] The Prince of Mourning by Jenn Bennett
[ARC] The Maid of Sherwood Forest (A McQuivey’s Costume Shop Romance #2) by Sian Ann Bessey
Every Spiral of Fate (This Woven Kingdom #4) by Tahereh Mafi
[ALC] Fallen City (Fallen City Duology #1) by Adrienne Young
[ARC] Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless #6) by Gabrielle Meyer
A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig
[Novella] A Very Merry Matchup by Becca Kinzer
[ARC/ALC] A Queen’s Match (A Queen’s Duet #2) by Katharine McGee
[ARC] Ship of Spells by H. Leighton Dickson
[Novella] Holly (Belladonna #3.5) by Adalyn Grace

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: August 2025

August 31, 2025 GoodeyReadsLeave a comment

IT’S FOOTBALL SEASON. But also, here are all the books I read in August! I’m still on track to hit 400, just need to stay focused.

[ARC/ALC] For the Record by Emma Lord
[ARC] The Legacy of Ophelia (The Curse of Ophelia #5) by Nicole Platania
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam (Hart and Mercy #3) by Megan Bannen
In the Veins of Drowning (The Siren Mage #1) by Kalie Cassidy
The Americana Playbook by Cathryn Carter
[Novella] Devotion of the Heart by Nichole Van
Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love #2) by Ali Hazelwood
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
[ARC] You & Me, For Real by Hayley Elliot
[ARC] A Sea View Christmas (On Devonshire Shores #3.5) by Julie Klassen
The Jasad Crown (The Scorched Throne #2) by Sara Hashem
Isles of the Emberdark (Cosmere) by Brandon Sanderson
A Promise So Bold and Broken (Compelling Fates Saga #2) by Sophia St. Germain
Glorious Rivals (The Grandest Game #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
A Summer Without You by Caitlin Moss
Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #3) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Between These Broken Hearts (These Hollow Vows #4) by Lexi Ryan
Anywhere With You by Ellie Palmer
Deadwood (Secrets of the Serpentine #1) by Karley Brenna
Wrath of the Dragons (Fear the Flames #2) by Olivia Rose Darling
A Beguiled Gentleman (The Bradley Brothers #1) by Audra Wells
Immortal Consequences (The Souls of Blackwood Academy #1) by I.V. Marie
One More Made Up Love Song (Midnight Rush #2) by Jenny Proctor
[ARC/ALC] Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson
[ARC/ALC] If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold (Blonde Identity #2) by Ally Carter
[ARC] Darkness Births the Stars by Sarah Lee Wohn
[ARC/ALC] Wild Reverence (Letters of Enchantment #0) by Rebecca Ross
[ARC] Stuck With You (Cal’s Garage #1) by Stacy Williams
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder (The Night Ends with Fire #2) by K.X. Song
Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
A Love Most Fatal (Morelli Family #1) by Kath Richards
[Novella] A Churn in the Virtual Society (Into the Churn #3.5) by Hayley Reese Chow
[ARC] What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller

Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: May 2025

June 1, 2025 GoodeyReads1 Comment

May was a rough one y’all. Almost gave a book one star and had THREE two star books which is generally underheard of for me. Two were new to me authors so at least I tried some new authors??

Some of these reviews are already out and others will be out in the future!

Broken Souls and Bones (Stonegate #1) by LJ Andrews
[ARC] The Enemy’s Daughter by Melissa Poett
What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon
To Steal from Thieves (Thieves & Kings #1) by M.K. Lobb
Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic #1) by Tahereh Mafi
The Things We Water by Mariana Zapata
[ARC/ALC] Cruel is the Light (Cruel is the Light #1) by Sophie Clark
Silver Elite (Silver Elite #1) by Dani Francis
As You Ice It (Appies #7) by Emma St. Clair
[ALC] Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli
Even if It Hurts (Huntley Square #1) by Molly Barlowe
[ARC/ALC] The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig
[ARC/ALC] Rules for Ruin (The Crinoline Academy #1) by Mimi Matthews
[Short Story] The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow #3) by Alix E. Harrow
The Geographer’s Guide to Romance (Love’s Academic #2) by India Holton
The Long Way Home (Magnolia Parks Universe #3) by Jessa Hastings
A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated #2) by Danielle L. Jensen
The Q by Beth Brower
[ARC] The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone
A Guarded Heart by Heidi Kimball
All We Lost Was Everything by Heidi Kimball
Enchanted Kingdom (Enchanted Kingdom #1) by Tricia Wentworth
[ARC/ALC] The Beautiful Maddening by Shea Ernshaw
Scot and Bothered by Alexandra Kiley
Rewind it Back (Windy City #5) by Liz Tomforde
Love Sick by Deidra Duncan
Caught Stealing (Southern Sports Sweethearts #1) by M.J. Padgett
[ARC/ALC] A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Can’t Get Enough (Skyland #3) by Kennedy Ryan
[ARC] The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
[ARC] Call of the Loon by K. Sinko
The Floating World (The Floating World #1) by Axie Oh
It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan