Melinda

Finished
Act Your Age, Evie Brown (3.5 stars, satisfying ending to trilogy)
Blood Brothers (5 stars), The Hallow (4.5 stars), The Pagan Stone (5 stars) by Nora Roberts (Fabulous story beginning to end)

Started
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Cinderella is Dead by Kaylyn Bayron

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January 2026 wrap-up

11 books started
7 finished
1 DNF'd
2 Paused (soft DNF)
1 currently reading
6 borrowed from library (CloudLibrary 💙)
2 new-to-me authors

January was an audiobook heavy month due to vision issues 😟

Reading Challenge 7/50

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Finished
Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (4 stars, well done anxiety rep, funny characters, loved Dani and Zafir)

Started
Act Your Age, Evie Brown

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Started:
Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert 2/2

Finished:
Get A Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (4 stars, Loved the disability rep & family support)
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (4 stars, need my library to get book 3 ASAP)
Someone Save My Midnight by Robyn Peterman (4 stars, a fun read) 1/2
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Started:
Get A Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Resumed:
Mate by Ali Hazelwood

DNF/Paused:
The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst
Christmas Every Day by Beth Moran
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Finished:
Key of Light/Key of Knowledge/Key of Valor by Nora Roberts (5 stars, Loved all 3. Favorite couple was Dana/Jordan from bk 2. The boy & dog were lovable scene stealers!)

Started:
Sin and Chocolate by K.F. Breene

Resumed: Mate by Ali Hazelwood
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Whether you reached your goal or missed it, go buy yourself the damn personal pan pizza! Celebrate yourself regardless of many books you read!

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Reading goals should enhance your reading experience, not add stress.

Remember you can always change them.
Was your goal too ambitious? Reduce it.
Too easy? Increase it.
Just right? Enjoy it.

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Finished (con'd): Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert (4 stars. Didn't expect that betrayal. Wished the book was longer, ending felt abrupt)

Started: The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst
2/2
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Finished:
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts (5 stars. Excellent conclusion of the trilogy. Loved everything about this book)

Hideaway by Nora Roberts (4 stars. Strong family themes. Loved the grandparents. Anticlimactic ending.)
1/2

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Finished:
The King's Ransom by Janet Evanovich (4.5 stars, I really enjoyed this book. It was funny, adventurous, mysterious, & completely unrealistic. Gabriella rocks!)

Started:
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts

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Finished:
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (4 stars, sweet & cozy story, loveable MCs, quirky side characters, wrapped up a few things from bk 1)

Started:
The King's Ransom by Janet Evanovich
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Finished:
Sheild of Sparrows by Devney Perry (4 stars. Enjoyable overall, but slow paced esp middle third. Several twists towards the end.)

Started:
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
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Finished:
Captive by A. K. Caggiano (4 stars, enjoyable, will likely continue the series)

Paused: Mate by Ali Hazelwood (library loan ended, put back on Hold to finish later)

Started: Sheild of Sparrows by Devney Perry
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Finished:
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (I gave it 4 stars and put book 2 on hold)

Started:
How Not To Court Your Human Captive by A. K. Caggiano
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Finished:
A Shiver of Light by Laurell K Hamilton

Soft DNF:
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

Started:
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
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I'm only on chapter 2, so not super far. It's good! I've been on a Merry Gentry kick for a few weeks. I tend to do that with established series. 😅

One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:

One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing

And then you'll say. Wait a second.

Fuck 'em

Finished:
Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K Hamilton

Paused:
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

Started: A Shiver of Light by Laurell K Hamilton
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Finished:
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton
Started:
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

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Thanks! I started Mate when it came in last week, so technically that'd be the first. 😅 Thanks for the book recs. I do enjoy YA on occasion, so I'll keep those in mind.

Looks like I'm going to be busy over the next 21 days. 😅

Mate by Ali Hazelwood
House of Rayne by Harley Laroux
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

Library books for the win!

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Finished
Minstral's Kiss by Laurell K Hamilton
Started
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K Hamilton
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Finished:
Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K Hamilton
Started:
Mistral's Kiss: A Novel
Laurell K. Hamilton
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It's been a hot minute since my last reading update...

Finished:
Accomplice to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K Hamilton
Seduced By Moonlight by Laurell K Hamilton
Started:
Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K Hamilton
Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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Today I awoke to a notification from CloudLibrary that my hold for the audiobook was here. Yay!!!

Sidenote: being a fast reader w/ vision issues sucks! But, it is what it is...
2/2

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After finishing Apprentice to the Villian, I had the choice to eyeball read Accomplice to the Villian or wait 3 months for the audiobook. Since this silly series is a bright spot in this rotten month, I borrowed the ebook knowing it was going to be slow going with my vision issues.
1/2

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Finished: A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton
Started: A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton
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Finished: Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Started:
Accomplice to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer.
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K Hamilton

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