A Literary Escape

Book Blogger Hop: Reads I Come Back To

Published on August 14, 2026August 11, 2026 by Celeste2 Comments

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

The Book Blogger Hop post image was created by Coffee Addicted Writer.

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WWW Wednesday: August 12, 2026

Published on August 12, 2026August 11, 2026 by Celeste4 Comments

Well, I wouldn’t say August feels calmer than July even though I don’t have any trips planned. However, I feel like I’m a little back in the swing of things with my reading. So it’s nice to feel like I’m making some sort of progress! It’s always a juggling act trying to do it all between work, cooking, laundry, socializing, gardening, and reading. Yesterday after work I spent about 1.5 hours sowing various root vegetables and leafy greens in preparation for fall gardening. (All that to say gardening is work as well as a fun hobby!) Anyway, enough of my jabbering…let’s get on to WWW Wednesday.

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless

Published on August 10, 2026August 9, 2026 by Celeste4 Comments

Today’s review is about DAUGHTER OF THE OTHERWORLD by Shauna Lawless. It’s the first book in the Gael Song: Era II trilogy and follows the story of Isolde in 12th century Ireland. I highly recommend reading the first Gael Song trilogy for maximum impact. Those books are THE CHILDREN OF GODS AND FIGHTING MEN, THE WORDS OF KINGS AND PROPHETS, and THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. This new trilogy follows some of the same characters and thus contains spoilers for the first trilogy.

Author: Shauna Lawless
Series: Gael Song: Era II, #1
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Head of Zeus — an AdAstra Book
Publish Date: November 11, 2025
Print Length: 448

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WWW Wednesday: August 5, 2026

Published on August 5, 2026August 4, 2026 by Celeste3 Comments

In case you missed it yesterday, I posted about my anticipated August 2026 book releases. Go have a look if you want to add to your TBR! 😉 Now, onto WWW Wednesday.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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August 2026 Book Releases

Published on August 4, 2026August 2, 2026 by Celeste13 Comments

It’s the beginning of another month, which means it’s time for my anticipated August 2026 book releases! (And if you missed last month’s, you can catch up here with my July 2026 book releases list.) I’ve been rather busy with travel, so I scrambled to get this posted during a reasonable time (i.e., early in the month)! I’m surprised at how many upcoming book releases interested me for August. Nearly all of the ones I picked this month are fiction with the exception of one nonfiction book.

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