A Literary Escape

2026 Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag

Published on July 16, 2026July 3, 2026 by Celeste6 Comments

Well, we’re already a good bit into July, so I figured it’s time to do the 2026 Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag. This is my third time filling out this book tag. But if you want to see my answers for previous years, head on over to 2025 and 2024’s mid-year freakout book tag posts. (It looks like I skipped 2023, but 2022 has one!)

If you want to, feel free to join in! The questions are at the end of this post for easy participation. Just copy and paste them into your own blog. I’m not sure who created this Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag. If you do, then please let me know so I can attribute it properly.

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WWW Wednesday: July 15, 2026

Published on July 15, 2026July 10, 2026 by Celeste5 Comments

I’ve been a bit out of pocket, so this is a scheduled post with my best guess of the progress I’ve made over the past week for WWW Wednesday. So, bear with me!

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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Fantasy With Friends: Are you a Brandon Sanderson Fan?

Published on July 13, 2026July 6, 2026 by Celeste4 Comments

Fantasy with Friends poses questions each Monday about fantasy, either as a genre as a whole or individual works. It was created and is run by Pages Unbound. Learn about the weekly prompts and how to participate by visiting their Fantasy with Friends blog post.

Fantasy With Friends Weekly Question

Are you a Brandon Sanderson fan? Some readers online have called his books the “fast food of fantasy?” Do you think that’s a valid criticism?

Well, I finally find some time to participate in Fantasy with Friends and the weekly prompt just so happens to be one that I’m not really familiar with! I’ve never read a book written by Brandon Sanderson, so I’m neither a fan or a hater, and neither can I comment on whether I think his books are the “fast food of fantasy.”

To be honest, I don’t really ever see myself picking up any of his books any time soon. If I do, it’d probably be TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA because it’s a standalone novel. I don’t have the capacity to start a Sanderson series. They all seem so long, both in series and individual book length. Moreover, I don’t gravitate toward epic fantasy…when I do I think I tend to pick something with a romance element to it.

WWW Wednesday: July 8, 2026

Published on July 8, 2026July 6, 2026 by Celeste4 Comments

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays

Published on July 6, 2026July 5, 2026 by Celeste2 Comments

Today’s review is about LETTER TO MY TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER by Carolyn Hays. This is a memoir from the perspective of the mother of a trans daughter. The memoir centers around the moment they got a knock on their door from the Department of Children and Families to investigate the safety of their daughter.

Author: Carolyn Hays
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Blair
Publish Date: October 31, 2023
Print Length: 282

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