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January 2026 TBR

Published on January 2, 2026December 29, 2025 by Celeste21 Comments

Happy New Year, everyone! To start off my January 2026 TBR, I plan to first focus on the two ARCs I have with January publication dates. I took a three-month hiatus at the end of 2025 to focus on books I purchased and it was lovely to do so. So the ARCs are my priority reads with the rest included below as hopefuls. I’ve been thinking it’d be fun to choose one nonfiction, one book subscription, and one random book from my shelves to read each month in addition to any potential ARCs. It’s not easy to avoid the shiny distraction of new releases, but I need to try better to get through my own physical backlog!

Anyway, with that said, here’s my January 2026 TBR.

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December 2025 Book Blog Wrap-Up

Published on December 31, 2025December 30, 2025 by Celeste14 Comments

December was…Decembering. It started out rough for me, but got better as the month went on. I sort of stepped back a little from blogging, but mainly just because I felt busy, so it fell to the wayside a bit. While my reading took a bit of a hit, I still managed to post four reviews. As you’ll see in my December 2025 Book Blog Wrap-Up, I also did some fun non-bookish things. 🙂

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January 2026 Book Releases

Published on December 30, 2025December 29, 2025 by Celeste14 Comments

There are a lot of interesting (to me) January 2026 book releases that I’m excited for. There are so many that it would have been nice to see them spaced out with the December 2025 book releases! Anyway, there’s no way I’ll get to all of these, especially not anytime soon. But it is fun to see what books are in the pipeline. And the January 2026 book releases look excellent! As usual, most of the list below consists of fantasy books, but there is a sprinkling of books from other genres that intrigued me. So take a look!

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December 2025 On My Radar

Published on December 29, 2025December 28, 2025 by Celeste10 Comments

Good morning, everyone! This December 2025 On My Radar is obviously the last On My Radar post for the year. I intend to continue this going into 2026, so this isn’t the last community roundup post I’ll have. December was busy, so I admit I didn’t blog hop as much as usual. But I still managed to read and comment around the blogosphere. So here are a few of those posts. Enjoy your blog hopping!

Reviews

Shakespeare: The Many Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench and Brendan O’Hea by Krysta at Pages Unbound
Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana by Janette at Wicked Witch’s Blog
Humankind by Rutger Bregman by Janette at Wicked Witch’s Blog
A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke by Janette at Wicked Witch’s Blog
As Many Souls As Stars by Natasha Siegel by Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao by Dini at Dini Panda Reads
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao by Caitlin at Realms of My Mind
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow by Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark by Leslie at Books Are the New Black
Christmas Witch by Dan Murphy and Aubrey Plaza, Julia Iredale (Illustrator): The Story of Santa’s Misunderstood Sister by H.C. Newton at The Irresponsible Reader

Discussions

Fantasy With Friends: A New Discussion Meme at Pages Unbound in 2026

Bookish Miscellany

24 hours in London with a bookish theme by Janette at Wicked Witch’s Blog
In 2025…My Life in Books Tag by Jodie at Witty & Sarcastic Bookclub
2026 Releases I’m Excited For (Jan-May)! by Leslie at Books Are the New Black

End of the Year Book Tag 2025

Published on December 26, 2025December 23, 2025 by Celeste6 Comments

The end of the year is nigh, so it’s time for the End of the Year Book Tag 2025 edition! This is my fourth time participating (2024, 2023, 2022). I don’t know who created it, but it’s short and sweet. I put the prompts at the end for anyone to grab and paste into their own post. Anyone can feel free to tag themselves for this End of the Year Book Tag 2025.

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