Celeste, Author at A Literary Escape

WWW Wednesday: June 10, 2026

Published on June 10, 2026June 8, 2026 by Celeste11 Comments

Just like in May, I’m off to a slow start with my reading! June is another busy month between gardening, ballet classes, my mom’s birthday, Father’s Day, and I have a short trip planned. I’m enjoying my current eyeball read, but it isn’t a “fast” one. Nevertheless, here’s my latest 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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This Land Is Your Land by Beverly Gage

Published on June 8, 2026June 7, 2026 by Celeste8 Comments

Today’s review is about THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND by Beverly Gage. It’s a nonfiction book about U.S. history in the format of a road trip across the country.

Author: Beverly Gage
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publish Date: April 7, 2026
Print Length: 352

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June 2026 Book Releases

Published on June 3, 2026June 8, 2026 by Celeste16 Comments

For my June 2026 book releases list I have 11 books to share. (If you missed my May 2026 book releases, you can scroll through those here.) Most of these upcoming releases are fantasy books, but there are a few literary fiction books sprinkled in there. I feel like I’m in a bit of a phase at the moment where I want something weird or less cliche, and I think some of these titles reflect that.

Out of all the June 2026 book releases, I’m most excited for Thomas D. Lee’s new Arthurian book. Technically, it only releases in the UK this month. But I hope the publisher shares a US publication date soon. Regardless, I plan on buying a copy from Blackwell’s because I love the cover art (shown below) and it will match my copy of Perilous Times by the same author. Ok, anyway, check out the list of June 2026 book releases I’m most interested in!

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June 2026 TBR

Published on June 2, 2026May 31, 2026 by Celeste14 Comments

After a slow start to my May 2026 TBR, I actually ended up okay. I didn’t read as many days last month, so that impacted some progress on my ARCs. But I read two of my priority reads and one of my hopeful reads and read 30% of my third priority read. For my June 2026 TBR I have a list of hopeful reads for Pride Month. This is a first for me.

I never read to a particular monthly theme. It makes me want to have a mental temper tantrum because I don’t like being held to a list. The only reason I started doing these monthly TBR posts is to keep ARCs in the forefront of my mind. In that regard, I think my TBR posts work. However, I have a massive backlog of physical books I want to get through, including LGBTQ+ books. So, I decided to use Pride Month as encouragement to tackle some backlist LGBTQ+ reads.

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May 2026 Book Blog Wrap-Up

Published on June 1, 2026May 31, 2026 by Celeste8 Comments

Well, I did not spend as many days reading this month as I usually do. For whatever reason I just wasn’t feeling it, whether it was because it’s gardening season, or trying out a new cookbook, or feeling kind of slumpy from my current nonfiction ARC. There were five days where I read zilch. Usually audiobooks help me out here, but I didn’t find as much time for those either. That “unproductiveness” also crossed over into blogging and I didn’t really feel like doing much of that either, so I just rolled with it. But I still have enough to report out on for my May 2026 Book Blog Wrap Up. It was a busy month!

This is a bit of a long one because I babble on at the end about my garden. So feel free to skip around, of course, to sections that are of interest to you.

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