FaRoDay – Day 11

CORAL ALEJANDRA MOORE

Sinful Secrets

In Sin City, love is a dangerous game. Mariana Reyes has lived under her father’s thumb long enough to know that entanglements of any kind are hazardous to the health of whomever she’s involved with. But unfortunately she’s also a witch who has carnal needs that require satisfaction. On two particular nights, she takes a gamble and is rewarded.

Heat Level: Scorching ****

FaRoDays – Day 10

ISLA ELRICK

Bride of the Moon King

After a lifetime of waiting, Eytine is convinced that the soulmate who haunts her dreams does not exist—that is, until the fae moon king draws her into the forest. The ethereally seductive Erivon reveals that not only is Eytine his soul’s mate—she is the reincarnation of his once-immortal queen.

Heat Level: Hot ***

FaRoDays – Day 9

ZOE CHANT

A Mate for the Christmas Dragon

Jasper Heartwell has five days to win his mate’s heart. If Jasper doesn’t claim his mate by Christmas, he’ll lose his inner dragon. If Abigail never hears another Christmas carol again, it will be too soon. How can Jasper convince Abigail they’re meant for each other, when for her, the happiest time of the year is the one thing she hates most?

Heat Level: Hot ***

Setting Up a Reading Journal

I love making lists and tracking all of the things. For the past few years I’ve done this in a bulletjournal, combining all of my ‘stuff’ into a single book – however – for 2025 I’ve decided to go ahead and make a dedicated reading journal, just for books (well, sort of, it’s for books, tv shows, movies, and tracking things that I enjoy like knitting).

I figured I’d post a few pages here on the book blog to showcase how I’ve got it set up this year. I’m taking a lot of inspiration from other reading journals out there, and just customizing it a bit to suit my own needs / designs. In the picture above, is my TBR pile (to be read) for the year, along with my rating system. Whether or not I actually make it through all of these books will be another story. I plan on crossing them off as I read them (if I read them), and then of course further on in the book I’ll have the actual reviews written.

Since I’ve joined a book club, it will also give me space to track challenges and events with that. I’m excited! It’s nice to have it all in one place, physically, besides just keeping it around on GoodReads (which I have been trying to move away from a bit).

Do you keep a reading journal? Let me know in comments!

FaRoDay – Day 8

ELVA BIRCH

Thawing His Heart

A rare white hart shifter who was imprisoned in a cruel shifter zoo, Robert returns to the rebuilt Shifting Sands Resort to prove that he’s put his demons to rest and his memories of captivity behind him…only to meet a mate who doesn’t recognize him. Is he more broken then he knows?

Heat Level: Hot ***

FaRoDays – Day 6

KATHRYN ANN KINGSLEY

The Unseelie Prince

Prince Valroy, heir to the Unseelie throne, must marry to claim his crown. Desperate, he abducts Abigail, a human witch, plunging her into a deadly maze with the promise to fulfill her deepest wish—if she survives. Dark, seductive, and laced with enemies-to-lovers tension, this fantasy romance explores love on the edge of danger.

Heat Level: Smoldering **

FaRoFeb – Day 5

LISETTE MARSHALL

The Diamond Scar

Hythra has a plan. To avoid the suitors her mother sends after her, she’ll spend the Midwinter ball with the last man who’ll ever try to marry her: a drunkard who has made his dislike of her abundantly clear. Except it turns out Cai is no common drunk at all. Worse, he doesn’t seem to dislike her all that much…

Heat Level: Hot **

A Year of Goober (2025)

As I mentioned before, I recently joined the BBBC (Bujo Buddies Book Club) run by Jess (known as JashiiCorrin over on YouTube) to inspire and motivate myself a bit more when it comes to reading and book related things. I’ve never been a part of a book community before, and so far it has been lovely. I participated in my first book club meeting, and had a lot of fun discussing the read.

There are also challenges and read-a-thons that happen throughout the year, one of which is called ‘A Year of Goober‘ which is sort of like a new take on reading bingo. Ghosty Goober is the name of a ghost mascot the group uses, and basically each month you have the choice between two prompts, which are also tied to two types of flowers. Each month you build a bouquet of flowers up, depending on your monthly reading choices. The video I linked goes into resources available and how to sign up if you’re interested. I’ll be adding this to my reading journal, so I’ll share my progress here once I get that up and running.

I didn’t intend on getting so involved with the reading club once I joined, but I’m having a good time and it’s really nice to be surrounded by a possitive non toxic community who have similar interests. Even if we do spend a lot of time defending differences in opinion about books, there’s room for every sort of reader.