WWW Wednesday: March 18th, 2026
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WWW Wednesday: March 18th, 2026

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It’s time for another WWW Wednesday! This is a bookish meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words where bloggers answer the 3 Ws:

  1. What are you currently reading?
  2. What did you recently finish reading?
  3. What do you think you’ll read next?

If you’d like to learn more about any of these books, click on the cover to be taken to the Goodreads page.

Current Reads

  • The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman: I feel like such a traitor because I keep not reading this book! I’m planning on getting back into it this evening before bed. I’ve even placed it on my bedside table! I need to lose myself in this world again… I find I kind of miss it! Perhaps my brain can settle down enough to let me.
  • The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton: I just started this e-book yesterday and I’m having a great time so far. I can already tell that this is going to be a book that explores grief in one way or another and I think that might just be perfect for me right now. I’m loving the worldbuilding and I’m intrigued by our two main characters. Looking forward to continuing!
  • Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty: Okay, I’m listening to the audiobook for this one and I think I’m realizing why this is one of the big hitters when it comes to mystery/thrillers. I am so invested in these random women’s lives and all I know so far is that someone died and all these people have kids that go to the same school. There’s already so much drama and I’m eating it up.
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Top Ten Tuesday: Green Book Covers
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Top Ten Tuesday: Green Book Covers

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish back in June 2010. It is currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and, as is stated on the blog, it was “born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.”

Hello, reader!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I honor of today’s very green-themed holiday, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is all about books with green covers. I don’t pay much attention to the colors of covers of the books I’ve read, but apparently I’ve read quite a few that sport a bit of the grassy hue. Today, I’m going to share a few of my faves.

Come see which green books I’m featuring!

Green Book Covers

Strange Pictures by Uketsu
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Glunda the Veg Witch by Keith W. Dickenson
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

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Goodreads/TBR Monday: March 16th, 2026
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Goodreads/TBR Monday: March 16th, 2026

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Goodreads Monday/TBR Monday is a bookish meme hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog invites you to post about what books are on your Goodreads “to read” lists or TBR lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenges, and any other bookish news!

Hello, reader!

I’m spending my Monday trying to get back home after an impromptu visit to my parents’ house in Georgia this weekend for a family emergency. Currently stuck in Baltimore and just hoping that my flight doesn’t, once again, get canceled 😭 Wish me luck, y’all.

To distract me, I figured I’d do this week’s Goodreads Monday post! Less thinking about planes and rain, more thinking about books. Time to hit that randomizer and see which book on my Goodreads TBR is either staying or getting chucked.

Random Goodreads Pick

Book:
Wonder Woman: Warbringer

Author:
Leigh Bardugo

Publisher:
Random House Children’s Books

Publication Date:
August 28th, 2017

Pages:
369

Genre:
Fantasy/Superheroes

Synopsis:
Daughter of immortals.

Princess Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law—risking exile—to save a mortal. Diana will soon learn that she has rescued no ordinary girl, and that with this single brave act, she may have doomed the world.

Daughter of death.

Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted by people who think her very existence could spark a world war. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer—a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.

Together.

Two girls will face an army of enemies—mortal and divine—determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. Tested beyond the bounds of their abilities, Diana and Alia must find a way to unleash hidden strengths and forge an unlikely alliance. Because if they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.

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Let’s Talk Bookish: Immersive Reading
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Let’s Talk Bookish: Immersive Reading

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Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and Dini @dinipandareads! This meme has a discussion format, where participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the blogging love by visiting other posts. You can learn more about this meme here!

LTB Topic of the Week:
Immersive Reading

Prompts:  Immersive reading is when you simultaneously listen to an audiobook while reading the physical or digital book. Do you do any immersive reading? Do you prefer it or is it not for you? Do you think it’s a good way to get everything from a book? Is there a genre that is better to do this with? What are your recommendations for immersive reading?

Do you do any immersive reading? Do you prefer it or is it not for you?

I have heard about immersive reading, but I have yet to try it out myself! Part of the reason is, when I’m listening to an audiobook, I’m typically doing something that wouldn’t allow me to pick up a physical or digital copy. Like driving to work or cleaning the house, ya know? But the more I hear about it, the more I think that it would be so much fun to try! Maybe I would come to prefer it, who knows.

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Book Blogger Hop: Genre Shy
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Book Blogger Hop: Genre Shy

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The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Crazy-For-Books and is currently being hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. Every Friday, a new question is posted for book bloggers to answer in the coming week. The purpose of the hop is connection and community. You can discover new blogs to follow, new books to read, and you may end up with some new followers, as well!

This Week’s Prompt

Are there genres you read that you feel a little shy about?

Submitted by Billy, Coffee-Addicted Writer.

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First Lines Friday: March 13th, 2026
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First Lines Friday: March 13th, 2026

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First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

  • Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
  • Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
  • Finally… reveal the book!

If you’re sharing on social media, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!

Hello, reader!

We’ve arrived at the end of the (typical) work week, which means it’s time for another First Lines Friday! This week, I’m featuring a romance that I’m hoping to dive into soon. I need a bit of an escape and I think this book would do the trick.

So let’s see if the first line can pull me in.

The Line(s):

“When Jordan Carter tells his family the story of how he met the love of his life, it will go a little something like this…”

The Build Up:

The Reveal:

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Book Review: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse
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Book Review: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Title: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
Edited By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Publisher: Mariner Books
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Age Group: Adult
Format: E-book
Book Links: Bookshop::B&N::Goodreads::Storygraph

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse and series editor John Joseph Adams select twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explore the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today. 

Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever—to illuminate what it means to be human.

With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 explores the ever-expanding and changing world of contemporary science fiction and fantasy.

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WWW Wednesday: March 11th, 2026
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WWW Wednesday: March 11th, 2026

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It’s time for another WWW Wednesday! This is a bookish meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words where bloggers answer the 3 Ws:

  1. What are you currently reading?
  2. What did you recently finish reading?
  3. What do you think you’ll read next?

If you’d like to learn more about any of these books, click on the cover to be taken to the Goodreads page.

Current Reads

  • The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman: I’m still plugging along with this book. It’s taking me so long that you might think I’m hating the experience, but that couldn’t be further from the truth! Life has just been throwing (expensive…) surprises at me and the stress is definitely affecting my reading. Every time I pick up this book, though, it let’s me just fall into the story and, if I didn’t already love it, I’d love it for that alone.
  • What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher: One thing T. Kingfisher is good at (among many things) is writing a sarcastic but kind main character that is highly relatable. This series has that in spades! I’m loving this second installment in the Sworn Soldiers series, with visits from characters past and new characters to pull me in. The creepy stuff hasn’t started up yet, but I’m eagerly anticipating it.
  • She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva: I legit just started this audiobook, so I can’t say much about whether I’m enjoying it or not. I can say I’m liking the narrator, haha.
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Ordinal Numbers
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Ordinal Numbers

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish back in June 2010. It is currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and, as is stated on the blog, it was “born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.”

Hello, reader!

It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday! This week, we’re featuring books with ordinal numbers in the title. As I found as I scrolled through my Goodreads shelves that I apparently haven’t read enough books that meet the criteria to fill out ten spots, haha. I’ve decided to pick five of my favorite books with an ordinal number and then five books from my TBR that I’m hoping to love.

That being said, let’s get to the list!

Books I’ve Read

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison

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March 2026 TBR
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March 2026 TBR

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Hello, reader!

It’s a new month, y’all, and that means it’s time to build another monthly TBR! I didn’t do too bad with my February TBR, having read five (and a half) of the nine books I had listed, which isn’t too shabby. I probably would have been able to read more if February didn’t speed by like a freight train. Now it’s time to turn my sights to March and what I’m hoping to get to read.

With that being said, let me share with you my March TBR!

The Book Club Reads

  • AFB Book Club
    • Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
    • The theme for March was “books set in Australia” and this was the winner of the poll. I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never really had an interest in this blockbuster of a book. But this is one of the big hitters of the thriller/mystery genre and I’m using this as an excuse to see what all the hype is about. We’ll see how it goes!
  • Literally Dead Book Club
    • The Fisherman by John Langan
    • I’ve already started reading this horror novel and it’s kind of like if Pop Pop sat you down to recount some stories from his past but those stories included a huge helping of eldritch horrors. A lot of rambling about so-and-so was what’s-his-face’s son and also I HAVE WITNESSED THE LEVIATHAN. Not gonna lie, I’m kind of loving it 😂
  • Weirdo Book Club
    • She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva
    • Look, I noticed that the painting on the cover is one where a woman is sawing a man’s head off and I was instantly intrigued. The synopsis sounds like there will be a healthy dose of feminine rage and I’m here for it.
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