This morning I reflect on libraries and how I want to use my library.

Books mentioned:

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Endling by Maria Reva

Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn

Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo

The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

This morning I go through the End of the Year Book Tag and talk about my plans to wrap up my 2025 reading.

Links mentioned:

⁠Midyear Book Freak Out Tag⁠ (episode)

⁠Books Unbound ⁠(podcast)

⁠My Fall TBR⁠ (episode)

⁠My 2025 Reading Goals⁠ (episode)

Books mentioned:

The Skull by Jon Klassen

The Stand by Stephen King

The Will of the Many by James Islington

The Strength of the Few by James Islington

Boy's Life by Robert McCammon

The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante

IT by Stephen King

This morning I wrap up all the books I read in September.

Links mentioned:

⁠Fall TBR⁠ (episode)

Books mentioned:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 6 by Beth Brower

This morning I swap book recommendations with my sister, Emma.

Links mentioned:

⁠Interview with Chauncea⁠ (episode)

⁠August wrap up⁠ (episode)

⁠Follow Emma⁠ (Instagram)

Books mentioned:

Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor (series)

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (series)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (series)

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower (series)

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter