Why, yes, hi, hello — I am still here! It has certainly been a minute. The last couple of months have been hectic and full for us. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been up to and how I’ve been feeling, the books that I've been reading and loving, what we’ve been watching and what’s coming up for us soon.

Picking top favorites is always hard for me. Even with a reading journal this year where I kept up with my favorite book month by month, I still made this stack twice! But I think I've nailed it this time. Here are the top 12 books I loved this year!

August was definitely a weird reading month for me. Overall, I had a slow start, but I mostly finished strong with 4 full length novels and 2 novellas altogether as well as, unfortunately, 1 DNF (did not finish). I’d call that a great month looking back! Here’s a recap of all the books I finished in August 2022.

I got lost in some amazing stories this month. From a unique murder myster series, a couple epic fantasy rereads, and a snort-laugh funny rom-com, check out the 7 books I read in July 2022.

I really liked my reading experience in June. Not only did I get to reread a few books, I also got to a couple of genres I typically read less of on an average basis. One of the best highlights was beginning an impromptu reread of the Throne of Glass series with one of my book besties!! Completely unplanned and 100% worth it! Here’s a recap of all the books I read in June 2022.

I can’t believe May is over already! This year is flying by, but I got through some more good books this month. From epic fantasy and rereads to audiobooks and contemporary romance, check out all the books I read in May 2022.

April was an interesting month! From traveling to and fro, starting fertility treatments, and feeling a little slumpy and stretched thin generally to finding joy in baking and season 2 of Bridgerton, I feel like I barely read a wink! But I'm currently still obsessing over the world of Daughter of Smoke and Bone (through book 2!) and these 4 rom-coms tooootally pulled me through my slumpiness and brought me so much joy!

March has to be my favorite reading month so far this year! Even though my ratings varied, every story was unique and individual, and I can still distinctly remember details and plotlines of every one (including the ones that didn’t really resonate with me). I also got to read several of my favorite genres which I'm beginning to notice really helps! Here are all the books I read in March 2022.

February was the month of slowly destroying my psyche with intense romances and strange synchronies across all the books I read lol. I swear though - basic rom-coms may just not cut it anymore! Check out the 8 books I read this February.

Oh look. It’s my January wrap up at the end of February LOL. I’m really not sure how this happened. The month definitely got away from me. February's will be coming soon. I really enjoyed the selection of books I got to in January though! Check out all the books I read in January 2022.

I feel like December went by in a blur and I’m still playing catch up! We had a very low-key month with a lot of downtime, so I was able to get to so many good books and several holiday romances which I was very happy about! Check out the 12 books I read in December 2021.

WOW. I seriously cannot believe how quickly the last three months have flown by! Didn’t summer JUST START? Also didn’t this year?! I really struggle to get my monthly wrap-ups up in blog form every month, but I find I really enjoy this quarterly wrap-up that I do occasionally! It fits with my non-committal, let’s-change-things-up, and go with the flow attitude! So, without further ado, check out my top 3 reads of June, July, and August.