Fall is my favorite season! We don’t normally start to see cooler weather until mid October here in South Texas, but I’m already dreaming of under 90 degree weather. I am the epitome of a mood reader, and the seasons really dictate what I feel like reading. During the summer, all I want are light…
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July 2022 Most Anticipated
Summer has officially started, and ya’ll is it hot in Texas. We’ve had way too many 100+ days so far and July has not even started! The only thing this hot weather makes me want to do is sit in the pool with a cold drink and a fast paced book! Shocking, right? During the…
22 Most Anticipated for Summer 2022
Summer is just around the corner. Unless you are in Texas, like me, then it’s already hitting temps in the 100’s. I always have the hardest time narrowing down my Most Anticipated for the upcoming season but I managed to get this list down to 22! These 22 reads are all set to come this…
Top 10 reads of 2021
As the last day of the year comes to a close, it’s time to share my favorite reads of 2021. I read a ton of books this year, 137 to be exact. Even having surpassed my reading goal of 125, it was still an interesting reading year for me with quite a few ‘reading slump’…
January 2022 | Book of the Month Predictions
Happy (almost) New Year! The publishing world feels like they’re kicking off 2022 with a bang, which makes me super hopeful and anxious to see what our Book of the Month picks will be for January! I’ve been lucky enough to read a bunch of my Most Anticipated January releases so far, be sure to…
January 2022 Most Anticipated
A new year is almost upon us. Which means we get to lie to ourselves about all the books we’re going to read from our shelves this year, instead of getting new books! Not to make you break any New Year’s resolution you might have about reading your backlist, but there are so many good…
22 Most Anticipated Releases Coming in Winter 2022
Winter is technically in full swing, not that us Texans would know what that means and with it comes a whole slew of new books. I’m gearing up for my Christmas Holiday, and I have an iPad stocked with upcoming releases and a whole stack of physicals ARCs just calling my name. I also find…
21 Non-Fiction Book to Read During Non-Fiction November
Welcome to Non-fiction November! Is it a real thing? I have no idea but I like to think it is. For 99% of the year I’m the worst at reading non-fiction books. I read mostly as an escape from daily life. Reading is how I like to destress and some non-fiction can easily feel like…
October 2021 Wrap Up
Welcome back to another Monthly Wrap Up here at Speaking Of! I have been awful at posting wrap ups this year, because boy has it been a year! We sold our first home, bought a new house, moved cities, and are gearing up to welcome a new family member in 2022. Busy doesn’t even begin…
2021 Halfway Top Ten
Can you believe we are more than halfway through 2021. Unlike 2020, I feel that this year is flying by. It doesn’t help that between work and my personal life, we have been staying busy busy busy. I finally had a chance to sit down and reflect on what I have read so far this…