I'm a little late with this post (seeing as February is almost over already), but it's been a crazy month and I've had so many other fun posts I've been working on. I didn't want to miss this post, though. In January, I did a month-long social media fast (which I loved!) and I spent a lot of my "extra" time reading instead of scrolling, which felt so nice! Here are my five favorite five star reads from January! The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion vol. 8 by Beth Brower I h

I am very excited for March and to participate in Middle Grade March again this year! It's one of my favorite reading challenges of the year. The Middle Grade age category has so many fun books included in it and there are a lot of great ones I'm looking forward to reading this year. To participate in Middle Grade March, all you need to do is read at least one middle grade book. That's it! If you want to do more, they also have a group read, some different categories to pick

In 2025, I did a personal readathon where I read all of the Little House on the Prairie books . I had read them as a child, but hadn't revisited most of them since then. It was delightful and I'm now rereading the series aloud with my kids--it's extra fun, as my four year old son is very into them. I had so much fun, I wanted to do something similar in 2026 and decided to read the entire Anne of Green Gables series! I have read Anne of Green Gables many times and have read a