Month: April 2026

Ten Most Recent 5-Star Reads

Posted April 27, 2026 by Jana in Top Ten Tuesday / 32 Comments

Welcome to another TTT! This week is freebie week, which means you get to come up with whatever topic your heart desires! Don’t be surprised if I pop up in your comments letting you know I’m planning to put your topic on the schedule sometime in the future (with credit to you, of course!). This is Top Ten Tuesday’s 813th week in existence. That’s just over 15 and a half years! It’s hard to come up with new and unique topics, so I will take all the help I can get!

I chose to share my ten most recent 5-star reads. If you tend to trust my reviews and find that we frequently agree on books, then this is the post for you! It takes a lot to get 5 stars out of me, so trust when I say that these are some of the best of the best. In my opinion, anyway. :)


Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst*
My Lucky Charm by Courtney Walsh*
And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison
Acting Merry by Martha Keyes*
Snowed In by Catherine Walsh
Falling by Christina Lauren
Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider
The Phantom of Drury Lane by Kate Bateman
The Promise of a Kiss by K.C. Bateman
The Dating Game by Jenny Proctor*
*no spice/closed-door romance

Have you read and enjoyed any of these as much as I did?
What topic did you come up with this week?

Top Ten Books with Rain on the Cover

Posted April 20, 2026 by Jana in Top Ten Tuesday / 15 Comments

Welcome to another TTT! Today’s topic is: April Showers. There’s a lot of different directions to go with this topic: rainy day reads, books with rainstorm scenes, books that make you cry, books that give you happy tears, books to wash away a bad reading experience, books set in rainy places, books with rain/raindrops/umbrellas on the cover, blue book covers, etc. I decided to go with rainy book covers! You know how much I love a good book cover, so of course this is where my brain went!

Rain Delay by Allie Marie
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
It’s Raining Men by Julie Hammerle
Maya’s Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja
Flirting with Disaster by Naina Kumar
A Fool for April by Ellie Hall
No One Aboard by Emy McGuire
Almost Home by Pam Jenoff
In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto
Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt

What topic did you decide to you for this week’s topic?
Can you think of any rainy covers I missed?

Top Ten Book Titles That Describe My Life

Posted April 13, 2026 by Jana in About Me, Top Ten Tuesday / 19 Comments

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic was submitted by Susan @ blogginboutbooks.com and is: Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life. To get the gears turning, here are some ideas: Hotshot Doc could describe you if you’re an awesome doctor, Falling into Place could describe a life where things are starting to work out, An Infinite Love Story could describe your relationship, and It Could Have Been Her could describe a thing you’re happy you avoided or a path you could have taken but didn’t. You can explain your choices or not, and they can be as specific or as abstract as you’d like. This is such a fun topic, and I’m excited to see what everyone picks and how creative you get with it!

Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca
I love traveling, and have been to many amazing places!

Brighter Than Before by Courtney Walsh
I have a plan for some things on my life and lots of hope that brighter times are ahead.

Miss Christmas by Gigi Garrett
People have actually called me this! I love Christmas!

How to Be A Wallflower by Eloisa James
aka the title of my memoir.

Going Overboard by Portia Macintosh
This is what I do! I go overboard on everything, whether it’s decorating for a holiday or stressing (hello, crippling anxiety!). If I’m going to do something, chances are I will go overboard with it.

Off the Beaten Path by Madison Wright
I love finding hidden gems that are lesser known such as fun little shops, restaurants, books, movies, music, etc.

Can’t Help Falling in Love by Sophie Cousins
I fall fast and hard for people and animals.

Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
This is literally how my life feels sometimes. lol.

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
I’m either reading romance novels, watching rom-coms, or hoping for romance in my own life!

Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
I’m happiest when I’m by or on the ocean.

Do any of these titles sound like you, too?
What titles did you pick this week?

Top Ten Books Set In Places on My Bucket List

Posted April 6, 2026 by Jana in About Me, Top Ten Tuesday / 14 Comments

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is: Books About/Set In Places on My Bucket List and was submitted by Rachel @ Sunny Side. This topic is made for me! I love traveling, and my bucket list of places I’d like to visit it extremely long (I had to limit myself to these ten because I could have kept going). I’ve been to many amazing places, and will be excluding those from my list this week even though I’d love to return to all of them someday! This list is a mix of older and newer titles (some are even upcoming releases). I’ll put an asterisk by the ones I’ve read. All the others are from my TBR!

Egypt
The Promise of a Kiss by K.C. Bateman* (5 stars)

The Galápagos Islands
Shipped by Angie Hockman* (2 stars)

Ireland
Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews

Greece
A Perfect Story by Elísabet Benavent

Finnish Lapland
Christmas at Frozen Falls by Kiley Dunbar* (5-star favorite)

Scotland
Scot and Bothered by Alexandra Kiley

Copenhagen, Denmark
The Floating Copenhagen Café by Annabel French

Iceland
The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin

Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Diaries, Caroline, by Rebecca Hunter

Turkey
Troy Story by Carla Luna

Have you been to any of these places? Read any of these books?
What location is at the very tippy top of your bucket list?