Stoker you’re such a gentleman, I love you.

OK it's time! I want to hear your top 6 books for the first 6 months of 2026! And then 6 books you're looking forward to reading in the next 6 months. Plus your 1 biggest disappointment and your 1 best bookish experience.

My favourites:

1. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majundar
2. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
3. Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
4. Chosen Family by Madeleine Grey
5. Kin by Tayari Jones
6. It's Not What you think by Claire Mackintosh

Looking forward to:

1. Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel
2. As you wake break the shell by Becky Chambers
3. Taipei Story by RF Kuang
4. American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee
5. Time Travel for Beginners by Jaclyn Moriarty
6. Under Story by Chloe Benjamin

Disappointment: Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

Best bookish moment: Every time I've gone into a library with my 8 year old, telling her not to get too many books, and leaving with a stack we can barely carry.

Tell me yours.....

Upon watching House of the Dragon I am wanting to read a book/series with the same vibes. I like it for the dragons and the powerful women presented. I like the complicated political landscape.

I’ve read Throne of Glass and Samantha Shannon’s Priory of the Orange Tree, Day of Fallen Night, and Among the Burning Flowers, and loved them!

I would love some suggestions!! I have a lot of down time the next few months and am wanting to feed my hyper-fixation!