Monthly Reads | June 2025
June was a good reading month for me! I finished 10 books, totaling 1,429 pages and almost 24 hours of audiobook time. A lot of that listening happened during the last half of Grandma’s Half Marathon, the drive home, and…
Taya Runs and Reads
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Taya Runs and Reads
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Tag 2025 Reads
Recent Reads | NetGalley
Queens of CrimeMarie Benedict In 1930s London, five iconic women crime writers (Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, and Baroness Emma Orczy) form the Queens of Crime to solve a real murder and prove their worth in a…
Book Review | The Librarians by Sherry Thomas [may contain spoilers] | ARC Review
Quick Stats Detail Info Release date 30 September 2025, Berkley Length 368 pages Format I recommend Print or ebook – multiple POVs are easier when you can flip back Sherry Thomas trades her Victorian detectives (which I feel like I…
Monthly Reads | March, April, & May 2025
Can you believe we’re already almost halfway through 2025? Between half marathon training (not as much right now, even though I should be!), wrangling my two little sidekicks, and getting our house ready to sell, I somehow managed to sneak…
Book Review | Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West [may contain spoilers] | ARC Review
I picked this one up because the premise sounded too fun to pass up—a group of women, all named Sarah Jones, start a support group. (Yes, really.) I assumed I was in for something light and quirky, and while this…
Book Review | The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose [may contain spoilers] | ARC Review
As the third installment in a series that already had me hooked, this one brings a daring art heist, a secret diary, and just the right amount of twists. A Rollercoaster at the Regency Grand Molly Gray, our ever-relatable head…
January 2025 Reads
January 2025 Reading Recap Happy end‐of‐January, everyone! It’s time for my favorite monthly ritual: the reading wrap‐up. This month, I finished 7 books—all fiction—and clocked in at 1,239 pages (plus about 23.4 hours of audiobook listening). My average rating landed…