February always seems to invite a little extra romance reading. And it still makes me laugh that I never picked up romance novels before Unabridged. I’m looking back at a handful of romance reviews from the blog.
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Here are all of this year's Youth Media Award winners and honorees. What a great day to celebrate something, and how nice that it is youth literature.
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Check out today's episode of Unabridged: after sharing our current reads, we close out 2025 and looking ahead to 2026. Ashley and Jen reflect honestly on their 2025 reading lives and share their plans for 2026. Listen now and find full Unabridged Pod Challenge details at unabridgedpod.com.
Once again, it's time to reflect on my year of reading. Here are my stats. (I did more reflection over at our newsletter for @unabridgedpod.)
Total books read - 359
Fiction - 81.06%
Nonfiction - 18.11%
Poetry - 1.95%
Drama - 0.84%
What's on my January TBR? Well, I'm trying to put a dent in the Tournament of Books shortlist before the competition begins in March, so I've divided up those books between January and February. Here are just a few I hope to read in January.
I wanted to share two of the books that made my "best of" list for the second half of the year (over at unabridgedpod.com!) Fire Exit was the first book I finished in December, and I immediately devoured Night of the Living Rez. Morgan Talty is an author you must add to your list.
I'm planning to do the #26backlistin2026 challenge again because it always gives me the push I need to resist the new and shiny and pick up some backlist books. (The books in the challenge are on the top shelf!)
Are you participating in any challenges in 2026?
At the National Book Festival again! Loved the Geraldine Brooks session. She’s so wise and so thoughtful
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
Photo of Cherie Dimaline’s Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
This first post feels momentous, so I’m relying on what feels comfortable: every weekend, for Unabridged Podcast, I share what I’m reading and ask what you’re reading, too.
This weekend, I’m reading Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, our buddy read pick for November.
What are you reading this weekend?
