LIST: most anticipated 2024 releases (pt. 1)

With the dawn of a new year means more books to look forward to! This list is a bit later than usual (admittedly, I got a bit lazy) and somehow even shorter than last year, but hopefully that means that I’ll get to read everything on this list for once. Here are my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2024!

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LIST: my top ten favorite reads of 2023 (final)

2023 has simultaneously flown by and been the longest year ever. While I’ve had a lot of mediocre reads, I’ve also read some new favorites. With the end of the year, it’s also time to update the list of my favorite reads from earlier this year. Here are my top ten favorite reads of 2023 (final)!

SONG SATURDAY: book recs + my top songs of 2023

Continuing my many-years-old tradition of pairing some of my most listened to songs of the year with books <3! My top 100 songs this year actually was technically not all BTS but when you factor in all their solo music…either way the list was almost entirely K-pop and I haven’t read as much this year in general, so I kinda just slapped this list together. It’s much shorter than usual because I really am so bad at book recs now :’).

This is a selection of songs from my top 100 songs playlist. I tried to pick a variety but let’s just say that I tend to put the same songs on repeat so this was very difficult. Anyways, here are my top songs of 2023 paired with books!

LIST: 2023 reads that emotionally WRECKED me

If I thought 2022 was a mixed bag of reads, then 2023 was filled with more average books than anything which honestly might be worse. This list is sadly much shorter than last year (although, granted, I have read a lot less than last year). Even though it’s a condensed list, here are the reads that emotionally wrecked me this year!

As usual, these are only the books that I read for the first time this year, no rereads. Here’s hoping that I read some more emotionally devastating books soon 🥂!

SONG SATURDAY: txt songs + books (pt. 2)

It’s been a long time coming, but I am finally back with another TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) songs + books post to celebrate their latest comeback! I’ve had their new album, The Name Chapter: FREEFALL, on repeat for the past week; it’s soooo good. Here’s a list of books paired with TXT songs!

Don’t forget to checkout part 1 of this post with more TXT songs paired with books.

You can also check out other posts in my “song saturday” series here. Apparently I haven’t done one of these since…last December…so maybe I’ll branch out to random themes? I’ve had a general K-pop one in my drafts for a while so I’ll try to get around to writing that post (relatively) soon. I do want to write another BTS one, probably for all their solo projects, but that’ll have to wait till Golden comes out.

LIST: 5 2024 debuts i’m unbelievably excited for

In the past couple weeks, I’ve been going through catalogues and scanning people’s TBRs to find more releases for next year because I just keep finding new ones that sound so good. This list is no different; there are so many great-sounding debuts coming out soon. Here are 5 2024 debuts that I’m unbelievably excited for!

This list is a mix of young adult and adult novels, releasing throughout the year. I’ll try to update one of these with buy links and more information when we get more updates! Hope you add these debuts to your TBR list as well, if they’re not already there <3.

LIST: pick an emoji and i’ll rec you a 2023 release (pt. 4)

Only a quarter of the year left, which means it’s time for the last post in this series for this year. There are so many great releases out in the fall; hopefully this post will help you find some new books. So without further ado, pick and emoji and I’ll recommend you a 2023 release (from October through December)!

Check out the other posts in this series for this year: part 1 (January – March), part 2 (April – June), and part 3 (July – September). For previous years’ posts, check out this tag.

As usual, none of the emojis in this post are spoiler-y and more based on vibes and/or the cover of the book. Age range and genre details are also included with each title. Hope you enjoy this post, and let me know which emoji you chose in the comments!

LIST: my top ten favorite reads of 2023 (so far)

2023 has been yet another interesting year of reading for me…with even more lackluster reads than last year. But! As always, I did read a lot of new favorites, which gives me hope for the rest of the year. Here are my top ten favorite reads of 2023 (so far)!

LIST: pick an emoji and i’ll rec you a 2023 release (pt. 3)

We are halfway through the year, which again is astounding to me, but also that just means a whole lot more books to look forward to! And to help you narrow it down, here’s the next “pick an emoji” post. You know what to do: pick an emoji and I’ll recommend you a 2023 release (from July through September)!

Check out part 1 (January through March) and part 2 (April through June) of this year’s series. You can also view all of the previous posts here. As usual, none of these emojis are spoiler-y (as far as I know); I typically pick them based on vibes and/or the cover of the book. Age range and genre details are also included with each title. Hope you enjoy this post, and let me know which emoji you picked in the comments!

LIST: most anticipated 2023 releases (pt. 2)

It’s been a whirlwind half of the year, where I’ve been drowning in ARCs and new releases. And guess what! We’re reaching the second half, which means even more books to look forward to. There are so many great releases in the next few months that I absolutely can’t wait to read, so without further ado, here are my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2023!

You can check out my anticipated releases for the first half of 2023 here.