Reading Goals for 2026

In which I talk about my reading goals for 2026 . . .

Reading Events etc. Mentioned

‪@JentheLibrarianreads‬'s Thomas Hardy readalong:    • Thomas Hardy Readalong: Announcement  

Victoria's Archives publisher: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Victo...

​‪@royreadsanything‬'s Neglected Victorian Bestsellers:    • NEGLECTED Victorian Bestsellers: Monthly R...  

‪@JentheLibrarianreads‬ and ‪@KeriBooks‬'s TBR Reading Spa:    • TBR Reading Spa - Announcement  
   • TBR Reading Spa Announcement  

Books Mentioned

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, Samuel Burr
The Devil’s Finger, Sandra Bond
Demos, George Gissing
Bright I Burn, Molly Aitken
More Than You’ll Ever Know, Katie Guiterrez
Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs, Jordan Stephens
You Don’t Know Me, Imran Mahmood
The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, Emily Critchley
A Perfectly Good Man, Patrick Gale
The Way it Breaks, Polis Loizou
Story of the Story, Cao Xueqin
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge
Miss Aldridge Regrets, Louise Hare

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