Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Love at First Font
Top Ten Tuesday [20]

 
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together!

This week's topic: Book Covers Featuring Cool/Pretty/Unique/etc. Typography

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Ink & Sigil (Ink & Sigil, #1) by Kevin Hearne
The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1) by Mindy McGinnis
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
We Only Find Them When They're Dead, #3 by Al Ewing, Simone Di Meo (Illustrator) 

House of Salt of Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1) by Erin A. Craig
Spells Trouble (Sisters of Salem, #1) by P.C. Cast
Marvels X (2020), #5 by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Well-Bee
10 Blind Dates (Messina Family, #1) by Ashley Elston

The “I Have No Chill” Section

Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
Winner Takes All by Emily Martin
Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil, #2) by Kevin Hearne
Deepest, Darkest (The Oddmire, #3) by William Ritter
Deadpool (2019-2021), #3 by Kelly Thompson, Chris Bachalo (Illustrator)

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles, #1) by E. Eason
Blastaway by Melissa Landers
A Monster Like Me by Wendy S. Swore
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) by Libba Bray
Marauders (2019-2022), #1 by Gerry Duggan, Russell Dauterman (Cover Art), Matteo Lolli (Illustrator)

I loved this prompt and definitely could have kept going, but I think capping it at 20 was already going above and beyond. ๐Ÿ˜…

Monday, February 2, 2026

State of the ARC [40]

  

State of the ARC is a monthly meme hosted by Avalinah at Avalinah's Books and Sarah at All the Book Blog Names Are Taken! It's an opportunity for readers to catch up on their long overdue ARCs, but right now I'm using it to keep up with my upcoming ARCs instead. It helps me stay organized!

Good Intentions by Marisa Walz (2/3)
Impostor (Alexander Gregory Thrillers, #1) by L.J. Ross (2/3)
Stolen in Death (In Death, #62) by J.D. Robb (2/3)
The Bone Queen by Will Shindler (2/3)
All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff (2/24)

A Secret in the Garden (Dark Manor Chronicles, #1) by Jeneane O'Riley (2/24)
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan (2/24)

Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra (3/3)
Once and Again by Rebecca Serle (3/10)
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1) by Ilona Andrews (3/31) *review
Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones (3/31)

The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer; Tamara Moss (4/7)
Bloodsinger (The Fire That Binds, #2) by Juliette Cross (4/9)
Morsel by Carter Keane (4/14)
Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai (4/14)
Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West (4/14)

Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe (4/14)
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier (4/21)
Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce (4/28)

Burnout Summer by Jenna Ramirez (5/12)
First and Forever by Lynn Painter (5/12)
Strange Familiars (The Seamere College Duology, #1) by Keshe Chow (5/19)

Winner Takes All by Emily Martin (6/23)
The River She Became by Emily Varga (6/30)
Witch Season (Broken Coven, #1) by Julia Blanco (6/30)

At some point, I’m going to need to stop requesting and accepting books from NetGalley if I have any hope of getting my ratio up this year… but today is apparently not that day. ๐Ÿ˜