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Goodbye 2025 & My Favorite Books of the Year

12/31/2025

Well, 2025 has been A Year. And it feels both as if it has lasted a decade and passed in the blink of an eye, or at least these last few months of it did. I don't want to catalogue all the bad things that happened this year, that continue even as the new year approaches. There were good things too—communities coming together to protest and protect each other. I can only hope for better, for good things for us all in 2026.

While my attention span for reading was up and down, as it has been since covid, I did read a lot of really good books in 2025. I had a lot of trouble narrowing down a list—it's my list, so I suppose I could've just kept adding to it, but I wanted to keep it somewhat manageable!

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Rainbow Snippets December 27-28

12/28/2025

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The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

I'm sharing another snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. In this snippet, Faelen and Maxen have been at a family Midwinter holiday dinner.

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Christmas Romance Book Recs

12/24/2025

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I love reading holiday romances, so when I sat down to plan this year's Christmas romance rec list (and last week's Hanukkah list!), I had far too many fantastic books to choose from. I'm sure I'll think of twelve I should've included (as usual) as soon as I hit post, but nevertheless, here are a few Christmas romances I enjoy.

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Rainbow Snippets December 20-21

12/21/2025

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The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

I'm sharing another snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. In this snippet, Maxen is shopping for a Midwinter gift for Faelen and has decided to buy him hair combs, since Faelen uses them in his long hair. Maxen's younger brother is with him and has some insights too. The Selene they mention is their sister. (The snippet is a bit long—sorry!)

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Hanukkah Romance Book Recs

12/19/2025

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Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating! I hope you've found light and joy this week with loved ones, despite the tragic shooting in Australia at the start of the holiday. If you need some Hanukkah romances, here are some I've enjoyed (and one I'm reading now!):

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Rainbow Snippets December 13-14

12/14/2025

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The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

I'm sharing another snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. It snowed here this weekend, so I decided to share a snowy-themed snippet:

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Smashwords End of Year Sale!

12/13/2025

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The big Smashwords End of Year Sale has started, and my books are all 50% off! So it's a great time to grab any that you don't have—especially with the second Dragons of Ivria book coming out soon—and really, you deserve a treat.

Find To Love the Dragon King here and the Chronicles of Tournai and Elemental Magicae series over here.

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Rainbow Snippets December 6-7

12/7/2025

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The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.

I decided to share a snippet this weekend from The Merchant's Love. It's as close as I have to a holiday book at this point, and I often describe it as a warm hug in book form. In it, Faelen, a bookish royal, and Maxen, a merchant, fall in love over books and baked goods as fall turns to winter. In this snippet, Maxen has been having some trouble with family, and Faelen wants to help.

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