Reading with Writer Grrl

I read 15 books in October, thanks to the reading retreat and novellas, and only four books to my shelves. My reading plans for November are to continue to reduce my TBR but also to prioritize my 26 books to read in 2026 list - I'm so close!

Talking about how wonderful our weekend kept the joy in my heart this week! If you've ever considered going away with your besties to read for the weekend, I give you the lowdown on how we planned it all out.

Another podcast theme that I did early on, planned to make a regular thing, and then completely forgot about! I've actually watched a fair number of things over the past year, so this is heavier on TV shows and lighter on bookish content.

Reviewing my last year's worth of episodes last week gave me the idea to bring back the Series Situation ... a year later, I've made some progress with the number of series I'm reading but also added a ton more to the list for a total of almost FORTY series that I'm currently reading.

My little podcast is one year old! I spend the first part of the podcast sharing a few of my favourite episodes - if you're new here, hopefully this is the highlight reel that you can enjoy to catch up. Then, in honour of my first episode, I share the End of the Year Reading Tag, created by Ariel Bissett .

I finished eight books in September, added a whopping EIGHTEEN to my shelves and I have big (slightly delusional) reading plans for October.

I'm so lucky to have met most of my online bookish besties, and the few that I haven't met yet I will hopefully get the opportunity to meet one day! All of these lovely readers have the best book recommendations, and I will have all of their Instagram pages tagged in the reel on my feed if you want to check them out.

A chattier episode about how my week has been going, silent reading club and the Honeybee Book Challenge, which was created by @bookishmoodswings .

Now that we're into the final months of 2026, I still have quite a few books left to read in order to meet my reading goals ... can I read them all?

It's a LONG episode this week, but I had to share the SEVENTEEN books that I read in August! Not too much of a haul, but I've got big reading plans for September - from book clubs, to getting into some of the newer titles on my shelves, let's see if I can keep the reading vibes going.

Being a mood reader and recording an episode a few days before we actually head to the cabin means that I've got a stack of books that I think I'm taking with me ... but things can change!

In today's episode, I'm taking you back to the early blogger days, how I came up with Writer Grrl Reads, and how it became my online bookish identity.

A bit of a chaotic wrap-up as I hear the garage door open and quickly wrap things up - but I decided to do TWO summery reading tags for you today. The first one is the Summer Reading Tag, which is created by Amy Jane Reads (looks like the original video is no longer live) and the second tag is the Summer Bucket List Book Tag, which was created by Read by Tiffany .

In last week's episode, I mentioned that I would be reading as many books off my Dany shelf as I can during August, in honour of my bookish bestie's birthday -- but which books are on my Dany shelf? Listen to find out!

In today's episode, we're recapping my (slightly chaotic?) July reading so far, the books I added to my physical TBR and my super fun August reading plans.

A little late, like most things this month, but here's an update on my July book project ... let's just say that things are not going exactly as planned ;)

A shorter episode, but the 90s Movie Book Tag was a fun one to fill the gap while I'm away on vacation this week! Originally created by A Book Lovers Playlist .

Today's episode was a topic suggestion from one of my Instagram followers ... books that help us through different seasons of life. So here are 10 books that I have a distinct memory of reading when I was at a time and place in my life with big life changes!

Another month has come and gone, and what a great reading month June was! I didn't read any standouts, but I did read a ton of books, mainly due to a magical readathon with friends and a series reread that I've leapt into.

This is one of my favourite tags to do, and the first year that I've done it on the podcast! Originally created by A Book So Fathomless back in 2014!

I've been doing a July Book project for a few years, starting in 2017 and then taking a hiatus, but we're back and better than ever this summer! What is a July Book? I explain the concept, the books I've done in the past and my BIG plans for this July.

A bit of a chattier episode today, inspired by The Perpetual Page Turner 's If We Were Having Coffee posts from back in the day!

I'm so excited to be back recording after a busy busy May and sharing my May reading wrap-up, the books I added to my shelves and my reading plans for June.

Another fun tag today - this one mirrors so many of those fun "which would you choose" things that go around on stories on Instagram, but unfortunately I can't track down the original creator for this tag!

Bringing you the Disney Book Tag, which was originally created by Katytastic (and then more categories added by PolandBananasBooks later).