Goodreads Monday/TBR Monday is hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog and invites you to post about what books are on your Goodreads “to read” lists or TBR lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenges, and any other bookish news!

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This past couple of days, I added several book to my TBR and my most recent addition is A Bride of Fallen Stars by Victoria McCombs.

This is a romantic fantasy book that has a gorgeous cover.

Synopsis

Hidden passageways, secret meetings at midnight, five courts, a glass dance, and a tender-hearted mortal king in search of a wife, A BRIDE OF FALLEN STARS begins the BROKEN CONSTELLATIONS DUET. Perfect for fans of Once Upon a Broken Heart or closed-door romance that feels like a fairytale.

Cora and Adele were meant to inherit the heavens together, ruling as twin stars. But on the night of their ascension, Adele shatters the bond between them and steals the sky for herself.
In doing so, she unknowingly unleashes an ancient beast her sister had kept hidden in her veins. Once a bloodthirsty king, the creature takes a mortal host as it claws its way back to power.
Cora has fourteen nights to find him among the five mortal courts before he grows strong enough that the stars go dark forever. To do this, she aligns herself with the mortal king her sister once loved—posing as his Fallen Bride—for the duration of the Festival of Fourteen Nights, a season of masks and music honoring the beast’s fall centuries ago. They will search between dances and dinners, in secret passageways and glassy lakes, to find an ancient evil before the skies fall.

This year’s Festival of Fourteen Nights promises to be a ruinously romantic one. We hope you can attend.

Updates

I am currently reading The Inklings Detective Agency by John R. Kelly. I am only about 5% of the way through and it is a bit slow going for sure but I am sticking to it.

Spies, Lies, and Alibis by Natalie Walters is my chosen audiobook at this time. I am about 40% of the way through this one and I am thoroughly enjoying it. The actors are great for their characters and the story has been hilarious and interesting.

My Goodreads 2026 Reading Challenge

43/48 (90%)

Just FIVE more books to go!

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What is in your TBR and how are you doing with your reading challenges?