Sara Reads Things

WEEKLY MENU Monday Potato and Sausage Breakfast Bowl Kids - Pancake Muffins   Tuesday Ground Beef Taco Bowls Kids - Cheese Quesadilla   Wednesday Spicy Rattlesnake Pasta Kids - Mac and Cheese   Thursday Tofu Stir Fry Kids - Chicken Nuggets   Friday Beans & Rice Burrito Kids - Bean and Rice Bowls   Saturday Tuna Melt Kids - Grilled Cheese   Sunday Easter Dinner We're bringing Mac and Cheese

  Sunday Confessions #349 ~ Weekly Menu #652 And The Book Of The Week ~ What I Read Last Week - March 16th to 22nd Weekly Menu #653 And The Book Of The Week ~ March 2026 Wrap Up ~ What I Read Last Week - March 30th to 5th ~ Sunday Confessions #351 85/250 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 139/214 in my  Star Wars Legends challenge ~ 27/102 2025 Goodreads Nominees Reading Challenge

  3 Stars I’m still having a hard time getting into this series, and I think I’ve finally figured out why. It’s the world building… or maybe I should call it space building. There isn’t a lot of detail about the characters’ surroundings, so I never quite get a full picture of where we are. Instead of feeling immersed in the setting, it ends up reading more like a secondhand account of the story. The dialogue is solid and the story flows well, but I keep wanting more texture from the world around the characters. There’s something interesting here, I just wish the setting felt a little more alive. 5 Stars I’m fully obsessed with this series at this point. Every book somehow raises the stakes, and this one is no exception. Let’s talk highlights. Samantha goes on an absolutely unhinged adventure (Shi Maria… if you know, you know), and the mantars are back, which was both chaotic and weirdly exciting. Also, slug boils? Disgusting. Truly. I will never recover. The AI is getting creepier ...

  WEEKLY MENU Monday Chicken Shawarma Bowls Kids - Chicken and Rice Bowls   Tuesday BBQ Chicken Legs and Coleslaw Kids - Chicken and Mac and Cheese   Wednesday Bangers and Mash Kids - Hotdogs and Fries   Thursday Sticky Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs Kids - Chicken and Carrots   Friday Chicken Street Tacos Kids - Cheese Quesadillas   Saturday Grilled Balsamic Melt Kids - Grilled Cheese   Sunday Family Dinner Chinese Takeout

  Welcome to book confessions, where I admit the things readers aren’t always supposed to say out loud. The DNFs hiding on my shelves, the hyped books I secretly didn’t love, and the random novels I devoured at 2 a.m. like literary junk food. Reading is supposed to be magical, but sometimes it’s messy, chaotic, and full of questionable choices. So consider this my reader confession booth. Sunday Confessions #347 ~ Weekly Menu #650 And The Book Of The Week ~ What I Read Last Week - March 2nd to 8th Weekly Menu #651 And The Book Of The Week ~ What I Read Last Week - March 9th to 15th ~ Sunday Confessions #349 76/250 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 138/214 in my  Star Wars Legends challenge ~ 27/102 2025 Goodreads Nominees Reading Challenge So those are a few of my book confessions. Some of them might be relatable, some might be a little controversial, and some might make other readers clutch their favorite hardcovers. Either way, reading is supposed to be fun, not perfect. I’d love to ...

  5 Stars The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman might be my favorite in the series so far. This book was absolutely packed with chaos, humor, and those moments of unexpected humanity that keep sneaking up on you in the middle of the madness. We’ve got magical big boy underpants. Manatars… the best Tars… half man, half man. Screaming goats. And Katya accidentally turning into a murderous badass was a highlight I didn’t see coming but fully appreciated. This series just keeps getting weirder in the best possible ways, and I’m clearly having a great time with it. On to the next. Glurp Glurp. 4 Stars I really loved this story. The emotional depth in the characters was what stood out most to me. Lindsay Ellis managed to give real weight and feeling to the relationships, even when those relationships involved aliens that don’t think anything like humans. Despite those differences, the connections felt genuine and surprisingly touching. The story balances big sci-fi ideas with...