Weekly Reading Update: What's in My Current Stack?

A graphic featuring two book covers alongside a text header. The top cover is for 'When the Wolf Comes Home' by Nat Cassisy, and the bottom cover is for 'And Now, Back to You' by B.K. Borison. The background color is light pink, with the headings 'WWW Wednesday' and 'Weekly Reading Update' prominently displayed.

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Look at me! I am doing this two weeks in a row! I may or may not be currently avoiding other work I need to be doing by writing these updates, but I don’t care!!

Anyways, here are my What I’m Currently Reading, What I Recently Finished, and What I Plan on Reading Next.

I am excited to see everyone’s posts this week – be sure to let me know if you completed this tag as well! Also, a huge thank you to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting this weekly meme.

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Cover of 'The Martian Chronicles' by Ray Bradbury featuring a red and black design with a figure walking on Mars and a badge in the bottom right corner.

56% – I am still slowly moving through this short story collection. I am teaching it to my sophomores, so I am not rushing through it. I read five more short stories in the last week.

Book cover of 'Crooked Kingdom' by Leigh Bardugo featuring a black raven silhouette against a starry background with decorative pink elements.

I literally just started Crooked Kingdom for silent reading with my students this morning. I plan on continuing this one throughout the rest of the day!! It starts up right after Six of Crows, and I am not ready to see where this book goes (I have been warned it could break me).

Book cover of 'When the Wolf Comes Home' by Nat Cassidy featuring dark imagery and the title in bold text against a soft pastel background.

59% –

When the Wolf Comes Home has been a wild ride so far. I knew based on all of the reviews I’ve seen that this book isn’t exactly what you expect, so I was constantly looking for a twist. I can say the same thing: DO NOT LOOK INTO THIS BOOK BEFOREHAND. It was so fun not knowing exactly what was going on, and I am sad I had to put it down today (I forgot it at home, or I defintiely would have been reading this one instead.

I have D&D tonight, so I’m hoping to finish this one tomorrow.

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Cover of the book 'An Archive of Romance' by Ava Reid, featuring an ornate mirror and two candles, with a pink floral background.

I decided to DNF An Archive of Romance. It was a really cute companion novel, but I think it’s been too long since I read the duology (A Theory of Dreaming), so I couldn’t get into it. Honestly, if I ever reread the series, I might read this collection in tandem. It will be staying on my shelves, but I am not counting it towards my physical TBR.

DNF

Book cover for 'And Now, Back to You' by B.K. Borison featuring an illustration of a man and a woman in front of a retro television.

And Now, Back to You was delivered to my house ten minutes before I was leaving for the weekend. I thought it was perfect timing, so I brought it as my read for the five-hour drive.

I didn’t get to read the entire drive, but as soon as I started, I immediately was obsessed. I loved First Time Caller last year — I gave it five stars — so I was really looking forward to this one.

I think it still ranks below book one, but I couldn’t help giving it five stars. I cried, I laughed, I swooned. Ugh, reading this was a dream. I plan on writing a more in-depth review for both my blog and bookstagram once I gather my thoughts. But long story short, I highly recommend this one.

….also, GIVE ME MORE HEALTHY COMMUNICATION IN ROMANCE!!!

5 stars

Cover of the novel 'Trad Wife' by Saratoga Schaefer, featuring a stylized image of a pregnant woman in a black and red color scheme against a soft pink background with abstract textures.

While Trad Wife was more than I initally expected it to be, it still felt a little underdeveloped. A lot of the story was very predictable, so it didn’t really feel like it added anything new to the genre. There have been quite a few horror books with similar premises (critiques on gender norms and cannibalism mostly), and this one didn’t stand out to me.

I still believe books like this need to continue being published, because it will hopefilly reach a wider audience, but if you are an avid horror reader, you won’t miss out on skipping this one.

2.5 stars

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Book cover of 'The Last Page' by Katie Holt featuring four illustrated characters holding books, with a pink and light blue background.

The next ARC on my list for mARCh! I really enjoyed Holt’s debut, Not in my Book (review here), and The Last Page is on my most anticipated reads for 2026.

I would love to know what you are currently reading! Leave a comment below 🙂 Until next time, xx