A roundup of book reviews and bookish discussion posts that were on the radar of A Literary Escape during the month of November 2025.

Happy (early) Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States (and anywhere else you may be celebrating)! 🦃 I did this Thanksgiving book tag in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and thought it'd be fun to continue the tradition with choices from books I've read this year. Thank you to Anna's Book Nook for creating this tag! The Rules…

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Bloggers I'm Thankful for! This week is a Thanksgiving/Thankful Freebie and I'm always so bad with Freebies! I'm going to have 10 bloggers that I'm thankful for this week.

It is time again to look forward to another month of book releases. Thankfully, December seems like it will be a light month for me. There aren't a ton of books releasing that I feel I must get my hands on. If you missed my post about November's many releases, be sure to check it out here! Without further ado, here are 8 of my most anticipated December 2025 book releases (covers link to Goodreads):

✨ Welcome back to another week of LTB! ✨ Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, p…

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, which means it is time for the End of the Year Book Tag. I did this one in 2022, 2023, & 2024 too, but I'm still not sure where it first originated. If you know the creator, feel free to link them in the comments.

You, With A ViewPublisher: BerkleyPub Date: 6 July 2023Genre: Contemporary RomancePanda Rating:(5 pandas) 📖 SYNOPSIS Two high school enemies must reunite for a road trip inspired by their grandpare…

Leslie and I are planning a group read for Dungeon Crawler Carl starting in January 2026! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post! Hello, hello and welcome back to anoth…

Arkham stands on the brink of destruction as eldritch forces rise from the depths in the stunning conclusion to Arkham Horror’s The Drowned City.Harvey Walters knows the end is coming. A…

Hello, hello! I hope you’re all having a great November so far. I’ve finally got around to sorting my monthly wrap-up for October. I had a pretty hectic month, it was my sisters and Nep…

A book review about Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia, a contemporary romance that both satirizes and honors the romance genre.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week on Top Ten Modern Books You Think Will Be Classics In The Future (submitted by Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonders) Oh, I'm so bad at this type of post.

Hello, everyone! Today I'm reviewing The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers. I liked Summers' debut last year despite having a hard time with certain aspects of it. So, I was curious to see how this book would land for me. Read on to find out all of my thoughts!

We’re back with another Sundays in Bed With… meme! This meme dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you&#…

Hello, everyone! Today I'm reviewing Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson. I don't read much erotica. So, I was hesitant about this one. However, I've enjoyed Gibson's other books and decided to give it a go. Was it worth it? Read on to find out!

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian se…

It’s time to look at October’s community posts. I didn’t realise how many reviews I checked out this month, but that explains how my TBR exploded with new titles because all these…

Hello, everyone! It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words. I'll be answering the following questions: What did you read last? What are you currently reading? What will you read next?

Leslie and I are planning a group read for Dungeon Crawler Carl starting in January 2026! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post! Hello, hello and welcome back to anoth…

Title: Fallen City Author: Adrienne Young Publisher: Saturday Books Published: November 4, 2025 Pages: 419 Format: e-arc via Netgalley and Saturday Books Goodreads Blurb: "In the great walled city of Isara, political turmoil ignites a rebellion one hundred years in the making. But when a legionnaire falls in love with a Magistrate's daughter, their love will threaten the fate of the city and the will of the gods.

Hello, everyone! Today I'm reviewing the latest from Tasha Suri, The Isle in the Silver Sea. I've loved some of Suri's previous work. So, I was stoked to get an ARC of this one from Orbit. Did it live up to the hype in my head? Read on to find out! From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes…