S. D. Donley

Living the 3 R's – Reading, Writing, Reviewing

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Book Reviews

Short & sweet reviews of the books I have read. Spoiler Free!

The Spoiler Report

Plot summaries full of spoilers! DO NOT read if you do not want to know some (but not all) of the juicy details.

Original Stories

A collection of original content from short stories to chapter-by-chapter novels.

Bookish Things

A place to find a list of everything I have been reading and buying!

26 of ’26

An ongoing list of the top 26 books I read in 2026.

Book Bracket

Pitting monthly reads against one another to find a winner.

  • We have officially reached the point where someone is getting kicked off the list! Despite only publishing the top 26 books, I will be keeping tabs for those that fall from or never reach this official list. I will most certainly be including it once it gets longer for those who are curious.  Let’s get

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    March Update

  • This month’s bracket was so hard to reconcile. I had such a difficult time just pairing them all up.  Why did I think doing a bracket was a good idea? Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to choose which kid is my favorite. Round 1 VS. Yet another battle of the abs. I do think

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    March Book Bracket

  • First quarter of the year is over! This month was an interesting reading month. Except for one book, I enjoyed everything I read, but it seemed monotonous. Travis Baldree and Keri Lake may have transported me to other realms, thankfully; other than that I wasn’t a huge participant in anything I read. I know that

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    March Reads 2026