Last week didn’t go the way I planned — and honestly? That might’ve been for the best.

Instead of getting lost in mythology (Mythos by Stephen Fry) and cozy magic (Mosaics & Magic by Nancy Warren) like I intended, I fell headfirst into a small-town fake engagement (The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas) and then promptly wandered off into the wilds of Australia with Bill Bryson (Down Under). It was romantic chaos meets curious factoids – and exactly the kind of accidental reading week that reminds me why I love letting my TBR derail itself.

But now, it’s a new week – and a new, slightly more feral direction.

📚 What I’m Reading This Week
🐺 Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Werewolves, secret societies, bite marks, identity crises… and one very reluctant heroine.
Bitten is the first in Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series, and it doesn’t hold back: Elena’s trying to build a normal life when her old alpha calls her home. Cue moral dilemmas, tangled loyalties, and a lot of clawed tension.

It’s paranormal romance with teeth – messy, muscular, and surprisingly thoughtful. And yes, I’m already yelling at the characters.

🧬 Ancestors by Alice Roberts
A complete pivot in genre but not in theme – this one’s all about where we come from and how our earliest ancestors shaped the bones we carry now. Alice Roberts blends archaeology and anthropology with personal reflection, crafting a fascinating, deeply human account of what makes us… us.

I love how grounded this is, even when it veers into ancient burial rites and stone tools. It pairs oddly well with Bitten, actually – both books are about instinct, identity, and what it means to belong.

🧵 Two Sides of the Same Story?
You know those weeks where you’re craving both escapism and connection? That’s what this reading pair feels like.

• Bitten is raw, emotional, supernatural.
• Ancestors is academic, reflective, grounded.

And yet, both are circling the same questions:
🧬 Who are we, really?
🐺 What parts of us are instinct… and what parts are legacy?

Up Next
Will I stick to my reading plan this week? It’s honestly anyone’s guess.
But I’m leaning in to the chaos – and the transformation.

What’s on your reading pile right now? Something wild? Something wise?