A Round-up of What I Read in 2026
Image description: A scene from the miniseries Seeking Persephone in which Adam (right) watches as his best friend Harry reads a book. I thought this was fitting for today's post all about books, since not only is Harry, well, reading one, but because Seeking Persephone is one of the books I'll be discussing. Today is all about the stories I consumed in 2026, and let me tell you, I'm excited to discuss them. When I first started this blog, something I was extremely excited about was the prospect of discussing aspec books and aspec characters. As someone who has loved stories all my life, it was inevitable that books were going to be an inherent, baked-in part of the work I do here, since I was an avid reader and aspiring author long before I ever even knew I was aspec. But as I’ve grown older and as I’ve settled more into my aspec identity, I’ve noticed the sad trend of not being able to read as freely these days as I used to, something which I’m sure I’ve mentioned on...
