Book 28/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsWhew! This book had no business being so goddamn sad. My goodness 🥺🥺🥺 if I was a “book crier” I’d have the reddest, puffiest eyes ever because 💔💔💔Before We Were Yours is based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals in which Georgia Tann, director of a … Continue reading Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Book 27/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI say all the time that romance is my favourite genre so there’s nothing like a good romcom to perk my soul up. This was so cute, funny, sweet and sexy. Lucy was quite funny and a lot of her observations as well as her interactions with Joshua … Continue reading The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Book 26/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsWhew! The exercise in bleakness that was A Map of the World 🥴🥴🥴This was my first Jane Hamilton read, and 100% my last. The only good thing about this book was the writing. Aspects of it were very Taylor Swift and I LIVE for TayTay’s writing so that … Continue reading A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton

Book 25/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI was a bit apprehensive going into this because while I loooooooved the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two was some B+ fanfiction 😅 but I quite liked this.It took me a minute to get into the format as I haven’t … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Book 24/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsWhew! This was bloody awful. And irritating. It’s not often that books manage to irritate me, but Sadie’s screeching/bellowing in peoples’ ears realllllllyyyyyy got on my nerves.This was my second Sophie Kinsella read, the first being Confessions of a Shopaholic which I also rated 2 stars. In my … Continue reading Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Book 23/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI had initially planned to read A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton for book 23, but I switched to this as I wasn’t in the mood for a depressing Oprah’s Book Club read during ✨Leo season✨. And boyyy am I glad I made the switch because … Continue reading Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta

Book 22/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI enjoyed this, but I also thought I would like it much more than I did. Going in I was certain I wouldn’t rate it anything less than 4 stars, but it ended up being a 3 star read. I can’t quite articulate why that is the case, … Continue reading Beach Read by Emily Henry

Book 21/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsEmily May began her Goodreads review of this book by saying:There are those books that are important and timely, worthy of reading because of the social and/or political message that they send. They fill a gap in the market; they make waves. They need to exist. And there … Continue reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Book 20/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThe first and last John Steinbeck book I read before this was Of Mice and Men way back in 2005/6 as part of required reading for school. I did NOT enjoy it at all, which is why I didn’t bother with any of his other books until I … Continue reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Book 19/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsThe Piano Teacher was my 19th read of the year. It took me two weeks to get through it, yet none of the 18 books I read before took me longer than one week to complete. You’d think the reason for that is The Piano Teacher is some … Continue reading The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee