Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Book 30/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars I finished book 30 of 30 on the 30th (of June) and that was sooo exciting to me because:1. I finished my 2023 reading challenge on the last day of the first half of the year 🤩🥳🤓2. the numbers geek I am is ENCHANTED AF by 30 … Continue reading Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Book 29/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars The saddest two stars I ever did give 🥴🥴 My first Alice Feeney read was Sometimes I Lie and it was a wild, twisty AF 5 star read that had me geeking out to read ALL OF HER BOOKS! Rock Paper Scissors was marketed as the latest … Continue reading Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

Book 28/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars3 ½ stars This was my first Christina Lauren read and I deliberately chose it for book 28 because my fiancé was 28 when we started dating 😌🥰In Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating the titular characters decide to set each other up on joint blind dates. … Continue reading Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

Book 27/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI watched one season of the TV adaptation of The Flight Attendant starring Kaley Cuoco (and it was rather mid which is why I have not, and will not, watch season two) before reading this novel and sadly this is one of the rare exceptions where the book … Continue reading The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian

Lost

It is one thing to lose people you love. It is another to lose yourself. That is a greater loss.Donna Goddard, Waldmeer Lost is the last post in the trilogy chronicling my unintentional absence from Lwile the Leo for 729 days. After introducing the trilogy with AWOL, I put up the first of the three … Continue reading Lost

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Book 26/30. My rating: DNF on page 69 I have not DNFd a book since August 2017 but yikes this was BAD! BAD!! BAD!!!In my review of We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates I said that it was THE MOST BORING BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!, but I take … Continue reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Book 25/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars This was okay for a debut, but in the hands of a more experienced author it would’ve, could’ve, should’ve been sooo much better. Lilac Girls is based on the real-life story of a New York socialite, Caroline Ferriday, who championed a group of concentration camp survivors known … Continue reading Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Crashing Down

I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive. I came across that quote in January 2021 when I was reading Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman and, macabre as it is, I … Continue reading Crashing Down

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

Book 24/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim. Mother’s Day is still sooo challenging for me 😢 so I deliberately chose to read this over the Mother’s Day weekend as I was confident it would be the perfect distraction from the usual … Continue reading All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Book 23/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI had been wanting to read this for YEARS and thought I would LOVE it because not giving a fuck is something I have always advocated for. Not giving a fuck has always been one of my mantras and I was dying to learn the subtle art of … Continue reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson