Category: Book Your Brains Out

I have loved books for as long as I can remember. There is no greater magic in the world than that of a good book. This is me sharing my current reads with ratings and reviews.

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

Book 30/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI bought It Starts with Us in September 2023 and there are not enough words to articulate how excited I was to finally read it for the “final” book of my 2024 reading challenge as Atlas is my OG book boyfriend 🤩😍🫶Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just … Continue reading It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Book 29/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first read It Ends with Us in 2018 and absofuckinglutely loved it. I watched the movie adaptation starring Blake Lively and quite enjoyed it (and even cried a little bit), so I was realllllllyyyyyy excited to reread this 🤩🤓 Below is my review that I wrote … Continue reading It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

Book 28/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI enjoyed the movie adaptation of A Simple Favor so much I watched it twice, though the second time around I was high AF so it probably does not count 😅It starts with a simple favor—an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend, Emily, … Continue reading A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Book 27/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsIf your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father?This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings.Joy Delaney and husband Stan have done well. Four wonderful grown-up children. A family business to envy. The golden years of … Continue reading Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Book 26/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI was really conflicted about buying, and reading, The Tales of Beedle the Bard because J.K. Rowling is a massive transphobe and I am not normally one to separate the artist from the art. But it’s from the world of Harry Potter and out of the 3 books … Continue reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Book 25/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsWhen they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever.Twenty-five … Continue reading Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert

Book 23/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsAnother reread 😅I first read Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything in 2015 and rated it 5 stars. I turned 37 on August 3rd and am currently on a journey to ‘Eat. Pray. Love.’ my way into 38 as that will be a special age because … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Book 22/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsThis was my fourth Gabrielle Zevin read. The first, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, was a 5 star read that I devoured in a day. The second, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, was a 4 star read. The third, Elsewhere, was a 2 star read that left … Continue reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin