Book 33/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsIn a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, The Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Book 32/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI was in Diani for 5 nights in October so of course I had to read a quintessential beach read at the beach 🤩🤓More than that, I was curious to know what it is about The Summer I Turned Pretty that features so many Taylor Swift songs, including … Continue reading The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Book 31/30.My rating: 3 of 5 starsNora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have … Continue reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book 24/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI got married in 2024 so you knowww book 24 of my reading challenge is going to be a romance novel 😌Before I Let Go is a second chance romance novel centered on and around Yasmen and Josiah Wade. Their love was supposed to last forever. But when … Continue reading Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan