Book 10/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsAt the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the … Continue reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Book 9/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsWe are only three months into 2024 yet this is my fourth romance read of the year, so clearly I am going a little heavy on the genre 😅 but don’t blame me as I am fully in my newlywed era 👰‍♀️Part of Your World is the story … Continue reading Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Book 8/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsAfter the EPICNESS that was Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, I was beyond eager to read Leigh Bardugo's coming-of-age story about Diana, Princess of the Amazons. I started reading Wonder Woman: Warbringer for book 8 on International Women's Day, aka my late mum’s birthday, and best believe … Continue reading Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Book 7/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI added Normal People to my Want to Read shelf on Goodreads in January 2021 and, 3 years later, I was quite excited to read my first Sally Rooney book. So imagine how disappointed I am that it started off strong but ended up being an unremarkable 2 … Continue reading Normal People by Sally Rooney

Book 6/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI had wanted to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for some time because that title is quite something 😅 Throw in a rating of 4.19 on Goodreads from ~ 750k reviewers and that definitely sweetens the pot 🤓January 1946: London is emerging from the … Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Book 4/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars1 ½ stars.I read The Spanish Love Deception for book 4/30 in my 2023 reading challenge because book 4 is always a romance one (IYKYK 😎). I was verrrryyy excited to read it, so it sucks that up until chapter 23 on page 378 TSLD was a 2 … Continue reading The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas

Book 3/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsHigh school senior Samantha Kingston is excited to see how many roses she gets at school on Cupid Day, because as one of the prettiest and most popular girls at school, it's usually a lot. What's meant to be a romantic day for her takes a turn when … Continue reading Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Book 2/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars4 ½ stars. I did not want to put this book down and thought about the story for weeks after I finished it because 🥺🥺🥺After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in … Continue reading Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

Book 1/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI kicked off my 2024 reading challenge with The Unhoneymooners while on my honeymoon in Cape Town and I love that for me 🤩😍💁‍♀️The Unhoneymooners is an enemies-to-lovers romance centered on Olive and Ethan. Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in . . . well, … Continue reading The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren