Book 46/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis was the first of four books I read on my Hot Girl Summer 🤩🥳💃🌞🏖️🍹🌊😎 and it was the perfect fast-paced, entertaining escape to kick off my 11-night solo vacation at the Coast (five nights in Malindi, two in Mombasa and four in Diani).The Inheritance Games is centered … Continue reading The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Book 45/30. My rating: 1 of 5 starsMy second 1 star read of the year 😭😭I had previously gone 535 days without reading a 1 star book until I read Exit West by Mohsin Hamid in April. Four months later here I am with the second 1 star read of my 2023 reading challenge and … Continue reading Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Book 44/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsLast year I read Ali Hazelwood’s debut novel, The Love Hypothesis, for book 44/30 because book 44 is ALWAYS a romance one, IYKYK 😌 It was my final book of the year (and a MAJOR 5 star read 🤩), and here I am this year reading her second … Continue reading Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Book 43/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsFIVE FAXIN STARS 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟This was my TENTH!!!!!!!!!! 5 star read of my 2023 reading challenge and:1. I LOVE THAT FOR ME 💅🤓2. Oh, I don't know, you got me good, you got me really good (Olivia Rodrigo voice) with this one Fredrik Backman.It took me 3 days … Continue reading Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Book 42/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsThis was adapted into a miniseries by Apple TV+ in 2020 starring Chris Evans (who got married the weekend before I started reading this 🥲) and I ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY LOVED IT!!! 13/10 would recommend 🤩 and so I went into this hoping the book is just as good as, … Continue reading Defending Jacob by William Landay

Book 40/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars**My review from when I first read Jane Eyre in 2015**So I finished this book four days ago and have been trying to compose a review, but I have decided to take a pause on that. Simply put, I am not worthy to review the literary genius that … Continue reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Book 39/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars4 ½ silver lined stars 🤩 The Silver Linings Playbook takes us inside the mind of Pat Peoples, showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically … Continue reading The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

Book 38/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI started reading Book Lovers on August 9th as that is Book Lovers Day and I know that is a little… okay a lot 😝 on the nose, but I have a lot of nose to begin with so 🤷‍♀️😅Book Lovers is a story about one summer, two … Continue reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Book 37/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI started this Kristin Hannah book about sisters on August 6th because the first Sunday of August is National Sisters Day 👯‍♀️True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, jealousy, betrayal and, ultimately, what it truly means to be a family. The Grey sisters had only each other … Continue reading True Colors by Kristin Hannah