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
Losing It by Cora Carmack
Book 41/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI started reading this on September 8th, aka GUTS day, and because Olivia Rodrigo is a new adult I deliberately chose this New Adult novel by Cora Carmack as she is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of the NA genre. Sadly, unlike GUTS which is … Continue reading Losing It by Cora Carmack
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
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 Lovers by Emily Henry
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
True Colors by Kristin Hannah
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
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Book 36/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars I deliberately chose this for book 36 of my 2023 reading challenge because I turned 36 on August 3rd and I just knoooowww 36 is going to be SUCH A FUN AGE!!! After all, I am getting married at 36 and almost exactly five months later I … Continue reading Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
International Day of Friendship (Broken Friendships Version)
July 30 is International Day of Friendship and, unlike my Friendship Day posts in 2019 and 2020 which focused on a thriving friendship, this year I am wearing my heart on my sleeve by writing about a not oft-talked about aspect of friendship— broken friendships. Before getting into today’s post, I need to clarify that … Continue reading International Day of Friendship (Broken Friendships Version)
The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
Book 35/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsThe Intimacy Experiment is a tender, thoughtful, sexy and often intellectually stimulating story whose MCs are a former porn actress and a rabbi. Yes, you read that correctly 😅 Ethan Cohen is a young ambitious rabbi, but his synagogue is in trouble. If he cannot turn things around … Continue reading The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Book 34/30. My rating: 1 of 5 stars Ugh! This was absofuckinglutely BORING!!! The storyline, the writing, the characters, the setting… everything about The English Patient was A MAJOR SNOOZEFEST 😴 Going from not reading any 1 star book in 2022 to reading two of them in three months <<<<<<<<<<<<< I have not watched the … Continue reading The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Lwile the Leo 