Book 2/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsLwile is getting her groove back this year (liwe Lwile liwalo), so I decided to kick things off by reading about how Stella got hers back 😊Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy - and she does it all. In fact, if … Continue reading How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan

Book 1/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsCould a superstar singer also be a cold-hearted killer?It’s a trial that has electrified the world. Not only because the defendant is Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs have captured hearts across the globe. And not only because the victim is Will Shepherd, the internationally admired athlete. But … Continue reading Hide and Seek by James Patterson

Book 40/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI started the year saying “I Do” on January 4th and so it felt right to end my 2024 reading challenge with this early Taylor Jenkins Reid read about what happens After I Do.After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and … Continue reading After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book 39/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsIt’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in … Continue reading In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

Book 38/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsHarriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college, except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t. They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage … Continue reading Happy Place by Emily Henry

Book 37/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsDaughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive.Twelve years later, the woman now … Continue reading The Witness by Nora Roberts

Book 36/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsWhen Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it … Continue reading Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto