Book 5/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI don’t usually read the same genre back-to-back because I like to diversify my reading as much as possible, but reading a book from the romance genre on Valentine’s Day Eve is the natural thing to do 🥰 Besides, The American Roommate Experiment was such a fucking letdown … Continue reading Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
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
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
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
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
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
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
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
2023 Reading Challenge
2023 will go down as MY BEST READING YEAR and not just because I read SIXTY!!!!!! books 🤯 (my previous Personal Best being 55 books in 2016) but also because I read 13!!! 5 star books 🤩🤓 1. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare 2. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor … Continue reading 2023 Reading Challenge
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Book 60/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsChildren, set the table. Your mother needs a moment to herself.I was Enchanted to end my best ever reading year with Lessons in Chemistry as it won the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut Novel, was the first runner up for Best Historical Fiction, and was adapted … Continue reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Book 59/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI started reading A Christmas Carol for the penultimate book of my 2023 reading challenge on December 25th, because Christmas Day 🤩🎄 It’s pretty fucking wild that I had never read it before considering there are hundreds, if not thousands, of adaptations of this Charles Dickens Xmas classic … Continue reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Book 58/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsProtect her.That is the last thing Owen Michaels tells his beloved wife of one year when he smuggles a note to her before he disappears. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically … Continue reading The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] by Mindy Kaling
Book 57/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars2 ½ stars.I am neither a Mindy fan nor a Mindy hater and only bought Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? And Other Concerns because of The Office. Seeing as Mindy wrote 18 episodes for The Office I was certain this would be a hilarious opportunity to get … Continue reading Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] by Mindy Kaling
