Book 37/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars I can’t believe I’ve wanted to read this ever since I shelved it on my Goodreads TBR shelf on January 23, 2017 because yikes this was so fucking mediocre 🥴🥴🥴 The final sentence of this book’s synopsis reads – But destiny is a funny thing, and in … Continue reading Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

Book 36/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI had no idea this was John Grisham's first book until I read the author’s note at the beginning of the novel and all I can say is the talent is real! This was a well-written, relatively fast paced legal thriller that did not read like a debut … Continue reading A Time to Kill by John Grisham

Book 35/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was no Homegoing 😅 but I still enjoyed it all the same.The main reason Transcendent Kingdom gets 3 stars from me, unlike Homegoing which I gave 4 stars, is the heavy focus on religion in this book. The book spends a lot of time quoting the Bible … Continue reading Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Book 34/30. My rating: 1 of 5 starsMy third 1 star read of the year 🥴🥴🥴I’d never heard of Jenny Lawson before coming across this book, but it was on sale for KES 200 (less than $2) and after reading this glowing review from Patrick Rothfuss I decided to buy the book as I was … Continue reading Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Book 33/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI'll make him an offer he can't refuse.This was my third time reading this and wow it’s still a solid 5 stars 🤩The Godfather is 595 pages long but the pages just breeze by because of how well paced the book is. In fact the only reason it … Continue reading The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Book 32/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsWow!! This was SPECTACULAR 🤩I randomly came across this book a few months ago, but after a quick Goodreads search I was divided on whether or not to buy it because:• It won a Goodreads Choice Award in 2016, which yay 👍• Emily May, the only person I … Continue reading Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Book 31/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was a very compelling read that I found myself keen to return to whenever I put it down, but instead of giving it at least 4 stars I only gave it 3 stars. Here’s why.Why it could have been 4 stars:The author uses cassette tapes to tell … Continue reading Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book 29/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsBefore getting into my review, I gotta say that I deliberately chose this for book 29 because my boyfriend was (and still is 😅) 29 when I revealed our wedding date to him 🤩😌 This was cute and fun and sexy!!Romance is my favourite genre so I quite … Continue reading The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Book 28/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was a cute, easy, enjoyable read that took me slightly over 24 hours to get through it. I deliberately went with this for book 28 because my boyfriend and I started dating when he was 28 and when I first saw him it was kinda sorta love … Continue reading The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith