Book 17/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars All the Bright Places was my favourite book of my 2025 reading challenge 🤩 Going into this, I did not see how Holding Up the Universe could possibly hold up (😎) to All the Bright Places, but hopefully I would have a marvellous time finding out 🤓Everyone … Continue reading Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Book 16/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be … Continue reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Book 15/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eleanor & Park is a novel centred on… you guessed it, Eleanor and Park 😅Eleanor, a chubby 16-year-old girl with curly red hair, and Park, a 16-year-old biracial Korean boy, meet on a school bus on Eleanor's first day at the school and gradually connect through comic … Continue reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Book 14/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars It has been ten years since Ellie disappeared, but Laurel has never stopped hoping that she will find her daughter.Then she meets Floyd, a charming and confident stranger who quickly sweeps her off her feet. Before long, Laurel is spending the night at his house and meeting … Continue reading Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Book 13/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Me 🤝 reading Colleen Hoover for book 13 (IYKYK 😎)Part of this book’s synopsis says, “While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to…” And the minute I read that I was pretty sure the ‘last person’ … Continue reading Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

Book 12/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars And the Mountains Echoed is a multi-generational novel about family, sacrifice, and how a single choice echoes across decades. The story is told through shifting perspectives across multiple characters, spanning over 50 years and four generations.After rereading A Thousand Splendid Suns in 2022, and The Kite Runner … Continue reading And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Book 11/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed whenever something goes wrong in their small Massachusetts town. Sisters Gillian and Sally grow up carrying that same burden. As children, they are treated as outsiders, teased and whispered about wherever they go. Their strange … Continue reading Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

Book 8/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Untamed is an exploration of what it means to stop living according to other people’s expectations and start listening to your own instincts. Glennon Doyle reflects on motherhood, divorce and building a new blended family, challenging the idea that being a good mother means sacrificing yourself entirely … Continue reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Book 7/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Shay Goldstein has spent nearly a decade producing shows at a public radio station in Seattle, where she is perfectly happy to stay. Her routine is disrupted by Dominic Yun, a new colleague fresh out of journalism school who quickly gets on her nerves with his confidence … Continue reading The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Book 5/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Andrea Cooper has always believed she knows her mother, Laura. Laura has spent decades living a quiet, respectable life in the small seaside town of Gullaway Island, where she is a well-known and trusted member of the community. As far as Andrea knows, her mother has never … Continue reading Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter