Book 24/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsWhew! This was bloody awful. And irritating. It’s not often that books manage to irritate me, but Sadie’s screeching/bellowing in peoples’ ears realllllllyyyyyy got on my nerves.This was my second Sophie Kinsella read, the first being Confessions of a Shopaholic which I also rated 2 stars. In my … Continue reading Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Book 23/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI had initially planned to read A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton for book 23, but I switched to this as I wasn’t in the mood for a depressing Oprah’s Book Club read during ✨Leo season✨. And boyyy am I glad I made the switch because … Continue reading Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta

Book 22/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsI enjoyed this, but I also thought I would like it much more than I did. Going in I was certain I wouldn’t rate it anything less than 4 stars, but it ended up being a 3 star read. I can’t quite articulate why that is the case, … Continue reading Beach Read by Emily Henry

Book 21/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsEmily May began her Goodreads review of this book by saying:There are those books that are important and timely, worthy of reading because of the social and/or political message that they send. They fill a gap in the market; they make waves. They need to exist. And there … Continue reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Book 20/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThe first and last John Steinbeck book I read before this was Of Mice and Men way back in 2005/6 as part of required reading for school. I did NOT enjoy it at all, which is why I didn’t bother with any of his other books until I … Continue reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Book 19/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsThe Piano Teacher was my 19th read of the year. It took me two weeks to get through it, yet none of the 18 books I read before took me longer than one week to complete. You’d think the reason for that is The Piano Teacher is some … Continue reading The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee

Book 17/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsNonfiction is NOT my thing, which is why I’ve had this book on my shelf for at least 4 years 😐 I went into this not expecting to like it, but it ended up being an enjoyable 3 star read. It’s a short read at 169 pages broken … Continue reading Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Book 16/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI was verrrryyy apprehensive about this because while I LOVE! LOVE!! LOVE!!! Sex and The City the TV show, the book can easily be described as a heaping pile of steaming dog shit. I went into this with fingers crossed that it wouldn’t be even more dog shit, … Continue reading The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Book 15/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI realllllllyyyyyy debated on whether to rate this 3 or 4 stars, but at the end I settled on 4 stars and that was mostly due to the strength of Handful’s chapters. Sarah’s chapters were pretty strong at the beginning and end of the book, but the middle … Continue reading The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Book 14/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThe Silent Patient made me fall in love with the psychological thriller/suspense genre and set the bar sky-high for all other books I intend to read in the genre. An acquaintance recommended this book to me severally and I went into it expecting to love it, or at … Continue reading Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris