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

Book 13/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsBefore this I’d only read one other Colleen Hoover book, It Ends with Us, in July 2018 and it’s one of my favourite books of all time. Coming across it on social media always makes me smile and I’m highkey jealous of anyone who gets to read IEWU … Continue reading Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover