The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis

So like.....I love Will. He is my brand of broody.
*tries to write a review of it a week later, remembers nothing.
I'm excited to see more of what happens in the story cause like... Mystery
488 Pages

Winner's Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

The Winner's Curse
Mr Grumpy Gills. I love him.
Arin doing Kestrel's hair. Heart eyes. Heart eyes. Heart eyes.
384 Pages

The Winner's Crime
The miscommunication and misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions really make the angst taste great. And the yearning and the hatred mixed together. Depth.
416 Pages

The Winner's Kiss
Is the situation that Arin and Kestrel are in at the beginning of the story, like, one of my favorite hyper-specific tropes. Yes. I don't know what it says about me yet, but that's for therapy.
LOTR moths gif
486 Pages

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Ciara and her hatred of the world and literally everyone is not my vibe. like... Alexa play TS Mean. She awful.
Ok so it got better cause character growth is a thing
Hey look. Men still being crappy because they feel threatened by women or anyone that's different than them.
528 Pages

Crescent City: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas

So this took me forever to read, not because it was hard to read but like....I gets distracted easily.
*had a crack theory re: Ruhn. Was right.
The last 20% of the book. Perfection. I might have had an anxiety attack but it was worth it.
*wants to scream at friend but she hasn't finished it yet.
There are so many gifs I could share....but I can't...and I'm tired. And I'm stressed
Waits until January.
806 Pages

Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

When a story is dark and it's pretty, but because it's dark you're afraid the ending is going to be dark.
Must protect my boy. And my girl, the youngest child.
Sevas is cool. I love him. Like... He's a dancer and he is adorbs.
lol I should have guessed the monster, but I didn't.
The entire like....last few chapters and Sevas and Marlinchen and fjkldsjklsfdfsdsjkl:

320 Pages

The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro

So like....I didn't feel like the stakes were high, in the sense that when something bad happened I was like...meh. Maybe the pacing was off?
Totally called the surprise tho.
384 Pages

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Growing up on his family farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wants a horse of his very own more than anything. When his father insists he's not quite responsible enough, Almanzo sets out show his father he is highly capable, as he ensures the farm runs smoothly with the help of his brother and sisters. 

Book #2 in the Little House series. 384 pages.

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Pa Ingalls feels the Big Woods of Wisconsin are getting too crowded, and decides to move his family to the Indian Territory of Kansas. There, Pa builds a little house on the prairie. Despite the dangers, the Ingalls family does their best to forge ahead, keeping busy as the prairie promises a new beginning.

Book #3 in the Little House series. 335 pages.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

In 1871, four-year-old Laura Ingalls lives in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. In this first book in the Little House series, pioneer times are cast in an idyllic light as Pa and Ma farm the land on which their log cabin sits, Laura and her sisters Mary and Carrie celebrate Christmas with homemade toys and treats, everyone pitches in for the spring planting and fall harvest, and the sound of Pa's fiddle lulls the family to sleep, safe in their cabin.

Book #1 in the Little House series. 198 pages.

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Bro is Leo depression napping and dissociating.
The last bit of the story gave me some Sleepless in Seattle vibes.
Hi I would like to be able to write movies about my life and have cute guys show up...but not at my house cause no....and not having the toxic ick.
Sunrises and Coffee. sfdjkljfds;jklsfdjil Like...living the dream.
272 Pages

TS Song: Foolish One

A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L Armentrout

So it's From Blood and Ashes told from Hake's point of view, but there are some chapters set in the present (post )
Is it problematic that I love characters that go ballistic when someone they love is hurt.....probably. meh.
HAWKE👏 LOVING👏 HER👏 FOR👏 WHO👏 SHE👏 IS. 👏
#HusbandGoals
Honestly should have predicted that last bit happening.
DELANO MY BABY. PROTECT.
Ok so like...can I have the rest of the books from his perspective....goes back and checks to see if we got his perspective because we might have but I don't remember.
Sits here and waits until next year for the next book. Cries. Because like...how next book do things.
At least there's another book from the spin off series coming in October, and that can help me deal with the lack of a publication date.
608 Pages

You With a View by Jessica Joyce

Ok but like... I'm being attacked....because wanting to do your passion thing that isn't "practical"
and having the grandmother that was a best friend.
*wishes my high school rival was cute and my type.
Collapses from cuteness.
Goes and buys the book for the fluff.
 Pages: 352
TS: Marjorie, Timeless (smirk, cause it's my favorite song)

Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson

Summary: sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 

Like, SO GOOD. I need more novellas.

192 pages

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Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee

Summary: Marriage of convenience, yaddah yaddah.

It was okay. Stop saying "women are emotional creatures." Yuck.

213 pages

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Sugar, Spice, and Can't Play Nice by Annika Sharma

Glares at parents who don't believe in the "screw ups" of the family when it's clear that they've grown and matured.
and the parents who don't appreciate their childrens' dreams.
I just wanna protect them.
Also the chemistry was cool.
416 Pages

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

It's a dog he's talking about, 20 bucks.
Me sitting here knowing things. Connecting the dots.
Ok so Parker is terrifying, and I know people like her exist, but also...do they? Like she gives me mom from 2015 Cinderella vibes.
We stan Joe. Sweetie.
It's fluff and I love it.
313 Pages

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

The amount of second hand embarrassment is UNCOMFORTABLE. 
Gives me Kiss Quotient vibes.
But also the ghost writer and a nerdy actor who loves LOTR. Iconic.
THIS IS WHY COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT
352 Pages

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

Summary: "A fake relationship between a magic-less witch and a wolf shifter turns to more in the start of a bewitching new paranormal rom-com series.

Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne―the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln agree to fake-date their way to a fake-mating in order to conjure themselves some time."

Good mostly! Could've used more shifting and magic. Still looking forward to the other sisters' stories!

341 pages

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Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

 "I would like to be excluded from"
The number of casual Taylor Swift references...because literally one word makes me think Taylor Swift.
Also it's a queer pride and prejudice.
Es steamy....
372 Pages

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

It's a reread because I needed the dopamine and fluff.
We continue to stan Jack and his shenanigans
all the iconic scenes.
336 Pages

Rise of the Vicious Princess by C.J. Redwine

Summary: "Princess Charis Willowthorn is the dutiful sword of Calera. Raised to be ruthless and cunning, her only goal is to hold her war-torn kingdom together long enough to find a path toward peace with their ancient foe, Montevallo, even if the cost is her own heart."

I was gripped by this story for an entire weekend, and then I was devastated by the delayed release of the second book. 😭

432 pages

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Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Summary: "Liz Buxbaum has always known that Wes Bennett was not boyfriend material. You would think that her next-door neighbor would be a prince candidate for her romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only proven himself to be a pain in the butt, ever since they were little. Wes was the kid who put a frog in her Barbie Dreamhouse, the monster who hid a lawn gnome's severed head in her little homemade neighborhood book exchange.

Flash forward ten years from the Great Gnome Decapitation. It's Liz's senior year, a time meant to be rife with milestones perfect for any big screen, and she needs Wes's help. See, Liz's forever crush, Michael, has just moved back to town, and—horribly, annoyingly—he's hitting it off with Wes. Meaning that if Liz wants Michael to finally notice her, and hopefully be her prom date, she needs Wes. He's her in."

Quite cute! *goes to watch all the rom-coms

356 pages

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Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

The angst. The misunderstandings. the yearning.
Ok but like..when you share a jewelry set at an event, people are going to talk.
The last chapter.
336 Pages

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villians by Bethany Brookshire

Ok but the commentary on how our definition of pest is a thing that's in a place that we think is ours. or is in a place that is inconvenient for us or they're not doing the job we gave them.
Must protect pigeons.
I still think snakes are yucky.
384 Pages

Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown

The introduction chapter really decided to come at me.... 
Yes I'm reading it for therapy.
Ok but the mention of liberation theology from Latin America....
needs to see the pdf/or the print version of it
296 Pages

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

 

When he attends a dying patron of his family's boarding house, young Jim Hawkins has no idea that the man was once a pirate, or that the man's possessions include a map that will lead whoever has it to the island where the  notorious buccaneer, Captain Flint, buried his treasure. Jim and his guardians hire a boat to sail to the island, unaware that crew they have hired includes many members of Flint's pirate band, among them former quartermaster Long John Silver, and that they hope to claim the treasure for their own. 

Now to go and watch Muppet Treasure Island

Pages: 311

Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

ok but like. they hate each other except they don't. and they care about each other and they go to therapy because therapy is great.
384 Pages

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Summary: "Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise."

THE DRAGONS! Like, the exact dragons I would want in a fantasy book. Chef's kiss. Violet/Violence - see Violence by Blink-182.

The book hangover is real. 

528 pages

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Borrow My Heart by Kasie West

ok but pretending to be the girl from online so it doesn't look like he got catfished
Also the social media challenges to get pupper adopted.
I love soft boi.
320 Pages

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

Everyone says to avoid the second book....but like...I don't listen.
ok but vikings and rival clans and fjkds
Fiske is cool. we stan.
352 Pages

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.

Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."

The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.

But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.
 

Pages: 333

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt is an uncharted tributary of the Amazon, dark and treacherous, lined with native Indians lurking just out of sight and piranhas below its inky depths. After his defeat in the 1912 election, Theodore Roosevelt sets his sight on its shores. Part grueling physical challenge, part science expedition, Roosevelt's hike into the Amazon faced incredible hardship and ultimately changed the map of the Western hemisphere forever. 

416 pages.