Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid

*It's a spin-off of the knitting in the city (specifically book 4)
I love all of their middle names.
Also I read these like....before December I just can't blog anymore

Truth or Beard
Do I want a man who restores old cars and can be a getaway driver. Yes.
Cletus be being Cletus.
390 Pages

Grin and Beard It
Jethro is a sweetie and we stan.
we go nuts for donuts.
DREW MY FIRST GREEN VALLEY LOVE.
404 Pages 

Beard Science
I love this book. Do I reread it regularly. Yes.
Yes it's because I love Cletus. He scheming. Armadillos.
Jennifer being a people watcher.
Their lessons.
Also the mall scene. Iconic.
485 Pages

Beard in Mind
Ok but Beau helping Shelly with her OCD and like...fdksnk
He so concerned. We stan.
I relate to Shelly so much. Like. The entire teacup scene. Me. And 
470 Pages

Dr. Strange Beard
When this book is the set up for Billy's book.
But also Simone. Queen.
I hear Roscoe, and my brain immediately goes to the Doberman guard dog from Oliver and Company.
Billy my love.
417 Pages

Beard With Me
16 year old Billy
We gets backstory that they keep hinting at
Little 15 year old Cletus.
*cries about the cabin.
354 Pages

Beard Necessities
*Starts crying because it's Billy. He deserves the world. He precious. Must protect.
Also it's in Italy.
And there's scheming.
And conflict resolution.
334 Pages

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

When they casually mention the "child of a rockstar": Lucien. You're talking about Lucien.
Me trying to see if they made cameo appearances in Boyfriend/Husband Material....because I know it's in the same world.
The found family. Except the family is actually a family and it's Christmas.
400 Pages

Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid

So I read these from August to October and forgot to post them.

Neanderthal Seeks Human
Jamie is me. She says weird things. She has random facts.
The absolute ridiculousness.
374 Pages

Neanderthal Marries Human
I was expecting this to be a short story. But it's like...an actual book
386 Pages

Friends Without Benefits
Ok but the narrator gave Nico an Italian accent for 2/3 of the book...and he's from IOWA. Like yes his family is Italian, and he speaks Italian at home, but like...no.
I love Nico. Must be protected.
404 Pages

Love Hacked
I know I'm not Sandra but like... I feel like if I ever went on dates, that would happen to me. Except for the Alex part.
But also she takes her dates to an Indian restaurant and Alex is trying to figure out why all the guys walk out crying.
396 Pages

Beauty and the Mustache
I love everyone. Like. Drew is wonderful. Goals
The brothers. The shenanigans. The fact that they get their own series. Like. All of them. Jethro. Billy. Cletus.
Mic drop for Billy talking to his dad. Like. Chef's kiss.
370 Pages

Ninja at First Sight
Ok so I'm nothing like Fiona but Fiona is me. Specifically the naivete and college nerdiness...except I'm not athletic at all.
Greg Greg Greg Greg Greg.
Fiona and Greg origin story.
140 Pages

Happily Ever Ninja
Ok but like...seeing an established relationship and stuff.
I love Greg. He's an idiot sometimes. But I love him.
"They could learn it on the streets"
310 Pages

Dating-ish
Matt casually coming over to Greg and Fiona's house and eating food. Totally isn't going to backfire on him.
Also. I feel like the blurb gives Marie slightly different vibes than she is--like...She's writing an article...
354 Pages

Marriage of Inconvenience
Dan Dan the Security Man. From Bawston.
When Kat and Dan have been tip-toeing around each other because of a miscommunication. Ughhhhhh.
496 Pages

Two Wrongs Make a Right and Better Hate than Never by Chloe Liese

Two Wrongs Make a Right
It's the neurodiversity representation. Like... not being able to eat certain foods because textures and like. having big feelings and fixating. sfjkldsfjkldsfjkld
337 Pages

Better Hate Than Never
It's the note on the flowers.
The ADHD and the forgetfulness and the time blindness.
336 Pages

me: sits here waiting for sister 3, even though she's my least favorite because I wanted to strangle her all through the first book.

The Name Drop by Susan Lee

Ok but like...the one plot hole....how can no one know that the heir to a tech company is a guy.
But also they got to switch places and do the things they want to do. Like. He got to be normal and just try things and she got to be in charge of things and have idea.
Jessica being...kind of clueless and Elijah actually knowing what's going on.
Also. NEW YORK ADVENTURES.
299 Pages

Kismat Connection by Ananya Devarajan

Her little science brain making experiments. Samesies.
Can someone please just give Arjun a sandwich and a hug...like...
He's like Adrien Agreste but different
304 Pages
TS Song: New Years Day

The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary

Beth O'Leary owns me.
#sharedtrauma
*lays on floor crying because miscommunication but it's not the annoying stupid miscommunication, it's just stupid.
Can we just let Mandy take a nap.
But like.... I feel called out because apparently my handwriting is bad.....She's me.
416 Pages

Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood

I just want to brag real quick about how I figured out the narrator was Australian because honestly I'm proud that I caught that.
It's the watching Vampire Diaries for me.
It's the younger sibling trying to take care of the older sibling and always feeling like they have to be the responsible one and that they can't ever be out of control.....
320 Pages

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot

Did I decide to read this book because of the title and the fact that the cover is purple...yes
Hey look, they have purebloods in here...
I know her name isn't Karen...but like...she's a Karen and I vote we get rid of her because she's awful.
Must protect Jess.
Derrick has a motorcycle. That sells it
368 Pages

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Ok but a wedding planner and a florist who has tattoos... Like. peak cinema
The 27 dresses vibes.
*immediately wants to go and get more tattoos.
I love him. I love him so much. I want twelve.
I would like a bonus epilogue please

Two creative people working together. chef's kiss. They're goals.
They really said the workaholic who refuses to need anyone needs a hufflepuff.
This is the "I don't believe in love" I can get behind.
Not saying it's a slytherin and a grumpy hufflepuff...but like...
Ok so Ama is iconic. Just... the entire third act. I love it.
The amount of screeching that happened while I read this book...I'm surprised I didn't get a noise complaint from my neighbors
352 Pages

Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead

That scene from She's the man about heels making it harder to run hard away 
Ok so it was cringey in the beginning but it was good. Lee grew on me. This is the book that's supposed to come before The Boyfriend Canidate.
359 Pages

Reign by Katharine McGee

Canada!!!!
Ok so like. That went better than I expected because I was nervous. 
*Cries about Teddy. Too pure.
Hey that's a scene from Princess Diaries 2 with the swap.
432 Pages

TS: Speak Now, Mastermind

The Long Game by Elena Armas

 ...Does she not know about the Ghost scene
"I wonder who made you believe that you don't deserve to be fussed over" It's me. Hi.
"I think, for someone who's always justifying other people's [ish] behavior, you're extremely hard on yourself"

That epilogue hinting at the next book.
OK BUT WHERE'S THE ROOSTER
384 Pages

Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Cordova

Did I immediately hear "I Know A Place" by MUNA when I thought of the Seven Sirens performing

“Aurora grocery” I see you....

“Walking on glass” You mean.... Like the og fairytale

"No sleep stop til Brooklyn"

Bro you did not need to tear your shirt
I bet he’s one of the guys that says Taylor can’t write anything but bubblegum pop and that all of it sounds the same. 🙄

It's that one scene from Little Mermaid 2023 where Eric holds Ariel's hand to his heart after being rescued.
320 Pages

TS: There's some Electric Touch vibes, Long Live (obvs)

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine

Cackles. Reginald. I love him. For a second I was expecting him to be, like, a really snarky bat.
Just the whole. Vampire trying to interact with the modern world and being confused by credit cards and coffee sizes and the internet
It's like the progressive commercials

His Victorian sensibilities
Frederick looking at Instagram:

HE FEEDS HER.
Frederick and Cassie:

Frederick:

his magic power. omg I love it.
Me:

Hi. I need a companion novel...and some novellas of shenanigans.
352 Pages

August Contemporary

Meet Me There by Judy Corry
I'm sorry. How did no one know that his mom died.
And like..How did she not figure it out.
286 Pages

Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt
Meyer just doing his best and loving Hazel.
The fake dating + single dad + requited unrequited
328 Pages

First Date Prophecy by Kate and Danny Tamberelli
I don't think the humor of the book is my type of humor.
But I really liked the concept and the characters.
320 Pages

The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean
So the villain motive made sense but also seemed a bit extreme.
384 Pages

Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
I appreciate all the movie references.
Brendon = Terry

I kind of wanted to stab Darcy. Because she was being too logical.
384 Pages

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Me going into this book: It's a bonus book so it's not like...really necessary/part of the series because it was a trilogy.
Me after the book: Ok so where is book 6 and why isn't it on goodreads.
I still don't know who to ship. Not fair.
480 Pages

Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
My brain after reading the title:
Can confirm. There were Taylor Swift references.
When your eye starts twitching because you can see the crappy guy being crappy. Like... He gives me The Last Five Years writer vibes.
I was worried for a second about the romance. But we good.
434 Pages

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

Wes: 

I'm just....going to go lay down under my desk and cry because it's too pure and fluffy and I can't take it.

THE NUMBER OF ROM-COM MOMENTS/REFERENCES. and the tropes
Ok but like... Being a music supervisor sounds so cool.
"nothing trashy, just something that doesn't make you look like a librarian"
HE'S SO SOFT. PROTECT AT ALL COSTS.
356 Pages