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

Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim

There's a dragon. sfkdasfdkljksld
Also we get the origin story of the step-mother from Six Crimson Cranes
....Elizabeth Lim making me cry, like always.
432 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

August Fantasy

Timekeeper by Tara Sim
When the library has the first and last book on audio, but not the second.
Also the mythology of clocks having spirits and stuff. fdsjkla
448 Pages

The Darkening by Sunya Mara
It's the re-read before I read the second book. Because otherwise I would be LOST.
400 Pages

Omen of Ice by Jus Accardo
SCREEEEEEEEECH. I love Fae. We know this. But also
seeing the new "she's the bodyguard and they're paired together"
and the magic shenanigans.
400 Pages

A Kingdom Submerged by Deborah Grace White
Classism Classism Classism
Can I punch the jerks plz
It's the spread of misinformation to the public to control them for me.
They really do have 2023 Ariel and Eric vibes. Love it.
364 Pages

Court of Dragons by Frost Kay
so it took half the book to get to the main plot that was in the book blurb
I'm still intrigued.
300 Pages

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino
The hopping timelines kind of confused me
meh
352 Pages

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
I'm re-reading it.
Must. Protect. Nick.
The time travel. The magic.
I'm totally not stressed for the next book coming out next week.
416 Pages

August Science Fiction

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
My babies all grown up with babies. Must protect.
I will protect Pax with literally everything in me. He soft boi.
Darrow is raising him right, even if he's never there. Like. His name means Peace. 
624 Pages

Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft
It's not the Crave series. 😭
There was potential, but meh.
608 Pages

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

ARC. Release Date: October 3

THERE ARE DRAGONS. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
This is also on my 2023 Favorites
There's bits and pieces that remind me of Fourth Wing.
I hate you Suite Life

Is this attraction

480 pages

Jasad Heir by Sara Heshem

Ok so this is on my 2023 favorites.
The classic "dead" heir and the prince of a rival kingdom and they hate each other, and he doesn't know. Iconic. Perfection.
The prince is cold and manipulative and probably toxic. I love it. Specifically for the payoff in the rest of the series that comes from character growth.
When. You. Get. the. Boi. Perspective. And he snarky. Love it.

523 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

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

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It's like a German shepherd and a kitten and the kitten has super powers and the German Shepherd is a kitten on the inside.
The comedic timing. THE BANTER
I love her so much. Because she smart. She inventive
"Sweetheart" 😍😍
HIS TRAUMAAAAAA ;SFJKLD;FJKLDSFJKLDS
I should have guessed the twist but I didn't. fkdsfjkldsjklda

"Touch her and I'll kill you"
304 Pages

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

The games which, obvs, have Hunger Games vibes.
Like I know the thing was going to happen...but how.

Me having no idea how the story of Antony and Cleopatra goes besides the end.
392 Pages

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Your hands are sisters not twins.
My brain: Your eyebrows are sisters, not twins vine.
So I may have gotten distracted and like....not understood what was happening half of the time.
496 Pages

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls and her family once again find themselves traveling, this time heading from Minnesota to Dakota Territory. Pa works to build the new railroad as he scouts out a new homestead, briefly leaving Ma and the girls behind. They later take their first train ride to Silver Lake, where they spend the winter in the surveyors' house. In the spring, residents begin to build what will become the town of De Smet, South Dakota. 

Book #5 in the Little House series. 385 pages.

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls and her family journey north in their covered wagon to Minnesota, settling in a sod house along Plum Creek. As she and her sisters help Ma around the house, Pa works to plant crops and build them a sturdier home, and soon Laura and Mary start attending school in town. But after a terrible winter and a grasshopper infestation, which devours Pa's crops, the Ingalls are left questioning their future in Minnesota. 

Book #4 in the Little House series. 384 pages. 

The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead

 

Summary: "As a shy school librarian, Alexis Stone is comfortable keeping out of the spotlight. But when she’s dumped for being too meek, the humiliation is a wake-up call. She decides she needs to change..."

I loved parts of this book yet didn't like others. Hmmm.

Heads-up: read the sister's book, Fool Me Once, first!

384 pages

A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin

Ok but Eliza gives me Middlemarch vibes.
Love triangles continue to vex me. Like...why.
400 Pages

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

 

Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.

The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.

pages: 285