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Ex Libris: What’s on my Bookshelf
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items Yes, I am the real life Princess Belle, obsessed with books and all. Featuring fiction, mystery, true crime, fantasy, and more! Let’s share what we love about the magic of books.
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The books on my shelf… waiting to be read…
The books I read this year📚
The ones I wish I could read for the first time again…
Worth the read IMO
The books on my shelf… waiting to be read…
Who doesn't buy more books then they will ever read in their lifetime? Just me? These books are the ones on my TBR list for 2025!
I have not succumbed to the hype of this book/movie yet, but the feuding between Blake and the guy really got me interested in seeing the movie.
It Ends With Us - By Colleen Hoover (paperback) - Target
Are we shocked by this one? Can’t wait to read it!
Wicked
This one I’m about to read and really excited for it! Picked it up in the bargain bin but liked the back cover… coming of age, her being heavier also plays a roll….
Good in Bed (20th Anniversary Edition): A Novel - Barnes & Noble
This one caught my eye, and I love a good cat and mouse type story where someone is hiding a secret!
The Au Pair
This one was a gift from a friend, but I did like the back cover. I have read a bunch of other fantasy series books, so this one is in good company and I have heard really good things from friends who have read it.
Jade City (Green Bone Saga #1) by Fonda Lee, Paperback
Hand-me-down book from a friend who said this was such a slow burn. The whole book she was struggling to get through it, but the last 20/30 pages will haunt and scare her forever. Sign me up! Cant wait to read it.
The Vision by Dean Koontz, Dan John Miller | Audiobook (Digital)
The books I read this year📚
Starting in 2024, continued to be updated in real time.
I was, how do you say, influenced. I like this one the best so far in the series #hottake
Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Thorns and Roses (Paperback) - Walmart
This was a fun thriller that reminded me of Pretty Little Liars in some ways, which don’t get me started on PLL.
Secrets Never Die
Had to keep reading this series and I do love the addition of Rhys. Dare I say this is predictable? When I was reading it I was kind of hating the Rhys becomes the most perfect man and he’s so deep and damaged. I don’t know, man, but it was a good se...
A Court of Mist and Fury - (Court of Thorns and Roses) by Sarah J ...
Read this for book club and LOVED it! Talk about putting the boss in boss lady. Took me a minute to get into her style of writing but overall loved the story.
Lessons In Chemistry - By Bonnie Garmus
Third in the series, had to keep reading after that ending in book two. Again, I just feel like I’ve read this story before and it took me a while to get through… which I hear is a hot take for this book.
A Court of Wings and Ruin - (Court of Thorns and Roses) by Sarah J ...
This was my first Stephan King novel and I can say that I fell in love with his writing style. I have never read something that literally gives me goosebumps, think someone is looking over your shoulder feeling. I have read more of his books and can ...
The Outsider By Stephen King (hardcover) - Target
Classic vampire story, and gave me the classic SK chills!
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
This one definitely pulled me in with the way it’s layed out. Text messages, script like dialogue, newspaper clippings… this was the first book I openly wrote in (bc I typically don’t like to do that), but I was ultimately underwhelmed by the ending.
Murder in the Family: A Novel by Cara Hunter, Paperback
SHEEEEESH. The ending to this book is more disgusting than your mind could conjure. I still think of it and physically recoil. This was my first Dean Koontz novel and I would definitely consider reading more after how much I enjoyed this one. This on...
The Vision by Dean Koontz, Dan John Miller | Audiobook (Digital)
The ones I wish I could read for the first time again…
If time-travel existed or memory-loss for just these specific memories, I would take every opportunity to be able to reread these books for the first time, knowing no context. They are THAT good. IMO.
When I say, I wish I could relive myself reading this for the first time. I wish I could read ~the~ part for the first time again. Call me gullible but I firmly believed what I was reading, unreliable narrator who? I love all of her works too, such a...
Gone Girl By Gillian Flynn
I picked this up from a library sale and had no real expectations but was blown away. Cop, whodunit, plot twists. I loved reading this!
Think of a Number - John Verdon
I was obsessed with these movies when they first came out and never read the books. I read them finally as an adult and was shocked at how much I enjoyed the story and the writing and fell in love with these books and movies all over again.
(twilight Saga) By Stephenie Meyer (paperback) - Books - Target
Ugh let’s talk perfectly executed fantasy. The world building, relationships, and attention to detail has still been unmatched. One of my favorite fantasy series of all time.
The Mortal Instruments, The Complete Collection
Once I read Gone Girl I knew I had to read my way through all her works. Perfectly executed mystery with family secrets and the different POVs throughout really helped to keep the story moving!
Dark Places By Gillian Flynn
Again, being a gullible person reading this was amazing. READ THIS BEFORE YOU WATCH THE MOVIE! Plz plz plz, they do a pretty good job in the movie bit of course the book is always better.
Woman In The Window - By A. J. Finn
As a Beauty and the Beast stan, anything with that motif my spidey senses start tingling. This book put such a cute spin on the classic tale, I remember loving this the first time I read it!
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
This one made me cry. A good cry. The movie did such a disservice by cutting out so much of her childhood, but read the book!
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, Paperback
This series just has such a special place in my heart and I read them in high school! Plot is chefs kiss
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy Series #1) - Barnes & Noble
Worth the read IMO
Exactly as it says.
When I fell in love with the Netflix series I had to start on these books. Now read 6/8 sibling stories and found them to be truly charming and feed some historic romcom fantasy that lives in me. My hot take that I will die on the hill for— they botc...
Bridgerton Book Series by Julia Quinn | Barnes & Noble®
I ate these up and hyper fixated on the movies when they came out. Now having read multiple other series and fantasy at that, I will say it measures up in terms of plot and character arch’s, I just would say you loose that in the movies. Definitely w...
The Hunger Games Book Series - Barnes & Noble
I feel like this had a moment in the mid-2000s with the movies (a couple different one if I’m not mistaken) and I think it’s well deserved. I remember watching the movie first and also thinking that I liked still reading the books better than, even t...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ...
While this is a meaty meaty book, the plot and story really took me there with him. Loved the read just took me longer than expected.
The Goldfinch (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Donna Tartt, Paperback
I loved this one by the end! It was so easy for me to dive into this world and visualize this town, love.
Dark August: A Novel by Katie Tallo, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
While I feel Colleen Hoover had a chokehold on everyone in the pandemic, I did pick this one up. With only a few eye roll moments, I also got chills, and was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it.
Verity by Colleen Hoover, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®
I actually really liked this read. It was soooooo over hyped up on TikTok and stuffed down my throat. But I was impressed and love a good enemies to lovers trope and this one was done really well.
The Love Hypothesis