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My bookshelf 📚

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Some of my fave books
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Fantasy Romance

These vary in spice 🌶️ but I promise they are all nice 😉
 
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Romantasy I could not put down ! Enemies ➡️ lovers Forced marriage 💒 🌶️just a lil spicy And a whole lot I did not see coming! The only downside is this is book 1 of the series and more have not come out yet.
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry, Hardcover
 
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A Norse mythology fantasy romance 💘 I loved the vibes
A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) by Danielle L. Jensen
 
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These books are multi POV, SPICY and so magical. SJM knows how to world build. If you read ACOTAR you will love 💕
Crescent City
 
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Dragons, war college & romance ⚡️ 🐉
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
 
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If you haven’t read any Romantasy .. START HERE 🌟
A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas
 
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Yes she is a bit long winded but my god this series is all I want in a Romantasy 🥵 it also comes with a prequel series I loved just as much! There are two more books coming. One in Sept 2025
Blood and Ash Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Mystery thriller

I don’t like anything too creepy or graphic but I like to be on the edge of my seat 🪑
 
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This book keeps you on your toes! Not too creepy 👻
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
 
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Historical, spooky, mystery - need I say more ?
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Romance

All about the feels ♥️
 
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Sweet romance of a Native American singer falling in love when she goes to OK and meets long lost family
Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava
 
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Magical realism romance 💝
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
 
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I love all Lucy Score. Her writing is funny, easy to read and steamy 🧖‍♀️ !
Story of My Life (Story Lake, #1) by Lucy Score
 
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Yes she wrote 4th wing Yes she writes other contemporary books and yes you will love it 🩰
Variation: A Novel: Yarros, Rebecca: 9781662514708
 
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A romance but not cliché - I loved the story and the ending 🖤
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Memoir

The only nonfiction I read
 
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Book for those who are coping with grief, prepare to cry
When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Finalist
 
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A favorite book of mine. A woman retells her childhood of living in poverty but has a lens of magic and tragedy
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
 
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I think of her journey often. Born into a strict fundamentalist Muslim family - look into her story.
Infidel: Hirsi Ali, Ayaan: 9780743289696
 
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Educating herself 📚 the human spirit has a desire to learn ! Tara is proof of that
Educated: A Memoir: Westover, Tara: 9780399590504
 
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Beautifully written about a boy born into a cult and his life after escape. It’s a must read!
Hollywood Park: A Memoir: Jollett, Mikel

Misc fiction

Really good books with no obvious category 🤷
 
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I laughed, I cried & I cannot stop thinking about it
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
 
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Powerful and heavy - get ready for this WWII historical fiction. I did not see the end coming 👀
The Nightingale: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
 
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I loved this story. It’s magical 🌟
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao