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Favorite Recent Reads: An Honest Review from a Longtime Bookworm
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items Summertime means bingeing books! I finally have time to read beautiful, long books for pleasure. This list compiles all my recent reads with my own rating and GoodReads’. Enjoy !
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Goodreads: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.12
Pheobe Stone unexpectedly finds herself in the midst of wedding frenzy, surrounded by wedding people and most importantly, Lila the bride. Upon learning that Pheobe arrived at the hotel in order to kill herse...
The Wedding People: A Novel by Alison Espach, Hardcover
My rating: ⭐️⭐️
Goodreads: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.92
A diver and a swimmer. Unexpected start to the relationship. What was supposed to be a temporary, mutually satisfying fling, turns into much more (i.e., traveling across the world to confess one’s love to another)
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, Paperback
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Goodreads:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A swoony summer read! It all started with a long, seemingly endless first date where Xavier and Samantha ended up trapped for hours in an escape room. Despite being in two different states, the two somehow made ...
Say You'll Remember Me (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Abby Jimenez ...
Goodreads rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️.92
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautifully written spring romance between a renowned michelin chef, Archie, who was forced to move to Dream Harbor (…after discovering he had a daughter) and quirky Iris, a local who begins nannying Ar...
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Dream Harbor ...
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.49
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m an absolute sucker for witchy/fall reads. Kitchen witch x museum curator. Definitely not your typical duo. They meet after a series of coincidences, the first one being a sort of an omen, before final...
Best Hex Ever: A Novel by Nadia El-Fassi, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.56
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you haven’t read this yet then what are you doing!!! I felt every emotion on the spectrum while reading this!! The iconic Suzanne Collins delivers yet another Hunger Games masterpiece. ‘Sunrise o...
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)|Hardcover
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.26
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strong woman + sports = my dream book. Tennis legend Carrie Soto has shattered records and expectations at her prime. Her journey was nothing short of remarkable, rough, and fruitful. She decides to...
Carrie Soto Is Back| Hardcover
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.48
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Learn the best self-care methods to sync yourself with the seasons. Learn how to use nature to heal, grow, and love. Davis provides tailored rituals corresponding to each of the four seasons to help you m...
The Self-Care Year: Reflect and Recharge with Simple Seasonal Rituals
Goodreads rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My rating: ⭐️⭐️.5
Vampire/werewolf stories are not really my thing but surprisingly I got through this book super fast. Very well received from lovers of the Vampire/werewolf trope. To form an alliance between the two rival ...
Bride by Ali Hazelwood, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.83
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
After being laid off from her dull yet stable city job, Issy Randal seizes the moment to open her cupcake cafe, inspired by her Grandpa’s recipes and long life as a baker. This book explores the challen...
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel in Recipes by Jenny Colgan
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My most anticipated read of 2025! As usual Emily Henry did not disappoint. Two writers compete to write the autobiography of a previous socialite who has a couple tricks up her sleeve. They’re complete...
Great Big Beautiful Life (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Emily Henry, Hardcover
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.68
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kitty Collins, Instagram influencer, started her revenge journey by *accidentally* killing the guy who followed her one night after the club. Soon she discovers she has a taste for male blood
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It by Katy Brent, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not the biggest fan of love triangles but boy did i binge this in 2 days. Emma and Jesse are high school sweethearts who get married and start building the life of their dreams, until his helicopter goes m...
One True Loves|Paperback - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A classic tale about self-discovery told through tales of mysticism and magic.
The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition) by Paulo Coelho, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.56
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sex, food, and god. Read about the story of 24 year old Rachel who counts calories like its her job. A bit disturbing but extremely funny and imaginative.
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.78
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Where do you see yourself in five yeara? Do any of us actually have an answer to this? Well Dannie certainly does. An ambitious, type-A lawyer experiences an astonishing vision which changes her life fo...
In Five Years: A Novel by Rebecca Serle, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A cutesy lake romance, perfect for summer. One picture changed her life and crafted her career path. Alice Everly, a photographer burnt out from her career and a recent breakup, returns to her childhood ...
One Golden Summer (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Carley Fortune, Paperback
Goodreads rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My goal this summer was to read more simple, slice-of-life books that are just FUN to read and filled with whimsical and philosophical advice/quotes. In ‘The Convenience Store by the Sea’ you’ll be intr...
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida, Hardcover