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My fave book recommendations
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items Been a reader all of my life and these are some of my favourites!
It’s so hard to narrow it all down but I hope I can help inspire your next 5⭐️ read!
Sections
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Romance
Historical Fiction
Memoirs to Remember
Other random fiction
Throwbacks
Thrillers 😱
Romance
Kept me guessing to the last second! Beautiful love story and I bawled at the end. Love the female power theme as well! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story
As a Canadian girl I have to recommend this book. One of my favourite summer reads. It gives the feeling of sitting on a dock by the lake reading at sunset. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Every Summer After
The second book in the Barry’s Bay series is another summer must-read. Charlie Florek is the best book boyfriend. If only real men were like this ;) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One Golden Summer
I may be in the minority on this one but this is my favourite in the series! I love that the characters are actual adults, and the small town vibes made it feel cozy somehow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez
Even though the first of the series is my favourite, I still love this one!
The letters are a great touch!
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Yours Truly (Part of Your World, 2): Jimenez, Abby
Just as the title suggests, this book is a fun summer read! Great for reading at the beach or the lake. I love that the FMC seems to have a real life and not just a picture perfect book life ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Carley Fortune’s latest novel makes me want to pick up my life and move it out to the west coast. Childhood friends-to-lovers trope is so well done in this one! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Our Perfect Storm
One of my favourite vacation beach reads! The FMC is laugh out loud funny and just unapologetically herself which I love! Fake relationship trope done right! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
Are we sensing a theme here? I love all of Abby’s romances. More real adults and I love that she sprinkles in Easter eggs from her other novels into her stand alones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Abby’s newest romance was another hit for me. I fly through her novels. This one was a bit more of a slow burn than some of her others but I still ate it right up ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez
Okay, okay, hear me out.
Sometimes, I don’t want to read something super serious, and I just want something fun! This book is spicy, fun, and a good palate cleanser between some heavier reads. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (I give it 4 stars for what it is. Not thinking ...
Icebreaker: A Novel (Maple Hills Book 1)
I loved that I didn’t suspect the ending! I also loved that I was torn between who I wanted the FMC to end up with. Couldn’t put this one down!
Broken Country (Reese's Book Club) by Clare Hall
Historical Fiction
This is my ALL TIME favourite book! Ever! I read it a couple of years ago and still think about it all the time! The FMC Leni is so strong! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (my one and only 6 star so far)
The Great Alone: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
Don’t let the fact that it’s a WW2 historical fiction scare you! It’s about two sisters, and the unbreakable bond they share. I SOBBED at the end of this. And it’s going to be a movie soon! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Another hit from Kristin Hannah. I love that it shed light on the women who were part of the Vietnam war. Very informative but still all wrapped up in a fictional story
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The Women by Kristin Hannah
The amount I learn from this woman is insane! I didn’t know about the dust bowl struggles in the south during the Great Depression. Another book that had be sobbing at the end ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Four Winds: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
This book is based loosely on a real midwife from the 1800s.
Strong female main character, especially for the time period, which I found to be a real breath of fresh air! Also a murder mystery thrown into the story. All around fantastic book. Defini...
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Memoirs to Remember
This is the first memoir that I read as I got back into reading as an adult. I FLEW through this. It reads almost like a novel. The fact that it’s a true story is absolutely mind boggling. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Educated - Memoir by Tara Westover
As someone who was obsessed with One Tree Hill growing up this was a must read for me! Learning about all that Joy had to go through in her life behind the scenes was mid boggling. I love listening to memoirs when they’re read by the actual author an...
Dinner for Vampires
This is the first memoir that I listened to on audio instead of physically reading and it definitely got me into audiobooks! Poor Jennette had to endure a lot in her life!
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Another child star memoir with crazy real life stories that make for a great book!
Alyson also narrates this herself so I enjoyed listening to the audiobook. I like hearing behind the scenes stories of what really goes on in Hollywood
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Everything: Memoir
I was captivated by this memoir. Ruth’s story of growing up in a polygamist cult is captivating. There is so much heart ache in this story but also so much love between her and her siblings. Highly recommend this one! I listened to it on audio like I...
The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir: Ruth Wariner
Other random fiction
Rocky is so spunky and this is a great book about friendship and courage! Love it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Project Hail Mary
Throwbacks
I read this when I was way too young to read it, but it’s still one of my favourite summer reads and is a great story of girlhood and friendship. Time for a re-read!
Summer Sisters | Barnes & Noble®
Read this book when I was young and it altered my brain chemistry. If you have a young tween avid reader I think this would be perfect for them. There’s found family, magical realism, some family struggles…I honestly would read it again even now
Awake and Dreaming: Pearson, Kit - Books
Obviously as a Millennial I grew up being obsessed with the Harry Potter world. Still love it all these years later! Might be time for a re-read before the new tv series comes out! 🧹 🪄 📚 🧙
Harry Potter Collection
Such a great book about the love between sisters and family. Very progressive for its time I believe as well. Also I love the movie adaptations!
Little Women
This book will shatter you. It’s very heavy. But it’s beautifully written and will stick with you in an almost haunting way
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Absolutely love when a twist in a thriller just completely throws me and comes out of nowhere! I did not see it coming at all! Fantastic book
Gone Girl
A fantastic tear jerker. The movie was good too!
It’s refreshing to read a somewhat romantic book written by a man that is good!
The Fault in Our Stars: A Novel by John Green ...
Another YA series that always stuck with me. This is about siblings who were sent to Canada in WW2 to be “guests” and basically wait out the war. I flew through these when I was young!
The Guests of War Trilogy – Kit Pearson
Ok I’m a bad reader and haven’t read the new ones, but the original trilogy, I could not put down! I love me an easy to follow dystopian series! Between these, Harry Potter, and the Divergent series, I was never bored!
The Hunger Games: Books
Thrillers 😱
I love me an easy-read fast paced thriller! I got through this book so fast and I didn’t see the twist coming which I love! Plus it’s so fun to read a book then watch the movie version after
The Housemaid
I know Colleen Hoover is a bit of a hot topic sometimes but this book got me back into reading as an adult. I read a lot when I was young but when my kids were little I had no time. I read this in just a couple of days and it’s another one that I lov...
Verity by Colleen Hoover