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My All-Time Book Recs
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items 📖🔖If you like reading, then check this out; BUT, if you want to start reading, this is recommended for YOU! As someone who's picky with their reading, these are this year's must-haves! 📚➡️🎒
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Fantasy Romance
If you want to cry
Romance
Horror
Literature
Colleen Hoover
Fantasy Romance
Lauren Roberts
I got one last book to go from this series, so you can tell the first one is SO GOOD! I have dreams about Mr. Azer, may readers be on the edge of their seat every time!
Powerless by Lauren Roberts, Hardcover
A spin-off from Powerless, I couldn't stop crying after I finished this story! 10/10, nothing can recreate the first read.
Powerful: A Powerless Story (Powerless Trilogy)
Second book of Powerless leaves me in SHAMBLES. Their relationship is goals! ALSO THE ENDING?!?! Nothing like ever before…
Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy, #2) by Lauren Roberts
While I'm still reading the final book, let me just say: I cannot put this book down! From the “Powerless” series, it is safe to say that Lauren Roberts is someone that inspires me to follow my dreams.
Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy, #3) by Lauren Roberts
If you want to cry
It's okay, me too.
This book left me in PIECES. Growing up, I always felt like her. A good cry, didn't expect the ending on this one.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Once you pick this up, you CANNOT put it down. Warning: Addicting!!! Be careful of ending!!!
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Heart. Broken. Forever. Not many tears were shed… However, WARNING: Once you read it, you can never come back from it. The story is so mind and heart wrenching. It is truly a work of art.
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin, Paperback
Told from Finn's POV, we get to see the events before AND after his accident. and WOW! I love the storytelling in this and the multiple perspectives that were effected. Again, another work of art! Highly recommend after reading the first book!
If Only I Had Told Her: The Instant #1 ...
Romance
I love love.
Honestly, such a good read. Perfect story, I can't remember when I read a good romance book like this one. I want love like how love is in this book.
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
A beautiful story of love and heartbreak. When I think of love, I will forever think about what Poppy faced <3
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole, Paperback
SUCH a beautiful romance 🥹 definitely an amazing read from Emily Henry. If you love love, this book has such GOOD dimensions, it is HARD to hate it! WARNING: ENDING WILL MAKE YOU CRY!!!
Beach Read
Horror
Not just Stephen King…
A classic if you want to start reading Stephen King! A villain like Annie Wikes is someone you could NEVER forget.
Misery by Stephen King
Unexpectedly awesome! Ending blew my mind. Long but sooo worth it!
The Dead Zone: A Novel by Stephen King
Literature
Classics for a reason!
TBH: hard read but soooo worth it. Major symbolism and overall, such a great story. Those types of books where the more you read, the crazier it gets! You will never forget a place like 124.
Beloved by Toni Morrison - Pulitzer Winner
TBH: Super crazy and yet so insightful. Easier to read then Beloved. Toni Morrison's work of art, 11/10!
The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) by Morrison
After having to read this in high school, I can safely reflect on this work of art as a MICRALE! Following an incredibly troubled young girl, the reader is able to experience FIRST HAND the early 19th-century Victorian England. ***Warning: definitely...
Jane Eyre
Chills. Absolute chills. Told in a beautiful structure, the reader goes through numbers of tension when following Winston in this totalitarian society. Give it a read, might change your perspective on today's world. Remember: War is Peace, Slavery is...
1984: 75th Anniversary
Colleen Hoover
Alright, I'll give her a shot
One of Colleen's well-known works turning out to be a very good read overall. The tension built up through the book KILLS to the point where my jaw wouldn't close!
Verity by Colleen Hoover, Paperback
OKAY, ASIDE FROM THE ENDING. I think this is a good read if you like something messy. Like… MESSY. Take that as you will! So, dip your toe in the pool. If you don't like the water, don't go in.
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover, Paperback
Comedy
Sometimes you just need a good laugh!
Such a beautiful story that involves a comedian going through a heartbreak, laughing through the pain.
Good Material (Read with Jenna Pick)|Paperback
Pull this out whenever you are feeling down... No, seriously! What the title says; each page is full of something maybe the reader needs to hear once in a while.
Some Days You Might As Well Laugh