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when the world was ours review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about when the world was ours by Liz Kessler. i gave this book 5/5 stars. first off, happy pub date to this book! but also, thank you so much netgalley and aladdin publishers for an arc of this book! and also, this is going to be an honest review, and it is no way changed by the publishers or the author.

trigger warnings- confinement, hate crime, physical abuse, antisemitism, child death, genocide, violence, grief, murder, bullying, and this book also follows the themes of WW2 and a lot of stuff about Hitler.

first thing first, i honestly really liked that all of our characters are from different walks of life. granted, they all are the same age, i believe they start out at 9 ish, and then they grow up throughout the book. and elsa is Jewish, who moved away from vienna and her dad went to fight. then, we get leo, who is also Jewish and still lives in vienna with his parents. and finally max, who isn’t Jewish, but his dad went to go fight for hitler.

with that being said, i really enjoyed getting to see all these different characters, instead of just having one pov or three povs and they are all super similar. i enjoyed seeing each character and their personal struggle with everything, since they were all different. and just to see how far elsa and leo were going to keep them and their family safe, since of course, they are Jewish, and i really enjoyed it.

but, i will say, i didn’t really enjoy max’s chapters. like, i feel it was mostly about hitler, which was cool to read about, but i wish it had something more. like, leo and elsa’s chapters were good, since i feel like we got enough back story while also seeing the hardships they faced and all the hell they went through. and i honestly enjoyed seeing them, and also their writing was just better anyway.

with that being said, i was honestly scared that there was going to be kind of dumbed down or something since this is middle grade. but, i feel like this story doesn’t hold back and still keeps the emotions, granted it’s nothing like lovely war, but it still has the emotions in it. and i really feel like we got a hard look into them, and i really think that Kessler did an amazing job with showing the hard parts about this war.

but, i do feel like it was cool that this book had younger characters. like, i feel like a lot of WW2 books either have characters that are a bit older, and not Jewish, so getting to see them start out when they are around 9, i really liked it. and since this is a middle grade i feel like more people can connect with it in my mind.

like, i feel like that we could see the emotion in this book. like, i feel like Kessler really showed what is happening, and what was going threw their head and what was actually happening to them. so, i really liked that we got to see everything happen and also just to deal with what was happening. and also, i feel like if it was lighter, it would honestly work if it had more emotion, which i honestly liked so much.

with that being said, i do feel like there is the harder scenes to read, but also just having the good and light hearted moments. like, getting to see elsa and getting her friend and also just getting a cat together and just adopting this cat and trying to feet it together. and also, seeing leo get so happy that he can keep his mom safe and overcoming different obstacles and getting them to england. and i mean, i feel like these scenes are really cool to see these, since there are the harder scenes, and it was just a good balance.

but, i honestly really liked Max as a character, to a degree. i mean, i liked him, but i wouldn’t say that he was the best character in this book. and, i didn’t personal liked that it was a 3rd person POV, which is cool, since i feel like he did have the harder story to read about, and also just have the harder things to talk about. since, he likes working for hitler, but kind of wishes he has his friends that he misses. and also just try to figure out what to do next.

i do feel like these characters were so easy to be able to connect to. i mean, the book opens up to this happy moment with the kids, and then it gets hard. so, i feel like getting the hard moment, it was just easier to connect to them. personally, i think that this whole happy moment gave us this look of them as characters and people before the war, and honestly it was just so cool to get them.

and i also think that it was cool that this is non fiction, but like not non fiction. like, it was cool to be able to see this story, but also just to kind of read about her family history, since i believe that they do feature her grandparents, i believe that they were the Stewarts in here. so, i thought that it was cool to see them, and honestly that she could write this book loosely based off her history, plus this was kinda non fiction, which i liked.

with that being said, i do feel like the ending was so heartbreaking. like, it was so sad and heartbreaking, granted i didn’t cry, but i’m not a big book / movie crier, so i wasn’t the biggest crier in the world. but, i do know that a lot of people are criers, so i would probably be ready to cry if you are into that. and i would definitely would get the tissues if you probably will cry. and i mean, i think that it would be a tear jerker, and i think that the ending wasn’t going to be happy, but still.

anyway, i hope you enjoyed this post! i honestly, really liked this book and it was just such a good book, and it was just so amazing. and i honestly hope that more and more people read this book, since it was just so amazing and that everyone needs to read this more. and if this book doesn’t become a best seller, then the system is rigid. and she also needs a standing ovation right now.

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the ex talk review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon. i gave this book 3/5 stars. honestly, i wish i liked this song, since i know quite a few people that love this book. but, it honestly just fell flat for me, and wasn’t the best book in the world.

trigger warnings- sexual content, death of a parent, sexism, grief, misogyny7, cancer, chronic illness, death, panic attack / disorder, racism.

personally, i honestly really liked that shay was older than dominic. i feel like most books, especially romance, the dude is always older then the girl. so, getting shay older then dominic, and see all of her panic, was honestly so cool. and i honestly really liked watching them figure out their relationship and just them coming to terms with their relationship and just to figure out their romance with their age gap, which was really like four years.

but, i also really liked the whole podcast premise. granted, i think there was like four episodes, so i wish they had more and that as a whole, this book was more podcast heavy. and that this book is really pitched as having this podcast, but it was kind of lacking. which, i’ll talk about more later. but, as i did like the podcast, i just wish they had more podcast elements, since that is the main plot of it. or at least have them talk about what the podcast more.

and, i also feel like

i also wish that we could have had more of them falling for each other on the podcast, and to have them have their romance on the air, or more of the romance on the podcast. instead, we got it more in some cabin in the mountains. like, the cabin was still cool and everything, but i just wish we got to see more tension.

with that being said, they needed to have tension. like, yeah, they had a little, but i feel like they didn’t have enough before they jumped into bed together. and i feel like they jumped into bed very quickly, so i feel like they needed to have more. and i honestly feel like they had sex way to early, in my opinion. but, i guess the sex is a way to keep people hooked.

with at being said, if you go into this book wanting nothing other then an workplace/ enemies to lovers and a steamy book. this would check all the boxes. especially if you wat something like the unhoneymooners and/or beach read, you’d probably really like this book.

and this might just be me, but i feel like shay acted so immature compared to dominic. like, i don’t know why she was, probably cause she was kind of a bitch at some points, and really only acted good, most of the time, to her friends and her mom, and everyone else she was just kind of rude to. and i also feel like she just acted like she was younger at some points too, which i won’t go into depth about, since they are mainly spoilers.

and, i honestly think that dominic felt older because whenever they were talking, podcast or not, he always took the harder topics to talk about. like, about whatever they talked about on the show, like why they ‘broke up’ or anything else like that, he always talked about, where she got the nice and sweet and romantic parts. which, i just wish that there was some sort of balance, like she got some harder parts, and he got some fun and light hearted parts.

but, i still really think that getting more books where they have more jobs that are a bit more modern. since, i feel like most romance books where the man is a lawyer or a business man, or some bs like that, and then she works at a coffee shop or a bakery or a flower shop or a writer, which is a respectable job, but i just liked getting to see something that was more then just the basic.

but, i also really liked that shay got a dog in this book, like i just thought it was so cute for her to have this little chihuahua who was a pain in the ass, which i thought was funny. and just to name him ‘steve rogers’ was just so funny, since it’s like a person name and everything.

i also feel like half of shay’s plot could literally be taken away if she just went to therapy. even if shay was still a teacup yorkie at some parts. but, i still feel like half of the plot about her was about her father dying, like ten years ago, and i feel like it would be so easier to just have her go to therapy, especially ten years after he died. and if her best friend was really her best friend, she would be like girl, go to therapy and if she didn’t want to go, she should of drove her ass their and drop her off.

and i also just don’t understand why shay got so mad when they went to that podcast comic con thingy, and they had to do this live podcast and talk about their podcast. but, dominic said, oh yeah, i have anxiety when i talk in front of big crowds or groups of people, he has a panic attack. which is normal, and hell, i get freaked out to. but, when shay looses her mind, and like freaks the fuck out, and like goes off on him, even when he went out of his way to tell her before this whole con. like, that just pissed me off so much, cause it was so stupid and i just wish she helped him threw it or something.

but, i know i’ve shit on books with two povs, and i’m fully aware i did. but, i kind of feel like romance books are a bit better with two point of views, since you get to see what happened to them, and how each person feels about their partner, which, i like very much. but, this book only had shay’s pov, which, isn’t the end of the world, i guess. but, i still just wish that it was two point of views, so we can see what dominic feels for shay, like sexual and even just like romantic or how much he hates her in the start.

this is kind of off topic from the whole character ramble, but i really think the plot was so slow. like, i feel like the sex happened to soon, and probably goes against some sort of hr regulation. but, i feel like the only good part of it was that it sped up the plot, since now they were having feelings for each other. but, i still feel like the plot was slow af.

anyway, that is all for today! i hope you enjoyed this post. i honestly wish i liked this book more, since i feel like so many people love this book, and i feel kind of neutral about it, and i jus wish there was two povs, since this would make the story so much better, in my mind at least.

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an offer from a gentleman review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about an offer from a gentleman by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 5/5 stars. honestly, i really loved this book, and all the characters and the romance, it was just so amazing, and i honestly completely loved it so much. and i wasn’t honestly expecting to love this book as much as i did.

trigger warning- sexual content, emotional abuse, bullying, child abuse, sexual assault, death of a parent, death, almost rape, toxic relationship, fatphobia.

personally, i’m not the biggest fan of cinderella retellings. partly, because i feel like everyone in YA has some sort of retelling of that, or beauty and the beast, so i’m just over it. but, i really honestly liked how this one was done. like, it was similar enough, with the ball, and then sophie’s up bringing. and it was honestly so so good. and i mean, quinn did such an amazing job with this. but, they also keep the evil step family, which i thought was so cool.

and i honestly really loved benedict and sophie romance. i mean, their was that questionable moment when he asked her to be his mistress, i mean, you have to remember that is it the regency period, and not the current day, so it flew then, but not now. with that being said, i honestly really liked how they weren’t the most in your face couple, and they didn’t get together from page one, and only really confessed their feelings towards the end of the book.

with that being said, i really like benedict. like, he was such a sweet character and he was just so sweet and kind to sophie. and to see him looking for her for years was just so freaking cute. and i honestly really liked him and how nice he was to sophie. i honestly can’t wait to see this book adapted cause luke thompson is honestly going to kill this role, and it is going to be so well done.

and i also completely loved sophie. like, i really liked that she wasn’t in the ton, and she was a bastard and servant. like, the sharma’s aren’t rich, or at least like the bridgerton’s are, but they at least are still in the upper class. so, getting to see sophie go threw her own stuff, and not be high class, and be the working class and bastard, was so cool. and honestly added so much to the story and made it so much better.

and quinn did such an amazing job with writing sophie. since, i do feel like we could all feel bad for her, and the situation that she was put in at birth, with being a bastard and everything. and with some of the events that happened, were like hard to read, but worked out so well in the end. since, her getting her HEA was so amazing, even if they can’t live in london and have to live in the middle of nowhere.

and also knowing this path to their HEA wasn’t the easiest. like, they had their struggles, but it was so worth it and i just love it so much. like, we got to see them figure out how society will react, and that they are going to go threw hell and back once they come out and say they are together. plus, they also don’t know how the family is going to react, so they have to deal with that, but luckily the bridgerton’s were all very happy and supportive.

i’m also not the biggest fan of those love at first sight romances, since i’m just not the biggest fan of them, but it was just so cute. like, i really liked that we got to see them falling in love, and it wasn’t this whole drawn out process. and also, that they were just so cute at the ball, and how they were interacting. i just loved it so much. but, i feel like it had that whole forbidden romance in the mix, it was just so much better.

i know it can be argued about who has the best quotes in this series, since i know a lot of people really like anthony’s, but damn did benedict have some really good quotes. like, the whole ‘i can live with you hating me, i just can’t live without you.’ was honestly so amazing. and i mean, they had quotes like this throughout the whole book an i was so happy whenever they had any quotes like that.

but, the proposal scene was also so good. like, i don’t even know if you could call it a proposal scene, since he pretty much just declares it, and then it is a day. and i honestly like that it wasn’t drawn out and wasn’t a big thing, that it happened and that was it. and i’m honestly happy that they didn’t get some proposal like.

and i think that this book is so good since it is that historical romance, which i can’t really talk about to much, since i’ve only read four so far. but, i really liked how it combined the whole this whole historical romance and this fairytale story and also the different tropes that were shown. and also we got to see the whole family parts.

second epilogue-

so, i personally gave this book 4/5 stars. and i honestly don’t have to many thoughts about this book, so i’m just going to keep it short and sweet.

i honestly didn’t care that posy got the whole epilogue, granted we did get to see ben and sophie a little bit, i wish this book was all about them. Like, if Quinn really cared that much about posy, i wish that she just got to a whole other book / novella for her. since, this should be all about them, when it wasn’t. but, i’m still thankful that we did get to see a little bit about them.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly love this book so much, and i honestly can’t wait to see this on netflix in like 2023. and i honestly can’t wait to see luke and whoever plays sophie to watch them kill it. but, i was kind of shocked about this book, since i feel like ben is quinn’s least favorite brother.

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not our summer review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about not our summer by Casie Bazay. so, i gave this book 2/5 stars. first and for most, happy pub date! but, also thank you so much netgalley and running press kids for an arc of this book. and this is going to be an honest review, and isn’t going to be changed by the publisher and/or the author.

trigger warning- death, death of a child, divorce, cheating, smoking, cancer, death of a grandparent.

honestly, becka and kj were some of the most annoying characters, that i’ve read in awhile. like, all they did was fight and argue about everything they did, and they were always fighting about something stupid. like, one of them was to loud, or one of them was not acting correctly, and it got to be so annoying. like, they just fought over everything. like, it was just so annoying since they were supposed to be adults.

with that being said, these characters are like 18 years old. which, this book just shows that being smart and being mature doesn’t come with age, cause these girls are 18, but they acted like 12 year olds, but that is probably offensive to 12 year olds. like, they starting fighting, like physically, not just with words, because kj embarrassed becka in front of a guy that she liked, and like becka started pulling her hair and biting her and like punching her in the eye because she embarrassed her, like, what?? like you can’t be that mad at her that you punch her in the eye over some stupid boy.

also, in the start and middle of this book, they always talked about this family drama. so, over and over again they would mention about how becka and kj’s moms didn’t get along. like, they were just saying over and over again that ‘oh they have issues, they don’t get along.’ and that was literally it. and it got to be annoying since i don’t know how we were just supposed to believe that they didn’t get along. like, i wish they would have said something, like oh yeah this is what happened between the two of them that made them hate each other. cause, i know families don’t get along, but, i just wished they said in this book, since it’s probably different, why they all didn’t get along.

with that being said, i wish they talked about each girls respective parents more. like, i feel like early on in this book we got shit about the girls parents, like they just never really talked about them in a positive way, or like we never saw them when they weren’t bitching about something. so, i wish we got to see more about their parents, but mainly their dad, since they talked about them, till later in the book, when some of the drama was happening.

and, like they didn’t even need to do it in front of the girls, like having a couple flashback moments to when they were younger and to see them having this massive falling out, it would have worked so much more. like, even if the girls didn’t know, and we just got told, it would have been so good. like, i wish they just had these moments were we can hear about them and seeing how this effected them.

but, i also feel like there is so many open questions. like, for one, there was the whole mystery about their family history, and what the hell happened to the grandma and why the grandpa won’t leave the house. and also about becka’s brother, they barely ever talked about them and what happened to everyone. and also like random stupid about their parents and their past, like little things that got brought up, but never really explained to well. and i just wish they explained it all, since that would be so much more enjoyable book.

and i also just wish that we got to see some more parts about them having flashbacks or something talking and showing the people that they lost in their life. since this book is supposed to deal with people dying, i just wish they talked about how their different family members died. or even how and why the different people in their life left them, like all of their father figures, especially becka’s dad and all of the moms husbands.

i also feel like they tried to make these moments so emotional, when they just weren’t. like, yeah of course their might have been some parts that were a little bit sadder, but overall, it just wasn’t sad. like, it might just be because we never saw any development from any of the characters. and most of this book was just fighting between the characters. i just couldn’t emotional connect with these characters.

and the writing was honestly a disaster. like, for one, they explained everything. and when i say everything, i mean everything. like, they talked so much about every stupid tree they saw at some of the national parks, and how everything looked, they explained it, in detail. and it was just so unneeded, cause this book would move so much faster if they didn’t explain everything that they saw. like, we get it, your hiking and on a bull, we understand that.

i’ll admit, i can see what this book was trying to be, like this book about family bonding and these characters going from enemies to friends. i get it, and it would be so good if it was like that. but, the whole plot was so one dimensional. like, for one, they just skipped so much shit, and they just jumped events and gave us nothing for like weeks, but then get to the event and just jump again. and the whole traveling just felt so flat and boring.

but, also the characters were so flat and one dimensional. like, i know what they were going for, you know, having kj be pissed at how she got so little and the bad girl. where becka had a lot more, and was this soccer star. like, i know what they were trying to do, but they just failed. like, they both came out as bratty and just annoying and had no development.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly wished i liked this book, since i feel like it would have been so good, if it was done correctly. but, still, thank you so much for an arc! and of course, this was an honest review and wasn’t changed by the publisher / author.

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the viscount who loved me review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the viscount who loved me by Julia Quinn. so, i gave this book 4/5 stars. personally, i really liked this book and i honestly really liked this book and all of the characters in here. but, as a heads up, if i ever say the last name of Kate, i’m just going to refer to her as Kate Sharma, since that is her name in the tv show.

trigger warning- sexual content, death of a parent, grief, death, panic attack disorder, misogyny, sexism, car accident (it’s not a car crash, but you get the point)

personally, i didn’t really know what to expect going into this. like, in the first book and season one, we see Anthony being a Rake. so, i was kind of scared to get into this. but, i honestly liked how they changed the view of Anthony from book one and then into here, since, i definitely feel like he wasn’t that much of a Rake as the story got on.

also, i honestly really liked the enemies to lovers in this book. since, i feel like a lot of pure romances can’t get the enemies to lovers done, since they are enemies for like a page and a half. so, seeing them actually fighting and actually going to each others throats and fully arguing, i honestly loved it. and their slow burn and hate to love was so amazing, honestly it was like a better version of book one, if you can consider tdai to be an enemies to lovers. and also just kate smiling whenever he suffered, i honestly really liked it.

and kate and anthony had such amazing banter in this book, it was honestly so amazing and impressive. like, definitely before they got together, i was so in love with their banter and how witty they were. but, i kind of feel like the banter died down once they actually got together. like, i feel like when they actually got married, i feel like they both got kind of soft and weren’t as witty, and more lovers, which i liked, i just wanted the banter. and like i don’t need them to fight all the time, but at least to have a little something.

but, one of the best scenes in this book, and if it doesn’t make it into the show i will literally storm the netflix and shondaland’s headquarters, is the pall mall scene. like, i would literally kill for an whole episode of them just doing that and fighting.

and i honestly loved that at the start of each chapter we got a letter about Lady Whistledown. like, obviously in the show she is a big thing, so seeing the little heading before we get into the real book, was so cool. and just to know what is happening in the town, or what she has to say about anthony and kate, i honestly really liked it. and i feel like it just added so much into the story.

i also really liked the Bridgerton family as a whole in this book. like, we got to see some of their antics, and i really hope the show picks that up and makes them do everything with the humor. and i thought that Quinn did such a good job with showing the different family members and how they all are so different. and it was honestly so cool, since they obviously will get their own book.

but, i also really liked anthony as a character. like, he has his trauma, which i thought was done so well, and i really liked the depth that he got in this book, and then what jonny will give him for season two. and i feel like he was a bit of a dick at some parts, but he wasn’t one of those guys that you’d want to call hr on in a more modern setting.

then we also got to see kate who also had so many feelings about what happened with her family, besides edwina and mary. and i honestly really liked that they didn’t make her to be the most perfect and the most beautiful person in the world, i really liked that part of her, and also how dedicate she was to her family, and how she put everything on the line for her sisters HEA. and also she wasn’t one of those damsels in distress, which i feel like are in a lot of historical romance, or at least by what people say about them.

and i honestly really liked how they both helped each other get over their family trauma together. like, i feel like we really got a deep look into what happened to his father and how he still carries it with him today, and ultimately got him and kate married. and then how anthony helped kate figure out her issue with thunderstorms and how they both were super helpful with each other and they both were so cute with each other.

but, i also really liked that we got to see how the sharma family wasn’t the most traditional family in the ton. like, for one, mary was a single mom, but also she was kate’s and edwina’s step mom and their father’s second wife. and just not see that they went to the stereotypes, especially since those are more in ben’s book than anthony’s. and also just to see how much they cared for each other, and that they weren’t the richest family in the ton, but still just so amazing.

second epilogue-

so, first thing first, i gave this book 4/5 stars also. but, if you don’t want to get spoiled who gets with who in the later books, i would might skip this for now. but, if you somehow haven’t got spoiled for who got with who, you must be a superhero cause i’ve seen these couples everywhere.

but, to keep this short and sweet, i honestly really liked to see kate and anthony again. i mean, i honestly loved to seem them again and then when they’ve been married for a while, and have some kids. and their banter was so amazing. and this was also probably one of the funniest books i’ve read in awhile.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly really liked these books, since they were such a cute little romance, and i honestly cannot wait to watch this when it comes out in 2022. and honestly jonny and simone are gonna kill these roles, so i really cannot wait to watch this on the screen.

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saints and misfits review

hello everyone! today i’m going to be talking about saints and misfits by S.K. Ali. i gave this book 2/5 stars. first off, thank you so much Netgalley and Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing for an arc of this book! and of course, this is going to be an honest review, and isn’t going to be changed by the publisher and/or the author.

trigger warning- harry potter mentioned, sexual assault, death, rape, islamophobia, misogyny.

personally, i think my biggest issue with this book was the emotions that we saw, by that, i mean the ones we didn’t see. like, i know that every assault is completely different. but, throughout the book, i don’t know if i just expected her emotions to be able to be seen, where i feel like they were more internalized, but even at that, we still didn’t see that many feelings towards the SA.

with that being said, Janna felt no emotions what so ever. like i already said, i felt like she should have more emotions than besides the couple times they were more internalized. like, i don’t know if i expected her to be angry and pissed or dirty or ashamed, but she didn’t feel like. like, even if she was angry to her or to the man that assaulted her. like the real only emotions she felt was her being pissed at her mom and brother with the whole bedroom drama, which has to be against some type of fire house code.

on a more positive note, i feel like a lot of books, especially YA books, the sibling relationships are like perfect. but, in here, Janna and Muhammad had this relationship that was like real. like i said, most YA books have this perfect or terrible relationship between the characters. so, having this relationship that had it’s flaws, and to see them go to each others throat, it was just so cool and fun to read.

also, at times, i really liked that Janna was fleshed out. like, i feel like she wasn’t flat and she had thoughts and flaws and wasn’t the perfect little YA character, so her being herself was just so nice to read. of course, she had some questionable moments about her religion. but, i do feel like she as kind of bad ass at some parts, which was amazing.

with that being said, i did really like that this book was empowering. definitely in the end of the book, i really liked seeing how everything was tackled and to see it all happen. and just to see hoe strong she became was honestly so cool and i just really liked to see how she took it all into her own hands.

also, i felt like all of the characters kind of felt like characters in a Netflix tv show. like, i just feel like they were all so flat in this book and just wimpy in away, which by it’s self i feel like is an issue in YA romance books. but, this book did kind of remind me of never have i ever on netflix, since both series kind of talk about teenagers wanting to get with boys they shouldn’t be with since they are borderline dicks and they can do so much better.

i also feel like Janna has lowered herself for this man. like, in the start of the book she was like super religious, but then she saw this guy she liked and then became this shell of a person for this man. i’m gonna preference this by saying, i’m not Muslim, but i’ve read about it and heard about it in school, so just take this with a grain of salt. but, i know a couple people that are Muslim, and they kind of always said that you don’t take your hijab off for any man, only like your imitate family and then when you get married. but, Janna went on these pages of rants about how for gym she took it off, even if this guy that she liked was there and would curl her hair and everything.

another thing that really annoyed me was the mom. like for one, i feel like she gave two shits about her kids, especially Janna. like, i feel like she just always favored her son, and you could see it so much in the book. but, it honestly got on my nerves. and she would also like push Janna’s boundries, like for one, when they had to share the room, she would always go into Janna’s space when she didn’t want her to be, to only name one. so, that just got to be annoying. and i feel like she was super strict, but then also clueless.

also, the whole plot whole plot with Janna being forced to go and move all of her shit into her mother’s bed room. like, for one, that is such a shitty thing to do, but she only had to move into there cause the brother wanted to change majors, so Janna got screwed over. like, it was her bedroom, so i don’t know why the brother didn’t have to move in with the mom, since he didn’t have a bedroom. and also it was pretty much just all guilt tripping Janna to move in with her mom. and she also just was so ‘i don’t care what you do’ to the brother but when Janna breath to loud she would have a bitch fit.

with that being said, it annoyed the hell out of me that Janna was always picking on Sarah. like, for one, whenever Sarah wasn’t around she would be like ‘omg i hate Saint Sarah.’ and she only got that name because she help with game night and she also tries to get into other people’s business, which Janna kind of did at some parts.

but, also, this honestly has no plot. like, yeah i guess it could be talking about the rape, but i feel like they all just sat around and Janna bitched about something, like, for one, all that Janna thought about was Jeremy and talking and taking photos of his forehead, which is weird by itself.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly wished i liked this book more than i actually did. but, still, thank you so much to the publisher and netgalley for sending me an arc of this book!

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10 truths and a dare review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about 10 truths and a dare by Ashley Elston. i gave this book 4/5 stars. first off, thank you so much netgalley and Disney books for an arc of this book! and of course, this is going to be an honest review and is not going to be influenced by the publisher or the author.

trigger warning- a lot of talk about food.

first thing first, i didn’t really know that this is a sequel to 10 blind dates. and i honestly really loved that book, so when i was reading this book and they started to talk about this book and these characters would pop up from the other book and i was like wait, hold up. with that being said, i feel like that you should read that book first, and then go into this one. since, there was obviously a big family, and the names got to be confusing, so just read that one and then get into this one.

with that being said, i honestly really liked that we got to see the family. it was just cool to read about them to see them doing their day to day life and to see this big family again, and to actually act like this big family. and it was just so fun to see them all again. but, who was whose kid or who was sister or brother to whom was just so confusing. i honestly was so confused when i was reading this book when they would talk about someone, i got so confused when someone was talking about being someone’s sister or aunt. hence why you need to read 10 blind dates before, so you can get a real feel for this family and how they are all related.

i don’t know about you, but obviously YA cotemporary is a massive genre and we can all agree on it. but, most of them i feel like are these middle aged look on being a teenager, and it’s all wrong, or at least what Hollywood shows about teenagers. but, i feel like Elston did an amazing job with showing true teenagers and how they act. i mean, i feel like Olivia and her friends did true teenager crap, and i honestly like it. and it was just so cool to see all of that, since i feel like it was just honest.

but, i do feel like there is writing and dialogue that was kind of questionable. like, there definitely was these talks that felt like pure teenagers talking, which is honestly so amazing and i really liked. but, then there was moments that i was like, you sound like someone on a netflix teenage show written by a 50 year old white man, which was mainly the some of the talking between the friend group. but, overall, i honestly really enjoyed it.

i also feel like that the whole plot of the book were laid out from even the description, which had it’s pros and cons i guess. like, a pro is obviously easy to know everything that is going to happen, and what the actual plot of this book actually is, which was super nice. but, a con is that it is super predictable. like, you know how this book is going to end and what it is going to happen. which, was good but also bad at it’s part.

but, i do feel like it being predictable was fine, since it is a romance/contemporary book. since, i feel like most romance and contemporary books are very predictable, and it’s not like it is a mystery or anything. so, i did still enjoy it even if it was predictable.

with that being said, Olivia was a very school driven person. that she pretty much put her heart and soul into school, which is obviously the set up for this book. but, with Elston saying over and over again that she is so into school and works so much in school. so, the whole premise of her missing so many days at off campus golf and that it was going to hurt her graduation. so, that was kind of annoying, since i feel like if she was so into school and for her to go to college, it just felt so unrealistic, but i guess everyone can make mistakes.

with that being said, it did annoy me that she was working at this golf tourament, but she gave zero shits about golf. like, of course she doesn’t have to love it, or even like it, but, it just got on my nerves how she has zero clue with what is going on. like even some of the basic rules of the game, she didn’t understand anything and it just got to be on my nerves. and like they gave her this pamflet of what everything means and the rules of the game like three times, but she just refused to read them.

also, it really annoyed me that she thought this job was gonna be so fun and the shit. like, she couldn’t have thought that it was going to be this amazing experience, when she is literally working. and i mean, i feel like it was just so stupid. and then when she got there, all she did was bitch about working and how she doesn’t know anything. like, you know what you were signing up for, so you can’t act like the victim about it.

i honestly really liked all of the character. like, i feel like everyone was such a different from each other, that i honestly really liked it. and i mean, they all kind of had their different quricks, that is was honestly really fun to read and i really liked. but, i do feel like they were kind of flat at times, and also never really had any character development.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly really liked this book, but i feel like i should have reread 10 blind dates first, so i know the full family tree. but, thank you so much disney books and netgalley for an arc of this book! and of course, this was an honest review, and wasn’t changed by the publishers or the author.

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the ones we’re meant to find review

hello everyone! today i am going to talk about the ones we’re meant to find by Joan He. i gave this book 2/5 stars. but, thank you so much netgalley and Roaring Brook for an arc of this book! and also happy pub date. but, this is going to be an honest review, so my thoughts are all my own and not going to be changed by the publisher or the author, or even because i have an arc.

trigger warning- death, terminal illness, cancer, grief, suicide, suicidal thoughts, blood, death of a parent, ableism, confinement, sexual content.

honestly, i feel like this book made zero sense. like, if i’m being completely honest, He literally didn’t explain this world at all. since, all that you really know is that it is some random ass island. like, i believe it was in the outer banks on netflix, this island kind of reminds me of the one they go to on there when they drive the boat. since, they didn’t explain this. especially since it was 2 POVs, i wish they just explained what the world/city is where Kay lived. since, i honestly kind of pictured it as the world of divergent mixed with Brooklyn. but, instead they might have lived with this school building ??? but, who the hell knows, since nobody really explained it.

and, i honestly feel like there was so much technology in this book, which is cool, granted i don’t really understand most technology talk in books. but, this one literally was so confusing. i mean, on the island, Cee had all of these different voices and random other technology crap in Kay’s world that literally went right over my head. like, it literally went straight over my head, like not even in one ear, like straight over my head. and i mean, if they explained it, it would just make so much more sense.

and, i mean, this book just needed to dumb everything down so much. like, i wish they really broke down this story and this world and explained it, since this didn’t make a sense. like, i mean, there is so many open questions about this world, like i don’t know if i’m one of the only people that didn’t understand this world at all, but i feel like it was just so open ended it got to be annoying. and, there was just so much that was left unexplained, and i just wished it got explained, since there was just so many questions that could and should have been answered.

but, another thing that honestly confused me so much, was how there was two POVs. like, i feel like a lot books have very much times about being able to tell who is talking, even if there is different voices or hell it even says, Kaz or Inej or whatever other character there is. or like in romance books there is something that says character 1’s part talking **** and then it says something like character 2 doesn’t like dogs or something. so, i feel like we never got that, and it just jumped random times, and it got to be so hard cause you had to use these context clues to figure out if Kay or Cee were telling the story.

and also, Cee’s parts of the book were first person POV, and then Kay’s part of the book were 3rd person, which to teach it’s own, it could be good. but, in this case, it was plain confusing. like, for one, you could tell that Cee’s part were better, to a degree, but i feel like she kind of had some better moments, but then when Kay’s part that felt like you kind of got thrown into the water unexpectedly.

and with the whole plot about Cee and since it was first person, we of course got to see more of her mind. but, i feel like, we were into her mind, but not into her mind. i felt this, and i felt a lot of people saying the same thing that we get a look into her mind, but it’s only her talking about what the different things look like over and over again, so the house, the robot, the sand and the beach, and also like the ocean, and then how the island is shaped and then a lot about her sister. and then of course, the whole drama when the boy got in here, it was all about him, which got to be a bit annoying after awhile.

but, i also feel like the characters were kind of basic. like, Cee and Kay were kind of the basic YA sisters and characters, like yeah they had points when i actually liked them. but, then again they were nothing special. like, they had the whole, one if super pretty and the other one is kind of basic, and then the quiet and smart and doesn’t fit in, and the other one is like popular.

and, i mean, i feel like they were just one dimensional, and it got to be annoying. like yeah, i can see why Cee would be one dimensional, since she’s on the island, but it still just annoyed me so much, since it got to be a bit much. and this might just be me, but i feel like a lot of family centered books they have very strong memories from their childhood and how they grew up, but we never got it, which might have made me feel like they are one dimensional. and it might just be because i feel like knowing about their childhood, it helps you understand them as adults/teenagers, and we just never got that.

also, so of the actions that Cee did were honestly questionable. like, she did all of this to a man, and everyone doesn’t bat an eye, but if the roles were reversed, it would be a mess. and honestly, even Cee doing it made me kind of uncomfortable and i was like um what when i was reading it.

but, if it couldn’t get any worst, it was insta love. like, Cee was like, oh well you tried to kill me, so let’s fuck. like literally. and they also had such terrible communication, even though they were stranded on an island, and they were the only two people there, they literally had such shitty communication, which just annoyed me. cause i know if i was by myself on this island for years and this guy came out of nowhere, i’d never shut up.

in my mind, this book was just so busy. like, their was so much happening, like even just in one POV, there was just so much happening it got to be kind of annoying and to be a lot after awhile. and also, the plot twist did nothing for this story, and honestly just made this story to much worst and honestly turned me off from this story more once it happened.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly wished i liked this book, since the cover is so pretty, but i just did not like it, which is upsetting. but, the plot also seems kinda cool, from an afar. but, thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for an arc!

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may new releases

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the books that are coming out in may that i’m super excited for. honestly, there was so many really fun books coming out this months, so it was honestly kind of hard to make a list, since a lot of them just sounded so good.

counting down with you by Tashie Bhuiyan. this book comes out May 4th. Karina Ahmed has a plan, to keep her head down threw high school, follow her parents rules, even if she doesn’t want to. but, when her parents leave her to go to Bangladesh for 4 weeks, she thought she was gonna get some peace and quiet, until one little lie messes everything up. tutoring the school’s bad boy was crossing the line, but pretending dating him? that is out of the question, but Ace Clyde did everything right, brings her coffee, impresses her friends, and buy her a dozen of books a week, but she just has to go with his little scheme.

blade of secrets by Tricia Levenseller. this book comes out May 4th. at 18, Ziva likes metal over people, all of her days are spent tucked away from society and the anxiety it causes her, and using her magical gift to craft unique weapons with power. but, when Ziva receives a commission from a powerful warlord, and with a sword that is capable to steal the victims secrets, a sword that cuts far deeper than the length of a blade, a sword with the power to topple kingdoms. but, when Ziva learns what this sword can do, she takes her sister and flees. now, Ziva and her sister are on a quest to keep the sword safe, until they find a worthily wielder or a way to destroy it.

Hani and Ishu’s guide to fake dating by Adiba Jaigirdar. this book comes out May 25th. Hani Khan is one of the most popular girls in school. but, when she comes out as bisexual, her friends invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she only dates guy. in a moment of panic, she says that she is in a relationship with a girl, who her friends hate, Ishu Dey, who couldn’t be more different then her. Ishu is an academic overachiever and hopes that she will become the head girl and will get set on a path for college. but, when she agrees to help Hani, if Hani helps her become more popular so she can have a better chance of being head girl.

luck of the titanic by Stacey Lee. this book comes out May 4th. 17 year old British-Chinese, Valora Luck, has quit her job and smuggled herself on the Titanic, with two goals in mind: reunite with her twin brother, Jamie- her only family now that her parents are both dead, and to convince a circus to take them both on as acrobats. with quick thinking, Val is now on the first class accommodations and finds Jamie with a group of Chinses laborers in 3rd class. but, with this new found luxury liner, Val can only hope that her brother will go along with her, after not seeing her for two years. but, on one moonless night, the unthinkable happens, Val and her companions need to find a way to race to survival.

cool for the summer by Dahlia Adler. this book is coming out May 11th. Lara only liked one person throughout high school and that is Chase Harding. he’s tall, strong, sweet, a football star, and stupidly hot, and the bonus is, he is talking to her now, and most likely flirting, which is pretty much what she ever wanted out of life. but she is haunted by the memory of the confusing, romantic, and weirdly perfect she spent with a girl named Jasmine. a memory that gets more confusing and disoriented when present Jasmine walks threw the front doors at school and sees Chase and Lara talking in front of the lockers. now, Lara has everything she ever wanted, a tight knit group of friends, a job that is kind cool, and Chase, the boy of her dreams, but if she finally got the guy, why can’t she stop thinking about the girl.

meet cute diary by Emery Lee. this book also comes out May 4th. Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance, i mean, he has to be for his very popular blog, Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. but, the problem is, they are all fake, what started as a fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown to be a beacon of hope for trans readers all over the world. but, when a troll exposes this blog to be fiction, Noah’s world unravels and the only way to save this diary is to convince that these stories are true, but of course, he doesn’t have any proof. but, then Drew walks in, who is willing to fake date Noah to save the diary. then, Noah’s feelings grow past a staged romance, he realizes that dating in the real world is not the same as finding love on page.

not my problem by Ciara Smith. this book comes out May 25th. Aideen has a lot of problems she can’t fix, her best and only friend is pulling away, her mother’s drinking problem is always a problem, and she’s running out of different diseases to fake so she can get out of PE. but, when Aideen finds her nemesis and overachiever Meabh Kowalski, in the middle of a full blown meltdown, she sees that unlike her own life, it is easy to solve. Meabh is desperate to leave her crushing pile of extracurriculars, and with Aideen volunteers to help, and pushes her down the stairs so she can sprain her ankle, the perfect excuse to ditch her overwhelming schedule. but, as another students learns of this little game and brings Aideen another ‘client’ who needs help, it creates a whole semester of traded favors, ill- advised hijinks, and an unexpected chance at love.

some girls do by Jennifer Duagn. this book comes out may 18th. Morgan, an elite track star, is forced to transfer out of her high school late into senior year after it turns out being queer is against her Catholic school’s code of conduct. but, then she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies, messing with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants and to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. the two are instantly drawn together, and soon they can’t deny their growing feelings towards each other. but, as Morgan is out and proud and wants to have a fresh start, and doesn’t want to keep their relationship a secret, where Ruby isn’t ready to come out yet. with each girl on a different path, they need to figure out if they can go the distance together, or part ways.

sun-kissed by Kasie West. this book comes out May 4th. after drama with her best friend, Avery wants to have a picture perfect summer. but, her parents have dragged her and her sister to a remote family camp for the whole summer, and that isn’t even the worst part. Avery also has no internet, a cute but off limits staff member, and her sister that is always in her face. but, what start as a disaster turns into a whirlwind summer romance as Avery embarks on an unexpected journey to figure out what she truly wants and who she wants to be.

off the record by Camryn Garrett. this book comes out May 18th. her whole life, 17 year old Josie Wright can remember, she was been a writer, hell it’s even part of her identity. so, when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she’s scared but super excited. soon, Josie is going on a multi city tour, meeting celebrities and everyone involved with celebrities. but, as she meets Marius Canet, she starts to catch feelings, she doesn’t know if she is flying or falling. but, when the young actress lets her in on a terrible secrets, the answer is clear: she is in over her head. one woman’s account leads to another and another and another, and Josie wants to expose the man responsible, but she’s scared to speak up, unsure if this is her story to tell.

the ivies by Alexa Donne. this book comes out May 25th. everyone knows the Ivies, this is one of the most loved universities in the United States. but, way more importantly, there are the Ivies. the ivies at Claflin academy are five girls with the same mission, to get into the ivy league schools, with any means necessary. they disrupt class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions, among many other things. they improve their odds, by decreasing the fortune of others. since hyper elite competitive college admissions are a serious business, and in some cases, they are deadly.

sixteen scandals by Sophie Jordan. this book comes out May 25th. as the youngest of four daughters, Primrose Ainsworth is used to getting lost in the shuffle of things. but, when her parents decide to delay her debut into the english society, Prim creates a plan to go rogue on the night of her sixteenth birthday. with a mask, Prim escapes the infamous Vauxhall Gardens for one wild night. but when her cover is nearly blown, a mysterious stranger comes out, and she finds an unexpected partner in mischief, and romance. but, when it is revealed her new ally isn’t who he says he is, her one night of fun may last past dawn.

anyway, that is all for today! i’m honestly so excited for so many of these books, since they all sound so great, and i really hope my library gets these in sometime soon, since i really can’t wait to read these. especially since summer is coming up soon and i’m gonna have a lot of time on my hands.

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may tbr

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about all the books i want to read in may. honestly there is a lot of book, since i have to read my may arcs, which i’ve been putting off cause i was reading six of crows and i also had a bunch of books to read on my libby. so, i’m gonna highlight and give a description about some of the books, but towards the end i’ll list some other ones i want to read, or my hold might come in.

that weekend by Kara Thomas. this book comes out June 29th. this was supposed to be a perfect weekend, the perfect prom weekend getaway. but, something terrible happened when Claire wakes up by herself, bloodied on a hiking trail with no memory of what happened in the last 48 hours. now, everyone wants answers, most of all Claire wants to know what happened. she remembers Friday night, but after that, nothing. and now, Kat and Jesse, her best friends, are missing. Claire knows that the answers are buried somewhere in her memory, but as she’s learning, everyone has secrets, and even her best friend.

curse of the specter queen by Jenny Elder Moke. this book comes out June 1st. Samantha Knox put away her fantasies about archaeological adventure the day her father didn’t return home from the Great War, now she works in a antique bookstore. then a package arrives, with a damaged diary inside, Sam’s peaceful life is messed up. ruthless men want to reclaim the diary are now after Sam, setting her and her childhood best friend, and also childhood crush, on a high stake adventure that lands then in the green hills of Dublin, Ireland. now, having to discover the ancient order with a dark purpose and to perform an occult ritual that will raise the Specter Queen, the Celtic goddess of vengeance and death, to bring the war unlike any world has ever seen. but, to stop them, Sam needs to solve a complex cipher, one that will lead her on a treasure hunt to discover the ancient relic at the heart of a ritual: a bow carved from the tree of life.

tell me when you feel something by Vickie Grant. this book comes out June 15th. it started out as a fun part time job, being simulated patient for med school students to practice on. but now, the charismatic Viv lives in a very real coma. cellphone footage just leads to more and more questions, what really happened? other kids suspect it was not an intentional overdose, but each person has a reason why they can’t tell the truth.

instruction for dancing by Nicola Yoon. this book comes out June 3rd. Evie Thomas doesn’t believe in love after she witnessed a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision how their romance began and how it will end. but, as Evie tries to understand what happens, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to do all the dances with a boy named X, who is everything Evie isn’t, adventurous, passionate, daring, and his philosophy is to say yes to everything, including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he only met. but, falling for X was not what Evie had in mind, if her visions taught her anything, no one escapes love unscathed.

never kiss your roommate by Philline Harms. this book comes out June 1st. at Seven Hills, the most exclusive boarding school where the best and brightest roam the hallowed halls. but, you need to watch your back cause the lurking anonymous Chitter Chatter is the watcher, who can’t wait to reveal the latest hookups, hot lists, and secrets from the campus. but, their new obsession, is the straight off the train, but not straight, is the insta love Evelyn and Seth.

a chorus rises by Bethany C Morrow. this book comes out June 1st. as a teen influencer Naema Bradshaw has it all, she’s famous, privileged, has good hair, and also is an Eloko, which is a person who’s gifted with a song that woos anyone who can hear it. everyone loves her, until she cast as the terrible person who exposed Tavia’s secret siren power. as she is being dragged in the media, nobody understands her side of the story, not her friends, or boyfriend, and not even her Eloko community. but, she knows the truth, and she needs to build herself up. then a flourishing segment of Naema’s online supporters start targeting other Black girls, Naema needs to discover the true purpose of her magical voice.

fifteen hundred miles from the sun by Jonny Garza Villa. this book comes out June 8th. Julian Luna has had this plan for his whole life: graduate, get into UCLA, and be able to leave Corpus Christi, Texas and the expectations of others that have been forced on Jules. but, in one reckless moment, and one impulsive tweet, his plan for a low key nine months are thrown, quite literally, out of the closet. the only downside is the whole world knows and he is prepared for rejection. the upside is that though, he can be his true self now. then Mat, a cute and empathetic twitter crush from LA slides into Jules DMs, Jules can tell him anything. but, when Jules fear come true, the only person is fifteen hundred miles away and he needs to face them alone.

the mary shelley club by Goldy Moldavasky. as the new girl, Rachel Chavez wants to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. but, since she is one of the only scholarship kids, she struggles to fit in, but as a prank goes wrong, she now has more enemies than friends. but, when the prank gets more attention to the Mary Shelley Club, which is just a group of students with one goal- come up with a prank that causes the most fear. but, when the prank escalates, it turns cutthroat and takes a life of its own.

she drives me crazy by Kelly Quindlen. after loosing a basketball game to her ex girlfriend, she gets into a fender bender with the worst person- her nemesis. but, if the crash wasn’t worst enough, their nosy moms get involved and now the girls are forced to carpool until Irene’s car gets out of the shop. but, as the opportunity presents itself for Scottie to get back with her toxic ex, and climb her school’s social ladder, she brides Irene into playing along.

witches stepped in gold by Ciannon Smart. Iraya has spent her whole life in a cell, everyday she is closer and closer to freedom and vengeance. Jazmyne is the queen’s daughter, but she has no plan on dying to strengthen her mother, just like her sister did. as sworn enemies, the two witches enter into an alliance to take down their mutual threat, but their power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody purist, and nothing is certain.

twice shy by Sarah Hogle. Maybell Parish has always been a dreamer and a hopeless romantic, but, living in her own world has been disappointing, but when she inherits a house in the Smokies from her great aunt, she seizes the opportunity to make a fresh start. but, when she arrives, her troubles are only just starting, the house is falling apart and she isn’t the only inheritor, she has to share everything with Wesley Koehler, the groundkeeper who is grouchy but also gorgeous and also has a very different vision for the property’s future.

loveless by Alice Oseman. Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never had a crush, but as a fan fiction romantic she is sure that she will find her person one day. as she is starting university with her best friends Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from him, she is ready to find romance and find her place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream’ in sight. but, as her romance plans messes among her friend, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors and starts to question why love seems for easy for others, but not herself. with new terms like asexual and aromatic, Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings more than ever.

from blood and ash by Jennifer L Armentrout. chosen from birth, Poppy’s life has never been her own. the life of the Maiden is solitary, never to be touched, never to be looked upon, never to be spoken too, never experience pleasure. waiting for the day of her ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back to the people that took her family. but, when Hawke, a guard with the bound to ensure her Ascension enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need.

i wish you all the best by Mason Deaver. when Ben De Backer comes out as nonbinary, they get thrown out of the house and need to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah and her husband, Thomas, who Ben has never met. but, with Ben trying to survive the last half of senior year, Nathan Allan, a funny and charismatic student, decides to take Ben under his wing. their friendship grows and the feelings for each other start to grow, and what starts as an insane turn of events starts to look better and happier life.

the intimancy experiment by Rosie Danan. after her sex positive start up, Naomi Grant has become an international sensation, and she wants to start doing live lecturing. Ethan Cohen has received two honors, LA Mag named him one of the hottest bachelors and he also became a rabbi of his own synagogue. but, they want to get more millennials into this faith, his shul is low and the board gives him 3 months to turn things around or else they’ll close the doors of his synagogue for good. but, as Ethan and Naomi join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimancy, the perfect solution for both of their problems, until they discover a new one, and their growing attraction for each other.

the forest of stolen girls by June Hur. Hwani’s family has never gotten over the kidnapping of her and her sister, who were later found in a forest, near a gruesome crime scene, with no memory besides that the captor wore a painted white mask. but, to leave the memories, they leave their hometown, but then years later when Hwani’s father learns that 13 other girls have recently disappeared under similar circumstances, he needs to return to their hometown to investigate, but only vanishes as well.

fat chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado. Charlie Vega is smart, funny, artistic, ambitious, and fat. but, everyone has an issue with the last one, especially her mother. Charlie just wants a good relationship with her mom, but her mom leaving weight loss shakes on her dresser, doesn’t help anything. the whole world thinks she needs to be whiter, thinner, straight hair, and slimmed face. there is one friend that is always in Charlie’s corner, her best friend Amelia, who is slim, popular, athletic, and really cool. but, when Charlie starts a relationship with her cute classmate Brian, everything seems perfect till she learns he asked out Amelia first.

now, i’m just gonna list some books that i want to read, but it’s not a big deal if i don’t get to them.

  • sawkill girls
  • the girls i’ve been
  • the gilded wolves
  • girl, serpent, thorn
  • 10 truths and a dare
  • not our summer
  • happy endings
  • being amani
  • words composed of sea and sky
  • lost in the never woods
  • serpent and dove
  • as old as time
  • romancing mister bridgerton

anyway, that is all for today! honestly, i’m probably not gonna read half of these books and i mean, it’s a shit ton of books, so i’m definitely not gonna get to them, and i also have finals this months. but, i might also read more then normal since i don’t want to study or anything. but, even if i get to like 12 of them, i’ll be happy to a degree.

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