January 2024 TBR + TBR Structure for the Year

Posted January 5, 2024 in Features, TBR / 2 Comments

I always feel invigorated at the start of a new year to refresh my reading plans and how I track my reading habits, and this year I’m excited to revamp the way I structure my TBR. I currently have a lot of sources where I am accessing books (library, KU, Spotify, my own collection, etc) and I want to make sure I am leveraging all of these sources as much as possible. Therefore, I’ve decided to split my TBR each month into 6 sources: Library books (can be e-books or audio) Kindle Unlimited My own physical TBR Audio (want to […]

Best Books of 2023

Posted January 1, 2024 in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

Can you believe we are at the end of 2023? *Cue meme about me still trying to process 2019* I decided to only do a roundup of my top 5 books this year since I only read ~54 books. Over the past few years (since about 2021, really) I’ve been a lot less focused on keeping up with new releases and becoming more of a mood reader. I’ve also really moved on from most YA into Romance. I’m embracing these changes and trying not to force a fit when it comes to my reading taste and TBR. My below top […]

One Year of Kindle Unlimited

Posted December 31, 2023 in Features / 0 Comments

Last January, I posted about how I was going to try out KU for the first time and check back in on how I was enjoying it/using it. Well, after 12 months of having KU, I’m happy to say that I am really enjoying it! KU Stats This year I read 18 KU books with an average rating of 3.4 stars. 15 of the books were Romance while the other 3 were Romantasy (s0 basically romance, lol) 2 out of my top 5 books of 2023 are KU reads I didn’t pay full price (11.99) for most months; I joined […]

Happy Place by Emily Henry | Review

Posted October 2, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

This was an interesting one for me. I thought I’d really enjoy it (second chance romance is a sub-genre I’m interested in exploring more) and I remember enjoying The People We Meet On Vacation quite a bit. However, this story was sort of…a downer? Protagonist Harriet arrives at her annual summer trip at her wealthy friend Sabrina’s family’s summer house in Maine (because of course) and immediately has a secret to hide- her fiance, Wyn, broke up with her months ago but she hasn’t told her friends since she doesn’t want to rock the boat and dissolve their mutual friend […]

Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score | Review

Posted September 25, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Do you ever read a series and find yourself constantly drawn to the secondary characters instead of the protagonists? This has been me with Sloane and Lucian in the Knockemout series by Lucy Score. I kid you not, when I went back to look at all of my highlighted sections from the first two books on my Kindle, they were literally ALL passages with interactions between Sloane and Lucian! Their tension leapt off the page through two entire books, so I was ELATED to finally have my greedy little hands on their story the day it was released on Kindle […]

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | The Best Book of 2023?

Posted September 18, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Is it a bold claim to already have my favorite book of the year picked out in July? Definitely. Do I think Fourth Wing might really be that girl? Absolutely. When I tell you I ordered this book on an absolute WHIM, I am not exaggerating. Long story short, I basically had a credit to use on a book and nothing was really calling out to me that I felt the urge to own a physical copy of, but I had heard of the hype surrounding this one and decided to give it a shot. I assumed it was going […]

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz | ARC Review

Posted September 15, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I love a good thriller, and the elements of this novel having a Latinx protagonist and a 1920s themed party had me instantly sold from the synopsis! Protagonist Izzy goes on a graduation trip thrown by her very privileged BFF, Kassidy, at a famous estate owned by an eccentric mogul that served as the setting of many of their favorite silent film era movies. It gave me MAJOR Heart Castle vibes (a landmark on the Central Coast of California that was owned by William Randolph Hearst who threw parties that were rumored to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Gatsby parties). […]

Reign | American Royals #4 by Katharine McGee | ARC Review

Posted August 28, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I’ve probably said this in every review I’ve written about the American Royals series, but I’m just fascinated by the premise. An AU where America became a monarchy and the Washingtons are in the royal family, still to this day? Fascinating. It’s what keeps pulling me back to this series, and makes me sad to see it end since there’s still SO much I want to know about how an American monarchy would function. Therefore, Reign being the last novel is bittersweet, for as much as I’d love to continue learning about this AU, it feels right that the story […]

Romance Mini Reviews | You Had Me At Hola and Things We Hide From the Light

Posted July 10, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I think my reading experience with You Had Me at Hola is really very much a case of it not being the right book at the right time for me. I really, truly wanted to like it. It was one of my most anticipated reads of 2020 and everything from the synopsis and cover seemed right up my alley. However, when it actually came time to read You Had Me at Hola, I just found myself wishing it wasn’t a romance. I liked Jasmine and loved her “Leading Lady Plan” to focus more on her career and less on needing […]

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano | Review

Posted June 19, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Finlay Donovan series has been my first foray into the cozy mystery game, and while I haven’t read much else in the genre I can’t deny that I have a hilariously good time each time I pick up a new book in the series. Even in this third installment where I don’t feel like much happened to move the actual plot forward from where it landed at the end of book 2, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is probably my favorite installment yet! Following the events of book 2, Finlay is tasked by a mob boss who’s currently imprisoned […]