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September continued 🍂
🏖️ The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella – 3/5
🎬 The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson – 5/5
📧 I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue – 2/5
41/60
Reading 7 books this month helped get me back on track but still need to read a book every 5 days 😶
Book cover of “The Burnout” by Sophie Kinsella. The background is a tangerine color. In the lower half of the cover is a women laying on pillows with a pink blanket that is pulled up to cover half of her face. Above her is the title in white text and then the author’s name is above that in pink text. Book cover of “The Reappearance of Rachel Price” by Holly Jackson. In the middle is a move slate with the title written in it with chalk. There is a red cord that is running behind the slate. There are random bloody fingerprints and handprints on the cover. Below the slate is the author’s name in black text. Book cover of “I Hope This Finds You Well” by Natalie Sue. The top two thirds of the background is pink, and the bottom is orange. The title takes up most of the pink section and is 3D block text with the sides being orange and the front being cream. To the left of the title is a cream watercooler and in front of the title is a cream desk. Hidden behind the desk wall on the right is woman lying on the ground but you can see from her waist down. The author’s name is at the bottom of the cover in black text.
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A mixture of great and bad books in September
💚 Totally and Completely Fine by Elissa Sussman – 4/5
🌄 The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton – 4/5
🥘 I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Se-hee Baek – 1/5
🏠 Every Tom, Dick & Harry by Elinor Lipman – 1/5
Cover of “Totally and Completely Fine” by Elissa Sussman. The background color is teal. Each word of the title is on its own line and takes up three fourths of the cover. ‘Totally’ and ‘fine’ are in yellow block text and ‘and’ and ‘completely’ are in dark blue loopy text. Next to the word ‘and’ is a city landscape illustration and next to the word ‘fine’ is a mountain landscape illustration. At the bottom is the author’s name. Book cover for “The Last Murder at the End of the World” by Stuart Turton. The background of the cover depicts the world in the book. At the bottom is water with two boats in it then it transitions to mountains that are flowing ombres of orange, red, yellow, and blue. Above the mountains is a blue sky and in the middle of the mountains is a lighthouse. The author’s name is at the top in yellow text, and the title spans the rest of the cover over the world depiction in white text. Cover of “I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki” by Se-hee Baek. The top one third has a yellow background and has a woman laying in a bed on her stomach on the right half. The other two thirds have a purple background and there is a bowl of Tteokbokki that the woman is reaching towards with chopsticks. Below the bowl is the title in yellow text then the author’s name is below that in white text. Book cover for “Every Tom, Dick & Harry” by Elinor Lipman. The cover has an illustration of a big house with a lawn around it and a blue sky above it. There is a line of men in front of the door and onto the law. In the sky is the title in white text. Below the line of men in the lawn is the author’s name in white text.
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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One more for August
📕 Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn – 4/5
💖 34/60 💖
Feel free to ask about my thoughts for any of the books in this thread! Or for my StoryGraph account 📚
Book cover for “Georgie, All Along” by Kate Clayborn. The background is a bright yellow and in the middle is an illustration of a girl holding a pink book that is covering her face so you can only see her eyebrows and hair and then part of her shirt below the book. Next to the girl are some line drawings of flowers and plants. The title is in black text and spans three lines and is partially covering the girl. The author’s name is in pink text at the top.
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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August was a month of solid books that I highly recommend
🌆 Ride with Me by Simone Soltani – 3/5
🦠 Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green – 5/5
🕵️‍♀️ The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold by Ally Carter – 5/5
💐 The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer – 4/5
Book cover of “Ride with Me” by Simone Soltani. The background is a racetrack set in Las Vegas with a race car and a checkered flag. On the left side is a guy in a teal race suit with his arms behind a girl in a white dress, her arms are around his neck. The title is at the top of the cover in white text and the author’s name is at the bottom in white text. Cover for “Everything is Tuberculosis” by John Green. The background is yellow and in the middle of the cover is a red circle with a green triangle on top of it pointing towards the top edge. In the red circle are yellow microorganisms and it has the words “the history and persistence of our deadliest infection”. At the top is the title in black text and the author’s name is at the bottom in black text. Book Cover for “The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold” by Ally Carter. The cover is black with the author’s name at the top in white text. Under that is the title in blue text. Under the title in the lower half is a woman with blonde hair and is wearing a plaid blue headband. Her blonde hair is blowing from left to right. She is wearing a blue jacket and blue sunglasses that have a man in the reflection of the glasses. Book cover of “The Collected Regrets of Clover” by Mikki Brammer. There is a person wearing a dark blue coat holding a bouquet of flowers on the cover, but you can only see from their neck to the knees. The bouquet has yellow, purple, orange, pink, and green flowers wrapped in brown paper. Over the bouquet is the title of the book and at the bottom is the author’s name.
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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July continued
⛸️ The Favorites by Layne Fargo – 5/5
🧣 Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon – 3/5
29/60 almost back on track to hit my goal. 31 books in 5 months can’t be that hard… right???
Book cover for “The Favorites” by Layne Fargo. The cover features a male ice skater lifting up a female ice skating that is bending their back and legs to have their head close to their skates. They are both wearing black sparkly uniforms. Overlayed on top of them to create texture is a photo of ice that has been skated on. In the middle in gold text is the title of the book and below that in the lower third is the author’s name. At the top of cover are the sentences “to the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.”. Book cover of “Past Present Future” by Rachel Lynn Solomon. In the middle of the cover is a black light pole that has a scarf draped across it that is blowing from the right to the left. On the left side is a girl that is holding a book and walking towards the left but is looking to the right towards the guy. On the right side of the pole is a guy that has one hand in his pocket and one hand behind his neck and is walking towards the right but is looking towards the left at the girl. Behind them is city skyline of buildings that has a black sky above with white dots as stars. The title is in white text in the top third over the black sky. Below the title it says, “the sequel to today tonight tomorrow”. At the bottom of the cover is the author’s name in black text.
October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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July was full of great reads!
🚤 One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune – 5/5
🚗 The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley – 4/5
👔 The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky – 4/5
🎓 Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon – 4/5
Book cover of “One Golden Summer” by Carley Fortune. The cover is a painted scene of a deep blue lake with a sunset that is blue to orange ombre. There is a yellow speedboat with a man driving and a female sitting at the back. The author’s name is in the top third of the cover and is white text. The title is in the lower two thirds of the cover and is in a tallow color. Book cover for “The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise” by Colleen Oakley. The cover is a blue base with yellow-green streaks pointing towards the middle. Two thirds down is a green convertible car with the top down. Driving the car is a younger woman with long brown hair and a dark blue baseball hat and in the passenger, seat is an older woman with short gray hair. Behind the car is an orange half circle that is mimicking the sunsetting. The title is in the top two thirds of the cover in white text. The author’s name is across the bottom in white text. Book cover for “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky. The cover is a lime green color. In the top right corner is a small photo of a man from the knees down who is wearing grey suit pants and black dress shoes. To the left of the photo is the title in small black text. At the very bottom of the book is the author’s name in white text. Book cover of “Today Tonight Tomorrow” by Rachel Lynn Solomon. The cover is a bright blue color. At the top is the author’s name in black text. If you divide the cover into 3 sections horizontally there is an illustration and one part of the title in each section. The top section has a guy sitting on the far-left side of the bench looking left with one arm draping towards the middle of the bench. There is a girl on the right side of the bench that is looking down at her phone. The word today is below them in white text that looks handwritten. In the middle section there are the same two people sitting on the bench but closer to each other now. The guy on the left is now looking right towards the girl with his right hand on the bench close to the girl. The girl on the right is now looking left towards to the guy with her left hand on the bench close to the guy. Under them is the word tonight in white text that looks handwritten. In the bottom section are the same two people sitting on the bench wearing black graduation caps and gowns. The guy is now in the middle of the bench, and the girl is right next to him with her legs crossing his lap. They are looking at each other and the guy has his hand holding the girl’s legs. Under them is the world tomorrow in white text that looks handwritten.
October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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More June reads
📎 Attachments by Rainbow Rowell – 3/5
🏔️ Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney – 4/5
🎇 23/60 🎇
Book cover of “Attachments” by Rainbow Rowell. The background cover is tan. The author’s name is in black text at the top of the cover. The title of the book is in the middle of the cover. The first part of the title ‘Attach’ is in orange text and the second part ‘ments’ is in red text. The two parts of the title are connected with a paper clip. In the bottom left corner are two black desk chairs. Book cover of “Rock Paper Scissors” by Alice Feeney. The cover is a picture of a snowy forest with a small church in the bottom left. The author’s name is at the top of the cover in red text. The title of the book is on the lower part of the cover in red text.
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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June was spent trying to get back on pace to hit my reading goal ☀️
🌠 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley – 3/5
🌴 The Love Haters by Katherine Center – 3/5
⭕ All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir – 5/5
🏊 A Good Life by Virginie Grimaldi – 2/5
Book cover of “The Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley. The cover is black with white stars. The title takes up the entire cover and is a random assortment of colors. Book cover of “The Love Haters” by Katherine Center. The cover is bright green with darker green palm leaves. There is a man and a woman in the middle of the cover on pool floats. The woman is in a pink one-piece swimsuit on an orange float. The man is on the right in red swim shorts on a yellow float. Above the people is the author’s name in bright pink text. Below them is the title in red text. Book cover of “All My Rage” by Sabaa Tahir. The background of the cover is tan. The title takes up the top third and is a gradient from purple to red. The author’s name takes up the bottom third and is gradient from red to orange. Between the title and author name are two half circles overlapping that are colored in a gradient from red to orange. Book cover of “A Good Life” by Virginie Grimaldi. The background is a dark blue ocean scene with two women laying on surfboards. One woman is wearing a pink one-piece swimsuit and is laying on a turquoise surfboard. The other woman is wearing a turquoise one-piece swimsuit and is laying on an orange surfboard. The title is pink and covers the top third of the book. The author’s name is in white text at the bottom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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May was another slow month ⌛
🏎️ Cross the Line by Simone Soltani – 3/5
✍️ Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry – 4/5
Book cover of “Cross the Line” by Simone Soltani. The cover features a man and a women in front of a racetrack on the lower two-thirds of the cover. The women is wearing a light pink dress with white flowers on it. The man is in a dark blue racing suit that is hanging down from his waist with a with a white long sleeve shirt underneath. The white shirt has his racing team name “Argonaut Racing” and logo on it. Above the two people is the title in pink with the text “Love in the fast lane” below it. The author’s name is located at the bottom of the cover in white text. Book cover of “Great Big Beautiful Life: by Emily Henry. The cover is a mosaic of geometrical shapes that are vibrant red and orange. The author’s name text color is white at the top of the book. The title text is white and covers the lower two-thirds of the cover. There is a women sitting on the left side of the title and is wearing a blue dress and is holding a notebook. The man is to the bottom right of the title and is wearing a blue shirt with brown pants and is also holding a notebook.
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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April reads 🤸‍♂️
🌲 The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel - 4/5
☁️ The Love of My Afterlife by Kristy Greenwood - 4/5
📖 A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston - 4/5

15/60 ✨ I need to start reading more if I want to hit my goal of 60 😬
Book cover of “The Stranger in the Woods” by Michael Finkle. The cover features a background of dense green forest. The title is in large white letters at the top. Below the title, the subtitle reads “the extraordinary story of the last true hermit”. At the bottom, the author's name is written. Book cover of “The Love of My Afterlife” by Kristy Greenwood. A book cover with a bright blue background featuring pink clouds. There are also 7 water droplets in various sizes on the cover. There are two small illustrations of people sitting on water droplets, one on the left and one on the right. The title is written in large, playful yellow letters. The author's name is at the bottom in pink letters. Book cover of “A Novel Love Story” by Ashley Poston. The book cover has a bright blue background. At the very top is the author's name in a pink script font. The title of the book is in large, yellow letters. Underneath the title, there is an illustration of an open book standing up slightly open with one person on the left side and one person stepping out from the middle of the book. The book illustration has a pink cover with yellow pages. Spreading out from the book are a row of flowers. At the bottom right, there is a quote in white text: “love is stranger than fiction”.
May 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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March was a mixed bag of ratings🍀
💍 The Wedding People by Alison Espach - 3/5
❤️ Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen - 3/5
🏁 Offtrack by Esha Patel - 2/5
☎️ First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison - 4/5

🌟12/60🌟
Book cover of “The Wedding People” by Alison Espach. The cover is beige with blue abstract waves. There are two hands sticking out of the water, one holding a bottle of champagne and the other giving a peace sign. Book cover of “Lunar Love” by Lauren Kung Jessen. It has a blue background with floral patterns, three red lanterns with gold designs at the top. In the middle there is an illustration of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white top, holding a gold necklace, and below her are colorful flowers at the bottom. Across the top in big white text is the title, Lunar Love. At the bottom the author’s name is written in small pink text. Book cover of “Offtrack” by Esha Patel. The cover features a purple background sky and a grey road with red barrios on the side. There is a white banner with the title written on it about a third of the way down the cover. There are two checkered racing flags crossed above the banner with text above them saying “can their love survive the drive?”. Below the banner there is an illustration of two people in racing suits, a female in black with a purple lightning bolt and holding a purple helmet, a male in a white race suit holding a red helmet. Book cover of “First-Time Caller” by B.K. Borison. The background is split down the middle vertically with the left side being a peach color and the right-side pink. Covering the bottom two-thirds of the cover is an illustration of two people sitting on an old school radio. On the left is a guy wearing peach and orange clothing items and is wearing a set of over the ear headphones. On the right is a woman wearing pink clothes and she is holding a telephone that has a cord winding around the cover and connecting to the man’s headphones. Slightly above them is a sign that says, “on air”. At the top in pink letters is the title and at the bottom of the cover in pink letters is the author’s name.
May 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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February was a slow month
💜 The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson - 3/5
🍂 Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson - 3/5
Book cover of “The Box in the Woods” by Maureen Johnson. The background features a purple and black spiraling down pattern with red lines. The title is in big white letters across the middle. Above the title there is text that says “don’t look inside” in smaller light pink letters. The author's name, Maureen Johnson, is at the bottom in light pink letters. Book cover of “Nine Liars” by Maureen Johnson. The background features autumn leaves and a dark, mysterious scene. The cover has the title “Nine Liars” in large white letters. Above the title, the text “when everyone lies, somebody dies” in smaller yellow letters. The author's name, Maureen Johnson, is at the bottom in yellow letters.
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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More from January ❄️
❗ The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson - 4/5
🕰️ The Hand of the Wall by Maureen Johnson - 4/5

✨ 6/60 ✨
Book cover of “The Vanishing Stair” by Maureen Johnson. The background features a red staircase pattern that intertwines in on itself and is endless. At the top the text says, “nothing stays buried forever”. Across the middle is the title in large white letters with the author's name, Maureen Johnson, below it in blue letters. Book cover of “The Hand on the Wall” by Maureen Johnson. The cover features a green clock face with gears. At the top the text says, “if you look for murder, murder may find you” in yellow text. The title is in large white letters and the author’s name is at the bottom in yellow.
May 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Starting a 2025 reading thread!
January reads 🥂
☃️ The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox - 3/5
🎄 How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn - 2/5
🐈 The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August - 5/5
🌀 Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson - 3/5
Book cover of "The Holiday Swap" by Maggie Knox. The cover features a blue background with a circular wreath of green leaves and red berries with white text "The Holiday Swap" in the middle. At the top there is text that says, "All they want for Christmas is a different life". In the bottom third there is an illustration of two women facing each other, one wearing a red hat and the other with long hair. Between the women there is an illustration of a storefront with a green awning and snow. Book cover of “How My Neighbor Stole Christmas” by Meghan Quinn. The cover features a hand with red nails holding a red heart ornament on a Christmas tree. The background features a snowy scene with green and white elements. Book cover of “The Last Gifts of The Universe” by Riley August. The cover features a space scene with planets, a rocket, and a cat in a spacesuit. Below, there is a pink and purple landscape with a castle. At the top is the author’s name in white text. Spread out across the middle in large yellow letters is the title. Book cover of “Truly, Devious” by Maureen Johnson. The background is blue with a pattern of leaves. The book title “Truly, Devious” is in large white text across the top half. The author's name, Maureen Johson, is at the bottom in orange letters.
May 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM