It’s my 29th birthday today so I thought it’d be fun to take a look at 29 books that I read and loved between June 30, 2021 and today, June 30, 2022! This was actually going to be a stack of 28 books I loved and read while 28, but I miscounted and didn’t realize I’d used 29 books until after I’d already taken the photos, put all the books away, edited the photos, etc., so now it’s a birthday stack and we’re just going with it!
So, yes, 29 books, all five stars, all very dear to me:
- The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George // review
- The Long Game by Rachel Reid // review
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Funny You Should Ask* by Elissa Sussman // review
- To Have and to Hate by R.S. Grey
- Seven Days in June* by Tia Williams
- It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
- A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria // review
- The Charm Offensive* by Alison Cochrun // review
- Made in Manhattan* by Lauren Layne // review
- To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne // review
- You Deserve Each Other* by Sarah Hogle // review
- Lease on Love* by Falon Ballard // review
- Set on You* by Amy Lea // review
- Isn’t it Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams
- The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle // review
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood // review
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Cultish by Amanda Montell
- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson // review
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé // review
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- Lore Olympus* by Rachel Smythe
- Mythos by Stephen Fry // review
*Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a gifted copy or e-galley of this book in exchange for my honest review. This has not impacted my review or opinion in any way; all opinions are my own.
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![Mediocre is a very comprehensive, well-researched book that turned so many things that I had taken for granted as being part of "history" on their head. It is thought-provoking and resonant while still feeling accessible. I ultimately gave this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for a couple of reasons, the first being that I found the way it was organized to be difficult to track, and the second being that while I really appreciated this book I didn't love how Oluo brushed past and even seemed to excuse Representative Omar's comments about Israel as being subject to misinterpretation. It is absolutely possible to appreciate the good that elected officials do while also still unpacking the harm that their words can also do.
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Happy Birthday! I hope you have amazing day!!
This is a fun way to celebrate and there are so many great books in this stack. I really need to read A Lot Like Adios because I adored You Had Me at Hola!
Thank you so much, Kristin! I highly recommend Adios! I don’t want to overhype it but I actually loved it even more than Hola! (And I loved Hola)
Happy Birthday, Sarah,
It looks like all of us were gifted with your exclusive 5 star list; a keeper until I’m through reading all of them! Love, Mom
Love you so much, mom!