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items On my way to smashing a 70 book reading goal this year! Follow along as I log my reads!
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6-Star Reads (Yes, they exist!)
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6-Star Reads (Yes, they exist!)
These are the greatest books I have ever read.
Synopsis: Follow the beautifully tragic life of Jude St. Francis as he navigates life and trauma in NYC. This is the only book I have ever read that has physically impacted me. It made me cry. It made me sick. It made me laugh. This book is a hard re...
A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Synopsis: A group of Australian teenagers return from an isolated camping trip to find their country town invaded by foreign military. This was the very first book I read that made me realise that books could be enjoyable. It is only 200 pages long, ...
Tomorrow, When the War Began: John Marsden ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5-Star Reads!
Synopsis: Ruby Williams, Editor in Chief at Bared magazine, finds herself amid a swarm of online controversy after publishing a “tonedeaf” interview with a survivor of coercive control. This book is PHENOMENAL. I got to attend the book launch for thi...
The Worst Thing I've Ever Done: Clare Stephens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopis: Two AFL players come to terms with their sexualities while fighting the trials and tribulations of highstakes, heternormative football. I LOVED this book. A great MM romance that does not lean into tropes too much. I though all conversations...
After the Siren: Darcy Green ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synposis: Bridget Jones (No, not that one) is a book lover caught in the cross hairs of romance. This book is PERFECTION. It captures that perfect 2000s Rom-Com/ Nicholas Sparks energy that makes me forget about my own dismal love life and yearn for ...
The Other Bridget: Rachael Johns ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4-Star Reads
Awesome books! Just missing one or two things.
Synopsis: Joe Goldberg is a creepy ass man who works in a bookshop and upon meeting Guinevere Beck, a charming and blonde bookworm, he becomes infatuated by her to an unhealthy degree. Ok so I did not remember that much about the TV show - but I was ...
You: Caroline Kepnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis: Travel back in time in a quaint coffee shop to confess your desires, but you MUST do it before the coffee gets cold. I had very low expectations going into this book. I heard murmers that it was very slow, unbalanced and a bit stilted. Happ...
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Kawaguchi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synposis: 16 year old Bree Mathews stumbles her way into a secret society of ‘legendborn’ students that hunt creatures that feed on human energy. This was a great play on the the dark-academia genre! I read it to get the Dark Academia Goodreads badge...
Legendborn: Tracy Deonn ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Synposis: Mel Robbins introduces us to the ‘Let Them’ & ‘Let Me’ theories, where you combat the idea of trying to control other people's actions and emotions and empower yourself to take action yourself. Since reading this book, I have found myse...
The Let Them Theory: Mel Robbins ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Synposis: A Sydney local's desire to uncover the truth about her recently deceased grandmother takes her on a journey of discovery as we uncover what life was like at Sydney's very own quarantine station in 1918. This book was beautiful!! I absolutel...
The Quarantine Station: Michelle Montebello ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3-Star Reads
Meh?
Synopsis: A chainsaw weilding maniac terrorises a house of college kids. Spoiler alert! This one plays out the exact way you think it does. Think Cabin in the Woods x Ed Gein and you have Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez. While I think the pacing of th...
Camp Slaughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis: A woman moves into an inherited house in the middle of nowhere and begins experiencing supernatural things… or is she? My first Darcy Coates novel did not disapoint. Love supporting Aussie authors. This book was a good page turner and read ...
The Haunting of Ashburn House: Darcy Coates ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis: A brooding vet and an optimistic mustard-lover (inside joke) have the best date of their lives, but there is a catch… She moves across country the next day and will never return. This book was cute! Very easy to read. I would take this one ...
Say You'll Remember Me: Abby Jimenez ⭐⭐⭐
Synopsis: Roz (a robot) finds herself washed on the shores of a remote island and comes to terms with her loneliness by forging connections with the wildlife around her. This book was cute! Very much geared towards children, so it would be a cute sto...
The Wild Robot: Peter Brown ⭐⭐⭐
2-Star Reads
Not for me, sorry!
Synopsis: FBI Agent Andi Castle crashes a seemingly perfect wedding, until someone shows up dead and an irritated off-the-clock cop has to saddle up and get down to business. This book is fine. Barely memorable. If you like IP like ‘Knives Out’, you ...
The Wedding Party: L.R. Jones ⭐⭐