Life lately
These last two months have been a whirlwind! The highlights were: every time I hung out with friends or family, took myself out on solo dates, my blog turning 10 years old (!), listening to more audiobooks, and trying to have a more active lifestyle (aka working out at home or going on walks). And on the sadder side of the spectrum: I've been dealing with a ton of anxiety (thank goodness for incredible BFFs and cousins offering support), and it was recently the two-year anniversary of my mom's passing. So it's been a lot of ups and downs and I'm letting myself feel whatever I feel but you know me, I try and focus on the positive. And even though I'm a summer girl, I'm looking forward to fall! I think it's because I already have some fun plans for the next couple of months so I can't helping feeling excited (and tempted to shop!).
Aug-Sep Superlatives
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These are books (physical + ebooks) from my TBR or the library aka the non-review books.
- Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon (⭐⭐⭐⭐): This contemporary novel filled with dance, romance, and a hint of magical realism really surprised me, in a good way.
- Bright Midnight by Karina Halle (⭐⭐💫): I typically love Halle's "travel romances" but this was such a huge letdown.
- Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (⭐⭐⭐⭐): I really enjoyed this simple yet moving novel about three people who form an unlikely friendship and making dorayaki.
- Join Up (Island Series #3) by Tudor Robins (⭐⭐⭐💫): This Island series about horses has been consistently good and now I want to read everything in this author's backlog!
- Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (Del Valle #1) by Isabel Allende (⭐⭐⭐⭐): My second Isabel Allende book and by far the one I enjoyed most.
- Gilded Lily (Bennet Brothers #2) by Staci Hart (⭐⭐⭐): This series has been so cute and while the first is still my favorite, I enjoyed this enemies-to-lovers romance.
- Mum's the Word (Bennet Brothers #3) by Staci Hart (⭐⭐⭐): This novel was very much a literal insta-romance, which I normally don't like, but Hart makes it work.
- Faults (Island Series #4) by Tudor Robins (⭐⭐⭐💫): Again, the first book (and the second) is my fave arc from the series because of the heroine but I still enjoyed this and the other honest topics it touched on.
- In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle (⭐⭐⭐): I couldn't resist a new unicorn book from Peter S. Beagle and while it wasn't quite as magical or beautiful as The Last Unicorn, I still really liked the magical realism of it all.
- Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson (⭐⭐⭐💫): I really enjoyed reading about these two BFFs who have an adventure in the city where basically everything goes wrong but ends up working out in the best way possible (except one random POV should be removed completely).
- Oracle by Andrew Pyper (⭐⭐⭐): I listened to this audio-only book because Joshua Jackson was the narrator, and while the story itself was just okay, JJ's narration made listening to it absolutely worth the time.
- The Host (The Host #1) by Stephenie Meyer (⭐⭐⭐): Even though there were certain things I found problematic, overall I was genuinely surprised by how much I ended up enjoying this.
- Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren (⭐⭐⭐): I'm always saying how I miss Christina Lauren's older books so I had high hopes going into this one, so I'm sad to say that I didn't love this as much as I thought I would.
- The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐): I binge-read this Russian folklore inspired fantasy in less than a week and I can't recommend it enough.
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How's your month been?
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