By Roxie Noir Publication Date: 2019Genre: Contemporary, RomanceRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ 🌶️🌶️🌶️ ¾ Let’s be real for a second: we’ve all been there. You finish two mediocre books back-to-back, one of which absolutely should have been a DNF (Did Not Finish, for the uninitiated), and your brain is practically begging for mercy. You need a palate cleanser. You need […]
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By Laurie Frankel Publication Date: 2017Genre: Contemporary, Literary, 🏳️⚧️Rating: ⭐⭐⭐¼ As part of my great 2026 reading challenge to clear out my digital library, I picked up This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel. I can’t quite remember how this book ended up on my radar. I was likely sold on it because it was
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I’m confessing to an addiction. It’s not to caffeine or reality TV—it’s to ebook sales. My Kobo bookshelf is a beautiful, daunting digital monument to my impulse control issues. I currently have over 100 unread books staring back at me, a silent, mounting To-Be-Read (TBR) pile that rivals a small library. I swear to myself,
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Whew! The pages have settled, the audiobooks are silent, and the clock has officially run out on my 2025 reading year. It’s time to dive into the annual book breakdown—the good, the bad, the spicy, and the ones that just didn’t cut. The Early Struggle: The Slump Monster Tried to Win 😩 Let’s be real:
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by Hannah Bonam-Young Publication Date: 6th June 2024Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐¼ Out of all the romance tropes in the world, the “accidental pregnancy” one is probably my least favourite. It’s not that I hate it, but the story can often feel a bit predictable, with only one clear path it can take. So, when I stumbled
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As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to look back on my reading journey. I set a goal of 52 books, but life had other plans. Despite not reaching my target, I’m happy with the 44 books I’ve read and the countless hours of joy they’ve brought me. Books Read or Listened to in
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By Tillie Cole Pages: 316Genre: Chick-Lit, Romance, Contemporary, Young AdultRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ On the 4th of January 2020, I bought three books: I read Indistractable by Nir Eyal, as my productivity reboot for the year. (I always seem to read a non-fiction book about productivity at the start of the year). Six of Crows, I had to
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Setting an ambitious goal of reading 100 books for 2022 was a big task. From classics to trilogies, to retellings to LGBTQIA+ nothing was off limits. There were some surprising reads, but also some duds. Never discredit the average book. There is nothing wrong with average. It’s the average books that make you appreciate the
