July
Books:
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (4 stars)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (4 stars)
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 stars)
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose (3 stars)
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (4 stars)
Pages read: 1,858
Physical Book Count: 0
eBook Count: 5
Favorite of the month: Lovelight Farms
From Goodreads: In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm Stella’s loved since she was a kid, she enters a contest with instafamous influencer Evelyn St. James. With the added publicity and the $100,000 cash prize, she might just be able to save the farm from its financial woes. There’s just one problem. To make the farm seem like a romantic destination for the holidays, she lied on the application and said she owns Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. Only … there is no boyfriend. Enter best friend Luka Peters. He just came home for some hot chocolate, and somehow got a farm and a serious girlfriend in the process.
August
Books:
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy (5 stars)
In the Weeds by B.K. Borison (4 stars)
The Score by Elle Kennedy (5 stars)
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (4 stars)
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (3 stars)
Fleeting by Carrie Aarons (3 stars)
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover (3 stars)
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2 stars)
The First Shot by Liv Constantine (3 stars)
Pages read: 2,891
Physical Book Count: 1
eBook Count: 9
Favorite of the month: The Mistake
College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he’ll be forced to walk after graduation. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he’s worth a second chance.less-than-stellar
After a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player, she nearly handed her V-card to. She’s not a charity case, and she’s not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. If Logan expects her to roll over and beg like all his other puck bunnies, he can think again. He wants her back? He’ll have to work for it. This time around, she’ll be the one in the driver’s seat…and she plans on driving him wild.
September
Books:
The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams (5 stars)
The Goal by Elle Kennedy (5 stars)
The Legacy by Elle Kennedy (5 stars)
The Haunting of Porlock House by B.J. Conroy (2 stars)
Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison (5 stars)
The Twin by Natasha Preston (3 stars)
Fable by Adrienne Young (4 stars)
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars)
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (3 stars)
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers (4 stars)
Mother of All Secrets by Kathleen Willett (3 stars)
Namesake by Adrienne Young (4 stars)
Pages read: 3,854
Physical Book Count: 1
eBook Count: 11
Favorite of the month: Mixed Signals
After saving Layla from another date gone bad, Caleb has a simple proposition: One month of no-strings dating. He’ll do his best to renew her faith in men while she rates his dating game. It’s a win-win situation. All the benefits of dating, without the added pressure of feelings and unmet expectations. But there’s one ingredient they haven’t considered. The chemistry between them is red hot and the urge to take things to the next level is more tempting than Layla’s double fudge mocha brownies.
October
Books:
In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead (4 stars)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (5 stars)
Bake Off by Denise Grover Swank (3 stars)
The Last Housewife by Ashely Winstead (5 stars)
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (5 stars)
Rome for the Holidays by Ciara Blume (4 stars)
The Locker Room by Meghan Quinn (5 stars)
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3)
Pages read: 2,810
Physical Book Count: 1
eBook Count: 6
Audiobook Count: 1
Favorite of the month: The Last Housewife
A pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost. When Shay hears the horrifying news of Laurel's death—delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader—she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever. Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers. As she follows the threads of her friend's life, she's pulled into a dark, seductive world, where wealth and privilege shield brutal philosophies that feel all too familiar.
November
Books:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (5 stars )
iNtEnSe by Dina Husseini
Meant to Be by Emily Giffin (4 stars)
Loving the Wind by Crissi Langwell (3 stars)
Christmas in Silverwood by Dorothy Dreyer (3.5 stars)
Resting Scrooge Face by Meghan Quinn (4 stars)
Sugar Coated Lies by Tara Gallon (4 stars)
The Mistletoe Bet by Maren Moore (4 stars)
Pages read: 1,767
Physical Book Count: 2
eBook Count: 6
Favorite of the month: Resting Scrooge Face
In small-town Maine, Nola and Caleb were high school sweethearts. Upon graduating, Nola decides to chase her dream and move to New York but Caleb can’t follow and thus breaks Nola’s heart, never to talk to her again. Or so they thought.
Nola finds herself newly single and living back in her hometown - and doing everything she can to avoid Caleb, including hiding behind trashcans. Suddenly, she receives a mysterious letter hand delivered by the local mailman, Arden.
The writer, Resting Scrooge Face, hates Christmas this year just as much as Nola does and the two find solace in their Grinch-ness by writing back and forth. Nola uses the pen name Ho Ho No.
December
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Books:
Untying the Knot by Meghan Quinn (5 stars)
A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh (3 stars)
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (5 stars)
The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews (3 stars)
The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart (5 stars)
Pages read: 2037
Physical Book Count: 1
eBook Count: 5
Favorite of the month: Untying the Knot
Ryot Bisley is a retired major league baseball player who now runs a popular sports app called The Jock Report with his brother, Banner, and some friends, Penn, Huxley, and JP. Myla is his wife whom he met eleven years ago and who slowly stole his heart. Now, focused on life after baseball, Ryot doesn't pay Myla any attention anymore so she serves him divorce papers not willing to not be his number one. He'll do anything to win her back.
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