So I'm trying again with this reading thing. Halfway through last year, I completely lost my reading motivation and just read the In Death series by JD Robb again and again. Seriously, for about seven months the only books I read besides In Death books were the books my book club chose. It was very sad. I think I did read a few other books on our summer vacation but not many.
So I'm trying again. In December I discovered the Cedar Cove series by Debbie Macomber and I read a lot of them. And then I started reading some other books and now, I find I'm once again in a period of my life where I can't stop reading. And I'm so happy! So here's what I've read since the start of this year.
A wide variety of people said this was a great book, and they weren't wrong. I loved the role of Marcellus (the octopus). I love the community around Tova. This reminded me of A Man Called Ove in that it featured a slightly grumpy, eccentric, older person, and their circle of people. This book is well worth the hype!
I think Emily Henry is fast becoming a must read author for me. I really enjoyed this book. I loved the relationship between the sisters although I was sad for the sense of responsibility Nora felt. This was a solidly good book.
This was a fun, sweet book but not earth shattering. It's a good book to pick up around the Christmas holidays and I'm realizing that any book set in a bakery is one that I'm going to enjoy. Don't ask me why! The premise of this book isn't original (twin sisters switch lives) but it was a fun read.
Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series isn't earth shattering but I really like reading about her characters. After 10 books, I'm invested in them and want to know what happens to them. I can't believe I only have two books left to read in the series. I don't want it to end.
I'm not giving up on the In Death series completely so I re-read this one, which I hadn't read in almost a year. These books will still keep showing up as ones I read this year -- I'm just hoping it won't be a whole year of reading mostly this series again!
After all the Christmas books I read, it was refreshing to read a Channukah book. And Hannah Reynolds is a favourite new author. I really like her characters. And between this book, and the one below, I kind of want to go check out Nantucket now...
If you follow me on GoodReads, you will see that I only rated this book four stars. I wish I could give 1/2 stars though because this book would get one. I loved so much about it -- I'm just very particular with my 5 star ratings :) This felt like a tired rom-com trope (a regular person falls in love with a celebrity) but it was so well done, I was invested in the story anyways. I just loved so much about this book. I highly recommend it!
I enjoyed this story and am sad that my library doesn't carry any of the other books in the series. I would love to read more. And even though dogs were a main feature of the book (and you all know how I feel about dogs), I really liked the story anyways.
This was a good book. I really enjoyed the story and the ending and the main characters. Even though this might be a teen novel, I still wanted to read it and see how it ended. I want to read more from this author!
This was a fun take on a rom-com. I read it in one sitting because the story sucked me in and I stayed up way too late reading it. I wanted to see how it ended. Even though the ending was somewhat predictable, I couldn't wait to see how the author got there.
I have read and loved a few of these! I want to read The Summer of Lost Letters which I have on Net Galley from a year ago - or two! I have a few of those Sarah Morgan books from that series, they are pretty cute.
ReplyDeleteI loved Remarkably Bright Creatures!!
ReplyDeleteYou can 100% give Nora 4.5 stars. :) I just say it in the comments ha. I read 4 books last year with celebrity love stories and this one was my favorite and I DID give it 5 stars! I think you'd also like The Bodyguard by Katherine Center.
ReplyDeleteI love The Charm Offensive. I read her second book, Kiss Her Once for Me, last month. Yay for getting your reading groove back.
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These are all new for me so thanks for sharing- adding a few to my queue!
ReplyDeleteSo many good books. I love eye catching covers.
ReplyDeleteYou have started off the year with lots of great books!! I see a few "new" ones that I really want to add to my list and a few of my old favorites too.
ReplyDeleteI have "Nora Goes Off Script" waiting for me at the library for pickup. I'm nervous since I generally don't like tropes, and found "Book Lovers" way too trope-y while everyone else loved it. We'll see!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a busy month of reading and it isn't over yet!! I read (listened to) So Long, Chester Wheeler and really liked it. The narration was very well done. Just finished Sorry, I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come. It was pretty good. Trying to get through Winter Garden but it is taking me forever.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the one Emily Henry book I've read. Had this one on my book club's consideration list but they chose something else for us to read that month. I like the sound of and cover for The Lost Letters book. Will check it out.