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First published January 1, 2024
mid-year stats
books read: 29
# of buddy reads: 5
# of dnfs: 0
# of books owned: 8
# of books annotated: 2
#1 favorite so far: i hope this doesn’t find you/babel
⤿ 2024 awards.
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worst:
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top new release:
⇢ god of fury (rina kent) ⭑ aliki 🪽
⇢ the way of kings (brandon sanderson) ⭑ layh 🪽
⇢ book lovers (emily henry) ⭑ lyra 💠
⇢ at the end there was you (wendy heiss) ⭑ buket 💠
⇢ giovanni’s room (james baldwin) ⭑ han 💠
⇢ remnants of filth (meatbun) ⭑ mol
⇢ these violent delights (micah nemerever) ⭑ riri 💠
⇢ the escape: soren’s saga (nicky james) ⭑ charee 💠
⇢ beartown (fredrik backman) ⭑ aina
⇢ one dark window (rachel gillig) ⭑ ri 💠
⇢ the way i used to be (amber smith) ⭑ autumn
⇢ fractured parts (hc riley) ⭑ koisty 🪽
⤷ bad reputation duet 🫐
⤷ with love, from cold world 💠
⤷ book lovers 💠
⤷ iron widow
⤷ iskari series
⤷ babel 🫐
⤷ the way of kings 🪽
⤷ the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
⤷ more heat than the sun series 🫐
⤷ star of the game 💠
⤷ guns n’ boys series (2/11) 🪽
⤷ cut & run series 🪽
⤷ kage trilogy 💠
⤷ i kissed shara wheeler
⤷ those who wait 🪽
⤷ the art of us
⤷ pretty little psycho 🪽
⤷ you don’t have a shot 🫐
⤷ when you least expect it 🫐
⤷ imogen, obviously 💠
🎀 don’t want you like a best friend by emma r. alban (9 january) 💠
🎀 my fair brady by brian d. kennedy (23 january) 💠
🎀 i hope this doesn’t find you by ann liang (6 february) 🫐
🎀 prove it by stephanie hoyt (27 february) 💠
🎀 canto contigo by jonny garza villa (9 april) 💠
🎀 the sunshine court by nora sakavic (13 april)
🎀 dear wendy by ann zhao (16 april) 💠
🎀 2ha vol. 5 (23 april) 🩰
🎀 you should be so lucky by cat sebastian (7 may) 💠
🎀 rising dawn by beck michaels (6 august) 🩰
🎀 2ha vol. 6 (20 august) 🩰
🎀 somewhere beyond the sea by tj klune (10 september) 🫐
🎀 don’t let the forest in by c.g. drews (24 september)
🎀 a song to drown rivers by ann liang (1 october)
🎀 swordcrossed by freya marske (8 october)
🎀 the snowball effect by haley cass (25 october) 🩰
🎀 lyri by lily mayne (1 december, tentatively and hopefully)
🎀 2ha vol. 7 (3 december) 🩰
🎀 twisted shadows by allie therin (10 december)
1) to read with intent rather than to pass the time.
2) to read a classic a month.
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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrianne Young — 5 stars ⭐️
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Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood— 4 stars ⭐️
Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young — 4 stars ⭐️
Dishonestly Yours by Krista & Becca Ritchie — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth — 5 stars ⭐️
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth — 3.5 stars ⭐️
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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin — 3 stars ⭐️
Lucio and Janie by GroveltoHEA — 4 stars ⭐️
Savage Vicious Heir by Caitlyn Dare — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Chaos at Westbrook High by Bethany Winters — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter — 4 stars ⭐️
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson — 5 stars ⭐️
An Encore of Roses by S.T. Gibson — 4 stars ⭐️
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell — ∞ stars ⭐️
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell — 5 stars ⭐️
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The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli — 5 stars⭐️
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These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever — 4 stars ⭐️
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan — 5 stars ⭐️
Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood — 3.5 stars ⭐️
God of War by Rina Kent — 4 stars ⭐️
Save Me by Mona Kasten — no rating.
Save You by Mona Kasten — no rating.
Save Us by Mona Kasten — no rating.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle — 2.5 stars ⭐️
Only in Your Dreams by Ellie K. Wilde — 5 stars ⭐️
Outmatched by Kristen Callihan — 4 stars ⭐️
Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek — 4 stars ⭐️
Caraval by Stephanie Garber — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Legendary by Stephanie Garber — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Finale by Stephanie Garber — 4 stars ⭐️
Slippery Creatures by K.J Charles— 4 stars ⭐️
The Sugared Game by K.J Charles— 4 stars ⭐️
Subtle Blood by K.J Charles — 4 stars ⭐️
Marriage on Madison Avenue — 4.5 stars ⭐️
The Bonus — 5 stars ⭐️
Sweet Like Poison — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Takeover — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Blonde — no rating.
The Enchanted April — 4 stars ⭐️
The New Catacomb — 5 stars ⭐️
The Cask of Amontillado — 3 stars ⭐️
Silent Lies — 3 stars ⭐️
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The Archer and His Rosebud — 3 stars ⭐️
Daddy’s Doll — no rating.
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Settling the Score — 2 stars ⭐️
Out of Bounds — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Rules of Our Own — 3 stars⭐️
The Burns We Carry — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Chasing the Moon — 4 stars ⭐️
The Fling — 1 star ⭐️
Flickerbook — 4 stars ⭐️
Rules of Protection — 4 stars ⭐️
Forsaken Trail — 2.5 stars ⭐️
Rally — 3.5 stars ⭐️
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After the Kiss — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Love the One You're With — 4 stars ⭐️
Just One Night — 3 stars ⭐️
The Trouble with Love — 4 stars ⭐️
Irresistibly Yours — 3 stars ⭐️
I Wish You Were Mine — 4 stars ⭐️
Someone Like You — 3 stars ⭐️
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I Think I Love You — 2.5 stars ⭐️
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Dear Enemy — 5 stars ⭐️
Motherthing — 3 stars ⭐️
Flower Fables — 4 stars ⭐️
Wisteria — 5 stars ⭐️
Playing the Part — 3 stars ⭐️
Nerdy Little Secret — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Going Nowhere Fast — 2.5 stars ⭐️
Neighbor Dearest — no rating.
Fool Around — 1 star ⭐️
Bang Out — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Laid Bare — no rating.
Dirty Rotten Cheating Husband — no rating.
Barron’s Second Chance — 3 stars ⭐️
Act Like It — 4 stars ⭐️
Pretty Face — 4 stars ⭐️
Making Up — 3 stars ⭐️
The Austen Playbook — 3.5 stars ⭐️
In the Details — 3.5 stars ⭐️
Lies — 3 stars ⭐️
The Ever King — 3.5 stars ⭐️
The Ever Queen — 4 stars ⭐️
The Chemistry of Familiar Objects — 4 stars ⭐️
P.S.: I Hate You — 5 stars ⭐️
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Heroux and Odette — no rating.
Isn't She Lovely — 4 stars ⭐️
My Darling Dreadful Thing — 4.5 stars ⭐️
Slap Shot Surprise — 3 stars ⭐️
Two Can Play — 2 stars ⭐️
The Deepest End of Love — 4 stars ⭐️
𖥻the poppy war🎞 ❪ 4 ⭑ ❫
𖥻the dragon republic🎞 ❪ 5 ⭑ ❫
𖥻 the burning god 🎞
𖥻she who became the sun🎞 ❪ 3 ⭑ ❫
𖥻 he who drowned the world 🦢
𖥻 jade city 🎞️
𖥻 jade war
𖥻 jade legacy
𖥻 the wolf den
𖥻 the house with the golden door
𖥻 the temple of fortuna
𖥻 the atlas six 🎞️ 🏹
𖥻 the atlas paradox
𖥻 the atlas complex
𖥻 mistborn 🏹
𖥻 well of ascension 🏹
𖥻 hero of ages 🍵
𖥻 chain of gold 🏹
𖥻 chain of iron 🍵
𖥻 chain of thorns 🍵
𖥻 lady midnight
𖥻 lord of shadows
𖥻 queen of air and darkness
𖥻 ninth house 🎞
𖥻 hell bent 🦢
𖥻 untitled
𖥻strike the zither❪ 2.5 ⭑ ❫
𖥻 sound the gong
𖥻six of crows❪ 4 ⭑ ❫
𖥻crooked kingdom❪ 4 ⭑ ❫
𖥻 untitled
𖥻 immortal longings 🎞️
𖥻 vilest things
𖥻 untitled
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ix. year end stats
⊹ top 5 books =
⊹ top authors =
⊹ no. of series read =
⊹ no. of 5 star reads =
⊹ no. of dnfs =
⊹ no. of buddy reads =
⊹ no. of books i own =
x. year end awards
⊹ fav standalone: the sword of kaigen
⊹ fav series:
⊹ fav book in a series:
⊹ fav book couple:
⊹ most disappointing series:
⊹ most disappointing book:
⊹ author to read more from:
⊹ cried the most:
⊹ laughed the most:
━━━━━━━━━ love, cheska ━━━━━━━━━━
⊹ caraval # 1⊹ legendary # 2
⊹ finale # 3
⊹ once upon a broken heart # 1
⊹ the ballad of never after # 2
⊹ a curse for true love # 3
⊹ the poppy war # 1
⊹ the dragon republic # 2
⊹ the drowning faith # 2.5
⊹ the burning god # 3
⊹ a court of thorns and roses # 1
⊹ a court of mist and fury # 2
⊹ a court of wings and ruin # 3
⊹ a court of frost and starlight # 3.5
⊹ a court of silver flames # 4
⊹ one dark window # 1
⊹ two twisted crowns # 2
⊹ the naturals # 1⊹ killer instinct # 2
⊹ all in # 3
⊹ bad blood # 4
⊹ twelve # 4.5
⊹ six of crows # 1
⊹ crooked kingdom # 2
⊹ ..................... # 3
⊹ ninth house # 1
⊹ hell bent # 2
⊹ ............. # 3
⊹ the predator # 1
⊹ the reaper # 2⊹ the emperor # 3
⊹ the finisher # 4
⊹ the annihilator # 5
⊹ we hunt the flame # 1
⊹ we free the stars # 2
⊹ kill joy # 0.5
⊹ a good girl's guide to murder # 1
⊹ good girl, bad blood # 2
⊹ as good as dead # 3
↬ warm up # 0.5
⊹ vicious # 1
⊹ vengeful # 2
⊹ victorious # 3
𖥻 favorite - the naturals
𖥻 least favorite - basketball night
𖥻 favorite - the mindfuck series
𖥻 least favorite - 8 days of salvation
𖥻 favorite - the darkest temptation
𖥻 least favorite - masks of faded dreams
𖥻 favorite - vicious
𖥻 least favorite - all the truths
𖥻 favorite - waysider
𖥻 least favorite - when in rome
𖥻 favorite - a love letter to whiskey
𖥻 least favorite - satan's affair
𖥻 favorite - the reaper
𖥻 least favorite - legendry
𖥻 favorite - the sea of tranquility
𖥻 least favorite - out on a limb
𖥻 favorite - vengeful
𖥻 least favorite - one dark window / love unwritten
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vi. mid year book tag !
→top five were chosen for each category! i have more favs but these are just my top <3
⊹ fav book(s) so far: ihtdfy · babel · divine rivals · ttir · astdr
⊹ new fav book couples: romaniris · sadiejulius · elizacaz · xishifanli · meilinsky
⊹ biggest disappointment: ciwyw · legendary · ruthless vows · normal people
⊹ most anticipated book(s) for rest of year: a little life · tbona · alatltg · twp · tvd
⊹ newly discovered fav authors: r.f. kuang · emily henry · elizabeth lim · axie oh · emma mills
⊹ number of books read so far: 37