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NOTHING LIKE THE MOVIES BY LYNN PAINTER // spoiler-free book review: finally reviewing one of my fave 2024 reads & taking a nap on the highway because,,, wesliz!!!
I need someone to whack me over the head this point. I’ve run out of excuses for myself and I’m tired of it. Cross all of your fingers and toes I can start reviewing books closer to when I read them,,, ICYMI this *author interview* – click to read Anyways, many tears in this one, let’s get into this godforsaken book! Title: Nothing Like The MoviesSeries: Better Than The Movies book #2Author: Lynn PainterPage count: 442Date published: 1 October 2024Genre: Young adult contemporary romance 🍿 Synopsis: For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: the strong-willed girl next door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off for college to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. Wes was left dealing with the fallout, which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process. Flash forward months later, and Wes and Liz find themselves in college, together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him. Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with rom-com-worthy grand gestures she loves.…
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ORDINARY LOVE BY MARIE RUTKOSKI // blog tour book feature: happy pride!!! here’s a sapphic romance to add to our neverending tbr piles
Let’s talk about another book I haven’t read yet but she willll be lovedddd. Hopefully. At least you can enjoy my poor Maroon 5 performance. Let’s dive right into my spot on the Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski blog tour <3 Title: Ordinary Love Author: Marie RutkoskiPage count: 400Date published: 10 June 2025Genre: Adult romance 🌈 Synopsis: HERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN ORDINARY LOVE STORY When Emily catches sight of Gennifer Hall at a party, she is transported back to the moment they fell in love as teenagers. Their connection was electric, and they thought it was forever. Twenty years later, Gen is an Olympic runner, the career she strived for, while Emily is living a picture-perfect Manhattan townhouse, two young children and a wealthy husband, Jack. But Jack’s controlling behaviour is spiralling, and Emily has lost sight of who she once was. Now, despite Emily’s fracturing marriage and the pressures of Gen’s career, they are drawn back together by a magnetic attraction. After years of heartbreak, missed chances and misunderstandings, will they finally get a second chance at first love? 🌈 🌈 Big thanks to Little Brown UK for the eARC via Netgalley & having me on the tour!…
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OUR INFINITE FATES BY LAURA STEVEN // spoiler-free book review: ya romantasy or reincarnating soulmates with complex discussions on gender & love?
This review was written like 7 months ago, but the awful person I am is only posting it now. I apologise to the publishing gods on the daily frfr Anywho,,, let’s get into! Title: Our Infinite FatesAuthor: Laura StevenPage count: 352Date published: 27 February 2025Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance 💫 Synopsis: They’ve loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They’ve killed each other in every one. Evelyn remembers all her past lives. She also remembers that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being whose soul―and survival―is tethered to hers. The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her for bone marrow transplants in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to: 1. Find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life―before they find her first.2. Figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse.3. Try not to fall in love. 💫 💫 Big thanks to Penguin Random House SA for the eARC via Netgalley & physical review copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own. 💫 STAR RATING: (4 out of 5…
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LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT BY JO WATSON // spoiler-free book review: the fake dating rom-com that will literally fly you away!
Took me only like 3 months to get this post up but I simply cannot be gatekeeping this book for any longer? IM IN LOVE!!!! Let’s fly right in! No I will not stop using this word, Pippa needs to give me another synonym *hides* Title: Love at First FlightAuthor: Jo WatsonPage count: 368Date published: 18 January 2024Genre: Adult contemporary romance ✈️ Synopsis: Things Pippa her job, airplanes, synonyms and tropical fish. Things Pippa does not enjoy: repeating patterns, tight clothes, people asking why she’s single and school reunions. After four months of only speaking over intercom, when air-traffic controller Pippa Edwards finally meets pilot Andrew Boyce-Jones face-to-face, they discover they’ve got much more in common than simply working at the same airport. In fact . . . they both need a date. Tired of every relationship ending before it’s even begun, Pippa wants to evade the inevitable questions at her dreaded ten-year school reunion in Cape Town. And Andrew needs to get his well-meaning family off his back about settling down. The solution seems simple. A pact – a fake dating pact – for as long as it’s mutually beneficial. It’s perfect. Or at least it would be if…
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JOSEPH & NOAH: WHAT ANCIENT WISDOM CAN TEACH US ABOUT THRIVING IN TODAY’S WORLD BY DANIEL GOZO // sneak peak chapter reveal [ad]
Not usually what you would see from me, but who’s to stop a girl caring about her finances? I’m a working gal and need to be a grown-up and I thought some of you may care for some wisdom! Without further ado, here’s a snippet from South African author Daniel Gozo’s Joseph & Noah: What Ancient Wisdom Can Teach Us About Thriving In Today’s World *insert grabby hands* Title: Joseph & NoahSubtitle: What Ancient Wisdom Can Teach Us About Thriving in Today’s WorldAuthor: Daniel GozoPage count: 244Date published: 1 April 2025Genre: Non-fiction, Business 🌊 Synopsis: What can ancient wisdom teach us about thriving in today’s world? Why do some people achieve far more than others? Is it luck, or something deeper? What if you could combine the insight of Joseph and the foresight of Noah with a deep understanding of financial markets? The book is structured into three insightful sections:Part 1: Patterns, Catastrophes, and Financial MarketsPart 2: The Strength of Thought: Investing SimplifiedPart 3: Mindsets: Breaking Boundaries, Overcoming Barriers, and Redefining Limits. Joseph and Noah uncovers the truth behind success, debunking its often-romanticized portrayal and instead revealing a reality shaped by perseverance, resilience, and strategic decision-making. 🌊 🌊 This is…
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A SONG FOR YOU AND I BY K O’NEILL // blog tour book feature: i need this cosy & queer middle grade in my life rn!!!
I blacked out when I signed up for all of these things but I am ITCHING to sink my teeth into this one so shush you Let’s dive right into my stop on the A Song For You and I tour <3<3<3 Title: A Song For You and IAuthor: K. O’NeillPage count: 240Date published: 4 March 2025Genre: Middle grade Fantasy graphic novel 🏹 Synopsis: Being a ranger means adventure, action, and protecting the weak. But who protects the ranger when they lose their way? From the bestselling author of The Moth Keeper and the Tea Dragon Society comes a must read MG graphic novel for fans of soft sweeping fantasy romances. Rowan knows exactly what they to be a ranger, protecting their village alongside their trusted flying horse Kes. But when Rowan’s eagerness to show off their worth gets Kes injured, Rowan is suddenly unsure if they’re capable of being the protector they’ve always dreamed of becoming. With Kes needing to heal, Rowan is assigned a slow and winding expedition across the outlying lands. Paired with a lackadasical sheep hearder Leone, Rowan only finds frustration as they seem to fail even the simplest tasks. But Leone’s own struggles, and endless…
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YOU BELONG HERE BY SARA PHOEBE MILLER & MORGAN BEEM // blog tour book feature: a gorgeous ya graphic novel that’ll punch you in the gut!
I’m on fire just a little bit and I kinda like it? Anyways, very excitied for my stop and the final stop of the tour celebrating You Belong Here! Let’s get into it 🙂 Title: You Belong HereAuthor: Sara Phoebe MillerIllustrator: Morgan BeemPage count: 256Date published: 4 March 2025Genre: Young Adult contemporary 💜 Synopsis: A young adult graphic novel following Essie through heartbreak, star-crossed romance, teen drama, and the question on every high-school senior’s lips: where do I belong? It’s the first day of senior year and seventeen-year-old Essie Rosen is already over it. Her best friend went off to college and barely responds to her texts, her brother’s on the other side of the country in rehab, every conversation with her mom becomes a fight, and her long-term boyfriend, Bruno, feels weirdly distant. Essie’s counting down the days until she can escape her Long Island hometown and join her bff at NYU, where she’s SURE she’ll get into the acting program she’s dreamed about for years. But when Essie gets dumped AND botches her college audition, her entire trajectory changes. Instead of doing community theater, she ends up slumming it in the school play, where she’s cast opposite the…
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WHILE WE’RE YOUNG BY K.L. WALTHER // blog tour spotlight: i NEED to read this ferris bueller inspired ya rom-com!
Hi hello! Today I’m coming at you with yet another book I’m excited about but need to read,,, what else is new. But I’m very happy to be chatting about this cutesy book here as my stop on the blog tour for While We’re Young! Title: While We’re YoungAuthor: K.L. WaltherPage count: 384Date published: 4 March 2025Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance 💗 Synopsis: A whirlwind romance inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off about four friends whose hearts are broken and mended over the course of an epic senior skip day—from the bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules! Grace, Isa, and Everett used to be an inseparable trio before their love lives became a tangled mess. For starters, Grace is secretly in love with Everett, who used to go out with Isa before breaking her heart in the infamous Freshman Year Fracture. And, oh yeah, no one knows that Isa has been hanging out with James, Grace’s brother—and if Grace finds out, it could ruin their friendship. With graduation fast approaching, Grace decides an unsanctioned senior skip day in Philadelphia might be just what they need to fix things. All she has to do is convince Isa to help…
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A TEMPEST OF TEA BY HAFSAH FAIZAL // blog tour book feature: yell at me to read this vampire heist fantasy book, now out in paperback
My ambitions bested me once again but I did need a bump on the head to remind myself about this book. So let’s say everything happens for a reason and be excited about this book together why don’t we? No more focusing on the negatives! Welcome to my stop on the very last day of this tour celebrating the paperback release of A Tempest of Tea ~ keep reading to find out why I’m frothing at the mouth! Title: A Tempest of TeaSeries: Blood & Tea book #1Author: Hafsah FaizalPage count: 336Date published: 25 February 2025 // original 20 February 2024Genre: Young Adult historical fantasy ☕️ Synopsis: Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it—and she can’t do the job alone. Calling on some of the city’s most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the sinister, glittering vampire society known as the Athereum.…
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2024 READING, WATCHING & BLOGGING RECAP // last year in review ft all the stats, charts, race to finish my reading goal & 2025 goals
My TikTok fyp got boring so I forced myself to be here. Which sounds like a bad thing but how could I not like looking at the charts? I know you all do. Anyway, started off 2025 a bit lazy and back into my old ways but let’s try to fix that and get into my groove! Without further ado, into the recap <3<3<3 2024 RECAP: READING What do you mean I had to lower my goal from 50 to 45 books? Not again Ruby. But I did mention bad habits and here’s to changing those. Maybe? My Goodreads might say 46 books, but that’s because they suck these days and I read 2 short stories that the app refuses to add. So there. Not salty AT ALL. Also yes who is surprised I read the majority adult romance ebooks? Nor the fact that graphic novels from December make up most of my formats read. Lol couldn’t be me. I have issues. BUT interestingly I read a lot of rivals to lovers and I’m most definitely not mad about that *insert heart eyes* The monthly reads are near abysmal but at least no 0’s amirite? Not sure where my 2024…
