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My pick for April‘s #12BooksOf2024 seems to be a popular one. 😉 Zorrie was an unexpected pleasure, a quiet story of resilience & a book I wouldn‘t have found without #SundayBuddyRead. It got a rare ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me.

Honorable Mentions were: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, The Second, Escaping Mr. Rochester & A First Time For Everything.

My goals for the #OutWithTheOldInWithTheNew Readathon are:

1. Begin my three 2025 Year-long daily reads.

2. Finish at least two of the four books I‘m supposed to finish by the end of December. 😂

3. Begin reading the January books for #HashtagBrigade and #SundayBuddyRead .

Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65 ! Your Readathons always help me focus (and occasionally panic!) 😉

How I loved this one! It was simply beautiful. Not my usual read, and one I read for #SundayBuddyRead in April, this follows Zorrie as she navigates life, from a young age up to her final years. It‘s bittersweet, and the pacing makes it absolutely perfect.

Incidentally, I read a companion of this book that came out very recently, and I did not enjoy it as much. There‘s just something about this slim novel that is breathtaking. #12BooksOf2024

For any #SundayBuddyRead peeps who like a cheap Kindle deal, our October 2025 pick is on sale for Kindle for $1.99 & it looks like the same price in Nook & Kobo too. 🎉

I enjoy stories with interconnected characters like this. While many of the romances touched on similar themes/tropes, I liked the diversity in characters. The main romance between Stevie and Sola was actually my least favorite. I liked the overarching friendships best. Glad to read this with the #sundaybuddyread crew @TheBookHippie
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#Adventathon @BookmarkTavern
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader

#ReadAway2024

Read for #SundayBuddyRead, it‘s a very soft pick from me—too much YA angst & too many characters to keep track of, but I think the concept of different YA authors creating the interlocking stories was good. Some of the characters & stories sparkled more than others, but it was a good pick for a light December read & if I was the intended YA target looking for diversity & representation in my books, I‘m sure I‘d have loved it. ❄️❄️❄️