I‘ve got my audio (The Frame Up)
Print book (tagged book)
Ebook (Vampires Sunny Sweetheart)

#weekendreads

I liked the premise of this book but could not stand either MC. Jae was extremely unprofessional and didn‘t do a whole lot in the book to redeem himself. Nami did not act like a 30 year old business owner. I did not enjoy their competitiveness or banter. I liked the overall story and world but… what do you do when you hate the people you‘re supposed to be rooting for?!

This is the second book in this series. It follows Lizzie who entered the world to get back her family heirlooms. However, she finds something or someone else worth living for.

I liked this one and the romance is good. I like all the different type of mythical/fantasy creatures throughout too.

#serieslove2025

Help! Goodreads is totally messing up my books read count!

If I read a book on my kindle, it‘s counting the book twice! I don‘t have the setting turned on where it automatically updates my goodreads when I start and finish a kindle book.

It‘s only doing this on the challenge side when I finish a kindle book.

I don‘t know what to do to fix this…

I see what the author did there. The company buying up all the other companies is called Rainforest…

It took me a minute.

Oh my! I hated this book so much. It was the longest 6 hours of my life at 1.75x speed. It was racist, it was a lot of talking and singing? It was a lot of just telling. So many characters and the narrator did not differentiate them at all.

I‘ll just stick with Agatha Christie.

#authoramonth

Finished my first book for #auldlangspine! This wasn‘t on my radar at all as I don‘t read a ton of sci-fi anymore. I thought the characters acted a little young to be in their late 20s. However, I really loved this book and all the characters.

A group of friends break into a defunct spaceship. It takes off and they have to figure out how to survive. Also, romance! Great book!

Meh. Could have done without this novella. It‘s been a long time since I‘ve read the original book and I was excited to be back in this world. However, I was outside of the world for too long and didn‘t really remember anyone or what happened. It‘s probably a it‘s me and not you thing.

Just opened this book. It‘s today!

#auldlangspine

Both my #botm and #aardvark books came in today! Might have went a little overboard! But am so excited for all of these!

I have no idea how this book got on my radar but it was so good! I was immediately hooked and didn‘t want to put it down. Too soon to say it might be my favorite read of January?! It‘s Romantasy. Tamsyn is the royal whipping girl who gets married off and has to leave the only place she‘s known.

It is the 1st in the series and just came out in Sept. so be warned!

My first #roll100 book finished! #jumpstart2025

When I click on “reely” there is no definition or translation… is it a typo? Or is that how really used to be spelled?

I was listening to the audio but decided to switch to the print and see if it‘s better.

#authoramonth

I‘m not sure how this one got on my radar. 3 sisters are witches and run a tea shop telling their customers fortunes. They get enrolled by the head witches to help 3 witches find their task in life. They have to finish their task to not turn into ghosts once they die. The 3 sisters at the same time are following their passions but not sharing it with each other.

#jumpstart2025

My first monster romance. Loch Ness monster romance. Loved it!! Key‘s father passed away so she goes to Scotland to scatter his ashes and meet his side of the family. She gets enrolled in solving a mystery.

#jumpstart2025

Love this quick, easy read. Loving this series, book 5.

This one has midsummer night dreams vibes. A love potion goes awry and someone ends up murdered. So of course, she has to solve the murder. The romance was getting started and then the love potion ruined it. 😒

#serieslove2025
#gottacatchemall - murder (Marshadow)

#weekendreads - I meant to post this way earlier today. I‘ve been reading the tagged book since the first of the year.

I‘ve been listening to The Crescent Tea Room on audio.

January #bookspin and #doublespin! Looking forward to the tagged book for #auldlangspine

My total points was 5,200. I read 19 books, watched a lot of Christmas movies but only got a few bingos.

Thanks for a great #wintergames #wintergames2024 #xmaschachas #christmaschapterchasers

Last book finished for winter games.

This one is set in a small town in England. Harriet is alone for Christmas this year and is drinking her sorrows away. She meets a mysterious man at the bar and has a one night stand. She sneaks out in the morning thinking she‘ll never see him again. Well turns out he‘s a lawyer for the lady who owns the whole town. Harriet is caught in an old theater and has to fix it in time for Christmas.

This is the last book I finished in 2024. Unfortunately, it wasn‘t my favorite of the series and I‘m not sure why. I love this world, it‘s set in Wales mostly, set during a house party with forced proximity. All things I typically love, but just wasn‘t feeling it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

2024 stats!

Thanks to Goodreads for these fun graphics!

Read 245 books this year (5 less than last year 🤷🏻‍♀️)
My favorite genres were no surprise

#2024readingstats #2024stats

The tagged is my top book of the year. It‘s the first in the drowning empire series. I can‘t wait to pick up the last book in the trilogy in 2025!

#2024readingbracket

The tagged book was my favorite read of December. I‘m okay posting this since my current read is probably not going to be a favorite. It‘s also definitely not going to beat my 2024 Book of the Year, The Bone Shard Daughter! 💚💚

#2024readingbracket

Here‘s my first #bookspin list for 2025! Here‘s to hoping it‘ll be a good reading year!

First picks for #roll100 2025!

Looking forward to a new set of 100 books!

Not a lot of great books in February, so this was my favorite read. A romance set in a creepy/haunted castle.

#12booksof2024

Ahh I‘m so close to finishing #tenbeforetheend!

But both of the books I have left are real chunksters! 835 and 509 pages! I don‘t know if I can finish either in 5 days!

I finally got through the 2nd book in this series! I started it in June and then life got in the way (and other books). So I started it again in November and then finally finished! It‘s a low pick because it took me so long to get into and finish. Idk if it‘s suffering 2nd book syndrome but I also don‘t really care or believe the romance. I am definitely looking forward to book 3 though!

I will admit I knew nothing about Kelly Bishop besides Gilmore girls. I knew she was also in Dirty Dancing, but that was it. So learning about her life and her struggles and just dedication to dancing and her career was amazing. I loved this! And having her read it to me was perfect.

I really like this author‘s books. They‘re emotional and not usually very happy novels about grief or sadness or some emotion but typically has a happy ending. This one has Holly dealing with the aftermath of a car accident. She was driving and her sister was in the car with her. Each December she writes a letter to a lonely hearts group and she gets a letter back. This year she tries to help the person in the letter.

This was definitely my favorite read of January. I had quite a few 5 star reads, but nothing will beat this 2nd book in the duology!

#12Booksof2024

Happy #jolabokaflodswap day! Thank you so much for the book and chocolate Amy!

This is a low pick for me. I didn‘t really like any of the characters. They were either overly dramatic or blah. I liked that Nory owned a secondhand bookshop and loved books, but she had such a hard time actually selling them? This is set around Christmas and very winter estate, but it‘s not a cutesy holiday romance. More a winter romance drama.

#wintergames2024 #xmaschachas

And now I‘m all caught up!

This was a bit change of pace after all the holiday reads. Set in the 1300s in Florence during the plague. Ginerva has magical abilities and just wants to help people. She ends up getting caught and is mutilated and exiled from the city. Then the plague comes and she‘s asked to come back to the city and find the religious relics. I liked it!

#wintergames2024 #xmaschachas

Low pick on this one. Winnie‘s background just stressed me out too much. I know there are people out there like her family and it just honestly blows my mind.

This one is Winnie and Kallum filming a soft core porn Christmas movie. He‘s had a crush on her forever but she thinks he ruined her life. But it is a romance.

#wintergames2024 #xmaschachas

This was a reread for me! I remembered who the killer was but not all of the other drama. It was still a good mystery!

#wintergames2024 #xmaschacha

Sorry to be a day late, but yesterday was crazy!

Here‘s my total points for check in.

2450pts

#wintergames #christmaschapterchasers #xmaschacha

Yay! My swap package was delivered today! I wasn‘t sure if it would be on a Sunday!

This box is amazing! I love everything about it! I can‘t wait to try the tea. I‘m super excited for the books too!

#stuffedstockingswap

This one was okay. It took until 80% of the book for them to admit they have feelings for each other. Cara goes to Eldovia for work to help them with their main company. Matteo instantly hates her. And they are oddly obsessed with each others hands!! It was so weird how obsessed they were. It‘s a quick, holiday romance read. The town seemed super cute and wish I could visit.

#wintergames2024 #xmaschacha

This was the longest audiobook I‘ve picked up in a while, 21hrs!! But I was hooked! 2 kingdoms, a winter and summer kingdom are at war. Winter conquers Summer and his prize is a summerly princess as a bride. There is a lot of tension, her father is awful and it was annoying how much Winter did not trust Kham. Overall, I really liked this one!

#wintergames2024 #xmaschacha #snowedin #bookspinbingo #littenlisten

Received my next set of quarterly #mytbr recs. Has anyone read any of these? I haven‘t heard of any of them, but looking forward to them!

This is going out today!

#js2024

Received my #jolabokaflodswap package today!

Mine is going out tomorrow!

Being sick has been great for my reading! I‘ve finished so many books in the last week. This is a debut light fantasy novel. It‘s a found family, traveling journey story. Tao is a fortune teller, but only small fortunes. She tried to keep her magic use to a minimum. She meets a bunch of characters and they start traveling together, looking for Mash‘s missing daughter.

This book was just lovely but at the same time deals with prejudices.

This one was a bit too similar to my last read, where there is a swap. This one had a bit too much telling than showing for me. It‘s set on specific days and it tells me about what happened yesterday. I would like to actually experience that instead of just the recap. This one has Holly being left the day before her wedding so her and her best friend Ivy switch vacations.

#wintergames2024 #bookspinbingo #xmaschacha

I ended up really liking this one. They both need to get away for personal reasons and switch homes for the holiday season. It was a quick, I don‘t want to say heavy, but it does touch on some sensitive topics.

#wintergames2024 #xmaschacha

I read this book over the weekend. I was sick, so I told my husband to pick me a Christmas book from my shelves and this was the one he brought me.

It was a fun, cozy, quick crime/romance read. #wintergames2024 #xmaschacha

Finished this one on Friday. It was the perfect traveling book for me. I mostly read it on my flight to and from NC. Set over many christmases, Olive and Jack are reconnected while working for the Queen. It was a great historical fiction Christmas novel.

#wintergames2024 #teamchacha

When you‘re sick you just need some tea, lots of supplies and a good book.

Was traveling for work this week and of course picked something up. So trying to be cozy this weekend.

I love your list Rachel! I‘ve read 2 already (Veronica Roth & Emily Wilde). I bailed for now on Running Close to the Wind but maybe I‘ll give it another try.

A lot of great sounding books on your list. The tagged was the only one currently on my TBR, so I‘ll probably start with that one. But I‘m going to give all the ones pictured a try in January!

Also, I‘m super excited to be matched with you again after 4 years! 💚💚

#auldlangspine 2025