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Blogmas Day 3: Christmas Books TBR

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During this festive time of year, I mostly just want to read Christmas books! I have been in such a mood for it here lately. I have already read several, but there are plenty more I want to read that are mostly on kindle unlimited.

⭐️ Christmas books I Have Read ⭐️

Hot Chocolate & Hitmen — Persephone Steele

This was a spicy book containing 3 men & 1 woman. It was well-written in my opinion. I rated it 4 ⭐️.

Christmas at Fox Ridge — Bailey Hannah

I thought this was so cute! It was definitely a hallmark-like book. Perfect for this time of year. I rated it 4 ⭐️.

Vixen’s Guide to Christmas — Chelle Sloan

Another hallmark-like book, but I rated this one 5 ⭐️. It was written so well!

⭐️ Christmas TBR ⭐️

Holiday Hideaway — Mary Kay Andrews

The Naughty List — Jade West

As I was scrolling through KU books, I seen this one and couldn’t resist.

25 Days — Per Jacobsen

This is one of those advent books where you read a chapter a day. I have started this as of December 1st! I’m loving it so far. I first found out about these kind of books through tik tok during October.

King of Christmas — J. E. Rowney

The Christmas Tree Farm — Laurie Gilmore

Stuck at Christmas — Georgia Coffman

Currently reading this one!

The Christmas List — Maren Moore

The Santa Rules — Mya More

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal — Meghan Quinn

I put this on my regular TBR MONTHS ago!

Spirit of the Season — Fern Michaels

This is one book I have the physical copy of. I got it through blind date with a book a couple weeks ago.

I know I probably won’t get through all these Christmas books, but I am going to try my best!! They all caught my interest as I was scrolling through what kindle unlimited books there were available to read.

End of the month review: June

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I feel like I blinked, the first of June, and now it is already the 30th. This past month has been challenging, but also fun too. Between working in the cafe and working in the garden, I have been so exhausted. Despite that, I had time to read, watch tv and have fun! Below is more on that.

Favorite book I read:

Give Me More by Sara Cate

This book is S P I C Y, and I LOVED IT. Personally, I would never want to be in a poly relationship, but I did love reading about it. This is the third book of this series, and Sara Cate has written another good one. She makes you love the characters. I am ready for the next one.

Other books I read:

  • Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You: Poems by Misha Collins
  • Falling By T.J. Newman
  • Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who’s Been There by Tara Schuster
  • The Tenant by Freida McFadden
  • Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley

All of these were so good!

Some other favorites I had this month:

  • Favorite new place I ate: A1 Pizza
  • Favorite TV show: Love Island (USA)
  • Favorite purchase: Sandels
  • Favorite past time: Reading & gaming
  • Favorite song: Vienna by Billy Joel
  • Favorite YouTube Channel: Carly Incontro

Favorite photos I took this month:

End of the month goal check in:

  • Plan a hangout with friends ✅
  • Post 2 Youtube videos ✅
  • Post 2 blogs ❌
  • Read 5 books ✅
  • Get to 75 followers on Tik Tok ❌
  • Work on book ✅
  • Paint ❌
  • Eat somewhere new ✅
  • Start using wheel of books ✅
  • Go on a hike ❌

I am excited to see what I can get into this next month. There are several things I hope to do this summer… We shall see.

Until next time.

Books Read in January & February

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Hi! I am behind on my monthly book blog, but I am here now! In January and February, I have read 5 books in total. So far this year every book I have finished, I have throughly enjoyed! I recommend all 5 of these books.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book is the first one I finished in 2024. I do have to say out of all of them this was my least favorite book, but I still enjoyed it nonetheless. I don’t really like how it would bounce between time periods, but at the same time, that’s part of what makes the book. It was a beautiful story.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a reread for me. I like to try and reread the Harry Potter series every so often. It has been a long time since I have done a full reread (I usually stop after book 4), but I hope to read through the rest of them this year. This one and the rest of the series always makes me cry so it’s hard to read them, but I love getting lost in the pages. The movies left out a lot of the story. Some of the most important parts in my opinion.

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am so glad that this book was recommended to me! It was a very interesting read. Fast paced – which I love. It’s about a guy who was put into prison for murdering his son… except he didn’t. We end up going on a journey with him as he breaks out of prison. This is the first time I’ve ever read a book by this author, but I will definitely read another.

We Used to Live Here by Daniel Hurst ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Some people bought this house, and they were finding strange things while remodeling… I did not expect the ending of this book at all. To me it was definitely a twist that almost made me mad. The ending made me want more to the story.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I listened to the audiobook of this one, and enjoyed it so much. It was a cute little read that’s like a hallmark movie cliche. It had the whole uptight person visiting a small town and falling in love.

Final note

I am very happy with what books I have read so far. For 2024, I have made the reading goal to read 50 books this year. According to my Goodreads, I am 3 books behind, but I think it will all workout in the end. Last year I started reading several books at once, and I usually finishing them all around the same time. In the next few weeks, I plan to post my 2024 tbr, which has 54 books on it. And yes, I know my goal is to read 50 books, but sometimes it’s hard to choose what books I want to read!

What book(s) are you reading right now? Have you read any of the ones I’ve read in January and February?

New Year Resolutions

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My 2024 has started out with me being sick. For the past three weeks, I have not felt like being productive at all. I am normally on top of making my new year resolutions and starting to implement them to my life already. I am eleven days behind, but I am ready to start the new year.

The main New Years Resolution that I have that I want to focus on this year is to be more creative, and to have fun with it. I enjoy blogging and YouTube, but I feel as though I somehow make it into a chore. My goal is to do those things and have fun doing them.

I want to post on YouTube at least twice a month, and post on my blog twice a month as well. I hope at some point I can do both once a week, but I know if I make that my goal right now I would fail. I also really want to work on a book that I have been trying to write. I do want to do that once a week, if not more.

Onto another goal I have, toward the end of 2023, I really slacked off on going to the gym. I was busy, and honestly, I didn’t want to make the drive to the gym. The whole thing takes up a bit of time. I am going to start getting back into the gym, and even start doing more cardio and yoga on top of my strength training. I will be working out three to four times a week. I know when I am working out consistently I feel so much better than the way that I am feeling right now.

Lastly, one of my main goals is my reading goal. In 2023, I made a reading goal of 30 books, and I exceeded that goal during the summer so I extended it to 50 books. I ended up hitting my 50 books goal on Christmas Eve. I want to challenge myself this year so I made my reading goal to be 50 books. I haven’t made as much time lately to read so I really want to make more time for it like I did the first six months of last year. I’ve already compiled a list of books I want to read this year that I may share on here later.

These are my main goals for 2024. Do you have any new year resolutions? What are they, and how are you going to reach them?

Books I read in 2022

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My goal was to read at least 22 books this year, and I actually went past that goal by reading 29 books. Here’s what I read this past year (in order). I’ll even add what I had rated it on GoodReads!

  • Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Stacey Kennedy (3 stars)
  • Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer (4 stars)
  • Carved (The Road to Hell, #2) by Brenda K. Davies (5 stars)
  • Of Beast and Beauty (Daughters of Eville, #1) by Chanda Hahn (4 stars)
  • Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas (4 stars)
  • 4th of July (Women’s Murder Club, #4) by James Patterson (4 stars)
  • The Zombie Chronicles (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed, #1) by Chrissy Peebles (4 stars)
  • If You Ask Me by Betty White (4 stars)
  • Forever Words: The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash (3 stars)
  • Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas (5 stars)
  • The 5th Horseman (Women’s Murder Club, #5) by James Patterson (5 stars)
  • Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas (5 stars)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling (5 stars)
  • Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas (4 stars)
  • Boot Camp by Todd Strasser (3 stars)
  • Wild Rebel (Dirty Wild, #1) by Laurelin Paige (4 stars)
  • Her Name Was Olivia: A Story of Post Civil War Tennessee by Carol Britt Eason (4 stars)
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (5 stars)
  • The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner (5 stars)
  • Race for the Cure (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed, #2) by Chrissy Peebles (3 stars)
  • It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (4 stars)
  • Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2) Gertrude Chandler Warner (5 stars)
  • The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, #3) by Gertrude Chandler Warner (5 stars)
  • Once Burned (Hammond Brothers, #3) by Suzie O’Connell (4 stars)
  • Make Me Burn (Turn Up the Heat, #1) by Marie Harte (4 stars)
  • The 6th Target (Women’s Murder Club, #6) by James Patterson (3 stars)
  • The Billionaire’s Email-Order Date (Email-Order Romance, #1) by Vivi Holt (4 stars)
  • A Firefighter’s Christmas Gift (Holidays in Heart Falls, #1) by Vivian Arend (3 stars)
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (4 stars)

What was your favorite book that you read in 2022? what’s your reading goal for 2023? I have a goal to read 30 books! But I hope to read more.

Books Read in June 2022

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I really wanted to read 3 books this month, but I only got around to reading 2 books.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This whole series will be a reread for me. I decided that this year I wanted to reread all 7 books, as I haven’t read all of them in a really long time. To be honest, this is probably my least favorite one of the whole series, but I still love it all the same. The main thing I got from reading is that I forgot how much of a a–hole Draco Malfoy was in the books. Some of that is definitely different than it is in the movie.

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I didn’t think I would enjoy it because it was completely about side characters — not about Aelin Galathynius. I still enjoyed Chaol, Yrene and Nesryn’s story. It was cool to see what was happening to them during the same time as book 5.

What books have you read this month? What are you going to read next book?

Books read in May 2022

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This month I wanted to read four books, but I only ended up reading three – which is still good for me, honestly! This month I read two different series, and that actually puts me almost done with one of them (only two books left!) Below is my rating and my opinion!

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

On goodreads, I gave this book 5 stars, but I would really give it 4.5 stars. It took me a few chapters to get into it, but once I finally started getting into it I finished it fairly quickly. The thing I love most about Aelin Galathynius is that she does everything with purpose, and we never know why she does these little things until later. When the reveal happens, I just want to punch the air and go “good for her!” Sometimes… I may actually do that.

The 5th Horseman (Women’s Murder Club, #5) by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The women’s murder club series is the series I turn to when I need an easy read. I need breaks after reading books like the one above. Some people think it’s weird, but I cannot read a long series back to back. I have to read books in between, and this is one of them. I believe this series is really good. I’ve come to really love the character Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer (and her friends).

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think this book was the best one yet out of all of them. I love Aelin. I love Rowan. I love Aedion. I love Dorian. I love Lysandra. I love Manon. I love them all. Again, I love the way Aelin will have purpose for everything that she does. I know the others are mad that she doesn’t reveal her plans to everyone, but I do love the shock that they have when her plan unravels. This book left me with the hugest cliffhanger about her well-being and I KNOW that I won’t know anything until I read book 7 because book 6 is about Chaol. Pray for my mental well-being.

Also, I just want to note that I have now read 12 books this year. My goal is to read 22 books. If I reach my goal before December I will probably extend my goal.

Do you have a reading goal? What is it? What book are you reading right now?