January 2022 – Stephanie Caffrey, Author

With some of the writing a little cringeworthy, it really lowered my opinion of the book. I liked Lindsay and Ryan, but their story didn’t feel complete. Their break up felt forced and inorganic.

3 Stars

Everything I could hope for in a book by The Levy’s. The letters by each actor about their character was definitely the best part of the book. I also loved the behind the scenes stories. I laughed and I cried.

5 Stars

A raw and honest memoir about growing up in challenging circumstances, hitting the lowest lows, but coming out okay in the end. It was difficult to read at times, but at the same time it was inspiring. (BOTM)

4 Stars

Poor Wooley. This book was so good. A great book about adventure, friendship and fresh starts. Found myself rooting both for the boys and against them several times. The book had rich characters and an engaging plot. Towles has done it again. (BOTM)

5 Stars

Very good, especially on audiobook. Learned a lot about Will Smith as a person and professionally that I never knew before. Although, I’m not quite sure he is a great person, he is definitely very egotistical.

4 Stars

A cute romance. I loved Annie, but Patrick was the standout. It was a lot of fun. Glad there was no real break up between the characters. And obviously the Australia bits were the best.

4 Stars

A delightful memoir about a happy childhood. Was fun to read. Loved reading about Ames in the 1960s and 1970s. The whole book was very wholesome and I enjoyed reading it.

4 Stars

Poetry is not the genre for me. Found myself glossing over many poems to just get this over with.

3 Stars

Very interesting book about exploration. It was neat to read about the time and what it took to explore. But, it was also a little dry and boring.

3 Stars

Not the book for me. Too long, there could have been about 500 less pages. Too much rape. Too many contrived reasons for Jamie Claire to be in trouble. Writing not the best. Best part was the Jamie and Claire romance.

Not my favorite of the series, but I still really enjoyed it. You can tell Frank planned to write more books because the ending was a complete cliffhanger and left me wanting more. But I don’t know if it was enough for me to read the Brian Herbert books.

4 Stars

Amazing set up for the new spinoff series. Love the ties to BDB. Love that it seems the series is going to focus on Lydia and Daniel. I’m so excited for the new book that I went to preorder it and discovered I had already preordered it back in October.

Our book club pick for December, I went into this book hoping for something fun. Charles Dickens pulls a Sherlock Holmes? Yes, please! Instead, what I got was a Charles Dickens of his time, views on gender roles and all, and a mystery that was not as fun as I had expected. I wish the author hadn’t been so rigid in keeping with historical accuracy. I could have used a good, strong female character.

3 Stars

A cute YA holiday romance, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I felt that the characters were beautifully developed, and the pacing was very realistic. This book definitely met my expectations of a cute holiday read.

4 Stars

I felt the first book was pretty good, and decided to read the sequel because, why not? I went into the book thinking it was a duology and this book would complete the series. And I grew to love El and Orion even more than before as the book move through their senior year and the choices they made for their classmates and their relationship. However, with 20 minutes left of the book I realized Naomi Novik changed the book to a TRILOGY and I may have screamed in the parking lot of Kohl’s at the last line of the book. Now I’m anxiously awaiting book 3 in September.

4 Stars

Bayliss’ Twelve Dates of Christmas was one of my favorite holiday reads last year, so I was looking forward to reading this new book from her. And it did not disappoint. I fell in love with the small town of Willow Bay and found myself longing to visit. Annie and John had the perfectly paced slow burn, and I found myself sad when I reached the end of the book, wanting at least a hundred more pages so I could stay with Annie, John and the rest of Willow Bay’s residents.

4 Stars

Hallmark Christmas movie in a book. This was the perfect Christmas romance, and I just ate it up. I loved Annie. The twins were just freakin’ adorable. And the romance was great. Perfect holiday fluff read.

4 Stars

Twins swapping places, food network baking competition, small snowy town, and romance. What more could you ask for in a Christmas read? I could not put this book down, and loved every second of it. It was so cute, and I loved that I got two love stories for the price of one. (BOTM)

4 Stars

Prior to reading this book, I could not name one Foo Fighters song, and could only name one Nirvana song. I chose to listen to this book because I heard it was a great memoir. And it was. I really enjoyed it, and I fell in love with Dave Grohl. I have since listened to some of his music.

5 Stars

Chosen for my book club I do with my sisters, I was really excited to read this book since Project Hail Mary was easily the best book I read all year. Artemis, however, really fell short. I think my expectations were too high after Mary and The Martian. This book was a lot different than the other two. That being said, I still enjoyed the book, and loved the thriller aspect. It did start a bit slow, but it picked up.

4 Stars

Typically I read to escape reality, so I almost didn’t pick up a book so firmly set during the beginning of Covid. The concept of a woman being stuck in the Galapagos intrigued me though. And I have to say, this was a great book. I really loved the stuff on the Galapagos. However, there’s a twist that happens at about 60% that really knocked me for a spin, and knocked a star off my rating. I don’t want to spoil anything, but it was jarring and a bit disappointing. However, I’m going to choose to believe it ends the way I want it to end, and that will keep it at the higher rating.

4 stars

Month: January 2022

January 2022 Reads

December 2021 Reads