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Books · 01/15/2023

What I Read: 2022

I knew it was going to be a busy and exhausting year (hello pregnancy and 2 under 2) so I set my reading goal for the year at a manageable 30 books. I ended the year having read 40 books.

I gravitated more towards dark spicy romances (so if you know me in real life – no you don’t). Memoirs are one of my favorite genres so it’s not surprising that I kept up a 50/50 ratio of fiction to nonfiction books throughout the year.

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Boys of Brayshaw High
(Brayshaw High #1)
– Meagan Brandy
My rating: ★★★★
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Kind of Hindu
– Mindy Kaling
My rating: ★★★★
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Trouble at Brayshaw High
(Brayshaw High #2)
– Meagan Brandy
My rating: ★★★★
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Please Like Me
(But Keep Away)
-Mindy Kaling
My rating: ★★★★★
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Reign of Brayshaw
(Brayshaw High #3)
– Meagan Brandy
My rating: ★★★★★
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Help is on the Way
– Mindy Kaling
My rating: ★★★★
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Cribsheet
– Emily Oster
My rating: ★★★★★
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Havoc at Prescott High
(The Havoc Boys #1)
– C.M. Stunich
My rating: ★★★
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Give Them Lala
– Lala Kent
My rating: ★★★★
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Precious Little Sleep
– Alexis Dubief
My rating: ★★★★★
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How to Fake it in Hollywood
– Ava Wilder
My rating: ★★★★
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Off with My Head
– Stassi Schroeder
My rating: ★★★★
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A Very Punchable Face
– Colin Jost
My rating: ★★★★★
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The Body is Not an Apology
– Sonya Renee Taylor
My rating: ★★★★
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Mall You Need is Love
– Sarah Robinson
My rating: ★★★
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Love Your Life
– Sophie Kinsella
My rating: ★★★
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One of Us is Dead
– Jeneva Rose
My rating: ★★★★
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How Creativity Rules the World
– Maria Brito
My rating: ★★★★
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Love on the Brain
– Ali Hazelwood
My rating: ★★★★★
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Obsessed
– Ivy Smoak
My rating: ★★★
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The Vaccine
– Urgur Sahin, Özlem Türeci, Joe Miller
My rating: ★★★★
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Above and Beyond
– Nicola Stow, Saskia Swann
My rating: ★★★★
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I’m Glad My Mom Died
– Jennette McCurdy
My rating: ★★★★★
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Token Black Girl
– Danielle Prescod
My rating: ★★★★★
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Whiskey on Our Shoes
– Tonya Preece
My rating: ★★★★
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Average Expectations
– Shep Rose
My rating: ★★
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Love That Story
– Jonathan Van Ness
My rating: ★★★★
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The Deal
(Off-Campus #1)
– Elle Kennedy
My rating: ★★★★
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Icebreaker
– Hannah Grace
My rating: ★★★★
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Sugar and Spice
– Kimberly Kincaid
My rating: ★★★
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This is How We Do It
– Kevin Hart
My rating: ★★★
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The Doctor
(Nashville Neighborhood #1)

– Nikki Sloane
My rating: ★★★
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The Pool Boy
(Nashville Neighborhood #2)

– Nikki Sloane
My rating: ★★★
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Just My Type
– Falon Ballard
My rating: ★★★
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Monica Adams Skips Christmas
– Krista Harper
My rating: ★★★
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Tis the Season for Revenge
– Morgan Elizabeth
My rating: ★★★★
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Screwing Mr. Scrooge
– Nichole Greene
My rating: ★★★
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Bass-Ackwards
– Eris Adderly
My rating: ★★
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Resting Scrooge Face
– Meghan Quinn
My rating: ★★★★
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
(ACOTAR #1)
– Sarah J. Maas
My rating: ★★★
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Chaos at Prescott High
(The Havoc Boys #2)
– C.M. Stunich
My rating: ★★★★
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About Steph

Steph is a coffee-obsessed, book-loving, computer nerd, mom of 2 under 2. She loves a good enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity trope. Her favorite genres are romance and dark romance -- the spicier the better. But she also loves nonfiction and fantasy.

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How did you do on your reading goal for 2022? And what is your 2023 reading goal?
#bookreview 📚 Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness #bookreview 📚 Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 

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Wowww! I thought this was going to be a light, fun read like JVN’s persona on Queer Eye. I was so wrong in all the best ways! This was deep, emotional, heartbreaking, and beautiful mixed with JVN’s usual fun and witty comments. I highly recommend this book.
#CurrentRead Home Before Dark by Riley Sager I'v #CurrentRead Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
 
I've heard so many good things about this book - plus I read Lock Every Door by Riley Sager last year which was fantastic - so I'm really hoping this book lives up to the hype. We're heading into Fall which always makes me want to read some creepy thrillers (even though I'm a big baby that gets scared SO easily). I also talked my husband into reading it with me (!). We rarely read the same books because we typically like different genres but it's always a fun time when we do. I love discussing books with him (the downside being when he shits on a book I love... but i still love him anyway even if he sometimes has poor judgement). 

📖 What are you currently reading?
I have to admit I’ve just been feeling a bit ble I have to admit I’ve just been feeling a bit bleh lately. Anyone else? ⠀⠀
📚 Current read: Crushing It by Lorelei Parker
📺 Current binge: Waco on Netflix ⠀⠀
What are you reading and watching lately? I need some recommendations! ⠀⠀
* This is a throwback picture to one of my favorite cafes last year. Anyone else addicted to everything matcha? Mmm. ⠀⠀
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I decided to read this book after seeing it be referred to as “the adult Harry Potter”. Harley Merlin starts out much like Harry Potter... a girl who lost her parents as a young child has some extraordinary abilities that she just doesn't fully understand. The big difference... Harley Merlin is an adult. She's currently working at a casino using her abilities as an empath to help catch cheaters. But soon something CRAZY happens and Harley is thrown into the world of magic... a world she had no idea existed. And of course, the big villain is out for none other than new magical Harley Merlin, but things don't always seem to work out in Harley's favor. There's magic, monsters, and covens... what more could you want?

Let me start off by saying, I did enjoy this book and have read up to book 6 in the series already (out of a whomping 17 books in the series!) and will continue reading until I'm bored of it. The first book I think is a bit loose on what is going on. The magical world isn't quite developed yet and there's a lot of questions that need to be answered. A lot of the characters didn't become relatable and likable to me until the 2nd and 3rd books. I find Harley a bit frustrating in the same way I found Harry Potter frustrating (stop trying to be the single-handed hero!). I would recommend this book to Harry Potter lovers, with the disclaimer that it isn't the adult version of HP. It's another book about magic that follows a VERY similar recipe as HP. 
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