📖BOOK TITLE: STATISTICALLY SPEAKING  📖AUTHOR: DEBBIE JOHNSON  📖 PUB DATE: DECEMBER 03 2024 📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #144thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher, for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions. The last book I read was really sad and very emotional, so definitely it spilled over to this as well. Gemma Jones' life is one that was definitely heartbreaking. She had a child at sixteen, didn't know who the dad was, had to go through it all without a solid support system, and still had to give the baby away😪. Despite all the hardship she faced, she still made something out of herself. For me, Gemma giving her baby away was a very beautiful thing for her to do. Even at the age of sixteen, she thought and knew that raising her baby would be nearly impossible as she was still a child herself. Her mom would have been of help, but being an addict and her mood flaring up all the time wasn't the best ...

📖BOOK TITLE: THE MULLIGAN CURSE  📖AUTHOR: DIANE BARNES  📖 PUB DATE: FEBRUARY 5TH 2025 📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #141stBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions. Who wouldn't want to go back in time and change one of the life-changing decisions? Who wouldn't want to see how life should've turned out if you took an alternate path? Mary Mulligam has been having some pains in her mouth due to the recent emergence of her wisdom tooth; this scenario should have been perfectly normal had it been Mary Mulligan wasn't in her fifties. So now you see what drew me into the story—who doesn't love a good time travel novel? The plot was set right; the emergence of Mary's wisdom tooth is due to her having some serious life regrets; she thinks she has not done enough with her life. Now she is old and lonely; her husband doesn't have enough time for her, and her...

📖 BOOK TITLE: FOLLOW ME  📖AUTHOR: ELIZABETH ROSE QUINN  📖 PUB DATE: MAY 6TH 2025  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #138thBookOf2024 Ok, it's time to breathe, actually maybe a breath or two because what did I just read? 🤯🤯 I was expecting a cozy mystery because how can a grown woman of twin boys disappear without no trace? But then the story turned, and I was not expecting this dark tale. I say dark because it was definitely too dark for me—after the murder(s) that took place, I had to stop reading and start doing other things (like scrolling through Facebook) to stop my brain from playing the images/movie-like trance it has conjured. Like this book was crazy, momfluencer kind of crazy. You'll ask how monfluencers and murders relate, and I'll tell you you definitely have to read this book to actually find out the answers. Before diving into this book, know that there are some heavy themes being discussed in this book, which include: drug addiction, postp...

📖BOOK TITLE: BINGSU FOR TWO  📖AUTHOR: SUJIN WITHERSPOON  📖 PUB DATE: JANUARY   14TH 2025 📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #136thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions.  River Langston Lee (our MMC) is seventeen years old, and he is rethinking all his life choices, from walking out of a very important exam (meaning he won't be able to attend university) to breaking up with his longtime girlfriend and leaving his co-managerial job at his parents cafe, Cafe Gong. Being a teen comes with a whole lot of different emotions, different fears, and also a lot of I don't know. I love how all the teens in this book were portrayed from the MMC to the FMC and the side characters; the character development is just beautiful. I have always loved to read a romance novel from the MMC's POV, and I need more Recs like these. Love a good young adult romance and found fami...

📖 BOOK TITLE: SOME LIKE IT SCOT  📖AUTHOR: PEPPER BASHAM  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #135thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions. It has been long since I've felt all the feels of a romantic swoon, and this book filled my heart with a renewed faith in love and what love can do to a person. I kept wishing for this book not to end for me to continue immersing myself in the richness of the love story between Graeme (I pronounce this as "grim" in my head; I hope that is correct 😂) and Katie. These two give a whole different meaning to love, 🥰🥰 and I love it for them. Katie, the travel writer who does not have roots in any place, meets Graeme, who has a loving family in Mull and is not thinking of going anywhere any time soon. After meeting our two MCs, I thought that maybe this was just going to be a fling, but alas, with these two, the word fling doesn'...

📖 BOOK TITLE: SOMEONE LIKE YOU    📖AUTHOR: SANDY BARKER  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #134thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, Boldwood Books, and Sandy Barker for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions. I would have rated this 3.5 stars, but I rounded it up to 4 stars. The whole transition from friends to lovers took me on a ride, and I really thought that both Raff's and Gaby's HEAs (Happily Ever After) would not happen due to some circumstances on both MCs part. "Someone Like You" is the fourth book in the "Ever After Agency Series," and I read this book as a standalone even without reading the rest in the series. Honestly, I feel that no one can be as dumb and oblivious as Raff. Like, seriously, dude, how can you not know when someone is flirting with you? The whole matchmaker bit got me excited (that's a dream job). Overall, I really enjoyed this story, even if I thought it was way too long and dragging ...

📖 BOOK TITLE: SIXTEEN MINUTES  📖AUTHOR: K.J. REILLY  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #125thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for granting my request to read this E-ARC and provide my honest opinions. Ok....., I am going to take a deep breath because this book took me on a thrilling ride 😁. As usual, I didn't read the blurb before going in, but after reading the prologue, I had to go back to actually read the blurb, and I will be honest, the blurb of this book did no justice to the information contained in this book 🤯🤯. This book is actually tempting me to do a deep dive on all things multiverses, luminal spaces, time travel, and parallel universes because what is all this madness 🤯. It is really amazing what the author did with this book, like this is a YA novel that focuses on these themes, and there are also some heavy ones like death and drug abuse, and the author still manages to find a way to introduce a love interest 😍 Hone...

📖 BOOK TITLE:  BUSYBODIES COLLECTION  📖AUTHORS:  ELLE COSIMANO, JESSE Q. SUTANTO, EMMA ROSENBLUM, NITA PROSE, KELLYE GARRETT, ALICIA THOMPSON  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #124thBookOf2024 Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for granting my request to read this e-ARC and provide my honest opinions. Staged ⭐⭐⭐: I really enjoyed this short story. Lyda and her friend, the amateur sleuths 😄, thanks to their fast thinking and ability to see beyond the obvious, solved Sawyer's murder case. I guess I'm an amateur sleuth as well as I cracked the case before them ha😄😄. The Reunion Dinner ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Everything Jesse writes I will read; even as a short story, this was amazing. The humor! The twist! And that ending!!! Crime of Fashion ⭐⭐: I didn't really like this as much as I loved the others. The Nosy Neighbors ⭐⭐⭐⭐: I didn't see that twist at the end coming, and I thought Marge was the bad person all along 😈 One Lucky Subscriber ⭐⭐⭐: This was an okay...

📖BOOK TITLE : MEET ME IN IVY FALLS (BOOK 1) 📖AUTHOR : AMY TRUE  📖 PUB DATE : JUNE 25 2024 📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS :  #SixtyseventhBookOf2024              #Arc Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and Amy True for this Arc. I recieved this ARC voluntarily in exchange for my honest opinion. I think after this book, second chance romance trope is not for me because there's a whole lot of history and emotional baggage attached to a particular person and that whole drama is just not for me and it is no different with Torran & Beck.  These two main characters have whole lot going on in their respective lives and whilst they still have the chemistry I didn't think they would work out. At some point, I even stop rooting for them but love always prevails. I think I can guess what book two will be about so Amy count me in for every book in this series. 📖 GENRE: WOMEN'S FICTION | ROMANCE  PERFECT IF YOU LOVE: 🌸SEC...

📖BOOK TITLE: CHRISTMAS IN SPITE OF YOU  📖AUTHOR: K.C. MILLLS 📖PUBLISHER: BLACK ODYSSEY MEDIA  📖PUB DATE:: SEPTEMBER 24 2024 📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #ChristmasinSpiteofYou #NetGalley#SixtyfourthBookOf2024               #Arc  Thank you to Netgalley, Black Odyssey Media, and K.C Mills for approving my request to read this E-ARC.  This is the perfect Christmas opposites attract story. So cute and romantic.  I loved it. 😍😍 📖RATINGS: 4 STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📖QUOTES: ♤  How can an idea be successful if no one supports it enough to prove the idea is good?

📖 BOOK TITLE: LOVE IN TANDEM  📖AUTHOR: BECCA KINZER  📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS:  #Twenty-ninthBookOf2024 #LetterL Of My Alphabet Challenge  Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for granting my request to read this book in exchange for my honest opinions. If you need a feel-good romance that will bring back the butterflies in your stomach, this book is it. It was such an easy read, with an amazing storyline and great characters.  📖RATINGS:  4 STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 📖QUOTES: □ when life gets tough, the best thing you can do is eat, not think □ “Sometimes it’s not about feeling ready. It’s about finding something  you don’t want to lose, then vowing to never stop going after it no matter   how many setbacks you have along the way.” □ our plans don’t always play out like we think they will.

📖 BOOK TITLE:  UNDER A NEON SUN  📖 AUTHOR: KATE GALE  📖 GENRE: LITERAL FICTION 📖 PUB DATE: APRIL 23RD 2024 📖 THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: #LetterU of my alphabet challenge #FifthBookOf2024 I want to thank the author, the publisher and Netgalley for granting my request to read this book for FREE in exchange for my honest review.  Alot of things happened during covid and this book is an eye opener on what happened during that period. I loved how resilient Mia and her chosen family was and I admire her bravery for standing up to some things. In a world where people choose to dwell on their despair Be a ray of hope. I loved Mia  as a character. But..... The story did not hit home for me  📖 RATINGS: 2 OUT OF 5 STARS ⭐⭐

📚 BOOK TITLE:   THE CURIOUS SECRETS OF YESTERDAY  📚 AUTHOR: NAMRATA PATEL  📚 PUB DATE: 11 June 2024  📚THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: I like books about multigenerations;  there are so insightful( it's like being taken on a ride full of therapy sessions 😄) TULSI   is an average Gupta daughter who is sick and tired of being micromanaged at every instance. Her Grandmother and mother is trying to pass her the " spice healer"  mantle that she doesn't want to take just like the Disney Movie " MOANA" but the difference between TULSI&MOANA is that TULSI  doesn't   know what her way is (if you get the pun 😄) DEVI  is supposed to be TULSI'S  mom, but in the book this 2 characters don't show that mother-daughter relationship. I can't believe you lied to your own daughter about her paternity  just because you thought that was the right thing to do.  I really liked that TULSI  managed to find her own path a...

📚 BOOK TITLE:  BEST, FIRST AND LAST  📚 AUTHOR: AMY T. MATTHEWS  📚 GENRE : GENERAL FICTION(ADULT) || ROMANCE || WOMEN'S FICTION  📚 PUB DATE: 25TH JUNE 2024 📚 THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: #7Netgalley read  This book is coming out in 2024 and when I saw it on Netgalley I couldn't just pass, I had to see what this book entails and I was definitely not expecting this much drama, in Owen's imagined voice " I don't do drama" 😂 So when a grandmother takes her daughter and her granddaughter on a great adventure to Peru, they didn't know that a lot of drama will unfold and their grand adventure will turn to a therapy session. So much secrets! So much crying!! So much drama!!! Bonnie the grandmother got married 3 times, became a widow 3 times and she is just seventy. Bonnie has a very sad backstory, I felt pity for her but I was  happy that everything she ever dreamed of having, she eventually got it. Sandra the daughter started dating an a$$hole  when ...

📚 BOOK TITLE: Mockingbird Summer 📚 AUTHOR: Lynda Rutledge  📚   PUB DATE: 30th January 2024 📚 GENRE: Historical Fiction ||   Coming of age story  📚  THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: Thank you Netgalley, the author and the publisher for this wonderful book.  Firstly I was captivated by the cover of the book, so simple yet it was able to draw me in.  Although I didn't experience the era in which this book was written, I could deeply grasp the heart-wrenching reality of segregation between whites and blacks. It's a profoundly saddening issue that left its mark on every part of the society, from churches and playgrounds to shops and schools. As I delved deeper into the book, I found myself increasingly emotional, prompting me to set it aside at times to absorb the weight of the narrative.( I am very emotional 😪😓😭) High Cotton,Texas is  a town divided by a railroad track, with the Southside reserved for blacks and the Northside for whites. Whe...

Thank you #NetGalley, the brilliant author and the wonderful publisher for this gem❤ 📚 Thoughts&Opinions: I would love to say to Jo Bartlett that this work is really amazing. This book transported me straight to the world of Port Kara!  It's like living and breathing alongside these captivating characters. This book is giving The Good Doctor vibes🤭. Perfectly built characters and I love Charlie the most(Team charlie all the way❤💃). In this novel, there is a combination of medicine, love, family, friends, intriguing secrets and secret affairs and a dash of romantic turmoils all mashed up together to create this beautiful story, I can't  wait for the next book in the series. 🏖🏖 💔 Connie&Richard - 40 years of hiding their love 😥 💞  Esther&Dannie - Their friendship is an absolute treasure.   I yearn for a friend who cherishes me as Esther does Dannie. But I this isn't about me; back to the book! 😩📚 💔 Esther&Lucas -was t...

Slow slow week but let me introduce The Insider's Club to all my readers 🤗 📚 Thoughts&opinions: #4 NetGalley book🥳🥳 🥰 I would love to thank Netgalley , the publisher and the author for granting my request to read this book in exchange for a honest review 📚thoughts&opinions: it was kind of predictable;I knew hannah and Ed will definitely come together.  I didn't feel any chemistry between hannah and jaz(maybe because the story is not about them), I also didn't feel any chemistry between hannah and Ed. Personally it felt one sided, hannah was on a rebound; she was trying to fill the emptiness she felt and  fortunately she found love again.  The characters lacked depth, everything was rushed from friendships to relationships to hannah bonding with Boo. Boo seems a lot mature than a five year old. Alot of things didn't add up.  Overall it was a very  easy and light read( 194 pages) 📚Ratings:⭐⭐⭐3/5 stars  Thank you for the book once ag...

THE PHYSICS OF RELATIONSHIPS BY CHAS HALPERN⚛ First of all thank you #netgalley for granting my request to read this book, I really appreciate it alot🥰. 📚Thoughts&opinions : When I started the book, I thought Lexi was a pushover, that maybe people were using her but in a world like this we need more kind people like her. I loved how  Lexi character was represented well infact all the characters in this book was represented well👍. I also loved how Lexi forgived Greg, how she did not take Amy away from her husband, how she bought people together and how she finally went for her dream. I didn't like how the book was slow paced and did Greg and Lexi get together again? Kudos to the Author👏 @Chas Halpern 📚 Genre :Fictional Memoir 📚 Ratings : ⭐⭐⭐ (3) stars 

WHEN A FRIENDSHIP FALLS APART BY ELIZABETH LAING THOMPSON  📚 Genre : Christain || Non-Fiction(adult) 📚 No of pages : 304  📚 Thoughts&Opinions : #2Netgalley book : Having suffered from a broken friendship which I have not completely healed from, it is very easy for a person to just tell you to move on and forget about the person and find another person to fill the gap😓.  I had to stop reading and take time to process what I just read, everything the author wrote in this book is completely realistic!! With this new instilled confidence this book has given me, I am ready to put myself out there, to let go of the hurt, the guilt and just do me❤ God is with me even when no one else is ❤🥰(Psalm 27:10) 📚 Ratings :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(5stars) #WhenaFriendshipFallsApart #NetGalley

My first #Netgalley book, yay🥳🥳🥳🥳 I requested for this book and my request was granted 🥰🥰🥰. This is actually my first psychological thriller 🤭📚anyway back to the review; Everyone of us definitely has secrets and this book definitely showed us that even if you live in a transparent house, your secrets can still be shoved in a wardrobe 🤭😂 WE ALL KEEP SECRETS BY SHERYL BROWNE got be guessing right from the beginning, everybody has a story to tell and so did Ellie, Meghan, Michael(miguel), Jake. I didn't even know which person's side to be on.  I wish Jake&Meghan left the marriage when things started to fall and I think Jake should stop sleeping around and also I honestly this book deserves a sequel(one that tells Jake&Ellie story and what happens after Meghan is released 🤭). Anyway apart from the long chapters, long dialogue from the characters and me who is wondering how Meghan got so much time on her hand with her job; I loved the book❤ 📚Ra...