February Wrap-Up

Um...well, sorry it's been 6 months since our last wrap-up post! HAHA. Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of February.

Jayme's Reads (9):

What I Rated Them:
This Close to Okay ☕☕☕☕
Queen of Babble ☕.5
Solutions and other Problems ☕☕☕☕.75
Party of Two ☕☕☕☕
Hello Girls ☕☕☕☕.75
Fix You ☕☕☕☕.75
Soulmate Equation ☕☕☕☕.5
While We Were Dating ☕☕☕☕.5
Malibu Rising ☕☕☕☕.75

Favorite Read:
Hello Girls

Least Favorite Read:
Queen of Babble

DNF?
You'll Be the Death of Me
Bridget Jones' Diary

Rolling into March:
Coronavirus & Christ
Food Triggers
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Redirect
Blind Bake

July Wrap-Up

July is over and it's almost back to school for some of us! Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of July. 

 Jayme's Reads (14):

What I Rated Them:

The Arrangement ☕☕☕

In A Book Club Far Away ☕☕☕☕.5

With the Fire on High ☕☕☕☕.5

Honey Girl ☕☕☕☕.75

Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids ☕☕☕☕.25

Atheists Who Kneel and Pray ☕☕☕☕.5

Act Your Age, Eve Brown ☕☕☕☕

A Court of Silver Flames ☕☕☕.25

Us Against You ☕☕

Life's Too Short ☕☕☕☕☕

Dark Roads ☕☕☕☕

Red, White, and Royal Blue ☕☕☕☕.5

Where is God When I Need Him? ☕☕☕☕

The Peace Project ☕☕.5

Favorite Read: 

Life's Too Short!

Least Favorite Read:
Us Against You - I enjoyed Beartown, but was this sequel really necessary?

DNF?:
None. :)

Rolling over to next month: 

Forget Me Not (currently holding onto this to return to later)

All Girls (currently holding onto this to return to later)

The Bridesmaid (will be finishing in the next couple days)

Love at First Hate (will be finishing in the next couple days)

Unicorn Untamed (will be finishing soon)

Mud Vein

The Push

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

June Wrap-Up

We are halfway through 2021! Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of June. 

 Jayme's Reads (15):

What I Rated Them:

Into the Drowning Deep ☕☕.5

Ties That Tether ☕☕☕☕.5

Luck of the Draw ☕☕☕☕.5

Couple Found Slain ☕☕☕.25

28 Summers ☕☕☕☕.5

Th1rt3en ☕☕☕.5

The Book of Two Ways ☕☕☕.5

Beartown ☕☕☕☕.25

In Five Years ☕☕☕.75

The Lies She Told ☕☕☕☕.75

Hairpin Bridge ☕☕☕☕☕

Pretty Little Wife ☕☕☕☕

White Fragility ☕☕☕.5

The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks ☕☕☕☕.25

Dear Sweet Pea ☕☕☕☕

Favorite Read: 

Hairpin Bridge

Least Favorite Read:
Into the Drowning Deep

DNF?:
None. :)

Rolling over to next month: 

Forget Me Not (currently holding onto this to return to later)

All Girls (just got my hold back - will read in July)

In a Book Club Far Away

The Peace Project

The Bridesmaid

Where is God When I Need Him?

Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids

May Reading Wrap-Up

Wait, now May is over too? Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of May. 

 Jayme's Reads (15):

What I Rated Them:

Inconceivable ☕☕☕.5

The Return ☕☕☕☕.5

The Wife Who Knew Too Much ☕☕☕☕.75

Beach Read ☕☕☕.25

Hamnet ☕☕.25

Broken ☕☕☕☕.25

The Mother-in-Law ☕☕☕☕

The Heist ☕☕☕

Wintering ☕☕☕.5

One Two Three ☕☕☕☕.5

Twice in a Blue Moon ☕☕☕☕

Sadie ☕☕☕☕.5

See Me ☕☕☕☕.75

When Breath Becomes Air ☕☕☕☕.5

Something She's Not Telling Us ☕☕☕

Favorite Read: 

The Wife Who Knew Too Much

Least Favorite Read:
Something She's Not Telling Us

DNF?:
None. :)

Rolling over to next month: 

Into the Drowning Deep (waiting on audiobook hold)

Forget Me Not (currently holding onto this to return to later)

All Girls (currently holding onto this to return to later)

In a Book Club Far Away

The Peace Project

The Peculiar Fate of Holly Banks

The Bridesmaid

April Reading Wrap Up

Another month has flown by. Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of April. 

 Jay's Reads (20):

(Not Pictured: Winter Storms, Winter Solstice, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bad Luck Club, and Yes & I Love You)

What I Rated Them:

Move Your Bus ☕☕☕☕

Two by Two ☕☕☕.5

This is My America ☕☕☕☕.5

Anxious People ☕☕☕☕.75

Nothing to See Here ☕☕☕.5

Winter Street ☕☕☕.25

The Cousins ☕☕☕☕.25

Winter Stroll ☕☕☕.5

Clap When You Land ☕☕☕☕.5

The Family Upstairs ☕☕☕☕.5

Winter Storms ☕☕☕☕.5

The Stranger Beside Me ☕☕☕

Winter Solstice ☕☕☕☕.5

Untamed ☕☕☕☕.75

The Vanishing Half ☕☕☕☕.75

Fierce Kingdom ☕☕☕.25

Dress Coded ☕☕☕.5

The Newcomer ☕☕☕☕.25

The Perfect Daughter ☕☕☕☕

Tiger Wars ☕☕☕.5

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ☕☕☕☕.5

Yes & I Love You ☕☕☕☕.5

Bad Luck Club ☕☕☕☕.75

Favorite Read: 

Anxious People, Untamed, and The Vanishing Half

Least Favorite Read:
Fierce Kingdom

DNF?:
I DNF'd Hamnet, but I put the audiobook on hold through the library and I'm going to try it that way.

Rolling over to next month: 

Hamnet (Waiting for audiobook)

Forget Me Not (currently holding onto this to return to later)

All Girls (currently holding onto this to return to later)

The Return

Inconceivable

In a Book Club Far Away

March Reading Wrap-Up

 Jay's Reads (16):

What I Rated Them:

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them ☕☕☕☕.25

The Husband Maker ☕☕☕.5

Never Have I Ever ☕☕☕☕☕

A Court of Thorns and Roses ☕☕☕☕☕

A Court of Mist and Fury ☕☕☕☕

Olive ☕☕☕.5

The Longest Ride ☕☕☕.75

Always You ☕☕☕.75

One to Watch ☕☕☕.5

A Court of Wings and Ruin ☕☕☕☕☕

A Court of Frost and Starlight ☕☕☕.75

1984 ☕☕☕

Big Summer ☕☕☕☕.25

How to Be an Anti-Racist ☕☕☕.75

Troubles in Paradise ☕☕☕☕.25

Leave the World Behind ☕☕☕☕.25

Favorite Read: 

Never Have I Ever and the Court of Thorns and Roses series.

Least Favorite Read:
1984.

DNF?:
None this month! 

Rolling over to next month: 

All Girls

Forget Me Not

Bad Luck Club

The Vanishing Half

Anxious People
Hamnet

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Meg's Reads (5):

What I Rated Them: 
Courage to Soar ☕☕☕
Barely Functional Adult ☕☕☕
Meet You in the Middle ☕☕☕☕☕
Lawyer for the Dog ☕☕☕☕

The Kindest Lie ☕☕☕☕

Favorite Read: Meet You in the Middle

Least Favorite Read: Barely Functional Adult

DNF: Nada. 

Carrying Over to Next Month:
Atheists Who Kneel and Pray 

Well Played

Greenlights

Liberal Privilege

February Reading Wrap-Up

 Jay's Reads (13):

What I Rated Them:

Juliet Takes a Breath ☕☕☕☕.75

The Bad Muslim Discount ☕☕☕☕.5

Only You ☕☕☕☕.75

The Wife Upstairs ☕☕☕☕.25

It All Falls Down ☕☕☕☕.75

The Future is Yours ☕☕☕☕

The Happily Ever After Playlist ☕☕☕☕.75

Frankly in Love ☕☕☕☕.75

The Girl in the Mirror ☕☕☕☕☕

Until You ☕☕☕☕.5

All Your Perfects ☕☕☕☕.75

Evvie Drake Starts Over ☕☕☕.5

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill ☕☕☕

Favorite Read: 

The Girl in the Mirror

Least Favorite Read:
They were all good this month! But if you're going to make me pick, The Future is Yours.

DNF?:
None this month! 

Rolling over to next month: 

A Court of Thorns and Roses (I'll finish March 1st)

All Girls

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

Never Have I Ever

The Husband Maker

Forget Me Not

Meg's Reads (4):

What I Rated Them: 
It All Falls Down ☕☕☕☕☕

Strong Enough ☕☕☕☕

I'll Be Gone in the Dark ☕☕☕☕

One to Watch ☕☕☕☕☕

Favorite Read: It All Falls Down

Least Favorite Read: None. 

DNF: Nada. 

Carrying Over to Next Month:
Atheists Who Kneel and Pray 

Well Played

November Reading Round-Up

Y'know, it's a little funny how shocked we are each and every month when it's time to post one of these. Here's a look at the books we loved, didn't love, read, rated, or DNF'd this month!

Jay's Reads (14):

What I Rated Them:
The Friend Zone ☕☕☕☕.25

Go See the Principal: True Tales from the School Trenches ☕☕☕.5

The Switch ☕☕☕.25

The New Husband ☕☕☕☕.75

Fortune and Glory ☕☕☕☕

Take a Hint, Dani Brown ☕☕☕☕.25

I'll Be Gone in the Dark ☕☕☕☕.75

Sabotage ☕☕.75

Dear Edward ☕☕☕☕.25

Long Bright River ☕☕☕☕.75

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes ☕☕☕☕.25

The Boyfriend Project ☕☕☕☕.5

Notes on a Silencing ☕☕☕☕.25

The Unhoneymooners ☕☕☕☕.75

Favorite Read: 

The New Husband!

Least Favorite Read:
Sabotage

DNF?:
None this month! I even went back to a previous DNF and am now reading!

Rolling over to next month: 

The Gambler
Craigslist Confessional

Heart Bones

Where'd You Go, Bernadette?

The Last Flight

Buried in Secrets

Better Luck Next Time

Winter Street

Meg's Reads (6):

What I Rated Them: 
Bring it Home ☕☕☕

The Chase is Over ☕☕☕☕

Blades of Glory ☕☕☕☕

Ties that Tether ☕☕☕☕

We Were Liars ☕☕☕☕

Under the Bleachers ☕☕☕

Favorite Read: Ties that Tether

Least Favorite Read: I dont think there were any that I didnt like this month. 

DNF: Nada. 

Carrying Over to Next Month:
Johnny Cash the Life (I did actually read some of this book in November!)
Beach Read 

Through the Lens

The Notebook Girls

October Reading Round-Up

Wow! How is October already over? Is Christmas tomorrow? Who knows. But what we do know is how much we love talking books. Here's a look at the books we loved, didn't love, read, rated, or DNF'd this month!

Jay's Reads (10):

What I Rated Them:
The Beauty in Breaking ☕☕☕☕.75

Truly Madly Guilty ☕☕

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus ☕☕☕☕

The Gifted School ☕☕☕

Al Capone Throws Me a Curveball ☕☕☕☕

Night ☕☕☕☕☕

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ☕☕☕☕☕

My Sister, the Serial Killer ☕☕☕☕.25

Never Let You Go ☕☕☕☕.5

Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing ☕☕☕.75

Favorite Read:
I can't choose between Night or A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. They were both five stars but for wildly different reasons. 

Honorary mention to Never Let You Go. That book was really good! I didn't want to put it down and I automatically went and checked out another by the same author. 

Least Favorite Read:
Truly Madly Guilty

DNF?:
None this month! I'm getting better....

Rolling over to next month: 

The Friend Zone

The Gambler
Craigslist Confessional

Go See the Principal

Heart Bones

Meg's Reads (7):

What I Rated Them: 
Life and Other Inconveniences ☕☕☕☕

Our Stop ☕☕☕

Good Enough ☕☕☕

Up in the Treehouse ☕☕☕☕

Where the Crawdads Sing ☕☕☕

Big Summer ☕☕☕☕

Wyoming ☕

Favorite Read: Life and Other Inconveniences

Least Favorite Read: Wyoming

DNF: Nada. 

Carrying Over to Next Month:
Johnny Cash the Life
Beach Read 

Under the Bleachers