This page contains an alphabetically-sorted list of my book reviews: Fiction and Nonfiction reviews are listed separately.
Note that I post all my reviews on Goodreads as well.
My Rating System: ★★★★★ (5/5) = I AM IN LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! WILL REREAD! ★★★★☆ (4/5) = A highly enjoyable book! Might reread. ★★★☆☆ (3/5) = Pretty good. I liked it. ★★☆☆☆ (2/5) = It was okay. Unlikely to reread. ★☆☆☆☆ (1/5) = Um, why did I read this??? If a book is hateful and I had accidentally picked it up, it will be an auto-DNF. I may or may not rate it.
last updated: 30th Nov 2021
FICTION
0–9
- 16 Steps to Forever | Georgia Beers
A
- All Good Plans (Boston #3) | Nicole Pyland
- All I Want for Christmas | Georgia Beers, Maggie Cummings, Fiona Riley
- All the Love Songs (Celebrities #2) | Nicole Pyland
- All the Paths to You (All the Worlds Between Us #2) | Morgan Lee Miller
- All the Worlds Between Us (All the Worlds Between Us #1) | Morgan Lee Miller
- Almost Midnight | Rainbow Rowell
- Always More (Sports #1) | Nicole Pyland
- Always More (Sports #1) | Nicole Pyland (read by Amanda Dolan)
- Anyone But Her | Erica Lee
- Architects of Memory (The Memory War #1) | Karen Osborne
- Autoboyography | Christina Lauren
- The Awakening (The Dragon Heart Legacy #1) | Nora Roberts
B
- Back to September | Melissa Brayden
- The Balance Tips | Joy Huang–Iris
- Beautiful Dreamer | Melissa Brayden
- Before. After. Always. | Morgan Lee Miller
- Before You Say I Do | Clare Lydon
- Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) | Seanan McGuire
- Bestiary | K-Ming Chang
- The Best Lines (Chicago #1) | Nicole Pyland
- Beyond the Lights | Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
- Blades of Bluegrass | D. Jackson Leigh
- The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) | Rick Riordan
- Both Ways (The S.P.E.A.R. Mission Files #1) | Ileandra Young
- The Breath Between Waves | Charlotte Anne Hamilton
- Burn Our Bodies Down | Rory Power
- By Design (By Design #1) | J.A. Armstrong
C
- Cantoras | Carolina De Robertis
- Cantoras | Carolina De Robertis (read by the author)
- Catch Lili Too (Gamin Immortals #1) | Sophie Whittemore
- Cemetery Boys | Aiden Thomas
- Cheer Up! | Crystal Frasier, Val Wise
- Chicago Series: Complete Edition | Nicole Pyland
- Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Clinch | Nicole Disney
- A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers #2) | Becky Chambers
- Cool for the Summer | Dahlia Adler
- Courage | Jesse J. Thoma
- Coyote Blues | Karen F. Williams
- Crier’s War (Crier’s War #1) | Nina Varela
- Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) | Leigh Bardugo
- Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride (Cute Mutants #1) | SJ Whitby
- Cute Mutants Vol 2: Young, Gifted & Queer (Cute Mutants #2) | SJ Whitby
- Cute Mutants Vol 3: The Demon Queer Saga (Cute Mutants #3) | SJ Whitby
- Cute Mutants Vol 4: The Sisterhood of Evil Mutants (Cute Mutants #4) | SJ Whitby
- Cute Mutants Vol 5: Galaxy Brain (Cute Mutants #5) | SJ Whitby
D
- Dare to Love | A.L. Brooks
- Dare to Stay (A Puppy Love Romance #3) | Georgia Beers (read by Abby Craden)
- Daughter of Fire: Conspiracy of the Dark (Destiny and Darkness #1) | Karen Frost
- Daughter of Fire: The Darkness Rising (Destiny and Darkness #2) | Karen Frost
- The Dead and the Dark | Courtney Gould
- The Death of Vivek Oji | Akwaeke Emezi
- Death’s Champion (Destiny and Darkness #4) | Karen Frost
- Destiny’s Choice (Destiny and Darkness #3) | Karen Frost
- Don’t Let Go | Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) | Seanan McGuire
- A Dowry of Blood | S.T. Gibson
- Drawn | Carsen Taite
- The Duchess and the Dreamer (Rosebrook #1) | Jenny Frame
- Dumplin’ (Dumplin’ #1) | Julie Murphy
E
- Emily & Alison: The Beginning (Sports #4.5) | Nicole Pyland
- Entangled (A Tangle Valley Romance #1) | Melissa Brayden
- Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) | Seanan McGuire
- Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians | Laurel Beckley
- The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries #1) | TJ Klune
- Eyes That Kiss in the Corners | Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (illustrator)
F
- Face the Music | Ali Vali
- Fair Game (Payback #2) | Charlotte Mills
- Falling Hard | Jae
- The Falling in Love Montage | Ciara Smyth
- Finding a Keeper (Sports #4) | Nicole Pyland
- Finding Jessica Lambert | Clare Ashton
- First Do No Harm | Emily Smith
- Flash Fire (The Extraordinaries #2) | TJ Klune
- Flavor of the Month | Georgia Beers
- Fluttering Feelings | Ssamba
- The Four Profound Weaves (Birdverse) | R. B. Lemberg
- Foxfire in the Snow (The Alchemical Duology #1) | J.S. Fields
- Fresh Start (Chicago #0) | Nicole Pyland
G
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers #4) | Becky Chambers
- Get It Right (Love at Knockdown #1) | Skye Kilaen
- The Ghosts We Keep | Mason Deaver
- Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #1) | Tamsyn Muir
- The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) | Roshani Chokshi
- Girl, Serpent, Thorn | Melissa Bashardoust (read by Nikki Massoud)
- Give In to Me | Elle Spencer
- The Glass Hotel | Emily St. John Mandel
- Glorious Day | Skye Kilaen
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World (Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls #3) | Elena Favilli
H
- The Harbinger (Artemis #1) | Mary Eicher
- Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #2) | Tamsyn Muir (read by Moira Quirk)
- Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea | Ashley Herring Blake
- A Heart This Big | Cheyenne Blue
- A Heart to Trust | A.L. Brooks
- Heart Trouble | Jae
- Her Name in the Sky | Kelly Quindlen
- The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) | Brandon Sanderson
- The Holiday Detour | Jane Kolven
- The Holiday Treatment | Elle Spencer
- Home | Kris Bryant
- Home is Where the Heart is (Rosebrook #2) | Jenny Frame
- Hotel Queens | Lee Winter
- Hopeless Romantic | Georgia Beers
- Hopes and Dreams | PJ Trebelhorn
- The House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune
- How to Become a Planet | Nicole Melleby
- How to Make a Wish | Ashley Herring Blake
I
- In the Role of Brie Hutchens… | Nicole Melleby
- In the Watchful City | S. Qiouyi Lu
- The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones | Daven McQueen
J
- Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel | Gabby Rivera, Celia Moscote (illustrator)
- Just Tell Her (Chicago #2) | Nicole Pyland
- Just Three Words (Soho Loft #2) | Melissa Brayden
K
- Keeping Long Island | Courtney Peppernell
- Kiss Me Everyday | Dena Blake
- Kiss the Girl (Soho Loft #1) | Melissa Brayden
L
- The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits #1) | Olivia Waite
- Laid Bare | Astrid Ohletz (editor), Jae (editor)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Malinda Lo (read by Emily Woo Zeller)
- The Last Place You Look | Ali Vali
- Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2) | Becky Albertalli (read by Shannon Purser)
- Let Go (Boston #1) | Nicole Pyland
- Little House on the Prairie (Little House #3) | Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little Women | Louisa May Alcott (currently reading)
- Lobizona (Wolves of No World #1) | Romina Garber
- Lockset (University Square #2) | Brenda Murphy
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) | Becky Chambers
- The Longest Night | EE Ottoman
- Love, Creekwood (Creekwood #2.5) | Becky Albertalli (read by Michael Crouch, James Fouhey, Kate Rudd, Bahni Turpin)
- The Love Factor | Quinn Ivins
- Love on the Night Shift (A Rivers Community Romance #6) | Radclyffe
- A Love that Leads to Home | Ronica Black
- Love Walked into The Lantern (Chicago #3) | Nicole Pyland
- Lucky | Kris Bryant
M
- Macbeth | William Shakespeare (currently reading)
- The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus #3) | Rick Riordan
- Marry Me | Melissa Brayden
- Meet Me in Madrid | Verity Lowell
- The Membranes | Chi Ta-wei (translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich)
- The Mercenary’s Daughter | Jessica Therrien, Joe Gazzam
- Midnight Tradition (Celebrities #3) | Nicole Pyland
- Mistborn (Mistborn #1) | Brandon Sanderson
- Moon Fever (The S.P.E.A.R. Mission Files #2) | Ileandra Young
- Murder at Pirate’s Cove (Secrets and Scrabble #1) | Josh Lanyon
- The Mutantsitters Club | SJ Whitby
N
- Night Tide (A Seal Cove Romance #2) | Anna Burke
- Nimona | Noelle Stevenson
- No After You (Celebrities #1) | Nicole Pyland
- Not the Marrying Kind (Fair Oaks #2) | Jae
- Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad #1) | C.B. Lee
O
- On a Sunbeam | Tillie Walden
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong
- On the Rocks (A Swizzle Stick Romance #2) | Georgia Beers
- On the Square (University Square #1) | Brenda Murphy
- Once Stolen (These Treacherous Tides) | D.N. Bryn
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Ken Kesey
- One Last Stop | Casey McQuiston (read by Natalie Naudus)
- One Woman’s Treasure | Jean Copeland
- The Other Women | Erin Zak
- Out on the Ice | Kelly Farmer
P
- Paper Love | Jae
- Passion Marked | Ophelia Silk
- Payback (Payback #1) | Charlotte Mills
- Plain Bad Heroines | emily m. danforth (read by Xe Sands)
- The Politics of Love | Jen Jensen
- Presidential | Lola Keeley
- Princess of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa #1) | Eliza Andrews
- The Project | Courtney Summers
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) | Becky Chambers
- Puddin’ (Dumplin’ #2) | Julie Murphy
R
- Ready or Not (Soho Loft #3) | Melissa Brayden
- Reasons to Heal | Jenn Matthews
- Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) | Becky Chambers
- Red at the Bone | Jacqueline Woodson
- Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
- Rent a Boyfriend | Gloria Chao
- Requiem for Immortals | Lee Winter
- Rescued Heart (A Puppy Love Romance #1) | Georgia Beers (read by Abby Craden)
- The Right Fit (Boston #2) | Nicole Pyland
- The Road Home | Erin Zak
- Run to You (A Puppy Love Romance #2) | Georgia Beers (read by Abby Craden)
S
- Serenity | Jesse J. Thoma
- Shaken or Stirred (A Swizzle Stick Romance #1) | Georgia Beers
- A Shot at Gold (Sports #2) | Nicole Pyland
- Silver Ravens | Jane Fletcher
- The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) | Roshani Chokshi
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1) | Becky Albertalli (read by Michael Crouch)
- Sing You Home | Jodi Picoult
- Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) | Leigh Bardugo
- Soldier of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa #2) | Eliza Andrews
- Something in the Wine | Jae
- Sorrowland | Rivers Solomon
- Spellbound | Ophelia Silk
- Spindrift (A Seal Cove Romance #1) | Anna Burke
- Storm Lines | Jessica L. Webb
- Starting from Scratch (Housemates #5) | Jay Northcote
- Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling (read by L.A. Theatre Works)
- Still Not Over You | Jenny Frame, Carsen Taite, Ali Vali
- Strawberry Summer | Melissa Brayden
- Sylver and Gold | Michelle Larkin
T
- The Tangleroot Palace | Marjorie Liu
- The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon #2) | Kay O’Neill
- The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon #1) | Kay O’Neill
- The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon #3) | Kay O’Neill
- The Tell Tale | Clare Ashton
- There’s Magic Between Us | Jillian Maria
- Thirteen Reasons Why | Jay Asher
- Thorn | Anna Burke
- To the Moon and Back | Melissa Brayden
- The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus | Alanna McFall
- Trouble Girls | Julia Lynn Rubin
- Two to Tangle (A Tangle Valley Romance #2) | Melissa Brayden
U
- The Unexpected Dream (Sports #3) | Nicole Pyland
- Up All Night | Laura Silverman (editor)
- The Upside of Unrequited | Becky Albertalli
V
- A Very Miller Christmas | Erica Lee
- Veterinary Partner (Thresherton Community #1) | Nancy Wheelton
W
- Waiting for You | Elle Spencer
- We Go Together | Abigail de Niverville
- The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) | Brandon Sanderson
- What the Heart Remembers Most | M. Ullrich
- What Happed After… (Chicago #4) | Nicole Pyland
- What Unbreakable Looks Like | Kate McLaughlin
- When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle #2) | Nghi Vo
- Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards #1) | Janella Angeles
- While My Heart Beats | Erin McKenzie
- The Wife in the Attic (Rye Bay #1) | Rose Lerner (read by Elsa Lepecki Bean)
- The Wife Upstairs | Rachel Hawkins
- Wilder Girls | Rory Power
- Worthy of Love | Quinn Ivins
X
- The X Ingredient | Roslyn Sinclair
Y
- The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life | Dani Jansen
- You Should See Me in a Crown | Leah Johnson
NONFICTION
A
- Ace | Angela Chen
- Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty | Andrew Bolton
B
- Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Blowout | Rachel Maddow (read by the author)
- Born a Crime | Trevor Noah
C
- Contagious | Jonah Berger
E
- Educated | Tara Westover
- Elon Musk | Ashlee Vance
- Every Grain of Sand | David P. Wichman
F
- Female Husbands | Jen Manion
- Forty Autumns | Nina Willner
G
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls #1) | Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo
H
- Heroes | Stephen Fry
- How to Be an Antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi
I
- Invisible Women | Caroline Criado Perez
K
- Kick Ass with Mel Robbins | Mel Robbins
L
- Leaders Eat Last | Simon Sinek
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Magic Cleaning #1) | Marie Kondo
- Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls | T Kira Madden (read by the author)
M
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | Cathy Park Hong
O
- Onward | Howard Schultz
- Other-Wordly | Yee-Lum Mak, Kelsey Garrity-Riley
- Over the Top | Jonathan Van Ness (read by the author)
Q
- A Queer New York | Jen Jack Gieseking (currently reading)
- Quiet | Susan Cain
S
- Stitching the Soul (Pillow Thoughts IV) | Courtney Peppernell
- the sun and her flowers | rupi kaur
T
- A Thousand Mornings | Mary Oliver
U
- Unfu*k Yourself | Gary John Bishop
W
We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie- Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1) | Jen Campbell
- We’re Going to Need More Wine | Gabrielle Union (read by the author)