Discover new books on Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

994 ratings (4.11 avg)
834 reviews

Dareen

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/dareenkwaik

Dareen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (462)
currently-reading‎ (4)
read‎ (1137)

did-not-finish‎ (1)
2025‎ (234)
favorites‎ (96)

2026‎ (58)
2025-rereads‎ (30)
summer-2023-tbr‎ (17)

2026-rereads‎ (8)

Stats | More…

Dareen is Currently Reading

Dareen is currently reading

Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2025, favorites, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in May 2025

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dareen said: " ali hazelwood can genuinely write anything and i’ll read it
but honestly I never thought i’d like an age gap like this, but again, ali hazelwood
I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED maya’s perspective, her inner monologue is hilarious, relatable and I love h ...more "

progress:

(page 57 of 414)
— Oct 06, 2026 09:15PM

May 30, 2025 06:11AM · see review

Dareen is currently reading

Beach Read

by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: favorites, currently-reading

Reading for the 7th time

read in June 2021

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dareen said:

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

" so tbh the 1st time I read this, I gave it 4 stars but I really did love it ! I think I need to reread it tho lol to write a real review bc I want to

from the reread:
wow. this is so much funnier, sweeter and sadder than I remember. bro I cried so much so tbh the 1st time I read this, I gave it 4 stars but I really did love it ! I think I need to reread it tho lol to write a real review bc I want to

from the reread:
wow. this is so much funnier, sweeter and sadder than I remember. bro I cried so much when I read that one chapter w the letters. like so much more. and I rlly fell in love with this story ugh I love it so much, january’s growth and her love with gus it’s so cute. I want someone like gus to tell me my writing changes the world. this book makes me want to pursue my childhood dream of becoming an author fr fr. i’m in tears I love it I love it I love it. emily henry is one of my fav authors. period. 5 stars.

4th read review:
literally this book just gets better every time I read it
i find something new to love and appreciate about emily henry’s writing
the vulnerability when gus leans into january >>>>> he’s always described as leaning on something, almost bc the weight of the world is on his shoulders
and there’s a moment where he leans into january, using her as support and THAT MOMENT. it’s like just the most vulnerable, intimate moment I love bc it shows how he lets go of his own past to let himself truly feel a sense of support and love towards january. maybe he had always been the one people left behind but january gave him an opening, a chance to finally be chosen and loved and ugh I love love love love this book

5th read — spanish read:
ok so I challenged myself to read this book in spanish bc 1. I need to practice my spanish 2. I wanted to do so in a way that let me read a romance book 3. I knew this was gonna be hard so I needed to ease into it so I picked a book I know like the back of my hand
and wow. reading this in spanish gave me a whole new appreciation for emily henry, like there are lines in here that I had to reread multiple times bc duh spanish isn’t my first language, and like the way. I. just. fell in love. again. with the story. the writing. it’s FANTASTIC. I wonder how I can share my highlights in spanish lol
anyway
loved this, i’m glad I read it in spanish bc honestly it helped me a lot — when I started, I struggled big time and wanted to give up
but I kept going bc I love the story and I know I wouldn’t have wanted to give up and IM SO HAPPY I DIDNT. this is such a beautiful story, english and spanish
it’s almost 1 am now. soo my thoughts aren’t coherent anymore. but I am proud of myself
also ch 25 still. made. me. cry. IN SPANISH‼️

6th read
in tears. bye. love this book forever. tattoo in my mind ...more "

progress:

(page 107 of 358)
— Aug 11, 2026 08:05PM

May 10, 2024 06:49AM · see review

Dareen is currently reading

Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy

by Robert Litan

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 102 of 200)
— Nov 18, 2025 08:15PM

Sep 26, 2025 08:51PM

See all 4 books that Dareen is reading…

Dareen’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom by Ahed Tamimi

58 highlights

But what I did was a natural reaction to seeing belligerent foreign occupiers on my family’s land, an immoral army that had just nearly killed my cousin and was now shooting at children from the entrance of my home.

See Dareen’s 10 books with notes and highlights…

Dareen’s Quotes

“Want is a kind of thief. It’s a door in your heart, and once you know it’s there, you’ll spend your life longing for whatever’s behind it.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

131 likes

“There doesn’t need to be a winner and a loser. You just have to care how the other person feels. You have to care more about them than you do about being right.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

119 likes

“Things change, but we stretch and grow and make room for one another.

Our love is a place we can always come back to, and it will be waiting, the same as it ever was.

You belong here. ”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

tags: emily-henry, friends, friendship, friendship-quotes, happy-place, home, love

250 likes

“He's become my best friend the way the others did. Bit by bit, sand passing through an hour glass so slowly, it's impossible to pin down the moment it happens. When suddenly, more of my heart belongs to him than doesn't, and I know I'll never get a single grain back.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

154 likes

“How many universes do you think we’re together in?”

“Higher than either of us can count.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

tags: love

122 likes

More of Dareen’s quotes…