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Without a doubt A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon. Wanted to read it sooner but I prefer print, and the edition matching mine of the first book only released last month.

Evilgenius wrote: "Without a doubt A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon. Wanted to read it sooner but I prefer print, and the edition matching mine of the first book only released last month."

Nice! I need to give this series a shot. I've heard great things about it!

The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow. the yearning, the desperate need to change everything It had me cheering and sobbing, loved it!

Ashley wrote: "Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid and Crushmore by Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, and Sophie Ansari. Read on audio for both and loved! Heated Rivalry caught me off caught both in content and my enjoyment ..."

I need to dive into the Heated Rivalry series ASAP! Do I watch the show first? Or do I read the book? Decisions.. decisions..

Sea wrote: "The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow. the yearning, the desperate need to change everything It had me cheering and sobbing, loved it!"

Ah! I love me some Alix E Harrow. I'm glad you enjoyed this one!

Five Funerals by Jeff Somers! It’s based on Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies, and it was SO good. Nearly every chapter was written from a different characters perspective and they each had a unique voice! It was spooky and funny and a choose your own path style.

Annie wrote: "Five Funerals by Jeff Somers! It’s based on Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies, and it was SO good. Nearly every chapter was written from a different characters perspective and they each had a uniqu..."

I just read through the description... immediately added it to my tbr! I'm so intrigued!!

Dungeon Crawler Carl for sure. I was so surprised with how much I enjoyed it!

Andrea wrote: "Dungeon Crawler Carl for sure. I was so surprised with how much I enjoyed it!"

I need to join that hype train pronto! I always hear nothing but great things about it.

I will always love you (maybe) by Dana Hawkins ✨

The Poet Empress by shen tao was a masterpiece

Heart the Lover by Lily King! I never cry but this one made me tear up.

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash!! Had me laughing out loud constantly

Strange Pictures by Utesku! Japanese fiction has been hitting this year!

The 100 year old man who climbed out of a window and disappeared!

Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto!

Young Mungo or Black Flame

The Troop by Nick Cutter, even though it’s gross AF

The lonely hearts club and people we meet on vacation

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafoooooor, so much fun!!

Cathán wrote: "I will always love you (maybe) by Dana Hawkins ✨"

Nice!!

Amna wrote: "The Poet Empress by shen tao was a masterpiece"

That cover art is.. simply gorgeous!

sam wrote: "Heart the Lover by Lily King! I never cry but this one made me tear up."

Love me a good book cry!

Blood over bright haven, it’s is sooo good !

Bethany wrote: "Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash!! Had me laughing out loud constantly"

Ah I've heard such great things about this one!

Macy (TheBookishMagicofMacy) wrote: "Strange Pictures by Utesku! Japanese fiction has been hitting this year!"

What scale of scary are we talking with this one?? I'm intrigued!

Aya wrote: "The 100 year old man who climbed out of a window and disappeared!"

I've been curious about this one! Maybe I'll bump it up on my tbr.

Caroline’s Romance Reads wrote: "Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto!"

ooooh!

ChronicallyReading wrote: "Young Mungo or Black Flame"

I picked up Black Flame last year, but never got around to it. Maybe this is the boost I need!

Ellie wrote: "The Troop by Nick Cutter, even though it’s gross AF"
I'm intrigued though! I love campfire horror storiessss.

Donina wrote: "The lonely hearts club and people we meet on vacation"

Nice! Going through a bit of a romance era?

So far, my favorite is Page Powers' The Borrow a Boyfriend Club. It was such a unique story for me and written well. I read it really quickly.

Amanda wrote: "Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafoooooor, so much fun!!"

I just read the description! Sounds really good!!

Lisa wrote: "Blood over bright haven, it’s is sooo good !"

I've heard this one is so goooood! Definitely on my list of books to get to.

Samantha wrote: "So far, my favorite is Page Powers' The Borrow a Boyfriend Club. It was such a unique story for me and written well. I read it really quickly."

I've been reading And They Were Roommates by them and I've been really enjoying it! I definitely want to read more of their books.

Red City by Marie Lu

Oathbound! I just finished it last night and I am obsessed!

Maigret’s Holiday by Simenon! I’m in my 20th century European literature era

The Favorites by Layne Fargo was a drama filled fun time.

The Shining by S.King.

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

The Name of the Wind by Peter Rothfuss, Kingkiller Chronicals, without question. I loved books one and two. I tend to never like novellas, but due to hahaha the unknowing if we will ever have book three I shall read them as well.

Fullmetal Alchemist! I started the series near the end of last year, and as I continue through the volumes, it keeps getting better!

The Unbound by V. E. Schwab! I didn’t love the first book, so it took my forever to get to the second one, but this one was fantastic!!

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, an indigenous horror with a twist - so well told!

The House in the Cerulean Sea was amazing for me! 😍

My Friends, by Fredrik Backman.

I’ve actually been enjoying all of my reads so far this year. As of right now, I’m almost done with Salt to the Sea (and loving it!), so that one stands out, and I also recently moved on to book 2 of the Thomas Silkstone series because I enjoyed The Anatomist’s Apprentice quite a bit.

Kill the Beast by Serra Swift! Picked it up after seeing your review of it here and it was a 5 star read for me.

The Emperor of Gladness, hands down. It was absolutely stunning and heartbreaking and Ocean Vuong is a literary genius.