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Oct 18, 2022 11:54AM
Goal: 23 books
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Welcome to the group! How many books have you read so far this year?
Ilona wrote: "Welcome to the group! How many books have you read so far this year?"Thanks! I have read 28 books so far. I am going to try to put them up here this weekend, it is kind of hard to find the time these days. :/
That's great! Congrats on passing your goal :)
Book 1/23Title: House of Night: Hidden (physical)
Author: P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 07.01.2022
Book 2/23Title: Das doppelte Lottchen (eBook)
Author: Erich Kästner
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 12.01.2022
Book 3/23Title: House of Night: Revealed (physical)
Author: P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 17.01.2022
Book 4/23Title: House of Night: Redeemed (physical)
Author: P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 31.01.2022
Book 5/23Title: Fyrgar - Volk des Feuers (physical)
Author: Uschi Zeitsch
Rating: ⭐⭐
Date finished: 16.03.2022
Book 6/23Title: Todeskreis (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 23.03.2022
Book 7/23Title: Teufelsstern (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 11.04.2022
Book 8/23Title: Schattenmacht (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 19.04.2022
Book 9/23Title: Höllenpforte (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 07.05.2022
Book 10/23Title: Zeitentod (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 09.05.2022
Book 11/23Title: Feuerfluch (physical)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 14.05.2022
Book 12/23Title: Fragrance Of A Dead Rose: A Reminder of Hope (eBook)
Author: Zaishah
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Saw a post on instagram with an excerpt from the book and it really resonated with me. I would normally not like a book like that a lot, but in many parts it was somehow exactly what I needed to hear at the moment.
Date finished: 20.05.2022
Book 13/23Title: The Hidden Oracle (physical)
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 30.05.2022
Book 14/23Title: Loud World, Quiet Thoughts (eBook)
Author: David Jones
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 04.06.2022
Book 15/23Title: Love and Space Dust (eBook)
Author: David Jones
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 05.06.2022
Book 16/23Title: Love and Space Dust Volume II (eBook)
Author: David Jones
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 12.06.2022
Book 17/23Title: Moonlight And You (eBook)
Author: David Jones
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 18.06.2022
Book 18/23Title: The Dark Prophecy (physical)
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 18.06.2022
Book 19/23Title: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (physical)
Author: Holly Jackson
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
3.5 stars actually.
I must say, I normally prefer true crime over fictional crime stories. Then I saw this book being recommended on BookTok and decided to give it a go. And I was actually hooked and enjoyed it overall.
In contrast to other reviews I read on here, I liked the first part better than the following. It just started to feel a bit like Pretty Little Liars or Riverdale (Season 1 or 2, not the crap that's going on now).
Also I liked Pip as the main character, her being the boring hard-worker in school kind of felt relatable to me.
Date finished: 22.06.2022
Book 20/23Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (physical)
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I loved this so much, I want to cry.
Finished it a few hours ago and still don't know how to put into words what I feel. What I do know is, that I am definitely gojng to re-read it some day, that it's definitely my favorite book I've read this year so far and it it definitely also one of my all-time favs.
Date finished: 03.07.2022
Book 21/23Title: The Burning Maze (physical)
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 17.07.2022
Book 22/23Title: The Tyrant's Tomb (physical)
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
**spoiler alert**
Oof. If I hadn't been reading the last 100 pages or so on public transportation, I would for sure have wept like a baby. As much as I appreciate Rick Riordan seemingly addressing an older audience with this series, at some point throughout this book I just wished back to good old Percy Jackson times, when the plot was somewhat forseeable and you just knew everything would be fine without having to deal with the possible death of a beloved character.
Date finished: 29.07.2022
Book 23/23Title: The Tower of Nero (physical)
Author: Rick Riordan
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 07.08.2022
Book 24/23Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood (physical)
Author: Holly Jackson
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Really picked up after the first 200 pages, wasn't quite sure how I liked it until then. It felt more fast-paced then the first one, which I liked, and really gripped me at some point. I really hope Pip gets some therapy from now on.
Date finished: 21.08.2022
Book 25/23Title: As Good As Dead (physical)
Author: Holly Jackson
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 28.08.2022
Book 26/23Title: Six of Crows (physical)
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 03.10.2022
Book 27/23Title: Wie Fliegenpilz Henri das Laufen lernte, um einen Baum zu retten (physical)
Author: Daniel Napp
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 09.10.2022
Book 28/23Title: The Cat Who Saved Books (physical)
Author: Sosuke Natsukawa
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Very cute and lovely book, overall with a cozy atmosphere. It is a rather quick read, but the story isn't too fast-paced and there is plenty of time to connect especially with the main character as he develops over the course of the book. It also provided moments where I had to laugh, got me on the verge of tears at times and presents some things to reflect on. Would recommend to cat and book lovers.
Date finished: 15.10.2022
Book 29/23Title: Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster (physical)
Author: Andrea Mosqueda
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tore through this book in a day and really enjoyed it. Many things I could relate to, the sister-conversations cracked me up (although Alyssa is the standard funny-little-sibling-character you also find in many TV shows) and it overall was really wholesome. Funnily enough I read this while wearing a flannel and cuffed pants so I especially enjoyed the playing with bisexual-stereotypes. 😅
Date finished: 30.10.2022
Book 30/23Title: The Luminous Dead (physical)
Author: Caitlin Starling
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wow. The author really managed to captivate the claustriphobic feeling of the cave. I especially enjoyed the psychological aspects and trying to figure to out what's real and what's not, together with Gyre. I was really hooked from the start and did not want to put the book down.
Date finished: 13.11.2022
Book 31/23Title: Crooked Kingdom (physical)
Crooked Kingdom
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Date finished: 11.12.2022
Book 32/23Title: The Last Unicorn (eBook)
The Last Unicorn
Author: Peter S. Beagle
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
3.5 stars
Molly Grue was the only likeable character.
Date finished: 31.12.2022
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