Book Review: Finding Mr. Better-Than-You by Shani Petroff

Finding Mr. Better-Than-You by Shani Petroff

Publication Date: January 14, 2020

This book is cute as a button! It's a very innocent high school setting, with some "edgy" topics sprinkled in here and there. For a second I found myself thinking the things the characters cared about were silly, but then I thought back to when I was in high school and it all came rushing back. High school IS silly, in the best way! There are a lot of great messages from this book (can't share or I'll give it away! 🤫) and I really think this would be a great read for a high schooler. Especially a boy crazy one!

Review: The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin

The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin

Publication Date: June 11, 2019

My rating: ★★★

This book was completely packed with CRAZY. 😳 With a very unreliable narrator, this book was different than pretty much anything I've read. I found this book to be mentally exhausting, yet I finished it super quick because I needed to know what was going on. I'm giving this book 3 stars simply because even though this is a mystery, it was REAL confusing. I found myself flipping back to earlier chapters to see if I missed something or to refresh myself. I was also left with a couple of questions that I'll never know the answer to, and for that reason I'm bummed. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But if you're looking for a domestic thriller, look no further!

Review: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Publication Date: January 29, 2019

My rating: ★★★★

My first thought after finishing this book was "what did I just read?!", but I get a feeling that that's the whole point of this book. This story as a whole, like the character of Bernadette Fox, is a complete puzzle that you never really get figured out. Bernadette is a mysterious woman, and every time I thought I had something figured out the story took a drastic turn that surprised me! I was surpised by the writing style, which is a lot of correspondence between several different combinations of people. With each new document or email I had to remind myself who was who and what their relationship was. 🤷🏼‍♀️ There is a lot going on behind the scenes in this book, so don't get too comfortable thinking you know everything! Three words for this book are quirky, (sometimes) funny, strange.

My 2019 in Books

Even though I'm a total words person, I love statistics! I took a Stats class in college and it was by far my favorite math class I had ever taken. I always get excited at the end of every year when Spotify sends each person their data from the year- which bands/singers you listened to most, how many minutes were spent listening, and lots of other stuff.

On that same note, I get just as excited when Goodreads provides us our "year in books" at the end of every year! There's something about seeing how many pages you read in a year, and all the books that contain those pages, in a pretty way. I thought I would share my 2019 in books with a couple thoughts. Of course if you want to see the full list, click the link in the previous sentence. :)

I'll take it! I had set a Goodreads goal to read 35 books in 2019, so I was happy to pass that! I have decided NOT to set a reading goal for 2020, but I have set a goal for the past several years and it's always fun to reach them! 

I'm not surprised at all that To All the Boys I've Loved Before is the most popular book I read in 2019. The whole series is SO adorable! I also find it fun when my least popular book has less than 100 people who also read it. Just shows I have a wide range of books I like to read (I guess?), ha!

There's more details and a list of all the 2019 books I read here, if you're interested. Make sure to check out your 2019 in books!