62/60 A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5)

becky had me sitting at my desk crying over a fish. automatically 5 stars, lol. i really loved this world and i feel very attached to
all the characters and i cried over non fish things too.

61/60 Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

i did this one on audio & it ends with two songs! it’s read by the author, hiiiiighly suggest audio! the magic? premise is a little unclear but i loved this one. characters are defined and the narrators arc! had me hooked

60/60 🎉🎉
The Witching Moon Manor by Stacy Sivinski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

more sisterly miscommunication! grumpy shadow man falls for type a overachiever! sentient houses!!! lots of my favorite tropes here.

59/60 Blood Moon by Brittney S Lewis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5)

i DID NOT do my due diligence on this because i was so excited to get my hands on a library copy, but it is the first of a series, ends on a cliffhanger. lol. i have seen some negative reviews and the things they didn’t like are the things i love…

58/60 This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

i finished book one of this duology on my bachelorette party, in a pool in mexico, + gasped so loudly at the end that i startled people around me, lol. this book lived up to that hype + had a fun (sarcasm) take on the miscommunication trope! 😂

57/60 Dragon Fires Everywhere by Hazel Beck ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

I have truly enjoyed this series and honestly had a hard time putting them down. I loved how it wrapped everything up without like being weird about it but i’m sad we’re done with this series. 😂

56/60 Love is a War Song by Danica Nava ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

Listen. I love a romance. This one has it all, pop stars, scandal, handsome cowboys, family drama, “come on town, let’s put a show together to save this ranch!” no notes. would watch the hallmark adaptation.

55/60 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

The prose of this is somehow simultaneously beautiful and clunky, like an old knight's rusty armor. It felt like drudging through mud, which was maybe the intention? I did cry though, so do with that what you will.

54/60 The Crescent Moon Tea Room by Stacy Sivinski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5)

A sentient house! A curse! Witches! This book was an interesting take on one of my least favorite tropes (miscommunication!) but the miscommunication was between all of our main characters instead of love interests and it was cozy

53/60 (forgot to number the last two) Katabasis by R. F. Kuang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

“Still they looked and smelled enticing, for all books, like wine, had a readerly aroma that ripened with age, which was why bookstores and libraries smelled so good.”

even in hell, the books smell good. i loved this.

The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

I love unique magic systems and Rachel is excellent at those. I couldn’t put this down. I laughed, I cried, I did the Eliza at the end of Hamilton gasp in the dealership waiting room at the ending oh my GOD

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨(4.75/5)

I preordered this forever ago and I was SO excited to read it. it came off holds right as I finished the last book and I tore through it. I loved everything except it ended with a trope I hate 😂 So thad’s why 4.75

50/60 Big Witch Energy by Molly Harper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

Kinda forgot this was a series until kindle said “a new release in a series you’ve started.” I love love love a witchy romcom. This was no exception. Took all I had in me not to buy the next one since my library doesn’t have it yet.

49/60 For She is Wrath by Emily Varga ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

listen. okay. most of my count of monte cristo knowledge comes from the simpsons episode. but i truly loved this. loved our girl dani’s character arc and growth. i’m so proud of her.

48/60 Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

i really enjoyed this and how each “chapter” of Kalki’s life is tied to a story of Vishnu. i also really love Vaishnavi Patel’s writing. highly recommend picking this one up, it’s fast paced (ten chapters, lol) and hopeful.

47/60 A Tropical Rebel Gets Her Duke by Adriana Herrera ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

this is my favorite of the leonas. without being spoilery i almost didn’t want to pick it back up today because i thought we were BARRELING towards one trope & i couldn’t bare it, but we swerved a different direction & i am crying