Queen of Books: DECEMBER '21 WRAP-UP

Sunday, 2 January 2022

DECEMBER '21 WRAP-UP

Time for another wrap up!

Hey everyone. Happy New Year! I hope you are all doing well.

I actually read three new favorites this month which I am very happy about and read a total of eight books!

Time to talk about the books I read this month.

PHYSICAL BOOKS

The first book I read was The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. This is about Olive who is a third year Ph.D. candidate who doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships but she convinces her best friend that she is dating and she panics and kisses the first man she sees who happens to be a the young hotshot professor that all the Ph.D. candidate students hate. This ended up being one of my favorite books of 2021. I loved the storyline and the characters and the romance was well developed. I rated it 5 Crowns.

The second book I read was Glint by Raven Kennedy. This is the second book in the Plated Prisoner series which is a King Midas retelling about a woman named Auren who is King Midas'' favored because of her ability and when she is taken by a rival kingdom, she is forced to reconsider her life with Midas. I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first and I am excited to see where the story progresses. I rated it 5 Crowns.

The third book I read was The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake. This is a very hard book to explain but it is a dark academia book that follows a group of students who are chosen to be a part of a sort of secret society that has a magical competition. This book has a lot of hype and I really enjoyed it! I rated it 5 Crowns.

The fourth book I read was A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli. This was a romance book about a woman named Niki who has always made practical decisions but when she loses her stable analysit job, she decides that being practical hasn't really paid off for her and so she books a last-minute flight for her friend's wedding in India. She arrives in India right in time for Diwali and meets London musician Sam who she is immediately drawn to. I thought this was fun but I didn't love it. I rated this one 3.5 Crowns.

The fifth and sixth books I read were City of Fallen Angels and City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. I liked these two a lot better than the first three as the plot felt a lot more developed and so did the characters. Everything felt a lot easier to understand as well. I rated both of them 4 Crowns.

The seventh book I read was City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. This is the last book in The Mortal Instruments series and I think it was a solid finish to the series. I preferred the last three books a lot more than the first three because I think they were better written and had a lot more character development and character driven plotlines which I liked. I rated it 4 stars.

The eighth book I read was Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This is another book that made it onto my favorite books of 2021 list. Malibu Rising is about four famous siblings who throw a huge party to celebrate the end of the summer but over the course of 24 hours, their lives change forever. I did not expect to love this book as much as I did but it ended up being a new favorite of mine. I rated it 5 Crowns.

AUDIOBOOKS READ

NONE

ARC'S READ

NONE

REVIEWS IN JUNE:

NONE

WEEKLY WRAP-UP:

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