Book of the Month (BOTM) Main picks for September 2022/Book Club data/complete book list

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood The Attic Child by Lola Jaye Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh Historical Fiction 57 Contemporary Fiction 63 Thriller 66 Romance 32 Fantasy 24 Sci-Fi 14 Literary Fiction 69 Memoir 22 Mystery Read more

“Home Again” by Kristin Hannah

This book was so predictable but also good. Kristin Hannah still was able to spin a great story regardless of me being able to predict every chapter. I read this book rather quickly. I decided to rate this book with a 3-star review. This book was too predictable and cheesy to rate it anything but Read more

“Acts of Violet” Margarita Montimore

I am giving this book a 4.5-star review. This book was wonderful! The only reason why I rated it lower was due to the ending. With all that build-up, I was expecting the ending to be a lot longer or fantastic like Violet’s life. I was going to give this book a 5-star review until Read more

“Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” by Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay is a fantastic writer. I devoured this book. I read it in the doctor’s office. Someone asked me about what I was reading. I stated to them that it was  a very raw and honest memoir. I highly recommend this book. I feel as though I should not give it a starred review Read more

“The Family Upstairs” by Lisa Jewell

I have no clue what I just read. What a strange novel, but also a page-turner. The multiple POVs and ton of characters were very confusing at times. But I think that was kind of the point. We were left in the dark about who the characters were so that at the end there was Read more

“Book Lovers” by Emily Henry

This book did not hit me like Emily Henry’s other books. But it was still a great novel. I really liked the Hallmark movie vibes to this book. You never really think about the person that the man leaves back in the city in those movies! After this book, I will be thinking about them. Read more

“Everything Is Ok” by Debbie Tung

This book is heavy but done so in a light-hearted way. It is hard to talk about depression, anxiety, and social anxiety with a little bit of humor and light-heartedness. After reading this book, I really had hope and joy. There were very dark times but it was also uplifting. It is hard to explain! Read more

August Book adaptions to TV/movies and other book news

Another month with another clean page for Book News! E. Lockhart’s books will be adapted for TV. The books will be We Are Liars, Family of Liars, and Again Again. This is NOT political…. Michelle Obama will have a new book called The Light We Carry. It is due out in November 2022. Bolu Babalola Read more

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

This book was very good. The writing was excellent. I really enjoyed her other novel “The Last Flight” as well.  I had a hard time putting this book down! It was a bit predictable though but still enjoyable. It was definitely a slow burn. This book has two perspectives: Kat and Meg (basically the cat Read more

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

I thought it was more of a thriller when I picked this book up. It crosses between horror and thriller/mystery. The scariest part of the book was the drawings. I had to read with a light on! But it was not a traditional horror, mystery, or thriller. It combined a lot of elements of all Read more

Book Journals ideas

Here are some ideas on what do journal about with each book! Character list and analysis Your rating and average ratings Settings (I keep a map and color them in where each book was set) Publisher Page numbers Titles Favorite quotes Themes Comparision to an adaption (TV/Movie) Steam rating (romance) Who you would like see Read more