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Challenge accepted, challenge won 🏆

Posted on by Sara B.

I’ve been trying to get myself to read more books, but for the longest time, life was too busy to fit more than 30-ish books a year. 2024, however, was the year I put my foot down and said I’M DOING THIS. I’M READING 100 BOOKS. And somehow, here I am now, with ✨160 books✨ read, my heart full and my head aching. (I read some crazy stuff, y’all…)

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Mini Review: Ex Marks the Spot

Posted on by Sara B.

Gloria Chao writes some of the sweetest, ooey gooiest YA rom-coms, her last being friends-to-lovers romance When You Wish Upon a Lantern. Her forthcoming novel goes the complete opposite direction, bringing on the witty banter and hate goggles in an enemies-to-lovers adventure. Ex Marks the Spot follows FMC Gemma and her ex-boyfriend/rival Xander as they travel to Taiwan to solve the puzzles her late grandfather left her. Puzzles that could possibly lead to an inheritance she desperately needs for college tuition.

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Double Feature: Dungeons and Drama & Dating and Dragons

Posted on by Sara B.

(Laughing at the fact that my review title is basically DF: D and D & D and D 😅 but yeah, anyway — )

I’m not a roleplaying game person, so the first couple of times I saw Kristy Boyce’s Dungeons and Drama floating around online, I gave it a pass. Then I peeked at the reviews, many of which stressed that the novel is enjoyable whether you’re into RPGs or not. Thank god I listened, because GAHHHDHGBSKJAGGBJKGJD. It is one of the cutest freaking books I’ve ever read and definitely my favorite comfort book of 2024. It is very much a love letter to DnD, and you really feel the author’s passion for it, but it’s also a well-crafted coming-of-age story about discovering new things, whether that be in hobbies, in glasses-wearing love interests, or in parents we thought we knew.

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Mini Review: Perfect Girl

Posted on by Sara B.

**CW: Abuse, kidnapping, violence, and a few instances of racism.

I could easily see Perfect Girl by Tracy Banghart as the perfect teen slasher movie, like Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer. The story follows Jessa, who has lived her entire life following her parents’ plan to be successful. Though she hates her goody two shoes reputation, she can’t break free from it — not even at a parent-free sleepover with her friends. But when innocent jump scares turn into serious dangers, including a raging storm and an actual killer, Jessa will have to break out of her comfort zone if she wants to protect herself and her friends.

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