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January

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Deep reads this month, but I'm fairly certain that Addie Larue will be a contender for my favorite book of the year!

February

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February
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Blitzed the Bromance books and absolutely adored them. Can't wait until July and the new one!

March

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March
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Pretty busy month reading-wise. I swear I'm not procrastinating . . .  Alex's story is still on track for an April publication, I promise!

April

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April
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Yeah, Circe just leapfrogged into my favorite for the year so far . . . Beach Read was also excellent. Looking forward to Emily Henry's new release this Spring.

May

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May
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I'm about half way through the first book of a new project.  This means lots of fun, new characters are speaking to me. Unfortunately, this may result in fewer books read for the next month or two.
Started out reading The House in the Cerulean Sea thinking I'd hate it, ended up staying up past 3am to finish it. Was bawling like a baby by the end. 
The Eyre Affair is a re-re-re-re(etc)-read. Not sure how many times I've read the series, but I know it's been awhile and there's at least one new book I haven't read.
Absolutely LOVED People We Meet on Vacation. It was better than Beach Read.

June

June
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Maybe This Time was absolutely lovely! Something tells me I'm going to be spending the next month blitzing through Jill Mansell's entire catalog of work! 
As predicted above, lots of Mansell this month. This Could Change Everyting and It Started With a Secret are my favorites. She's brilliant with dealing with a whole cast of characters and resolving everyones happily ever after.
July

July

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Perfectly Adequate is perfectly adorable. Very much a laugh out loud comedy! 
Project Hail Mary was AMAZING! Spent four hours reading the last half of the book in one sitting. It's been ages since I've done that! 
Felt like I came full circle this month, ending with Isn't it Bromantic? This one had me laughing until it hurt. A perfect choice to follow Andy Weir.

 

August

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Road Trip was great fun. It's easy to love characters, but I enjoy ones that instill hatred and disgust. Undeniably You was an emotional roller coaster that has left me exhausted . . . but in a good way. I swear, at one point I was totally like 'oh, this is almost over, I can finish it tonight . . . only to look down and see I was only at 47%.
While I preferred Paris is Always a Good Idea over Wait For It, the latter did bring a tear to my eye in the end.
Pretty Face was an excellent May-December romance which you don't see as often anymore. The intimate scenes were especially lovely to read.
 
September

September

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Going to be a fairly slow reading month as I'm trying to buckle down and get Tempest finished. That being said, my choice of reading has been all over the place.  Only thing in common with the first three books of the month is that they're all the start of trilogies. . .
October

October

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Blitzed through several cute novels while on vacation for a week this month. Tried to keep things light. Inadvertantly, discovered a trend in books featuring either bakers, witches, or in the case of Witch Please, both!
The Holiday Swap has also gotten me into the Christmas spirit a little early. Must find more like it!
November

November

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Finally finished Tempest on 11/12/21. Still needs a lot of editing, so it's looking more like early 2022 for the release. As a reward, I'm beginning to relax and read some holiday themed books. Recently discovered Christina Lauren and absolutely loved Soulmate Equation.
December
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December

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Completely unexpected, but Spoiler Alert catapulted itself onto my Top 10 list. . . 

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