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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
4.0
★★★★
such a nice, lighthearted read. just the right amount of drama and and had me squealing and kicking my feet. i absolutely ENVY this couple WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURNNNN
such a nice, lighthearted read. just the right amount of drama and and had me squealing and kicking my feet. i absolutely ENVY this couple WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURNNNN
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
4.0
★★★★
house of salt and sorrows was such a sinister, magical journey. each chapter kept me on my toes and made me cringe n tear up from how perfectly it was written! i actually felt like i was 'reading' a scene from a horror movie it was that gOOD!!
“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.”
house of salt and sorrows was such a sinister, magical journey. each chapter kept me on my toes and made me cringe n tear up from how perfectly it was written! i actually felt like i was 'reading' a scene from a horror movie it was that gOOD!!
Book Lovers: Amor entre libros by Emily Henry
4.0
my second emily henry read and i have fallen in love with her writing. she really takes a deep dive into human emotions and hardships. she explores sisterhood and loss unlike any other. it really was so beautiful!
god can i just say i absolutely fell in love with charlie lastra? PRETTY BOY!!! please protect him and give him all the love in the entire big big world!
i will say i enjoyed beach read more than this one. AND THE JANUARY REFERENCES?!?!! just so good
alright i’m bout to pass tf out but i thoroughly enjoyed
this book
god can i just say i absolutely fell in love with charlie lastra? PRETTY BOY!!! please protect him and give him all the love in the entire big big world!
i will say i enjoyed beach read more than this one. AND THE JANUARY REFERENCES?!?!! just so good
alright i’m bout to pass tf out but i thoroughly enjoyed
this book
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
4.0
★★★★
The story that I’m about to tell you is the product of my own mental archaeology. If I was successful in all of this, then you will understand now as I understood then, and the pieces of my history will fall into place for you in very much the same way that they have only recently done for me.
This was before the book even started, before the first recollection of the past. This is when I knew this was gonna be a wild ride. And wow... I just have no words. I feel numb but depressed. This author knows how to tell a story. It was so descriptive and so real that it made me physically nauseous. Now I kind of just want to lock myself in my house and never leave ever again. The world is such a crazy place omg. My heart hurts for the characters in this book, some of them deserved so much more.
Penpal is a perfect reading choice for the spooky season.
We were explorers.
We were adventurers.
We were friends.
The story that I’m about to tell you is the product of my own mental archaeology. If I was successful in all of this, then you will understand now as I understood then, and the pieces of my history will fall into place for you in very much the same way that they have only recently done for me.
This was before the book even started, before the first recollection of the past. This is when I knew this was gonna be a wild ride. And wow... I just have no words. I feel numb but depressed. This author knows how to tell a story. It was so descriptive and so real that it made me physically nauseous. Now I kind of just want to lock myself in my house and never leave ever again. The world is such a crazy place omg. My heart hurts for the characters in this book, some of them deserved so much more.
Penpal is a perfect reading choice for the spooky season.
We were explorers.
We were adventurers.
We were friends.
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
5.0
★★★★★★★★★★
This was so beautiful. Sad, but all the more beautiful.
I went into this only reading the description on Goodreads. I thought it was so sweet to begin with and thought it was going to be a story about two childhood lovers being broken apart and coming back together (and it was essentially that) but then there was something unsettling laying in the background that I couldn't quite put my finger on. When everything became evident, I knew it was going to be a difficult read.
I felt soo many emotions. Happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, FRUSTRATION! It was so beautiful. At times, I felt Tillie Cole physically GUT ME! And towards the end, she broke my heart. Completely shattered it into a thousand broken pieces (haha... did you get the pun???). But then she mended it, stitched it right back up, and is still healing at the moment. My heart is very fragile now but this book has definitely made its mark on her. And now she will never forget and carry this novel with her everywhere she goes. All the emotions are still very raw. I might need a week or even a month to recover. Also, I loved the epilogue!!! It still hurt like hell but it gave me a little more peace of mind.
As I read this, I just kept saying to myself this just might be the greatest love story of all time next to Romeo and Juliet. And now I have never felt more certain. I will definitely buy a physical version of this book and reread it, (in the very far future because I genuinely need time to heal. My heart will be aching for this book for a while.) and maybe even get some stuff tattooed from it, it's just that beautiful!
“Live hard, love harder. Chase dreams, seek adventures … capture moments. Live beautifully.”
I hope one day we all get a chance to experience an epic, soul-shattering love like Poppy and Rune. ♡
This was so beautiful. Sad, but all the more beautiful.
I went into this only reading the description on Goodreads. I thought it was so sweet to begin with and thought it was going to be a story about two childhood lovers being broken apart and coming back together (and it was essentially that) but then there was something unsettling laying in the background that I couldn't quite put my finger on. When everything became evident, I knew it was going to be a difficult read.
I felt soo many emotions. Happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, FRUSTRATION! It was so beautiful. At times, I felt Tillie Cole physically GUT ME! And towards the end, she broke my heart. Completely shattered it into a thousand broken pieces (haha... did you get the pun???). But then she mended it, stitched it right back up, and is still healing at the moment. My heart is very fragile now but this book has definitely made its mark on her. And now she will never forget and carry this novel with her everywhere she goes. All the emotions are still very raw. I might need a week or even a month to recover. Also, I loved the epilogue!!! It still hurt like hell but it gave me a little more peace of mind.
As I read this, I just kept saying to myself this just might be the greatest love story of all time next to Romeo and Juliet. And now I have never felt more certain. I will definitely buy a physical version of this book and reread it, (in the very far future because I genuinely need time to heal. My heart will be aching for this book for a while.) and maybe even get some stuff tattooed from it, it's just that beautiful!
Spoiler
I think this book hit a lot harder than I expected it to since I've had my run-in with cancer. Reading stuff like this just hits way too close to home and I get so emotional because in many aspects, I can truly empathize. I am no stranger to that world and I have lived through the nightmare. I just can't put into words how much I admire Poppy. She is so beautiful Her mind is so beautiful. Her outlook is so beautiful. Poppy is so beautiful. And even though I didn't agree with her choice of cutting Rune off, seeing them come back together was beautiful. I know during my journey, I needed all the love and support from friends and family I could get. It was the most difficult time in my life. I too longed for that epic, soul-shattering love. And from the moment my life turned upside down, I felt unworthy of that kind of love. It was something that seemed so unobtainable. But as I read more and more, I always check authors dedications and acknowledgments and it always gives me a little more hope with everything I read.“Live hard, love harder. Chase dreams, seek adventures … capture moments. Live beautifully.”
I hope one day we all get a chance to experience an epic, soul-shattering love like Poppy and Rune. ♡
Beach Read by Emily Henry
5.0
★★★★★★★★★★
This was such a sweet and beautiful book. I had been debating on which of hers to read first and tried not to expect too much from what I’ve heard from booktok. But I really started to enjoy it more and more past the 50% mark. I didn’t know the vast of emotions I was feeling was due to slow burn until my friend pointed it out. IT WAS A SLOW BURNNNNNNNN!
I teared up a couple of times, got multiple toe cramps from blushing and kicking my feet too hard, even got a noise complaint from squealing into my pillow. I take 0.5 points of just because it took me a while to invest myself. But I cannot rob her of the 5 stars.
This was such a sweet and beautiful book. I had been debating on which of hers to read first and tried not to expect too much from what I’ve heard from booktok. But I really started to enjoy it more and more past the 50% mark. I didn’t know the vast of emotions I was feeling was due to slow burn until my friend pointed it out. IT WAS A SLOW BURNNNNNNNN!
I teared up a couple of times, got multiple toe cramps from blushing and kicking my feet too hard, even got a noise complaint from squealing into my pillow. I take 0.5 points of just because it took me a while to invest myself. But I cannot rob her of the 5 stars.