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By Your Side by Kasie West is a YA contemporary romance story. Our main character Autumn accidentally gets locked in the library over a long weekend. Much to her surprise, a guy from her school is there, too. His name is Dax, and he has a reputation at school for being a "bad boy". As the two try to survive in the library, Autumn gets to know Dax and finds out he's actually really nice! But now she has to deal with her feelings for Dax and her longtime best guy friend--Jeff.  On the surface, it sounds like a silly YA love triangle book, but it actually ends up being a lot deeper than that. This book deals a lot with anxiety, loneliness, and finding a sense of belonging in the world. It was so evocative of so many emotions! I gave it 5 stars . I'm so glad I found another Kasie West book that I love. 

  Well, it's a long list so instead of dividing it up by month, I will divide it up by ratings. The 5 stars books  Witch Hat Atelier Volume 13 by Kamome Shirahama Call the Name of the Night Volume 5 by Tama Mitsuboshi Gigi Shin Live From Manhattan by Lyla Lee A Song for You and I by Kay O'Neill The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Tiny Dancer by Siena Siegel Somali and the Forest Spirit Volumes 2 and 3 by Yako Gureishi Our Not So Lonely Planet Volumes 5 and 6 by Mone Sorai Wings of Starlight by Alison Shaft Lavender Clouds by Bex Ollerton The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Volumes 7 and 8 by Saki Mikami A Sign of Affection Volume 11 by Suu Morishita The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf Ashes of the Academy by Faith Erin Hicks  In the Name of the Mermaid Princess Volumes 2 and 4 by Yoshino Fumikawa Eden of Witches Volume 2 by Yumeji Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend One Piece Heroines Volume 1 by Eichiro Oda The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Anothe...

This was a part of the 12 books 12 friends challenge and was recommended by @onceuponatbr over on Instagram. The actual title for this series is really long! It's full title is The Savior's Book Cafe Story in Another World . The author is Kyoka Izumi . This first volume begins with Tsukina, a 30 year old woman with a stable career who is one day randomly asked by "God" (in the form a sphere) to become the savior of another world called Othel. She is unsure of it at first, but when she uses her newfound magic to open up a book cafe, she grows to like it. The most frequent visitor to her book cafe is the captain of the royal guards. His name is Il (capital I, lowercase L!). The two grow close very quickly, bonding over books and food.  Tsukina also finds out that one of the reasons she was sent to Othel was to deal with the previous chosen one. The previous chosen one is a snobby rich girl who cares more about wooing the prince of the land than actually learning magic t...

Today we will start with sharing my unpopular opinions for 2025.  Here are my answers from the last several years: 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 . As usual, feel free to do this tag, too! 1.  A popular book or series you didn't like.  I actually DNF'd this book back in June. It was She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen . I found the MC Scottie to be really unlikable, and I also found her relationship with the other girl Irene to be pretty toxic.  2.  A book/series a lot of people don't like, but you liked.  Maybe Funny Story by Emily Henry ? Henry's books in general are pretty divided. Funny Story is my favorite book from her so far! 3.  A love triangle where the main character ended up with the person didn’t want them to end up with/an OTP that you don’t like. I don't have an answer for this year!  4.  A popular genre you hardly reach for. Still horror. But so far I have read the first two books of the Blight Harbor series by Lora Senf and I've...

  I think this post I made in Canva (also posted over on my Instagram) speaks for itself:  

This book is a part of the 12 books 12 friends challenge, and was recommended to me by @yosoy_shin on Instagram.   Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagasawa is a literary fiction book originally published in Japanese. It follows 25 year old Takako, who quit her job after she finds her coworker/boyfriend cheating on her. She ends up settling in with her uncle Satoru above his used bookstore. While staying there, she enters a new world full of books, book lovers, coffee, and learning things about her uncle that she never knew.  In the second half of the story, Takako also ends up rekindling her relationship with her aunt Momoko, Satoru's ex-wife. Satoru himself ends up rekindling his relationship with her, too, much to his reluctance. Takako finds out why Momoko left Satoru several years earlier.  It's such a short book, but it really packed an emotional punch! I love reading books liked these, especially if they are set in and around a bookstore. I gave this book...