Candy Bunny Reader

  Another great book by Ann Liang ! Never Thought I'd End Up Here is about Leah, a former teenage model who messed up in trying to congratulate her cousin at her wedding in broken Mandarin. Her mother thinks she can sharpen her Mandarin skills by going on an immersion trip to Shanghai sponsored by the department her aunt works in at Stanford. Also going on this trip is a guy named Cyrus--who has been Leah's number one enemy for the last several years. He was responsible for "the Incident" at Leah previous high school.  But when Leah gets to Shanghai--it ends up becoming an unforgettable trip! New friends, new places--and she gets to learn who Cyrus really is, while also confronting her past.  I love how at first this book seemed like it was going to be a silly enemies to lovers story, but it ended up being a lot deeper than thought. This book explores so many themes ranging from connecting to your roots, finding out what you really want in life, overcoming low self-e...

    Wow! My favorite Ann Liang book so far! I am Not Jessica Chen follows Jenna Chen, an average student who is envious of her seemingly perfect, valedictorian cousin, Jessica. One night, Jenna secretly wishes that she actually was Jessica. The next morning she wakes up and is in Jessica's body! For the next few days she has to pretend to be Jessica, but it isn't always easy. Jenna at first likes her new life as Jessica, but she quickly learns being Jessica is not all sunshine and rainbows. Jenna soon misses her old, simple, life, and she tries to find ways to go back to normal. Even worse, people are starting to forget that the real Jenna even existed. The only one who seems to remember and help her out is Jenna's longtime friend and crush, Aaron.  This book really had me on the edge of my seat! Ann Liang really knows how to captivate her readers. The story was so emotional, heartfelt, and had so many relatable moments ranging from not always feeling your best to the st...

                              (Graphic made in Canva. Pic of book was found on Google Images) This is actually my third book from Ann Liang . The first book I read from her was This Time It's Real , which I read last year but I didn't like it very much. You can read the full review for it here. The second book I picked up was If You Could See the Sun , and I tried reading earlier this month but DNF it. I do believe in giving authors another chance, so I read I Hope This Doesn't Find You , and I really liked it!  This book is about Sadie Wen, who is a top student at her school and her number one nemesis is the other top student, Julius Gong. They've been competing for as long as Sadie can remember. One way Sadie vents out her frustrations with Julius and other students that have done her wrong is through email drafts. She does this because she is a huge goody two shoes and tries to maintain a g...

Like my favorite booktuber Merphy Napier, I plan on redoing this tag every year as I read more books and I have more answers. Check out last year's answers here .  This tag was originally made by TheBookArcher on Booktube. Her original video is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYfgq8HgDc0&ab_channel=TheBookArcher As usual, feel free to do this tag if you see it! Here we go! 1. A popular book or series you didn't like.  I once again have too many answers for this one, but I will have to go with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte . I found this book soooo boring! It was more of like a Jane Austen novel (an author you already know I don't like), where we have people just visiting each other's houses and gossiping about random stuff. Also, I found the MC to be kind of creepy.  2. A book/series a lot of people don't like, but you liked.  I'm gonna have to go with Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson . This book seems to be very divisive online. I...

  Uh oh, (semi) unpopular opinion alert... This Time It's Real by Ann Liang is about Eliza Lin, who goes to an international school in Beijing. One day, an article she writes for a class assignment somehow goes viral. The article was about her relationship with her boyfriend. Only here's the thing: Eliza has never had a boyfriend. Yup, she made up the whole thing. So now she feels that has to convince the whole world she is dating someone. She chooses to fake-date the most popular boy at her school: Caz Song, who also happens to be a popular C-drama star. Eliza's viral article ends up also getting her an internship at Craneswift: a popular publishing company. Her main assignment as an intern is to write blog posts about the dates she and Caz go on. With all of this going on, Eliza isn't sure if her relationship with Caz could ever become real, especially since she has trouble getting close to people. Her mother's job requires her to travel a lot, and Eliza has neve...