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September Reading Wrap-Up

Everything I read in September! I read a total of 15 books! As always, I gotta know: how did your reading month go? Got any new all time favorites? As usual, there are links to any full book reviews if applicable. 1. Jane of Lantern Hill by LM Montgomery -4.5 stars 2. Spy X Family 3, 4, and 5 by Tetsuya Endo - all 4.5 stars 3. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa -5 stars 4. My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows - 4 stars 5. This Time it's Real by Ann Liang -3.5 stars 6. Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki - 5 stars 7. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo -5 stars 8. One Piece 5, 6, and 7 by Eichiro Oda -all 5 stars 9. Avatar: The Promise 1, 2, and 3 by Gene Yang - all 5 stars

Unpopular Opinions Book Tag 2023 Edition

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  This tag was originally made by TheBookArcher on Booktube.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...

THIS TIME ITS REAL BY ANN LIANG

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  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...