Mid-Year Booky Check-In (1 Viewer)

[Tickita]

Trying to remember how I felt about each book for 2022 last Dec was alot, so I'm going to do one now.
Please, feel free to share what you've read so far too.

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
7.5/10 The first time-travel book I've ever read, and it wasn't bad. Interesting to see Jack revisit moments and fix things, only to mess up other things.

Spoiler: Synopsis

When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he's falling-hard. Soon she's meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there.

Yet Kate's death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate's there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn't sure if he's losing his mind.

Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate's death, he'll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he's willing to do to save the people he loves.

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The Delirium Series by Lauren Oliver
7/10 - Different take on a dystopian world, which are always interesting to me. Didn't care for when the love triangle was introduced though.

Spoiler: Book 1 Synopsis

In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?

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Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola
8/10 - First fake dating book I've read, and it wasn't bad. The fake to real felt natural, as did everyone else in the book.

Spoiler: Synopsis

Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of "situationships", players, and heartbreak. But when the Queen of the Unbothered kisses Malakai Korede, the guy she just publicly denounced as "The Wastemen of Whitewell," in front of every Blackwellian on campus, she finds her show on the brink.
They're soon embroiled in a fake relationship to try and salvage their reputations and save their futures. Kiki has never surrendered her heart before, and a player like Malakai won't be the one to change that, no matter how charming he is or how electric their connection feels. But surprisingly entertaining study sessions and intimate, late-night talks at old-fashioned diners force Kiki to look beyond her own presumptions. Is she ready to open herself up to something deeper?
A gloriously funny and sparkling debut novel, Honey and Spice is full of delicious tension and romantic intrigue that will make you weak at the knees.

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The Measure by Nikki Elrick
9/10 - To think I almost put this book down. It's an amazing collection of POVs to how people react to knowing how long they have left to live. And some unexpected twists.

Spoiler: Synopsis

Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.
It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.
From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?
As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they'll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn't have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.
Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is a sweeping, ambitious, and invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.

 

[Magician]

omg, haven't read Delirium in ages!
but I loved it back then

 

[Ahsoka]

Why did I read this as mid year booty check in
Well I read a book which is more than usual. I'm also reading a second right now but still towards the beginning. Both about a similar topic actually (Holocaust stuff) but still written from very different perspectives. Both are cool though, but also ofc depressing.

 

[Tickita]

Why did I read this as mid year booty check in

 

[MK3AM]

Why did I read this as mid year booty check in
Well I read a book which is more than usual. I'm also reading a second right now but still towards the beginning. Both about a similar topic actually (Holocaust stuff) but still written from very different perspectives. Both are cool though, but also ofc depressing.

HELPPP THATS WHAT I READ ASWELL