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Writer's pictureJade Melody


Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner


Lost in the Never Woods - Aiden Thomas


Afterland - Lauren Beukes


Lore - Alexandra Bracken


Winter, White and Wicked - Shannon Dittemore


Writer's pictureJade Melody

Updated: Jul 5, 2022



“There is beauty to be found everywhere… even in the things that scare us.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“I’m right here, with you, and I’m still holding onto your heart. Please don’t ask me to give it back.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“Like every star in the galaxy tumbled to Earth and crawled beneath my skin.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“But not all love is meant to stay. Sometimes it only serves a temporary purpose.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“Love is a paradox.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“The Lotus will bloom into the most magnificent flower, even when its roots are in the murkiest of waters.”

Jennifer Hartmann, Lotus


“We don't get better when the weather is calm and things are all unicorns farting rainbows. We get better when we fall apart and pick the pieces back up.”


“I'd be a monster to hold her in the shadows when she was obviously meant to walk in the sunshine.”

Katee Robert, Desperate Measures


“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“I wished I could go back there then, back before I knew of a single bad thing.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“Life is unfair, and sometimes it helps to irrationally blame someone for it.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“Even then I must have known that no one would ever love me as much as she would.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died until it was buried with me.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“The lessons she imparted, the proof of her life lived on in me, in my every move and deed. I was what she left behind. If I could not be with my mother, I would be her.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“I want to tell him how much I miss my mother. How he should be kind to his mom, remember that life is fragile and she could be gone at any moment.”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart


“Every time I remember that my mother is dead, it feels like I’m colliding with a wall that won’t give. There’s no escape, just a hard surface that I keep ramming into over and over, a reminder of the immutable reality that I will never see her again. —”

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

Writer's pictureJade Melody



Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe

Started: December 5th 2021

Finished: December 5th 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Art Style, Romantic Chemistry, Gods

Dislikes: Sexual Assault...

Notes: None


In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren

Started: December 17th 2021

Finished: December 19th 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Everything

Dislikes: None

Notes: Second Time Reading


Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick

Started: December 22nd 2021

Finished: December 22nd 2021

Rated: 4

Likes: Illustrations, Prose, Connections

Dislikes: Missing Details I Wanted to Know

Notes: Read From Libby


Shy Willow - Cat Min

Started: December 22nd 2021

Finished: December 22nd 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Cute, Wholesome, Reminded me the world is pure to children

Dislikes: None

Notes: Borrowed from Libby for Audiobook, Ebook Picture book from Kindle


The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson

Started: December 23rd 2021

Finished: December 27th 2021

Rated: 4

Likes: Mysterious Groom, Interesting Different Perspectives

Dislikes: What Makes it Christmas?

Notes: Reread 10 years later


The Letter - Richard Paul Evans

Started: December 23rd 2021

Finished: December 29th 2021

Rated: 4

Likes: Heartbreaking, Honor, Love

Dislikes: Ending seemed fast

Notes: Finished the Trilogy


In Real Life - Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang

Started: December 29th 2021

Finished: December 29th 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Illustrations, Plot, Characters, Economics?!

Dislikes: None

Notes: Borrowed From Libby, Read on Kindle


The Hill We Climb - Amanda Gorman

Started: December 30th 2021

Finished: December 20th 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Hope

Dislikes: None

Notes: Special Hardcover Edition


Love That Dog - Sharon Creech

Started: December 30th 2021

Finished: December 30th 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Poetry for Children

Dislikes: DOG DIES!

Notes: For God Sake Remember That The DOG DIES!


The Road to Ever After - Moira Young

Started: December 31st 2021

Finished: December 31st 2021

Rated: 3

Likes: Dog

Dislikes: Confusing, No Point? I Didn't Understand the Plot

Notes: None


I Am The Rage - Dr. Martina McGowan

Started: December 31st 2021

Finished: December 31st 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Powerful, Raw, Strong, Eye-Opening

Dislikes: None

Notes: None


The Tea Dragon Tapestry - Kay O'Neill

Started: December 31st 2021

Finished: December 31st 2021

Rated: 5

Likes: Illustrations, Characters, Tea Dragons

Dislikes: None

Notes: 50th Book for 2021 :)


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