Jordyn
According to Goodreads, Jordyn has recently read three books by the same author, two of them are part a YA series.
Who is Holly Jackson
What is You Shouldn't Have Come Here?
After reading this book for the 4th time, Jessie has officially decided to not reread this book for awhile after reading the extended version that was released last year.
What is Verity?
Not a book read in 2023 but it's probably Layna's most talked about book this year with her negative criticism.
What is Comfort Me With Apples?
After having a dead set favorite book of all time for years, this book replaced Gwen's favorite book of all time this year.
What is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow?
With her only giving it 1 star, Jordyn said that this weird horror book was not for her and she should have known from the cover and the synopsis that says contestants of a reality television dating show compete for love and their lives.
What is Patrica Wants to Cuddle?
A reread and still a favorite, this book was nomimated for Best Fantasy in 2019 on Goodreads and the cover can be found with a bee on it.
What is The Starless Sea
This book was Jessie's most anticipated release for 2023 in the Thriller genre but was sadly DNF'd at 52%.
What is The Last Word?
After the success of their debut Falling, this book Layna rated 4 stars.
What is Drowning by T. J. Newman
Reading this as a 2023 most anticipated romance book, Gwen read this book where two people must pretend they are still together so their friend group don't find out.
What is Happy Place?
This Book of The Month pick is a 5-star book and one that Jordyn says "if you were like me and avoiding this book because you thought it was fantasy, don't!"
What is The Wishing Game?
According to Summer on Goodreads, this three-star Sci-fi book had "religious/existential stuff going on that I was not expecting." This was also a 2023 release.
What is Ascension?
This audible original was just recently converted to an e-book on Kindle and is by an author that Jessie interviewed this year.
What is Sleeping Dogs Lie?
With Layna giving it a four and an average rating of 3.77 on Goodreads, this romance book was published in February this year by a BIPOC author and is about a shy bookworm getting the guy next door to help her score a date, not knowing he's the author she's been corresponding with.
What is the Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest?
During her own 72 hour readathon, 4 out of 5 books were by this author?
Who is Lucinda Berry?
This thriller book was read and reviewed in August of this year and was written by the host of the #1 true crime podcsast.
What is All Good People Here
What is House of Hunger?
This Book of the Month pick has over 83K ratings with an average of 3.97 on Goodreads. This book was also the author's first adult book.
What is What Lies In The Woods?
A reread for Layna, this book has genres on Goodreads for Romance, Fantasy and Sci-fi. This one was also made into a movie.
The Time Traveler's Wife
For Gwen, this five star memoir was released in August of 2022 and has an average rating of 4.48 on Goodreads and won the nonfiction Goodreads Choice Award for 2022.
What is I'm Glad My Mom Died?
With it's beautiful cover and the 4.11 average rating on Goodreads, this book won two awards on Goodreads in 2022, Best Historical Fiction and Best Debut.
What is Black Cake
This five-star book of Summers is set in Vermont, has over 200K ratings and over 26K reviews, this book pairs nicely with secrets and whiskey.
What is The House Across The Lake?
This book was a 4-star read and had its very own live show. Keywords used to describe this book would be dramatic & obsessive.
What is Exes and O's
According to Goodreads, this book was marked as Layna's first book of 2023.
What is The Last House on the Street?
By a BIPOC author, what YA Horror book had Gwen scared with the mention of Kidz Bop?
What is Delicious Monsters?