My Bookshelf

A collection of the all books I’ve read and reviewed.

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The Goddess of Warsaw

Book cover of 'Beautifully Ugly' by Alice Feeney featuring a torn design with an island and ocean.

Beautiful Ugly

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Easy Peasy Puppy Squeezy

The Book Club for Troublesome Women

The Compound

What I Read in 2025

"The God of the Woods" book cover featuring an abstract forest landscape with a pink stripe down the center, written by Liz Moore, labeled as a New York Times bestseller.

The God Of The Woods

Book cover of 'Pachinko' by Min Jin Lee, featuring a woman in traditional Korean attire standing over a mountainous landscape, with three figures walking below. Includes text mentioning the book as a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times bestseller.

Pachinko

Cover of the book 'The Friend' by Sigrid Nunez, featuring a Dalmatian dog and a colorful geometric background with red, yellow, blue, and green sections.

The Friend

The Familiar

Atmosphere

The Names

Cover of 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt, featuring a painting of a bird partially revealed through torn paper, with text indicating it is a #1 National Bestseller and a Pulitzer Prize winner.

The Goldfinch

Cover of the novel 'Weyward' by Emilia Hart featuring a black bird, various insects, flowers, and fruits with the quote 'They call us witches. We call ourselves Weyward' and a quote from Sarah Addison Allen.

Weyward

Book cover for 'Sunrise on the Reaping' by Suzanne Collins, featuring two golden mythical creatures, a serpent and a bird, with a purple background.

Sunrise on the Reaping

Food Person

Great Big Beautiful Life

Sunny Side Up

Book cover of 'The Stolen Queen' by Fiona Davis featuring an illustration of an Egyptian queen and an image of a grand building at night.

The Stolen Queen

Cover of the book titled 'The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus' by Emma Knight, featuring a vibrant illustration of a bouquet of flowers in a vase, with an artistic background and decorative elements.

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

Book cover titled 'PUPPY BRAIN' with a photo of a happy puppy and the subtitle 'How Our Dogs Learn, Think, and Love' by Kerry Nichols.

Puppy Brain

The Husbands

Light from Uncommon Stars

Book cover for The Secret Book of Flora Lea

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Book cover of 'A Court of Frost and Starlight' by Sarah J. Maas, featuring a blue floral design on a blue background with yellow text.

A Court of Frost and Starlight

book cover of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

Book cover of 'The Rachel Incident' by Caroline O'Donoghue featuring a painted portrait of a woman with brown hair in a bun. The title text is in bold, colorful letters.

The Rachel Incident

Book cover for "The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel" by Nita Prose. Features a blue background with a hand holding a key in front of a black arch.

The Mystery Guest

Book cover of 'The Other Valley' by Scott Alexander Howard, featuring a landscape with trees, water, and hills in a repeating pattern.

The Other Valley

Book cover of 'The Five-Star Weekend' by Elin Hilderbrand showing a beach scene with people celebrating and spraying champagne, featuring the text highlighting it as a #1 New York Times Bestseller.

The Five Star Weekend

Book cover for 'Such a Bad Influence' by Olivia Muenter, featuring cracked pink makeup background with bold lettering.

Such A Bad Influence

Book cover of 'A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France' by Steve Hoffman, featuring a scenic landscape with a vintage car, large trees, and a sunset in the background.

A Season for That

Book cover of 'How to Stop Time' by Matt Haig, featuring blue silhouettes of historical and modern scenes on an orange background.

How to Stop Time

Cover of "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach, featuring an illustrated ocean scene with hands holding a bottle and making a peace sign above the waves. A "Read with Jenna" book club sticker is on the top left.

The Wedding People

Book cover of 'The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches' by Sangu Mandanna featuring a whimsical illustration of a witch on a broom, a house with a purple door, a yellow car, and a person holding books, set against a night sky with stars and a crescent moon.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Book cover of "The Phoenix Crown" by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, featuring a close-up of a woman's face adorned with an elaborate decorative headpiece with hanging beads.

The Phoenix Crown

What I Read in 2024

Cover of "Mother-Daughter Murder Night" by Nina Simon, featuring a dark background with the title in bold white and orange text, and Reese's Book Club sticker.

Mother- Daughter Murder Night

"A Court of Silver Flames" book cover featuring an ornate mask design and the author's name, Sarah J. Maas.

A Court of Silver Flames

Book cover of 'Our American Friend' by Anna Pitoniak, featuring a woman with dark hair against a backdrop of Paris landmarks.

Our American Friend

Cover of the book "Homebodies" by Tembe Denton-Hurst, featuring an orange background with the word 'Homebodies' repeatedly printed in pink.

Homebodies

"The Sicilian Inheritance" book cover by Jo Piazza, featuring an illustration of Sicilian architecture under a colorful sky.

The Sicilian Inheritance

Book cover of "The Paris Novel" by Ruth Reichl featuring an illustration of a person wearing a striped shirt, sitting at a table with wine and oysters. Quote by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney at the top.

The Paris Novel

Book cover of "Lies and Weddings" by Kevin Kwan, featuring a couple in formal attire standing under palm trees with colorful, mountainous background, styled in vibrant hues.

Lies and Weddings

Book cover of "The Next Mrs. Parrish" by Liv Constantine, showing a woman in a pink dress and white sunhat sitting by a pool.

The Next Mrs. Parrish

Cover of "The Lioness of Boston" by Emily Franklin, featuring a woman standing in an ornate room, looking out a window, with golden accents framing the title.

The Lioness of Boston

Book cover of "The New Menopause" by Mary Claire Haver, MD.

The New Menopause

Book cover of "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by TJ Klune, featuring a large, glowing bird soaring above a seaside town.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Book cover with title "Intermezzo" and author name Sally Rooney. Features yellow and gray checkerboard design with circular black and white photos, casting shadows of four figures.

Intermezzo

book cover for A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury

Book cover of 'Tom Lake' by Ann Patchett featuring a field of daisies and a badge labeled 'Reese's Book Club'

Tom Lake

Cover of the novel "The Third Wife" by Lisa Jewell, featuring a table set with a breakfast scene, including tea cups, plates, and a juice glass. The author's name and book title are prominently displayed.

The Third Wife

Cover of the book 'First Lie Wins' by Ashley Elston, featuring the silhouette of a person in a doorway, with vibrant green text and a Reese's Book Club sticker.

First Lie Wins

Book cover of 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' by Gail Honeyman, featuring an illustration of a woman in an orange top and brown skirt. Includes 'Reese's Book Club' badge and praise from Reese Witherspoon. Marked as a #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine

Book cover for "Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?" by Crystal Smith Paul, featuring a woman's necklace and an emblem for Reese's Book Club.

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr

Book cover of "Happy Place" by Emily Henry, featuring illustrated swimmers and a large inflatable duck.

Happy Place

Cover of the book 'Real Americans' by Rachel Khong. The design features colorful oval patterns layered in a vertical arrangement. There's a round badge labeled 'Read with Jenna.'

Real Americans

Cover of the novel "Sandwich" by Catherine Newman, featuring a house with a porch, deck chairs, and towels hanging over a railing, set in a sunny outdoor scene. Includes a quote by Ann Patchett praising the book.

Sandwich

Book cover featuring large white text "All Fours" and "Miranda July" over a landscape painting with cliffs and trees, and a National Book Award Finalist seal.

All Fours

Cover of "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro, featuring close-up of a child's face and a Nobel Prize in Literature label.

Never Let Me Go

Book cover titled 'Society of Lies' by Lauren Ling Brown, with Reese's Book Club endorsement. The image shows a lit building with multiple windows and silhouettes of people inside, with a dark, ivy-covered exterior.

Society of Lies

book cover for A Court of Wings and Ruin By Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin

book cover for Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr

Woman on Fire

Cover of 'Lady Tan’s Circle of Women' by Lisa See featuring a woman in traditional attire.

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

Book cover of 'The Lost Bookshop' by Evie Woods featuring a small house nestled among books on a bookshelf surrounded by green vines.

The Lost Bookshop

Book cover of 'Anita de Monte Laughs Last' by Xochitl Gonzalez, featuring a stylized pink illustration of a woman's face and a Reese's Book Club sticker on a bright orange background.

Anita de Monte Laughs Last

Cover of 'Demon Copperhead' by Barbara Kingsolver, featuring intricate illustrations, Oprah's Book Club 2022 selection, Pulitzer Prize winner badge.

Demon Copperhead

Book cover of "Finding Margaret Fuller" by Allison Pataki, featuring a woman in a green skirt with windblown hair. The cover also notes the author as a New York Times bestselling author.

Finding Margaret Fuller

Book cover of 'The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard' by Natasha Lester, featuring a woman in a flowing blue dress against a lavish background.

The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard

Book cover of 'The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre' by Natasha Lester, featuring a woman in a green dress standing on a staircase with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre

Book cover featuring a smiling woman with dark hair, wearing a scarf, resting her chin on her hand beside a striped mug. The title reads "Be Ready When the Luck Happens," and the author is Ina Garten, who is noted as a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author.

Be Ready When the Luck Happens

Book cover of 'The Ministry of Time' by Kalane Bradley featuring colorful 3D text, accolades from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, and a Good Morning America book club pick badge.

The Ministry of Time

Book cover of 'Like Mother, Like Daughter' by Kimberly McCreight with a silhouette of a building and glowing windows.

Like Mother LIke Daughter

What I Read in 2023

The Covenant of Water

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

Signal Fires

Hello Beautiful

book cover of The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner

Book cover of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The London Seance Society

The Marriage Portrait

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Ninth House

Book cover of 'The Perfumist of Paris' by Alka Joshi, depicting a woman in a sari standing on a bridge in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background at sunset.

book cover for Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfel

The Perfumist of Paris

Romantic Comedy

Cover of the book "Hell Bent" by Leigh Bardugo featuring a white rabbit on a gray background.

Book cover of Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Hell Bent

Apples Never Fall

book cover of A Court of Thorns and Rose by Sarah J Maas

Book cover of The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

A Court of Thorns and Roses

The Silent Patient

Book cover of Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book cover of "The Keeper of Happy Endings" by Barbara Davis with a woman looking out at the Eiffel Tower.

Daisy Jones and the Six

The Keeper of Happy Endings

book cover for the Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

book cover for Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

The Henna Artist

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

"After Life" book cover by Melissa de la Cruz, featuring a stone statue against a cityscape background.

Cover of the book "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt, featuring an illustration of a large orange octopus underwater, with a silhouette of a person looking at it. The cover has vibrant blue and orange colors and includes a "Read with Jenna" book club sticker.

After Life

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Book Cover of The Secrets we Kept by Lara Prescott

Book cover of the Maid by Nita Prose

The Secrets We Kept

The Maid

Book cover of Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

book cover of the Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

Book cover of 'Yellowface' by R. F. Kuang, featuring stylized eyes on a yellow background with a Reese's Book Club sticker.

Book cover for I Have Something to Tell You by Susan Lewis

Yellowface

I Have Something to Tell You

Cover of the book 'The It Girl' by Ruth Ware, featuring large black text on a textured yellow background.

Book cover for People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry

The It Girl

People We Meet on Vacation

Book cover for Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Book cover of the Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Sea of Tranquility

The Last Mrs. Parrish

book cover for The House in the Cerulean Sea by TK Klune

Book cover of The Southern Book Clubs Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Cover of the book 'The Secret Keeper of Jaipur' by Alka Joshi, featuring an ornate, pink-hued archway with a figure in traditional attire.

Image of book cover for The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

book cover for Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

book cover for The Guest by Emma Cline

Pineapple Street

The Guest

Colorful book cover for 'Hello Beautiful' by Ann Napolitano, featuring an abstract portrait and Oprah’s Book Club sticker.

book cover for Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

book cover of Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Book cover of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Book cover of "The Personal Librarian" with an architectural background and a woman in a red dress

Book cover for Trust by Hernan Diaz

Trust

The Personal Librarian

The Paris Library

Counterfeit

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

The House in the Cerulean Sea

What I Read in 2022

book cover for The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

book cover of The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Lost Apothecary

The Paper Palace

book cover for The Club by Ellery Lloyd

book cover for The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Club

The Last Thing He Told Me

Book cover of 'The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue' by V.E. Schwab, featuring gold text on a black background with star accents.

Book cover of Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

Book Lovers

book cover for The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

book cover for Liking Myself Back by Jacey Duprie

The Christie Affair

Liking Myself Back

Book cover of 'The Guest List' by Lucy Foley, featuring a dark, stormy background with a castle on a cliff and text indicating it's a New York Times Bestseller and part of Reese's Book Club.

book cover of The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

book cover of Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

book cover for Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave

Lessons in Chemistry

Eight Hundred Grapes

Cover of 'The Immortalists' by Chloe Benjamin featuring a colorful tree against a black background with the text 'New York Times Bestseller' and a quote.

Book cover of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

The Immortalists

The Midnight Library

book cover for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

book cover for Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Malibu Rising

The Guest List

The Paris Apartment