This is probably one of my favorite quote images I've ever made. Aside from this being of my favorite quotes in one of my favorite books, I really loved the notion of roses representing Darcy and Lizzie's love story. Roses are beautiful but in order to hold one you have to get through the thorns. The thorns won't hurt you but they're there. I also just love this quote so much. It exemplifies love in such an intricate but simple way.

The Worst Best Man | Mia Sosa
Avon | February 4, 2020
Source: Library

Critically acclaimed author Mia Sosa delivers a sassy, steamy enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy about a woman whose new job requires her to work side-by-side with the best man who ruined her wedding: her ex-fiancé's infuriating, irritating, annoyingly handsome brother. Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, and Sally Thorne!

I will be very honest when I admit that I was hesitant to begin this series. Eight bucks just seemed like a lot of a commitment to make but I have heard so many good things about the series that I figured it was time to give it a go. Plus, Netflix is making this into a series and I really really wanted to read the books before watching the show.

I will have to say that I am beyond glad that I decided to read the series. I absolutely love the Bridgertons and everyone who recommends this series for a reason. The family is large and boisterous and loving. The banter between the siblings is off the wall leading me to laugh throughout. Even if I didn’t love all of the romances in this series, I fell head over heels in love with the family. So here are the reviews for all eight of the books in the Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn!

I will be very honest when I admit that I was hesitant to begin this series. Eight bucks just seemed like a lot of a commitment to make but I have heard so many good things about the series that I figured it was time to give it a go. Plus, Netflix is making this into a series and I really really wanted to read the books before watching the show.

I will have to say that I am beyond glad that I decided to read the series. I absolutely love the Bridgertons and everyone who recommends this series for a reason. The family is large and boisterous and loving. The banter between the siblings is off the wall leading me to laugh throughout. Even if I didn’t love all of the romances in this series, I fell head over heels in love with the family. So here are the reviews for all eight of the books in the Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn!

I will be very honest when I admit that I was hesitant to begin this series. Eight bucks just seemed like a lot of a commitment to make but I have heard so many good things about the series that I figured it was time to give it a go. Plus, Netflix is making this into a series and I really really wanted to read the books before watching the show.

I will have to say that I am beyond glad that I decided to read the series. I absolutely love the Bridgertons and everyone who recommends this series for a reason. The family is large and boisterous and loving. The banter between the siblings is off the wall leading me to laugh throughout. Even if I didn’t love all of the romances in this series, I fell head over heels in love with the family. So here are the reviews for all eight of the books in the Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn!

Now that I’m back to reviewing books, I figured it was time to clean out my NetGalley. As I was scrolling through the website, I was shocked to see how many books I had on my shelf that I hadn’t read. Not only were there way too many books on my shelf, it also hurt my feet back ratio. As much as we talk about numbers not mattering, I know for a fact the publishers do look at her feedback ratio in order to approve us for more books to read.

So in an effort to raise not only my feedback ratio and also clear out my shelf, I’m giving myself 90 days to read as many of the 39 books as possible. While I’m posting this on a later date, I began this on April 22, 2020 and it will go until July 21, 2020.

I debated writing this post so much that I am struggling to click the publish button. There’s obviously so much happening in the world right now and we’re all pretty much struggling in some way or another. I began to wonder if this is a good time to talk about my mental health? Is this even relevant to a blog about books? The more I wrote this post, however, the more I realize that it did fit. Reading has been a form of self care for me well before I even knew what self-care was. I have use reading as a form of escape especially when my mental health has not been good. And now that I’m reading more books than ever before, I realize that there was a reason behind it.

In the month of March I read 28 books. This was in mine boggling number for me and it put me well over halfway through my reading goal for 2020. As much as I want to and do celebrate the 28 books I read in March, I couldn’t deny that my mental health was awful. Drafting this post made me realize the large number of books I read indicated just how much I was suffering. If reading was my escape then I wanted nothing more than to escape my reality.

There’s no denying that in the past couple of years I have struggled with reading. From being busy with college or working full-time, my mental health really limited how much I was reading. Even if I wanted to read a book, I would find myself unable to finish several books. So now that I have read so many in a year already, and I have been so productive with my reading goal, shouldn’t I celebrate that? In a culture where being productive is so important, shouldn’t I celebrate that I’m almost done with my reading goal? Should I celebrate that I am finding some new favorite books? And if I do celebrate my reading accomplishments, am I inadvertently telling myself that my need to escape is a good thing? Am I telling myself that my mental health is a good thing because it is allowing me to be productive?

I have been talking about books online since 2009. Reading so many in a year really allows me to have a lot of books to talk about. This gives me a chance to find new favorite books. But at the same time I can’t help but wonder if I’m just hurting myself. Do I really need to celebrate every single productive thing that I do? Do I need to get this happy because I will now have content for my book blog or my YouTube channel?

This post ended up being more questions than answers which wasn't intentional. I think that it sums up what’s happening during this isolation perfectly: we know the fact that we’re all struggling during this time and we don’t really know how to feel about it. Which I guess is also my reasoning for writing this post to begin with. I really just wanted to put into the world the questions that I have during this time because I am unsure of everything as well. It’s just a way of feeling less alone because isolation makes you feel like you are the only one feeling this way.