This year has started out pretty strong by way of reading. However, that success has slowly chipped away at my motivation to read because it’s hard to match the peak that I’ve already reached. With that being said, these adventures in reading have introduced me to some new authors and let me read more by some of my favorites.

Five Stars

• Find Her by Lisa Gardner
• The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos
• Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Four Stars

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Defending Jacob by William Landay
• Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• The Missing of Clairedelune by Christelle Dabos
• Inferno by Dan Brown
• The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
• Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

Three Stars

• The Survivors by Jane Harper
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Da Vinci Code by Suzanne Collins
• The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
• Origin by Dan Brown
• You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero
• The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night

Two Stars

• The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean

Now, for the rest of the year, all of my books will be compared to those first few five star reads in these adventures in reading. I’ve started “back” in the Outlander series. It’s dragging a little bit right now, but I’ve heard great things about it. What have you read and loved recently?

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