Posts tagged all the rad reads
A 2025 RAD Reading Challenge

get ready for 2025 with the 7th annual edition of a rad reading challenge! nine prompts and one year to stretch yourself in your reading.

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fall: a reading guide

in this guide, you’ll find 72 total recommendations, with 12 each in the following categories:

🍂cozy/comforting

🧙🏼‍♀️witches/hexes

🔥sweet/spicy

🩸murder/mystery

🧑🏻‍🏫academic settings

🧌creature features

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the 14 books i read in april (with ratings and reviews)

april was the month i read the steamiest book of my life (still not over it, i loved it) and returned to enneagram books and read 4 five star reads… a solid month, overall!

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the 14 books i read in march (with ratings and reviews)

ahhh, the sweet, sweet feeling of coming out of a reading slump! I AM BACK IN ACTION and crushing 15 books (with SIX of them racking up five stars) felt SO GOOD. march was great! yay books!

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the 11 books i read in february (with ratings and reviews)

february felt like a reading SLUMP even though, sure, i read 11 books (6 of them were novellas!). i didn’t have FUN reading this month…

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the 12 books i read in january (with ratings and reviews)

by popular demand, i’m back to rounding up all of the reviews of what i read each month here on my blog, and i hope it’s a helpful resource for you!

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39 Books to Read by Latinx Authors

whether you are joining in on a rad reading challenge for 2024, or you are just looking to diversify your reading, or you want to amplify and support Latinx authors for another reason, i hope this list of books (both that i’ve read and that are on my tbr list!) is a helpful guide!

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A RAD Reading Challenge for 2024

This is one of my favorite things to create year after year — A RAD Reading Challenge is back for 2024!

The focus this year is to intentionally read DIVERSELY. (it matters!!! so much!!!)

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29 Celebrity Memoirs I've Read (and My Honest Reviews)

i grew up pretty clueless about most pop culture, but in my adulthood, i’ve loved catching up with the shows, movies, music, and other trends i missed over the years as well as what’s popular now, and then learning more about the key people in the midst of it all. when celebs release memoirs and spill the tea (or some heavily filtered, still very one-sided, definitely strategic and not always totally honest version of it), i am HERE FOR IT, especially when it comes to actors, musicians, and bachelor nation stars. JUDGE ME IF YOU MUST.

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20 Romances I've Read This Summer

it has been a summer of easy, breezy, swoony reads for me this year (more than ever, i’d say!) and i’m rounding up 20 that i’ve read this june and july to give you some great recs!

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Where to Start Reading: Taylor Jenkins Reid

it didn’t take long before taylor jenkins read became an auto-read author for me — there’s something about the way she tells stories that is so immersive, compelling, and just plain FUN

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10 Five Star Romance Reads

there’s just something about escaping reality with unrealistic meet cutes and fantastic flirtations and steamy scenes that i just can’t get enough of, and with valentine’s day around the corner, it felt like the perfect time to round up some of my most favorite romances!

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16 Modern Day Retellings or Remixes of Classics

One of the prompts for A RAD Reading Challenge in 2023 is to read a modern day retelling of a classic, and I wanted to round up a handful of recommendations for those doing the challenge!

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A RAD Reading Challenge for 2023

This is one of my favorite things to create year after year — A RAD Reading Challenge is back for 2023 with nine new prompts!

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The 73 Books I Read in the First Half of 2022

From January 1, 2022 to June 15, 2022 (aka the halfway point of the year, kinda sorta, just go with it!!!), I read 73 books. I’ve linked my ratings + reviews to them all here for easy searching if you’re curious!

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A RAD Reading Challenge for 2022

A RAD Reading Challenge is a fun, motivating, inspiring, and easy way to branch out and read more, get out of reading ruts, and discover new kinds of books. Join us this year!

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Some of My Favorite Books as a Kid (That I Still Have!)

This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the books I loved in my childhood (ya girl MAXED OUT that library card often!), but are some of my favorites that I have held onto all these years later.

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The 20 Books I Read in October

I took my big solo road trip this month, so I did NOT expect to finish this many books, but a few audiobooks on the road helped! I had more one-star reads than ever this month, which was not super fun… here’s to better books to finish this year strong!

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