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Y’all. Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman is

Y’all. Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman is not to be missed! I was lucky enough to read an early copy and it’s so good! Considering Ella’s debut The Comeback was one of my favorite reads of 2020, it’s no surprise this sophomore work is a 5-star read as well!

If you were intrigued or obsessed with Amanda Knox, if you love morally gray characters, if you enjoy beautiful prose and hot summer days in Greece, this is the book for you!!!

Preorder this one, my friends!!

[id: elissa, an Asian American woman, holds an iPad with the Before We Were Innocent cover on it. She’s smiling and wearing a blue shirt.]

Once Upon a K-Prom 🥰 Elena Isn’t staunchly

Once Upon a K-Prom 🥰

Elena Isn’t staunchly an anti-prom-ist; she just thinks that people should spend less money on prom and more to help her favorite community center. But she’s surprised when her best friend when she was 10 comes back to visit her from Korea — and asks her to prom, like he’d promised. The kicker? Robbie is a member of one of the biggest k-pop groups in the world. How will Elena navigate this development, especially as she starts to catch feelings for her old best friend?

Y’all. This was so cute. I am not YA aged anymore but this has me in my teenage feels. I totally understood how Elena would feel overshadowed by her siblings and what it felt like to be one of the unpopular kids in school. I loved the few pov chapters from Robbie as well — sort of spiced things up a bit. I don’t really follow k-pop so this (and Xoxo by Axie Oh) has been interesting to learn from!

Definitely pick this up if you haven’t. Oh and can we talk about how perfectly the aqua blue of the typewriter matches the cover of the book??

[id: an aqua blue typewriter sits next to a copy of Once Upon A K-Prom, which has matching aqua on the left side of the cover. There’s a couple on the cover of the book lightly embracing with their hands. The guy has pink hair.]

YERBA BUENA 🌿 Sara, a former teenage runaway,

YERBA BUENA 🌿

Sara, a former teenage runaway, and Emilie, an aimless young woman who starts arranging flowers, meet in Los Angeles. Or so the really succinct synopsis would have you believe.

I have probably said it a thousand times, Nina LaCour is an autobuy author for me so I knew I would love her first adult novel. It is slow, meandering, full of soft details. I liked how the romance was character driven not plot driven (no tropes here). It was just refreshing and lovely. Recommend.

[id: a copy of Yerba Buena lays on a pair of legs. In the background is a slanted wall full of bookshelves arranged in a rainbow spine order]

✨JULY✨ Hear me out: July was a good reading m

✨JULY✨

Hear me out: July was a good reading month and I think it’s because I started exercising regularly again! I kind of let it go during the pandemic, working out maybe once a week, but now that I’m back to every weekday (using Pilates moves by @cdpfit !) my anxiety is more manageable and my brain can concentrate. I feel like… I should’ve been doing this all along? I am not going to be that annoying person who chirps about how exercise cures all, but damn. It helps.

I read quite a few titles this month. Pictured here:
✨ Winter Counts by @wanbliweiden
✨ The Change by Kirsten Miller
✨ Home Field Advantage by @missdahlelama
✨ Once Upon a K-Prom by @katchowrites
✨Yerba Buena by @nina_lacour
✨ Book Lovers by @emilyhenrywrites

Not pictured:
✨ How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder
✨ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (reread)
✨ The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

Any of our reads overlap??

[id: elissa is balancing a tower of books (the titles listed above) in one hand. She’s wearing a white tank and tie dyed overalls. She’s standing in front of a wall of bookshelves. ]

How To Fake It In Hollywood Grey is trying to ma

How To Fake It In Hollywood

Grey is trying to make her career happen after twenty years of being a kid star. Her publicist recommends a fake relationship to boost her star — with none other than Ethan Atkins, a slightly older A-list celebrity who has sunk a bit after his longtime friend and collaborator died in a car crash. Ethan is grizzled, tired, an alcoholic, and not sure what he’s getting into when he meets Grey. But soon the fake dating seems to have real feelings…

I am such a sucker for fake dating stories. Sign me up for every single one. And adding in a Hollywood angle? I love.

There was a slowdown around the 80% mark where it *felt* like the story was done, but there was apparently some unresolved issues that, when presented, made sense. I wasn’t anticipating the serious turn the book took so I felt it was a little slower than the first 3/4 of the book. But I really enjoyed this overall.

Do you enjoy fake dating stories too?

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