
Bringing Novels Back to life
A Girl’s Bookshelf
Sharing my passion for novels and exploring other genres outside of my comfort zone!
Last Read
“Meet Me at the Lake” by Carley Fortune felt like a rollercoaster of emotions. I loved the second-chance romance aspect, but the communication of the characters was beyond frustrating at times!

Current Read
I am almost finished with “The Seven Year Slip” by Ashley Poston, and I can’t get enough! The story is all about the timing of relationships, and there is an element of time travel which is a fun twist on usual romance books.

This Week’s TBR
- Abby Jimenez’s “Yours Truly”
- Emily Henry’s “Happy Place”
- Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”
I won’t read all of these in a week, of course, but a girl can dream!
Let’s Dive into Some Books!
Each week I will be talking about everything from my favorite characters to book to movie adaptations! There is something for everyone here.
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Cancel Culture Within the BookTok Community
Welcome back everyone, happy Monday! For this week’s post, I wanted to talk about a juicier topic: cancel culture online, specifically in the BookTok community. For a good amount of time, I ended up on BookTok, the term for the community of readers on TikTok. I was on the romance novel side of TikTok because…
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The Ultimate Romance Novel Ranking
For this week, I promised to rank my favorite romance novels! This feels like an impossible task, but here is my ultimate list of cheesy romance goodness: Even though this coming-of-age book broke my heart, there’s something about the story that sticks with me. The protagonist, Miles, is a quiet high schooler who starts at…
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5 Books for Beginners!
Welcome back! As promised, I wanted to talk about five books that would be great if you want to start reading. Hoover writes mostly in the romance genre, with the exception of a few mystery/thriller novels. “It Ends With Us” was the first novel I read of hers, and I’ve read several of her stories. They…
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Where it All Began
Hi friends! My name is Mia, I’m a senior in college who loves to escape into the different worlds that books offer. I found a love for reading at a fairly young age, and have kept that passion alive now as a twenty-one year old. This site is here for that very same reason; I…