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Annika Pillai
Oct 12, 20222 min read
karen m mcmanus’ books have actual crack in them
I don’t think I have read a single Karen M. McManus book that I haven’t at least liked. One of Us Is Lying was great, the sequel was...
Annika Pillai
Sep 27, 20222 min read
i read if you could see the sun by ann liang and it was actually really good!
I came across this book on TikTok (surprise, surprise) and as someone who rarely dips her toes into YA, I was beyond excited when I...
Annika Pillai
Aug 29, 20222 min read
a review of pretty dead queens
I don’t know if this has ever happened to anyone else, but when I start reading too many books from the same author, I start to get deja...
Annika Pillai
Jul 11, 20222 min read
i read another elle kennedy book and it was not good.
I don’t know why I decided to request an ARC of this book, since I don’t even like Elle Kennedy’s books that much––the only one I really...
Annika Pillai
Jun 13, 20224 min read
a review of how to fake it in hollywood
(slight spoilers ahead!) I requested this book as an ARC a while back, and it languished on my kindle for a long time (like a long...
Annika Pillai
May 16, 20222 min read
i read made in manhattan by lauren layne and oh my goodness
I came to know about this book back in January, a week or two before it’s release date, and I had put it on my TBR with the full intent...
Annika Pillai
Nov 22, 20212 min read
why i think the silent patient is not as good as we all think
If you asked me a year ago—hell, if you ask me a mere few months ago, I would have told you that The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides...
Annika Pillai
Nov 12, 20212 min read
the only mafia romance that i actually recommend
On my quest to find out the hidden gems of Mafia Romance, there has really only been one book that I highly recommend that you pick...
Annika Pillai
Oct 3, 20213 min read
let's talk about emily henry
I’ve seen a lot of discourse on Emily Henry, and People We Meet on Vacation and Beach Read––specifically, which one is better. I’m going...
Annika Pillai
Sep 22, 20212 min read
i read the love hypothesis (i know, i need to stop reading tiktok recommended books)
I feel like every month a new book on TikTok is getting a huge amount of hype, and this month, it was none other than The Love Hypothesis...
Annika Pillai
Sep 14, 20213 min read
i read the simple wild and it was not good
I’ll probably be in the minority here, but I really just did not like this book. Like at all. Now don’t get me wrong––I really wanted to...
Annika Pillai
Aug 5, 20212 min read
i read a book recommended by reese witherspoon
I was scrolling through TikTok on a Tuesday afternoon, when Reese Witherspoon suddenly appeared on my for you page, recommending this...
Annika Pillai
Jul 25, 20213 min read
first love, take two
If I’m being honest, the thing that drew me to this book, and the reason I ever wanted to pick this up in the first place, was the cover...
Annika Pillai
Jul 7, 20212 min read
i read beach read by emily henry
Oh my goodness, this was so good. I went into this book not expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, mainly because I had already read...
Annika Pillai
Jun 22, 20212 min read
a review of sharp objects by gillian flynn
Basically everyone and their mom has been raving about Gillian Flynn––specifically Gone Girl and Sharp Objects, and since I have already...
Annika Pillai
Jun 13, 20212 min read
i read malibu rising (spoiler: it was not good)
I don’t know if I have ever seen an author get as much hype as Taylor Jenkins Reid does––except maybe Colleen Hoover––and I just don’t...
Annika Pillai
Jun 2, 20212 min read
love, chai, and other four letter words
This book has been on my radar for 2021 releases for a few months now, so when I got an ARC for it, I was so excited. In my opinion,...
Annika Pillai
May 16, 20212 min read
today, tonight, tomorrow by rachel lynn solomon
I am a huge sucker for academic rivals to lovers, and I have yet to find a really good one, which is what led me to picking up this...
Annika Pillai
May 5, 20212 min read
a review of the last thing he told me
I mainly picked this book up because of how pretty the cover looked––I know everyone says not to judge a book by it’s cover, but let’s be...
Annika Pillai
Apr 18, 20213 min read
the layover review
I kind of am going through a rom-com phase right now––I’ve basically read every popular rom-com to exist, ever, which is what lead me to...
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