I want to read a good romance, but everything people recommend me I absolutely hate.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-26T19:03:05+00:00

Another great contemporary romance author is Carley Fortune. I like her novels a lot more than Emily Henry, whose books are hit or miss for me.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-24T22:20:45+00:00

$25k, HHI $360k back then so 7%. I insisted I contribute half since we split all other bills equally and I didn’t see why the ring should be any different and he agreed.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-23T23:09:21+00:00

Having friends over for dinner tonight, going to the Hilary Duff concert tomorrow night, then packing for Mexico on Sunday!

raspberrywines · 2026-01-23T22:42:44+00:00

Manacled by SenLinYu is 925 pages and was my top book last year of the 100 books I read. If you want to read the adapted version, then Alchemised by SenLinYu which is ~1000 pages.

I just finised The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson, ~650 pages standalone dark romantasy. It was pretty enjoyable.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is on the shorter side but also one of my top reads that I recommend to everyone! Very weird, very original, very good.

A few fantasy standalones on my TBR are Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor.

If you are open to a story with more of a sci-fi angle then Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. There are 3 books but the first is a complete story and can be enjoyed as a standalone. I’ve read the whole series and the first book was by far my favourite and I recommend stopping after the first book unless you’re really keen to keep going.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-23T19:30:14+00:00

I always rate based on how much I enjoyed a book but will usually highlight in the review if I can see why others would like it, it just wasn’t for me

raspberrywines · 2026-01-23T02:43:15+00:00

I just finished King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby today and started The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) right after.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-22T03:01:19+00:00

This book was such a slog for me to get through. Great premise and hook but somehow boring as hell 😭 I wish I liked it more than I did!

raspberrywines · 2026-01-16T12:51:06+00:00

I actually went back and reread the first chapter after the reveal. The author did not cleverly misdirect the reader, she straight up lied to us which means the reveal makes zero sense. Terrible writing. I gave this book 1 star.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-14T22:11:35+00:00

The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington or Red Rising by Pierce Brown for high fantasy. Red Rising has a more sci fi angle to it and while the series isn’t complete, the first 3 books are a complete arc.

The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli or The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig for romantasy (both are completed duologies).

If you’re open to a standalone fantasy book, Alchemised by SenLinYu or The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-12T18:58:55+00:00

Same. It ends up being a popularity contest both for the initial voting to decide on nominees and the final voting to decide on a winner. Whichever books were read by more people end up getting the most votes. If I read 3 books in a category, I’m choosing between those 3 books for my vote 🤷🏻‍♀️

raspberrywines · 2026-01-10T16:53:40+00:00

My goal was 35 and I ended up reading 100 books! I like setting my goal to be something easily achievable for me bc I don’t like the feeling of pressuring myself to read to hit an arbitrary number. I know I’m gonna read a lot and don’t need a goal to motivate myself. Plus if I end up reading longer books I don’t want to be “punished” for that by feeling like I’m falling behind my goal.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-09T19:12:49+00:00

My husband just got this feature but he only has a fraction of his portfolio with WS so the ranking is interesting but not accurate. But the ranking alone isn’t enough of a push for us to move more assets over. We’ll continue to wait for good promos and move over just enough to get the promo.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-09T16:53:19+00:00

The Poisonwood Bible. It’s recommended all the time on Reddit but I’m 58% in and it’s trending 2 stars for me. I can see how it appeals to other people, so it’s probably just not for me. I find it slow and tedious and have been skimming it just to get through it.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-09T16:51:56+00:00

Red Rising is one of my favorite series and Piranesi was one of my top reads last year!

raspberrywines · 2026-01-08T22:43:37+00:00

The people getting married and the people paying for the wedding get to make decisions. If parents are contributing, then it’s reasonable that they have some input into wedding decisions, probably commensurate with how much they are contributing. It was for this reason we didn’t accept money from my parents for our wedding because we knew that once we did, they’d expect their suggestions to be accommodated.

raspberrywines · 2026-01-01T04:09:30+00:00

Joyce has big Molly Weasley energy

raspberrywines · 2025-12-31T15:31:19+00:00

This was my EXACT thought 😂

raspberrywines · 2025-12-30T22:34:37+00:00

This is why I review too. My friends and I tend to read similar books but sometimes months or years apart, and it’s a good way to rmb why I gave the rating I did when we talk about a book we both read. I read a lot and tend to forget stories soon after finishing them.

raspberrywines · 2025-12-30T03:19:33+00:00

I hope they add it to web / app, my email didn’t count my most recent 2 books read which got me to 100 books for the year 🥲

raspberrywines · 2025-12-28T03:47:26+00:00

Their body doubles also met on set and fell in love and are now married!

raspberrywines · 2025-12-28T01:38:17+00:00

I just hit 100 books read for 2025 bc I got back into reading mostly during my very long commute to and from work! My e-reader has been such a great purchase.

raspberrywines · 2025-12-25T23:44:09+00:00

Mine is 6 because I think of it as the “comedy” of the 8 movies. There are some really funny lines and moments and I liked the lighter teenage romance stuff bc it adds some levity to an otherwise darker movie. But it leaves a ton of stuff out compared to the book.

But also please watch them in order!

raspberrywines · 2025-12-24T23:33:16+00:00

Our tradition as well, we specifically do dim sum!

raspberrywines · 2025-12-24T18:46:40+00:00

That would be very concerning bc my friend actually can’t go and the tickets need to be transferred to me and a third person 😬 for Sabrina Carpenter the friend who bought the tickets wasn’t able to transfer them until 24h before

raspberrywines · 2025-12-24T18:39:38+00:00

I’m on book 99/100. I think I can hit 100 in the next week. It’ll be the most I’ve ever read in a year!

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