111. The Fault In Our Stars by: John Green

Book Bought: REREAD: Annotated

Reread all on one evening. Second time doing an annotation with a book. Let me know if you want a favorite book annotated by me! I used Green Highlight throughout the book.

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

Recommendation: Yes. Going in, you know that it will be a heartbreaker. You are heartbroken throughout. You feel for all of the characters. One thing I love is that the main character, Hazel, loves books. She is constantly reading and using her knowledge in the way that she speaks. She has a favorite author, just like me. I really think I enjoyed the book so much more than the movie.

110. The Wedding Date By: Jasmine Guillory

Bought Book: Reread

Synopsis from Goodreads:

A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel.

Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist.

On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend…

After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other…

They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long-distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want…

Recommend: Yes. This was a really quick read of a will they won’t they get together by the end of the book. I really thought that I had read this book, but I’ve only read other things from this author.

109. Unnecessary Drama By: Nina Kenwood

Netgally Arc: Audio

Synopsis:

Eighteen-year-old Brooke is the kind of friend who not only remembers everyone’s birthdays, but also organizes the group present, pays for it, and politely chases others for their share. She’s the helper, the doer, the maker-of spreadsheets. She’s the responsible one who always follows the rules―and she plans to keep it that way during her first year of college.

Her student housing only has one “no unnecessary drama.” Which means no fights, tension, or romance between roommates. When one of them turns out to be Jesse, her high-school nemesis, Brooke is determined she can handle it. They’ll simply silently endure living together and stay out of each other’s way. But it turns out Jesse isn’t so easy to ignore.

With Unnecessary Drama , Nina Kenwood perfectly captures the experience of leaving home for the first time, dealing with the unexpected complications of life, and somehow finding exactly what you need.

Recommend: Yes! This YA book was an easy read. You are rooting for Brooke to find herself, overcome her anxiety, and get to know herself and others.

108. Letters of Comfort by: Wanda Brunstetter

Netgalley Arc

Synopsis: Friendship Letters Series — Doretta Schwartz has always enjoyed writing letters and feels her letters can be a bit of a ministry to her friends. In this series, exchanging letters that contain open and honest feelings and struggles helps Doretta and two of her best friends through the darkest challenges of their lives.

Recommend: Yes! This was such a good read! Even though it is the second in the series, I did not miss out on anything. When Doretta’s fiance is killed days before the wedding and she is also hurt, she must overcome her injuries and depression. Yes, there is a love triangle with the loss, but I loved how the author touched on depression and showed the different ways that Doretta found herself again.

107. My Years with Corrie By: Ellen Stamps

Borrowed From Library!

Synopsis: The author served as a companion to Corrie ten Boom as they traveled around the world for 9 years. Here are her fascinating accounts of their experiences.

Recommend: Yes! If you liked reading Corrie Ten Boom books, then you will enjoy this one. The book is about her companion, Ellen, who has traveled the world with her for 9 years. You hear about places they went, how God provided for them, and how she met her husband.

106. Heroes of Faith: Corrie Ten Boom by: Sam Wellman

Borrowed from Library

Synopsis from Goodreads: For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith. The novelized biographies of this series are inspiring and easy-to-read, ideal for Christians of any age or background. In Corrie ten Boom, you’ll get to know the Dutch watchmaker whose powerful Christian faith led her to protect Jews during World War II—and carried her through the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp after her activities were discovered. Appropriate for readers from junior high through adult, helpful for believers of any background, these biographies encourage greater Christian commitment through the example of heroes like Corrie ten Boom.

Recommend: Yes! If you want to learn about a wonderful who secretly helped so many people and even after leaving the concentration camp, she went all over the world talking about Jesus and what she went through.

105. Dear Pen Pal by: Heather Vogel Frederick

Book Borrowed from Library

Synopsis from GoodReads:

For the mother-daughter book club, everything changes in eighth grade.

Could the book club break up? When Jess is offered an anonymous scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, she’s not sure that leaving home — and her friends — is what she wants to do. Meanwhile Megan’s grandmother comes for a long visit and turns everything in the Wong household upside down; Emma crusades against her middle school’s new uniforms; and Cassidy fi nds out there’s a big change ahead for her family.

Inspired by Jess’s unexpected opportunity, the book club decides to read Jean Webster’s classic Daddy-Long-Legs , and there’s an added twist this year when they become pen pals with the girls in a book club in Wyoming. There’s plenty to write to their new friends about, from a prank-filled slumber party to a not-so-secret puppy — and even a surprise fi rst kiss.

In this third book in the beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the girls learn that as long as they have one another — and a good book — they’re ready for whatever eighth grade has in store!

Recommendation: I read this book bc it had spoken about the book that I previously read. This is the first middle school/ya book that I finished, but I couldn’t really get into it. It had way too many characters to keep up with.

104. Daddy Long Legs by: Jean Webster

Borrowed from Libary

Synopsis from Goodreads: When Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen-year-old girl living in an orphan asylum, was told that a mysterious millionaire had agreed to pay for her education, it was like a dream come true. For the first time in her life, she had someone she could pretend was “family.” But everything was not perfect, for he chose to remain anonymous and asked that she only write him concerning her progress in school. Who was this mysterious gentleman, and would Jerusha ever meet him?

Recommendation: I can not believe that this book was written in 1912! I love books that are just letters to each other. In this case, it’s just a young girl writing to her benefactor. This book has allowed others to come along just like it.

103. Nothing Short of Wondrous by: Regina Scott

Borrowed from Library

Synopsis from GoodReads:

It is 1886, and the government has given the US Cavalry control of Yellowstone. For widowed hotelier Kate Tremaine, the change is a welcome one. She knows every inch of her wilderness home like the back of her hand and wants to see it protected from poachers and vandals.

Refused a guide by Congress, Lieutenant William Prescott must enlist Kate’s aid to help him navigate the sprawling park and track down the troublemakers. But a secret from his past makes him wary of the tender feelings the capable and comely widow raises in him. When her 6-year-old son is kidnapped by a poacher who wants the boy to guide him to the place where the last of the Yellowstone bison congregate, Will and Kate must work together to rescue him, save the bison, and protect the park. In doing so, they may just find that two wounded hearts can share one powerful love when God is in control.

Recommendation: This is a second book in a series. Different characters, but both books surround the time time frame and women helping men in the Army. I couldn’t put the books down!!

102. A Distance too Grand By: Regina Scott

Borrowed from Library

Synopsis: from Goodreads: Meg Pero has been assisting her photographer father since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he dies she is determined to take over his profession–starting with fulfilling the contract he signed to serve on an Army survey of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1871. What she doesn’t realize is that the leader of the expedition is none other than the man she once refused to marry. …

Recommend: Yes!!! You will feel like you are on the journey with Meg and the other people surveying the land. You will be rooting for the two characters to get together by the end as well.