The Introvert's Book Club

We've moved! Please read along here Round 2 of the Witches of Thistle Grove series! This book is a new cast of main characters BUT...it's characters that we met in book one. LOVE this! Dare I say that I enjoyed this book more than the first? I dare. What I loved in book two was the mystery/whodunit embedded in the storyline. To me, this book was just more interesting and able to hold my attention. We have the enemies to lovers trope, dark magic, and a seemingly quarter life crisis. I truly enjoyed the fact that the main characters were introduced in book one as support characters and are taken more in depth in book two, with the previous main characters popping up frequently. I'm so excited to start the third because I read the synopsis on the back of the book and with that, I bid you adieu. I've got reading to do!

  We've moved! Please read along here We love a revenge plot! This LGBTQ+ romance includes themes of dormant magic, returning home, an ancestral competition and VERY fall vibes setting. This is a fun read, not to be taken too seriously, there's also some light hearted comedy. The descriptive writing of the town's scenery is to die for. I loved all of the little magical elements that make up the small Illinois town of Thistle Grove. The characters are well written and likable while not seeming too "overdone". I also really loved the magical book store elements woven into this read. This book is 100% worth your time, especially if you're in a fall/Halloween mood.  My next read: Volume 2 in the Witches of Thistle Grove series: From Bad to Cursed. Can't stop at just one 😃

  We've moved! Please follow along here Another pit stop before my review of Payback's A Witch. I seriously enjoyed this book. Like, yassss. Loved it. I love how descriptive her writing is when it comes to location/scenery. She writes the setting almost perfectly. The story is fabulous, the characters are well written (her familiar, my gosh!! I love him 😁). It gives off Good Witch sort of vibes which I love so much. It's like a warm, magical hug. The spice level is pretty low in this book so if you're looking for the smut level of Haunting Adeline you will not find that in these pages. What you will find is an enemies to lovers, returning home, competition tale of witchy proportions. I'd see this in a theater if they turned it into a movie. Heck, I'd watch it on Hallmark if they turned it into a movie. This book is truly magical and a perfect fall read. 

We've moved! Please join us at the new site for updates and giveaways here Ok so, first of all this I got ahead of myselt and started this duet before Payback's A Witch arrived on my doorstep and I felt the need to finish it before I started anything else so let me hit you with a review. I'd like to start out by saying that is not my typical read. I read these on K.U. because I saw them all over BookTok and they were highly recommended. There were parts of the story that I absolutely loved but I will be the first to say that these books may not be for everyone. Here are a few of my thoughts on this duet: Spice level is 6/5. I honestly just got to the point where I was only reading the dialogue and skipping over the physical interactions when I was reading these parts because it's such a huge part of the text that I just felt kind of done with it. I don't know that it felt necessary to me. There are some really intense themes in this book. A lot of sexual abuse, phys

  We've moved! Please read along here I did it! I've finished this book, finally. Thank you to my sister Lexy, who gifted this to me for Christmas. It was a great read! As a follow up to all of the Colleen Hoover books I've read recently, it did feel...slower? I don't know if that's the right word. Less likely to inspire anxiety, maybe...Haha. This story has a lot of heart. There are thoughts on growing up, careers, relationships. Written from the point of view of a struggling actress in New York, it's also an introspective look at self-worth. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I seem to enjoy anything that Lauren Graham does (long live Gilmore Girls❤).  With that being said, tomorrow I'll be entering my spooky season era. Next up on my TBR list is Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper. This is book #1 in the Witches of Thistle Grove series and I have two others on my bookshelf to read once it's finish.  So turn the A/C all of the way up, put on a big com

REMINDERS OF HIM We've moved! Please read along here This book contains a lot of thoughts on dealing with the death of a loved one but in a separate vein, about motherhood. 100% relatable for a mother or anyone who has lost someone close to them who they loved dearly. This novel has gotten a ton of hate from the CoHo hater club but it brought tears to my eyes several times. I found its view on death/afterlife to be poignant if not comforting. If nothing inspires you to read this book, at least take away this quote from it. I found it to be quite beautiful. "Maybe it doesn’t matter whether something is a coincidence or a sign. Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can. And in the off chance that the people we lose are still somehow able to hear us, maybe we should never stop talking to them."

We've moved! Please read along here I just finished this book today, one more to go until I get to start my fall reading list! Some thoughts on this book without giving away spoilers: 1. I didn't HATE the ending but I did feel as if there were a lot of unanswered questions. 2. The book started out slow and confusing. And it stayed that way for too long. I swear, I was past page 100 and I was still left feeling very confused. I continued reading, convinced there would be a reward at the end. That was a little bit of a letdown because I still felt a little confused when I finished. 3. I did really enjoy the plot of the story and the themes present in the writing.  4. The spice level is basically 0, especially for a Colleen Hoover novel. So if you prefer that, I wouldn't even bother with this book. 5. This book is marketed as a mystery but it didn't feel like it read like a mystery to me. Have you read this book? What did you think? Drop me a line in the comments below!👇

To the introvert's book club. Does leaving the house to discuss a book with actual real life people make you hold up your hands in distress? Literally, welcome to the club.  Hi, my name is Dawn. I'm creating my own online community book club that doesn't involve you leaving your house or being anywhere at a certain time. I'm going to be reading books and making discussion posts regarding them. Feel free to join in and read with me, post recommendations, or links your BookTok. As long as we don't have to sit in a dingy retro coffee shop/book store and stare awkwardly, let's interact! Currently reading: Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fischer. I'm on a Colleen Hoover binge, a little late to the game and I know she's somewhat of a "burn before reading" type of author now. Thanks TikTok. Either way, I'm here to get lost in the book. And her books make me teleport, so I'm here for it.  Up Next: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Grah