Biblio.jordyn (2025)

31/10/2024

📚✋25 Books I Will Defend Until the End ✋📚
Sometimes, a book just hits different, and these 25 are that for me. From page-turning thrillers to inspiring reads, these stories brought me laughter, and plenty of heartbreaking and heart racing moments. Swipe to see the books I’ll hype up, no matter what anyone says! 💯

✨IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER ✨
1. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
2. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
3. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
4. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
5. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
6. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
7. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
8. Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
9. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
10. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
11. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
12. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
13. We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson
14. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
15. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
16. The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
17. Babel by R.F. Kuang
18. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
19. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
20. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
21. Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
22. Borderless by Jennifer De Leon
23. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
24. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
25. Dawn by Octavia Butler

Which of these have you read or are excited to pick up? Let’s chat all things bookish in the comments! 📖👇

28/10/2024

✨ BOOK UNWRAPPING & BITES ✨

Today’s unwrapping? BY ANY OTHER NAME by the amazing JODI PICOULT! Huge thanks to for this copy as part of the tour.

📖 SYNOPSIS 📖
“In 1581, young Emilia Bassano—silenced by society but driven by ambition—finds a secret path to the stage as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress. Her genius? Hidden behind a man’s name. Centuries later, modern-day playwright Melina Green uncovers Emilia’s story, asking herself: Would she sacrifice her own name for a chance to see her work come to life? Told in intertwining narratives, this sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire asks what price each woman is willing to pay to see their work live on—even if it means they will be forgotten.”

📍 WHERE I’M READING
Denver Central Market—paired perfectly with fresh ceviche from and some an espresso martini for me and a hazy IPA for my Fiance.

: How is your day going so far?

26/10/2024

📚 Book Review: BY ANY OTHER NAME 📚

BY ANY OTHER NAME by ERIN COTTER transports you to an alternate-history England full of espionage, drama, and forbidden romance! With a twisty plot centered around playwrights, spies, and monarchy politics, this YA novel gives us a captivating gay and bi love story set against a Shakespearean backdrop. While I was hooked, I would have loved multiple POVs, and it felt like it could’ve been a touch shorter.

✨ READ IF YOU LOVE:
🌈 LGBTQ+ rep (gay & bi MCs)
🕵️ Espionage and intrigue
🔎 Historical mystery
📜 Shakespearean era fiction

🔹 Obsessed
🔹 Loved it!
🔹 Really liked it! ✨👈 this one
🔹 Liked it
🔹 Meh
🔹 Not for me

Thank you for the gifted copy!

:What time period is your current read set in?

22/10/2024

📚 Book Review: HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay 📚

Wine, tapas, and a terrifying read? My idea of a perfect horror night. 🍷📖💀

HORROR MOVIE by PAUL TREMBLAY was exactly what I was looking for—gory, unsettling, and guaranteed to give me chills. The story dives deep into the darker sides of human nature, and as the violence escalated, I found myself squirming more and more. The unique structure—switching between past and present timelines, along with script-style movie scenes—added a fresh and immersive twist to the experience.

I alternated between the audiobook and the physical copy, and I have to say, the screenplay sections really came alive in the audio format! But no matter how you choose to read it, this is an intense journey from start to finish.

READ THIS IF YOU LIKE:
90s Horror
Dual Timelines
Unique Storytelling Styles
Gory Thrillers
Slow Burn Thrillers

📍Tapas and red wine at

QOTD: What’s the scariest book you’ve read lately?

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TW: graphic violence, bullying, physical abuse, etc.
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22/10/2024

📚 Book Review: CROSS THE LINE 📚
Big thanks to and for the gifted copy of CROSS THE LINE, debut novel!

Hockey players are great, but can we talk about the thrill of Formula 1? I never knew how much I needed a sports romance set in the world of F1 until I read this book! CROSS THE LINE is sweet, fun, and packed with characters—both major and minor—you’ll fall in love with.

Paired with a glass of wine at , this read is a perfect escape for a cozy afternoon. 🍷✨

READ THIS IF YOU LOVE:
* Biracial MCs (Black & White FMC, Indian & White MMC)
* FMC with a chronic illness (hypermobility)
* Sports romance (Formula 1)
* Dual POVs
* Brother’s best friend / best friend’s sister
* F1 driver x social media manager
* Sunshine x sunshine
* She falls first, but he falls harder
* No third act breakup
* Childhood crushes turned romance

Romance fans craving something different, add this one to your TBR list! 🏎️❤️

🎧AUDIOBOOK THOUGHTS🎧
2 narrators and an easy listen! 😍

QOTD: Do you have any sports romance genres you love?

22/10/2024

📚 Book Review: JUST LIKE HOME📚
Happy ! 📚🍷 Nothing says fall vibes like a good book, a glass of wine, and some haunting chills. JUST LIKE HOME by SARAH GAILEY is an audiobook that hooked me from start to finish. With weird creepy vibes, a main character with a serial killer dad, and a few twists I didn’t see coming… this one was an October win for me! 👻

I only wish we’d seen more of the FMC’s shadowy past (those flashbacks were my favorite!), but overall, this book was an entertaining/easy listen for me.

READ THIS IF YOU LOVE:
🔪 Serial Killers
🏚️ Haunted Houses
🖤 Dark Family Secrets
⏳ Dual Timelines
🤯 Complicated Family Relationships

OVERALL FEELINGS:
🔹 Obsessed
🔹 I loved it
🔹 I really liked it ✨ ⬅️ (this one!)
🔹 I liked it
🔹 Meh
🔹 Not for me

Curl up, pour a glass of wine, and dive into this unsettling story! 🍷📖💀

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QOTD: How has October reading been for you?

22/10/2024

✨Book Review: MY SOUL TO KEEP by Tananarive Due✨

After reading and being completely obsessed with The Reformatory, I knew I had to dive into more of Tananarive Due’s work. My Soul to Keep, the first in the African Immortals series, absolutely delivered on that same mix of sci-fi and horror that makes you question everything.

This book is a perfect balance of plot and character-driven storytelling, with enough twists to keep you on edge. It starts strong, setting up so many great moments for Book 2, and has this unsettling, tense energy that feels perfect for a limited series (please make it happen!). From family secrets to the moral dilemmas the characters face, Due pulls no punches. And the audiobook narration? Incredible. I loved switching between the physical book and the audio, but the narration really brought out the depth of this dark, gripping story.

📚 READ THIS IF YOU LIKE:
Engaging narrators
Family secrets unraveling
Those tense, nail-biting moments
Moral dilemmas & complex characters
Stories where you wonder how far people will go for what they want

OVERALL FEELINGS:
🔹 Obsessed
🔹 I loved it ✨ ⬅️ (this one!)
🔹 I really liked it
🔹 I liked it
🔹 Meh
🔹 Not for me

📍Also, shoutout to the seafood from and a good book combo 🍽️📖 — because nothing beats paella and a dark, captivating read!

: How are you getting through Monday?
: I feel blegh right now so I went home from work

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TW: Violence and Murder, Death of loved one, Graphic depictions of blood, Grief and loss, Immortality and its ethical dilemmas, Child endangerment, Psychological trauma, Gore, Emotional manipulation
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22/10/2024

✨Book Review: A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher✨

I absolutely LOVED this book! It completely hooked me from page one, and I devoured it in one sitting (granted, I was at a readathon, but honestly, I’d do it again in a heartbeat).

This light fantasy novel feels like stepping into a grown-up dark fairytale, with the perfect balance of whimsy and evil sorcerer vibes. T. Kingfisher has a way of making the book feel light to read and dark at the same time. It’s fast-paced, fun, and has enough of those dark fairytale vibes to keep you turning pages without a second thought.

📚 READ THIS IF YOU LIKE:
Mother Gothel vibes 🌿
Characters getting their just desserts (in the best way)
Classic good vs. evil showdowns
Fast-paced stories with dual POVs
Dark fairytale retellings where the enemy is clear

OVERALL FEELINGS:
🔹 Obsessed
🔹 I loved it ✨ ⬅️ (this one!)
🔹 I really liked it
🔹 I liked it
🔹 Meh
🔹 Not for me

📍Featuring: this vibrant Margarita flight — the perfect pairing for a spellbinding read like this. Because what better way to enjoy a dark fairytale retelling than with a drink as fun as the world T. Kingfisher builds?

: Do you enjoy dark fairytale retellings as much as I do? If not, what’s your favorite genre right now?

22/05/2024

📚DNF📚

This is a DNF for me… I got a little over 100 pages in and it’s NOT a bad book, but I don’t love it and based on every other Ruth Ware book I’ve read in the past…I feel like the end will disappoint me.

This year there are too many books I want to read that if I’m not loving it, I’m trying really hard to dnf it…wish me luck in this endeavor 😂

So onto another book on my tbr!

20/05/2024

📚Book Review:Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier📚

New month, new me? April was a slow reading month for me, but I feel really on my game for May so far (:

Here’s another review!

📖The Info📖
SYNOPSIS: Swipe Left/storygraph
FORMAT: physical/audiobook
MY RATING:Loved it
GENRE:Fiction
Narrator:mehhhhh, I only listened to 30 minutes on audio and feel like I was a lot more invested when reading the physical copy.

💭Review💭
This book was less than 200 pages and I absolutely devoured it. My usual complaint about books this short is that I feel like I don’t get enough development or the story feels unfinished, BUT I felt none of those things with this book.

It was a bite sized delight of a book with a lot of content packed in as we follow a teen Jane and her stream of consciousness as she tries to navigate life while being pregnant. Jane grapples with similarities between herself and her recently deceased father, feeling a sense of belonging, her identity, and just being young.

This book was great, in my opinion, for how much they packed in without making it feel like a heavy or hard read.

If you love books that have/deal with…
GRIEF AND LOSS
GRAPPLING WITH THE PAST
LOSS OF SELF
COMPLEX FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
DARK HUMOR
IMPERFECT MCS
Q***R REP

This one may be for you!

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TW: alcoholic parent, drinking while pregnant, mentions of anxiety attacks
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19/05/2024

📚Book Review:Home is Where the Bodies Are📚

Thank you for the gifted and happy Fri-YAY friends!

📖The Info📖
SYNOPSIS: Swipe Left/storygraph
FORMAT: audiobook
MY RATING:Really liked it
GENRE: Thriller/suspense
Narrators: Kept my interest

💭Review💭
Jeneva Rose can be hit or miss for me, but this one definitely hit!

If you love…
🕰️Dual Timelines that converge
💭Multiple POVs
🔀A Couple Twists
🏠Complicated Family Relationships

This one may be for you!

This book was the perfect audio for me to do stuff with! I didn’t have to think too hard, it kept my interest, made my tasks bearable 😂, and had a mystery I wanted to unravel!

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02/04/2024

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