FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 (& 2016)

The whole book is so cozy and atmospheric, reading it is like wrapping yourself up in a fuzzy blanket and taking a sip of warm tea.

It is so dang gripping!

Basically, it's a delight and a half.

As an online creator who has anxiety, this really resonated with me. I saw so much of myself in this novel, things that I've never seen written down before.

Also, a fun thing is that in one of Rainbow Rowell's other novels, Fangirl, which is another one of my favorites, the main character writes fan fiction based on one of her favorite series, which is basically Harry Potter, and she calls it Carry On.

I also read Simon vs. the Homo sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli in 2017 and really enjoyed it, especially the movie adaptation, Love Simon, that just came out.

I full-on sobbed during the last 100 pages or so, and I love books that can elicit that much emotion from me.

In high school, I was a massive fan of John Green, especially The Fault in Our Stars, but since then my reading tastes have obviously changed and I'm not as big a fan of his past works.

This is a fast-paced book with quick wit and high stakes, so I was on the edge of my seat for pretty much the entirety of the last half.

This is a necessary book for our current social and political climate. I think that every single person, no matter age, race, gender, whatever, should read this, as it may open their minds to the injustices that are occurring and may help them reevaluate their past actions, as it did for me.

This is an incredibly atmospheric book. It has a certain feeling to it that no other book can replicate: a little bit dreamy with just a few hints of magic, so it seems like this could really take place in our real world, that you could just hop in your car and drive to Henrietta, Virginia if you wanted to.

This is a light-hearted rom-com, so at the end of a long stressful day it was such a pleasure to sit down with the book and a cup of coffee and snuggle up and be welcomed into this family, focusing on their drama instead of my own.

It is one of the most honest portrayals of mental illness I have ever read, which makes sense because John Green has stated that he, too, struggles with OCD.