March 2025 Reading Wrap-Up
This month I read 13 books! I’m highlighting my 4- and 5-star reads below — you’ll find links to shop all of the books and the end of this post. Thanks for hanging out with me!
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Some books leave a mark so deep, you carry them with you long after the last page. All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir is one of those rare novels. The story and writing are raw, emotional, and heartbreakingly beautiful. This is a book that will live in my head for a long, long time.
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words?
If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words—Let Them—will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands—and this book will show you exactly how to do it.
This book isn’t about giving up your power and letting people walk all over you. It’s about claiming your power and letting people live their lives without letting them affect yours.
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
When the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10?
Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan invites you to the ultimate game of hide-and-seek. But as the players gather on Falcao Island, the event quickly spirals into a chilling test of survival. A storm rages as a deadly threat stalks the contestants, turning the challenge into something far more sinister than the social media stunt it was intended to be.
Enter Adele, a single mother with a fierce determination to protect her children at all costs. When she begins the game, she unwittingly enters a twisted web of deception and intrigue. Can she maneuver through the treacherous storm and the relentless competition and get home to her family? In a ruthless battle for survival where the stakes are higher than ever, the blurry line between the virtual and the real proves that the only person we can trust is ourselves.
This was super fun and twisty. Enjoyed it from beginning to end.
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.
A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible — a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
Just when you think you know… Another twist. So much fun to read and try to predict!
Three Souls by Janie Chang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We have three souls, or so I’d been told. But only in death could I confirm this …
So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls—stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun—who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.
It took me a little while to get into it, but by the end, I was in love with the characters and the story.
Weyward by Emilia Hart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart’s Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.
I love a multiple timeline story and this one was outstanding. If you are looking for a book full of feminine rage and excellent story telling, read this one now.
The Locked Door by Freida McFadden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Some doors are locked for a reason…
While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.
Until the day the police arrived at their front door.
Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way.
Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.
Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her.
As long as they don’t look in her basement.
I love Freida McFadden’s books- they are super quick and easy to read, fast paced, twisty, and fun. If you aren’t reading her books yet, just pick one up and get started… you’ll get hooked!
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake’s longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she’s warily drawn back to the town—and people—she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel’s not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge…including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother’s disappearance.
Megan Miranda is one of my go-to authors and this book does not disappoint. She creates relatable characters and stories that twist and turn and keep you guessing. Daughter of Mine is no exception. You’re welcome.
Long Bright River by Liz Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don’t speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.
Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey’s district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit–and her sister–before it’s too late.
Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters’ childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.
Complicated characters and tense storylines make this book really hard to put down.
Shop All of the Books I Read in March
Click on the Book Title for Amazon Shopping Link
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
- The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
- The Locked Door by Freida McFadden
- Weyward by Emilia Hart
- Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger
- Three Souls by Janie Chang
- Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore
- Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
- The Business Trip by Jesse Garcia
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
- The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
- Lies He Told Me by James Patterson
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That’s it for my [Month] wrap-up! 📚✨
What was your favorite book of the month? Drop a comment below and let’s chat! If you have any recommendations, I’m all ears!
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