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cmz95

Contemporary fiction, romance/rom-com, lit fic, self help, nonfiction, etc | Mood Reader | Prioritizing Diverse Stories | @pairswellwithbooks on insta

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My Taste
Babel
The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)
The Gods of Tango
Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
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The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2)

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The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2)

The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs, #2)

Lisa Jewell

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  • Blame It on the Mistletoe
    cmz95
    Jan 09, 2026
    DNF
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    Enjoyment: 1.5Quality: 1.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 0.5
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    DNF.

    1. I don't personally connect with stories about teenagers as a 30 year old, and there was nothing in the blurb that would lead me to think this was about teenagers, so you can imagine my dismay when I realized the book is about teenagers.

    2. Every. Single. Character. is incredibly unlikeable. Boring, whiny, and childish - to the point where I would believe you if you told me the book was about 6th graders, not high schoolers. And I don't think this is a case of me not connecting with them because of the age, even 16 year old me would have hated these characters.

    3. The writing style is also bland and immature, so it's not even enjoyable to read. There's such a lack of information about everything, I would rather the author just list details bullet-point style instead of whatever is happening here

    4. The entire premise is unbelievable. You really expect me to accept that one of the girls goes to a high school with multiple high-level famous influencer students, and that she herself is a medium-level influencer, and that these two high school girls are just randomly allowed to swap homes with a stranger from the Internet over the holidays??

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  • L.A. Weather
    cmz95
    Jan 08, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5

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    L.A. Weather

    L.A. Weather

    María Amparo Escandón

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    Pitcher Perfect (Big Shots, #4)

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    Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being In Person

    Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being In Person

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    The Wrong Game

    The Wrong Game

    Kandi Steiner

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    cmz95 set their yearly reading goal to 50

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    cmz95's 2026 Reading Challenge

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    L.A. Weather
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    How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

    How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

    Meghan Quinn

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    How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

    How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

    Meghan Quinn

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    The Sweet Spot

    The Sweet Spot

    Amy Poeppel

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