You know I can’t resist a good challenge when I see one going around 🤭 and this one has been such fun to follow because I love finding out which books really stood out for others!

All that to say, tell me about books that... ⭐️ met your expectations 🌟 exceeded your expectations (unexpected new favorites!) 💫 came short of your expectations (thought you'd like them a bit more) ✨ you have high expectations for

I'll go first 😁 I did six on my initial insta post that I'm dropping here, but feel free to do as many or as few as you'd like!

⭐️ books that met my expectations • The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo • There is no Antimemetics Division by Qntm • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado • Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove • Babel by R.F. Kuang • They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

🌟 books that exceeded my expectations • The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White • How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson • Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman • The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala • The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum • There Is A Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr.

💫 books that came short of my expectations • Apparently Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers • The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kistie • Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander • Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao • You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon • The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

✨ books I have high expectations for • From the Library of Jurgen Leitner by Premee Mohamed • The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne • Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly • A Study in Sparkling by Jodi McAlister • Adam, Mine. by K. Ancrum • Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

Inspired by a convo with @heimska on a post from Friday...if you could have any superpower, what would it be?

(Book bonus: Recommend a book with superpowers)

Mine would probably be turning into any animal mostly because 1) I love animals and 2) it's a bit of a cheat since that covers a bunch of other powers. If that's too much of a cheat, then probably flight because I have a thing for winged humans.

Speaking of winged humans, I'd probably rec the first three books in the Maximum Ride series!