#ella berman

[funnysstory]

2025 reading log:

it’s a love story - annabelle monaghan

intermezzo - sally rooney

animal farm - george orwell

all the bright places - jennifer niven

the house of my mother - shari franke

magnolia parks: the long way home - jessa hastings

the consequences of falling - liliana rose hastings (reread)

beg, borrow, or steal - sarah adams

i’ll paint you a sunset someday - bex alexander

play along - liz tomforde

exes and o’s - amy lea

whirlwind - kayla grosse

the favorites - layne fargo

unsteady - peyton corinne

twilight - stephenie meyer

well, actually - mazey eddings

reckless - elsie silver

deep end - ali hazelwood

the comeback - ella berman

the clique - lisi harrison (reread)

promise me sunshine - cara bastone

funny story - emily henry (reread)

wild eyes - elsie silver

say you’ll remember me - abby jimenez

the hunger games - suzanne collins

the five people you meet in heaven - mitch albom

adult children of emotionally immature parents - lindsay c. gibson

hopeless - elsie silver

i loved you first - charlotte leonor

rewind it back - liz tomforde

the consequences of falling - liliana hastings (reread)

releasing 10 - chloe walsh

meet me in another life - catriona silver

beartown - fredrik backman

the conditions of will - jessa hastings

the summer i turned pretty (2) - jenny han

the pairing - casey mcquiston

it’s not summer without you - jenny han

shatter me - tahereh mafi

we’ll always have summer - jenny han

unite me - tahereh mafi

unravel me - tahereh mafi

before the coffee gets cold - toshikazu kawaguchi

until summer ends - n.s. perkins

against all odds - corinne michaels

every summer after - carley fortune

ps you're the word - chloe seager

catching fire - suzanne collins

dream on, ramona riley - ashley herring blake

write me for you - tillie cole

falling like leaves - misty wilson

dream on - jennifer hartmann

if it makes you happy - julie olivia

what you are looking for is in the library - michiko aoyama

the baby dragon café - aamna qureshi

funny story - emily henry (4th reread)

it's different this time - joss richard

play nice - rachel harrison

soul searching - lyla sage

beneath the stars - emily mcintire

[emmatmke]

42% of college graduates never read another book after college.

Prioritize reading. Not only does it stimulate you mentally, it also helps grow your vocabulary.

Here is a recent list of books I have read this year:

The House Across The Lake

Before We Were Innocent

Reminders of Him

Yours Truly

Archers Voice

Holly

Happy Place

Confess

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

The Next Chapter

Exactly What To Say

Damn Good Advice

30% Happier in 30 Days

[peach-tea-leaves]

On Self-Destruction.

Excerpt from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Selected Letters / Unknown Title by Nicola Samori / Excerpt from “The Girls” by Emma Cline / “Lucretia” by Rembrandt / “Perfume” by San Fermin / “Volta Del Mondo” by Nicola Samori / “Third Eye” by Florence + The Machine / “The Fall of Icarus” by Jacob Peter Gowy / Excerpt from “The Comeback” by Ella Berman / “Ophelia” by John Everett Millais / Excerpt from “The Pisces” by Melissa Broder

[vouchsafes]

Maybe my mom was right about me when she said I wasn’t happy, but what she doesn’t understand is since the age of fifteen, I’ve never dared to want to be happy. I’m just trying to stay alive.

- The Comeback by Ella Berman

[logladycid]

"I think about another type of revenge -the quieter, less explosive kind I could inflict just by living my life in spite of him."

The Comeback - Ella Berman

[perlahs]

me when the didion stand-in in this novel doesn't want to be a mom and isn't built for being a mom and is in fact kind of a bad mom and the husband finally realizes his wife isn't going to change but their daughters are already five years old

[perlahs]

if the stand-ins for Didion and Babitz in this historical fiction novel I’m reading don’t kiss by the end of the book I’m going to explode. anyway my 2026 is starting off normal how’s yours

[vicswrldonline]

My first book collage “before we were innocent - Ella Berman”

I gave this book 4/5 stars i really enjoyed it the whole vibe and of course the mystery my only complaint is that i wish there was a bigger plot twist

Small description: three girls spend the summer in Greece together but only two return. Bess and Joni ended up going their separate ways until the tenth anniversary of Evangeline’s death joni shows up needing an alibi for a few days prior. What really happened all those years ago and what really happened this past year?

(I’m not the best with words so i hope this is okay)