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Hello, I am Chi!
Reading helps me go on with my day, every day. I live to go to bookstores, to browse titles, to read in cafés, and to connect with other readers.
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About Chi
I have been reading since I was a kid. I used to borrow books at the school library until I knew about bookstores. Whenever I was asked what gift I wanted for my birthday or Christmas, it has always been a book. Until now, my girl friends and I have this tradition of exchanging books during Christmas just because we love sharing our favorite reads to one another. I just think it’s such a worthwhile gift for readers like us.
What are my favorite genres and how did they became my go-to? One day, there were no more books left on my to-be-read (tbr) pile. I climbed up our attic and looked for teenage vampire novels (yes, they were The Vampire Diaries and Twilight). Then another day came, still the same problem. That was when I stumbled upon my dad’s books, most of which were thrillers (James Patterson ftw). When I came to my grandparents’ house, I got books from my aunt’s collection from when she was my age - Gossip Girl and Sophie Kinsella ones (and a whole lot more). These memorable instances were what shaped my reading preferences today.
In the end, I just want to share my love for bookstore runs, thrifted romance finds, reading in cute cafés, book talks with my friends, and just my love for reading whenever, wherever.
Reading has been a part of me, and I know it will continue to be.
Recent Reads
The Program
“I think that sometimes the only real thing is now.”
Crying in H Mart
“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.
All This Time
“That’s the first thing you said to me, remember? Once upon a time.”
Short Reviews
“Take that momentary feeling of being lucky, that feeling of being on the right track, and enjoy it. It won’t last.”
“I would love you in any shape, in any world, with any past.”
“The thing with us is the only real thing I’ve had in a long time. You’re the only real thing.”
Even if the characters were red flags, and the storyline was simple, it’s still one of the most memorable endings I’ve ever read in a mystery thriller. The giveaways were there, but I was still shocked at the end.
Through the Heart,
Kate Morgenroth
I’m not one for science fiction before, but this trilogy holds a special place in my heart. The enemies to lovers, the parallel universe, the slow burn trope? It’s well-written with diverse characters and an interesting plot.
A Thousand Pieces of You,
Claudia Gray
I was always intimidated by fantasy books because I thought they were complicated. This young adult trilogy was an easy read. The characters were diverse and lovable. The plot and storyline were interesting. I enjoyed its humor and seriousness at the same time.
Hex Hall
Rachel Hawkins
Chi’s Library
here are some of the books I’ve read throughout the years
science fiction, mystery thriller
contemporary romance, fiction
nonfiction medical memoir
contemporary fantasy fiction
contemporary romance, fiction
contemporary YA fiction
YA horror mystery triller
contemporary romance, fiction
contemporary YA romance
ar.CHI.ve
Never Always Sometimes
Adi Alsaid
The Martian
Andy Weir
26 Kisses
Anne Michels
Steelheart
Brandon Sanderson
Mortal Instruments Series
Cassandra Clare
Love, Rosie
Cecelia Ahern
Doomed Series
Chuck Palahniuk
Close Enough to Touch
Colleen Oakley
Dorothy Must Die Series
Danielle Paige
Frankly in Love
David Yoon
The Six Rules of Maybe
Deb Caletti
Fifty Shades Trilogy
EL James
Fearless Series
Francine Pascal
Love and Other Foreign Words
Erin McCahan
Secret of the Tides
Hannah Richell
Little Universes
Heather Demetrios
It Only Happens in Movies
Holly Bourne
The Sight of You
Holly Miller
Cradle and All
James Patterson
Jack and Jill
James Patterson
Private L.A.
James Patterson
Unlucky 13
James Patterson
Bookends
Jane Green
The Fourth Estate
Jeffrey Archer
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith
Summer Trilogy
Jenny Han
Looking for Alaska
John Greene
Finding You
Jo Watson
The Map That Leads to You
J.P. Monninger
Summer Sisters
Judy Blume
The Thousandth Floor Trilogy
Katharine McGee
The DUFF
Kody Keplinger
The Vampire Diaries Series
L.J. Smith
Last Day
Luanne Rice
Guilt by Degrees
Marcia Clark
The Princess Diaries Series
Meg Cabot
The Waitress
Melissa Nathan
Save the Date
Morgan Matson
Shotgun Lovesongs
Nickolas Butler
Love, Unscripted
Owen Nicholls
The Girl on The Train
Paula Hawkins
Miss Peregrine’s Series
Ransom Riggs
They All Fall Down
Rozanne St. Claire
Cross Her Heart
Sarah Pinborough
Before I Go to Sleep
SJ Watson
I’ve Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella
Life and Death
Stephanie Meyer
Christmas Wishes
Sue Moorcroft
The Girls of Mischief Bay
Susan Mallery
Dying for Christmas
Tammy Cohen
Once Upon a Blind Date
Wendy Markham
No Saints in Kansas
Amy Brashear
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Amy Brashers
Kisses and Croissants
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneu
Shadow of the Wind Trilogy
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Meet Me in Another Life
Catriona Silvey
Gossip Girl Series
Cecily von Ziegasar
No Strings Attached
Clare Dowling
Crosstalk
Connie Willis
Every Day Trilogy
David Levithan
Velocity
Dean Koontz
All Your Twister Secrets
Diana Urban
Grey Trilogy
EL James
Pretty as a Picture
Elizabeth Little
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
Eva Rice
Talking to the Dead
Harry Bingham
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami
The Places I’ve Cried in Public
Holly Bourne
My Life Next Door
Huntley Fitzpatrick
I, Michael Bennett
James Patterson
Lifeguard
James Patterson
Second Honeymoon
James Patterson
Worse Case
James Patterson
The Wedding Date
Jasmine Guillory
Changes in Latitude
Jen Malone
All The Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Jill Mansell
The Passengers
John Marrs
A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult
Blood Sisters
Judith Henry Wall
The Fill-In Boyfriend
Kasie West
Top Ten
Katie Kotugno
Meant to Be
Lauren Morrill
For All the Wrong Reasons
Louise Bagshawe
The Knockoff
Lucy Skyes, Jo Piazza
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Better Than Perfect
Melissa Kantor
Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner
Second Chance Summer
Morgan Matson
The Sun is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Hex Hall Trilogy
Rachel Hawkins
Extraordinary Means
Robyn Schneider
A Prom to Remember
Sandy Hall
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
Se-hee Baek
Tiny Pretty Things
Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton
Remember Me?
Sophie Kinsella
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Stephanie Perkins
Match Me If You Can
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Prodigal Son
Susan Mallery
Gravity
Tess Gerritsen
Almond
Won-pyung Sohn
Falling Into Place
Amy Zhang
Eve Trilogy
Anne Carey
XOXO
Axie Oh
The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
How to Fall in Love
Cecelia Ahern
Beautiful You
Chuck Palahniuk
Firebird Trilogy
Claudia Gray
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
Cynthia Hand
Creepers
David Morrell
Love is All You Need
Deb Caletti
Better Off Friends
Elizabeth Eulberg
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
The Real Reel
Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
Wicked
Gregory Maguire
The Royal We
Heather Cocks
The Walls
Hollie Overton
There Goes the Bride
Holly McQueen
12th of Never
James Patterson
Invisible
James Patterson
Private Games
James Patterson
Step on a Crack
James Patterson
Private India
James Patterson
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Jasmine Warga
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
Jennifer E. Smith
Who Do You Love
Jennifer Weiner
Chasing the Italian Dream
Jo Thomas
Me Before You Trilogy
Jojo Moyes
One Day in December
Josie Silver
Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson
Judy Blume
Through the Heart
Kate Morgenroth
Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy
Kevin Kwan
Before I Fall
Lauren Oliver
The Go-To Girl
Louise Bagshawe
Asylum Trilogy
Madeleine Roux
Every Boy’s Got One
Meg Cabot
Seven Black Diamonds
Melissa Marr
The Disasters
M.K. England
The Best of Me
Nicholas Sparks
Tonight and Always
Nora Roberts
Phantom Limbs
Paula Garner
All This Time
Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry
The Beginning of Everything
Robyn Schneider
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
Kind of a Big Deal
Shannon Hale
Finding Audrey
Sophie Kinsella
Twilight Saga
Stephanie Meyer
Black Flowers
Steve Mosby
The Christmas Wedding Ring
Susan Mallery
The Program Duology
Suzanne Young
Under the Knife
Tess Gerritsen
Girl Online Trilogy
Zoe Sugg
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