# My Top Books of 2025 2025 READING WRAP UP! ✨ I could not give overall top ten for this year (because it was actually impossible 😆) so I decided to do top three for the genres I’ve read this year! #readingwrapup #topthree #bookrec #readersofinsta #readers best fiction books to read, best romance books to read, best sci fi books to read, best fantasy books to read --- ## Forty Love By Jane Costello **Pub Date: 19th of May** **Is it ever too late for a comeback?** I think the older you get, the more that question can sometimes brew in your brain: "Is it too late to start over, or take a different path?"… well… this book will inspire you to think differently. This warm, funny and steamy romance is the perfect summer read! **Plot:** We get to follow Jules, who’s in her late 40’s. After her husband passed away, Jules focused on being the best mother to her daughter. However, it’s time for her daughter to leave the nest, she is off to uni and on a trip through Europe, ultimately leaving Jules alone at home. To fill her time and also quench the worry and anxiety in her chest, she joins an amateur tennis club. Through this club she bumps into her teenage crush Sam! With both tennis and her growing feelings for Sam, Jules goes on a journey of the difficulties of moving on and the courage to go on a different path. **Thoughts:** I thought this book was very wholesome and it genuinely made me giggle! 🤭 I also found it refreshing to read about a female protagonist in her late 40’s and the raw reality of early menopause, and how your relationship with your body changes! The writing is easy to follow and it feels like you really get to know the characters. The romance was nice, but I would like to say the relationship between Jules and Sam is not the main focus of the plot. Overall I had a really good time! So grab your bevvy and sun hat and read this book! You don’t wanna miss it! ☀️☺️ --- ## April TBR is stacked with amazing Arcs! 🤩 ⬇️ Book mentioned ⬇️ - Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh - The secret lives of murderers wives by Elizabeth Arnott - Forty love by Jane Costello - Lord of the flies by William Golding - Book club pick: Immortal Dark by Tigray Girma #apriltbr #arcs #readersofinsta #readers anticipated reads, tbr of the month, booksta, book community, new book releases, reading community --- ## What Did I Just Read?! "Strange Houses" by Uketsu - Book Review --- ## What Littrilly Going On? (Weekly Reading Update) Happy Sunday! I am currently sitting on the couch while season 2 of **“Nobody wants this”** is playing in the background. This week has been the Week of non-fiction Books! I usually don’t read a lot of non-fictions. Why? Weeeeeeeeelllll... I think I mainly avoided it because I struggled to get through them... but those thoughts are in the past and I am genuinely telling you now, **that I love** Non-fiction! I love the feeling I get when reading it! Let’s get to what I read this week! :) I completed a memoir by Maya Angelou called **"A song flung up to heaven".** This book is the sixth instalment of her memoir series. Her way of writing is like reading a diary! It was so poetic and personal! Next is my still _current read_ which is **"Everything is tuberculosis"** by John Green. Now this book is a lot more factual. I TRULY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS DISEASE! I’m learning so much! and its opening my eyes Stay amazing! XOXO