I’m excited to join Girlxoxo and Traveling with T for the annual #AMonthofFaves blog event – a fun way to recap the year that was. Get all the details here!
This will be my second year participating! (Click here to see last year’s posts!)
Join in anytime for some or all of the topics. There will also be a link-up on the host blogs so that we can stop by each other’s posts to leave comments, high fives, good vibes, and well wishes.
MON. | Dec. 2 – #AMonthofFaves 10 Popular Books Worth the Hype (and/or Not Worth the Hype)
Looking back at the books I read this year, I tried to pick the books that I rated 4 or 5 stars and that I remember seeing lots of hype surrounding their release. I added the Goodreads stats too just to gauge their popularity as far as ratings and reviews. I did the same thing on Instagram (where possible) looking at how many times the book title was used as a hashtag. The results were very interesting! (Read my 2018 post on the same topic.)
City of Girls, 2019
GR 56,620 ratings | 6,996 reviews | 4.08 ⭐️
#cityofgirls – 5000+ posts
The Kiss Quotient, 2018
GR 90,136 ratings | 14,275 reviews | 3.90 ⭐️
#thekissquotient – 5000+ posts
Us Against You, 2018
GR 58,652 ratings | 8,046 reviews | 4.34 ⭐️
#usagainstyou – 1000+ posts
Red White and Royal Blue, 2019
GR 47,114 ratings | 11,611 reviews | 4.39 ⭐️
#redwhiteandroyalblue – 5000+ posts
The Mother In Law, 2019
GR 37,404 ratings | 4,445 reviews 4.00 ⭐️
#themotherinlawbook – 100+ posts
My Lovely Wife, 2019
GR 34,391 ratings | 5,267 reviews | 3.92 ⭐️
Sadie, 2018
GR 40,092 ratings | 10,149 reviews | 4.18 ⭐️
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, 2017
GR 489, 810 ratings | 48,644 reviews | 4.31 ⭐️
#eleanoroliphant – 10K posts
Not Worth The Hype (Unpopular Opinion)
Educated, 2018
GR 458,980 ratings | 47, 481 reviews | 4.48⭐️
Maid, 2019
GR 22,867 ratings | 3,098 reviews | 3.73 ⭐️
Some of the extra-hyped books I still need to get to are: Where The Crawdads Sing, Ask Again Yes and The Most Fun We Ever Had.
What are some of the hyped books you read this year?
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The OC Book Girl 
Oh yes there was A LOT of hype around these titles, especially The Kiss Quotient and Red, White and Royal Blue 🙂 I only read the second one and I ended up loving it, I’m glad you liked the first, too, I’ll have to give it a try 😀
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Thanks Marie! Do you mean the second one after the Kiss Quotient? I wasn’t sure about that one… Is it called The Bride Test?
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Oh no, I meant I only read Red, White and Royal Blue, but not The Kiss Quotient 🙂 I need to though!! 😀
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I just started listening to My Lovely Wife!
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Ooh I hope you like it too!
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Great list Jaymi! I’m glad you included Dear brave Eleanor! 😍
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She’s the best! 💕
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I’ve read a lot of your hype-worthy books but I’m intrigued by My Lovely Wife. I will check it out!
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Ok, I LOVE the stats you posted!!!!! ❤ I kept hearing about The Kiss Quotient and think one day I will pick it up- but I'm super, super, super picky about my romances. I'd rather read a murder/mystery/suspense book most days!
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Thanks T! I never know how to judge if a book is hyped. It was super steamy but it also had a sweet side to it.
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What a great idea to use Instagram hashtag mentions! I read My Lovely Wife, which I thought was pretty good … and Eleanor is Completely fine – which I looooved!
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Hmmm. What didn’t you like about Educated? I haven’t read it…yet and not sure if I will.
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Maid, I agree, was hugely disappointing. I stayed away from City of Girls, thinking it would probably be overhyped, too.
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