Lulu's Books
Have a wander through my bookshelves.
I haven't really set these in stone, but I thought I'd create a little key for the icons I'm using as my quick view descriptions of the books from my perspective. Just having a little fun! Explore my entire library below or browse the following links for some curated lists from my collection. If you click into the book notes themselves, you'll see that some are just placeholders, but others have been edited and worked on. This is not a place for perfect notes, it's really just a place for continued connections, sparks and growth!
Harvesting 👩🏽🌾
Filipino Authors and Stories | Favorite Authors | Books in a Series | In Season Reads | Most Delicious Reads
Icon Key
🏡 - Own it and it's at home in my shelves safe and sound :D
📚 - TBR (stack of books waiting to be read!), ✔️ - I read it!
❤️ - Personal favorite, 🎁 - Was gifted to me
🧠 - Made me think
🎬 - Movie adaptation
🔎 - Mystery, 🧚🏻 - Fae and Fantasy, 🗡️ - Fantasy or Assassins
🇵🇭 - Filipino or Philippines, 🇰🇷- Korean, 🇯🇵 - Japan
1️⃣ - First in Series
| 👩🏽🌾 | 📔 | 💬 | 🔢ISBN | 📦 | #📖 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 | |||||
| 🏡📚⏳🦣 | 11/22/63 by Stephen King | Time travel book where the main character travels back in time to try to stop the assassination of JFK. I started but I have not finished it. | 9781451660807 | 866 | |
| 1984 by George Orwell | Read this on high school. Would like to read it again sometime. Dystopian. | 9780547249643 | |||
| A 6 | |||||
| 🏡📚💀🗓️ | A Fate Worse than Drowning by Sarah L. Hawthorn | Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick for August 2026. Girl makes a deal with the devil to save her sisters life. But it's not that simple... | 9781464238154 | ||
| 🏠📚👦🏻🇵🇭 | After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay | Young Adult Fiction from a Filipino Author | 9781328476876 | 336 | |
| 🏡📚🧚🏻💌 | An Archive of Romance by Ava Reid (Book 3 in A Study in Drowning Series) | 9780063462243 | 251 | ||
| 🏡 | Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Book 3 in Divergent Series) | 9780063040533 | TP | 592 | |
| 🏡✔️🗡️1️⃣🇯🇵 | Across the Nighingale Floor by Liam Hearn (Book 1 in Tales of the Otori Series) | 9781101215623 | 324 | ||
| 🏡✔️🗡️📙 | The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas (Book 0 in Throne of Glass Series) | 9781619632219 | |||
| B 1 | |||||
| 🏡✔️🗓️ | Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven | 9780593834879 | 289 | ||
| C 3 | |||||
| 🏡✔️🔎❤️🎁 | The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont | Gifted to me by my husband. This book is one of my favorites. An imagining of what Agatha Christie did when missing for 11 days. | 9781250274625 | ||
| Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (Book 2 in Throne of Glass Series) | Even better than the first book! | 9781639730964 | 420 | ||
| 🏡✔️💀🎃 | Coraline by Neil Gaiman | 9780062205728 | 212 | ||
| D 4 | |||||
| 🏡📚🎮🗓️ | Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Diniman (Book 1 in Dungeon Crawler Carl Series) | I heard the Audio book is great! | 9780593820254 | 466 | |
| 🏡📖📑 | The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better and Live Better by Jenny Anderson | 9780593727072 | |||
| Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | Reimagining of David Copperfield | 9780063251991 | TP | 652 | |
| 🏡📚💉♥️🎬 | Divergent Anniversary 4-Book Box Set by Veronica Roth (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four) | 9780063162235 | 2080 | ||
| E 3 | |||||
| 🏠✔️📒🇰🇷 | Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-reum | 9781639737796 | 240 | ||
| 🏠📚👦🏻🇵🇭 | Eighteen Roses by Shannon C.F. Rogers | Filipino Author | 9781250845733 | 304 | |
| 🏡📚🇵🇭 | The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao | Filipino Author of Water Moon | 9780593725023 | ||
| G 2 | |||||
| 🏡📚👦🏻🗓️ | The Ginghams by T.C. Kemper | Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick for August 2026 | 9781250404152 | ||
| 🏡✔️🗡️1️⃣🇯🇵 | Grass for His Pillow by Lean Hearn (book 2 in Tales of the Otori Series) | 9781594480034 | TP | 368 | |
| H 3 | |||||
| 🏡📖📑 | How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised by Thomas C. Foster | 970063307742 | 279 | ||
| 🏡📚🏕️☕️ | How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow by Bonnie Quinn | BN $5 with a candy bar! Co-workers book club said this series is soooo good. | 9781668096499 | TP | 308 |
| Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (Book 3 in Throne of Glass Series) | 9781639730995 | TP | 562 | ||
| I 3 | |||||
| 🏡📚🔎📍✍🏼 | In Case I Go Missing by R.N. Swann | Met this author at a signing event. She is local to Baltimore, Maryland. Her book is supposedly like A Good Girls Guide to Murder. | 9780593695333 | ||
| 🏡 | Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Book 2 in Divergent Series) | 9780063040526 | |||
| 🏡✔️😈🐈⬛ | If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura | What would you give up to live just one more day? | 9781250257680 | TP | |
| J 1 | |||||
| James by Percival Everret | A retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's perspective. I loved this book! | 9780385550376 | |||
| K 2 | |||||
| 🏡✔️🧠♥️🇯🇵🎬 | Kiara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | Thought provoking novel about the world through an Artificial Friend's (AF) point of view. | 9780593311295 | ||
| Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas (Book 7 in Throne of Glass Series) | 9781639731060 | ||||
| L 1 | |||||
| The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods | Magical realism in a bookshop and great characters. | 0008609209 | TP | ||
| M 1 | |||||
| 🏡 | My Friends by Fredrik Backman | 9781982112837 | |||
| N 1 | |||||
| 🏡📚 | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro | 9781627652513 | |||
| P 1 | |||||
| 🏠📚👦🏻🇵🇭 | Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay | 9780525554936 | 318 | ||
| Q 1 | |||||
| Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (Book 4 in Throne of Glass Series) | 9789049206307 | ||||
| S 5 | |||||
| 🏡✔️🗓️ | Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu | 9781250410122 | |||
| 🏡📖🧪1️⃣ | The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth (Book 1 in The Sixth Faction Series) | I'm currently reading this as an ARC. It is scheduled to be released in October of 2026. So far I'm enjoying the authors retake on her original series Divergent. | 9780063462540 | 513 | |
| 🏡✔️🌊🗓️ | A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (Book 1 in A Study in Drowning Series) | I loved this book! The writing is immersive and captivating. Romance, Dark Acadamia and Fairy Tale at its finest. | 9780063211506 | 378 | |
| 🏡📚🤓 | The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann | 9781538758984 | 352 | ||
| Strange Pictures by Uketsu | I loved this book and recommend it to everyone. Different approach to mystery. | 9780063433083 | |||
| T 5 | |||||
| 🏡📚🧚🏻 | A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid (Book 2 in A Study in Drowning Series) | Looking forward to reading this. | 9780063421677 | 416 | |
| 🏡 | The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 9781368053242 | TP | 378 | |
| 🏡✔️🗡️1️⃣ | Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (Book 1 in Throne of Glass Series) | Could not put this down. Downloaded Book 2 immediately because I was on vacation when I finished this book and couldn't wait! | 9781639730940 | ||
| Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas (Book 6 in Throne of Glass Series) | 9781639731046 | ||||
| 🏡📚 | The Teacher's Saint: John-Baptist de La Salle - Patron Saint of Teachers by George Van Grieken FSC | 1884904165 | 98 | ||
| W 2 | |||||
| 🏡📚🥂🗓️ | The Wedding People by Alison Espach | Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick for August 2026 | 1250899567 | ||
| 🏡📚🇵🇭 | Water Moon by Samantha Soto Yambao | 9780593725016 | |||