"...happy endings are not won so easily." –Shakuntala, Hansel and Gretel #booksto40 #booksix #BeastsandBeauty #SomanChainani #booksto30 continuation #bookonehundredsix https://www.instagram.com/p/CgbiyXMrS8a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"You must know that just because you're lagging behind doesn't mean that your life has fallen apart, and just because they do more work than you doesn't mean there's nothing left for you to do." –Tae-wan Ha #booksto40 #bookfive #EveryMomentWasYou #HaTaewan #booksto30 continuation #bookonehundredfive https://www.instagram.com/p/CgVyROprqbk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"...because that's what people in love do; they protect the hearts of those they love, even if that love will never be returned." -Kate #booksto40 #booktwo #TheTwelveDatesofChristmas #JennyBayliss #booksto30 continuation #bookonehundredtwo https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJKos3BlYl/?utm_medium=tumblr

"...and if this summer with B&M has taught me anything, it's that trying is the most important part of the process." -Madeline #booksto40 #bookone #LastChanceBooks #KelseyRodkey #booksto30 continuation #bookonehundredone https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEpn8HJHoI/?utm_medium=tumblr

"What do you want for yourself?" he'd asked, and Henry considered saying my parents' pride, but that didn't seem like a good answer, so he'd said the next truest thing—that he honestly wasn't sure. That he'd blinked and somehow years had gone by, and everyone else had carved their trenches, paved their paths, and he was still standing in a field, uncertain where to dig. #bookonehundred 📖🎉 #theinvisiblelifeofaddielarue #veschwab #booksto30 – a book project I started in 2016. The goal? Read 100 books before I turn 30 and... YAAASSS!!! SUCCESS!!! 📕😍 And now, a new book project is here: ❗ #booksto40 ❗ The finish line? 150 books before I reach 40! 😱 (🤞🏻 no more long-term reading slumps please 🤞🏻) Special thank you to Beef @supercess for this book gift!!! I can still remember that frightened feeling when I opened the package and saw how thick the book was! But here I am, I managed. 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTbD6aQpUvA/?utm_medium=tumblr

“A relationship goes both ways, Drew. It can’t just be you being there for me. It also means I’ll be there for you whenever I can." –Carolina #booksto30 #bookninetyeight #MeltingtheIce #JaciBurton https://www.instagram.com/p/CRNAmasLGna/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Our lives are not the product of the mistakes we've made and the wrongs we committed. Our lives are what comes afterward. The journeys we take in search of forgiveness. The lessons we learn along the way." –Violet #booksto30 #bookninetysix #ALadysFormulaForLove #ElizabethEverett https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ7EA4JrIEy/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Friend. You think about the word, how pure and sweet it is. How it means so much, even though you take it for granted. The mystery of it. A person who will fight for you, protect you, lend an ear without expecting anything in return." -Some Are Dark, Some Are Light, Summer Melts #booksto30 #bookninetyfive #SoWeCanGlow #LeesaCrossSmith https://www.instagram.com/p/CQud77PL-KW/?utm_medium=tumblr