It's been a while since I last updated my blog and The Nerdy Bookworm Reading Challenge. I have finished five more books since my last update. Let's get into the prompts I have finished since my last blog update and the star ratings I gave those books. 1. Read a novel by a female author: The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose My Rating: ★★★★ 2. Read a book with two or more authors: The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen My Rating: ★★★★ 3. A book with at least two different character's points of view: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine My Rating: ★★★★ 4. C ..read more

Emily The Book Nerd has just been announced on FeedSpot as one of the 15 Best Arizona Book Blogs and Websites! The first award that my blog has ever won since I started blogging back in 2018. The Founder of Feedspot sent me this, "I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Emily The Book Nerd has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 15 Arizona Book Blogs on the web." I have you my readers to thank for this amazing news! I currently reside at spot 10. The best Arizona Book blogs are ranked from thousands of Book blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media ..read more

Another year brings new prompts to my Nerdy Bookworm Challenge! For this post, I thought I would share with everyone what I have read so far in 2024 and the prompts that I have finished so far. 1. A book you bought in 2023: Flawless by Elsie Silver My Rating: ★★★★ 2. Read a thriller novel that involves a missing person or murder: The Ex by Freida McFadden My Rating: ★★★★★ I am off to a good start on this year's challenges. Have you read any of the titles above? xoxo ..read more

For my blog post today, my Fiance and I thought it would be fun to share with you guys both of our top ten five-star rated books that we read this past year in 2023. We are both readers so I thought it would be fun to share with everyone what books we loved this year and why. I love having a significant other who loves books and reading just as much as I do. I love buddy reading with him and having our own book club! It makes life that much more enjoyable to have someone to share a hobby with. Plus, because he is also a reader, he never tells me I cannot buy said book or I will never hear him ..read more

  This year is coming to an end. I have been trying to reach the last of my reading goals like crazy in December but will likely not meet them. I have at least read this year. Any reading that I have done makes me happy. Anyway, the upcoming 2024 reading challenge post is up and live on my blog here! I would love for you to join me in the challenge in 2024! But for now, I would like to share all the challenges I have completed for 2023 thus far since my last update. 1. 2023 bestseller: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 2. Thriller, mystery, or suspense novel: The Inmate by Freida McFadden ..read more

   INTRODUCTION: For the third year in a row, The Nerdy Bookworm 50 Books A Year Reading Challenge is back! I never thought this challenge would become as popular as it has become. Cheers to another year of reading books. Each year brings new reading challenges. I am still currently working on trying to finish all of the challenges from 2023 in the last month of December. Reading anything is a success in my book. The only requirement is to read the following challenges below.  For fellow bloggers, bookstagramers, etc... At the end of this post, you can link all of ..read more

  Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is Top Ten Mainstream Popular Authors that I Still Have Not Read. I have quite a few but for this, I am doing the authors of books that I do have interest in reading their books. Emily Henry (HOW HAVE I NOT READ BEACH READ YET?!) Elsie Silver  Freida McFadden Adrienne Young Darcy Coates R.F. Kuang Simone St. James Lucy Score Ashley Poston Ana Huang   What popular authors have you never read? Do we have any in common? Which books by these authors on my list should I try first? xoxo ..read more

  I have read more books since I last updated my Nerdy Bookworm Challenge. I have even found some new favorite reads of the year! Let's just get into the books I have read since the last time I updated my blog. 1. Book outside of your comfort genre's: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman My Rating: ★★★★★ 2. Read a retelling: King of Nothing by Mona Black My Rating: ★ 3. Book that has mental health aspects to it: The Stalking Dead by Eva Chase My Rating: ★★★ 4. Read a book with a happily ever after ending: Dry Spell by Vi Keeland My Rating: ★★★★ 5. Book you meant to read last yea ..read more

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is all about weather! What books have you read/do you want to read that have weather-related words in the title or on the cover image? Words/images like storm, rain, blizzard, flood, lightning, hail, snow, wind, etc. all count for this! If you’re feeling stumped, search your TBR by some of the keywords from the full weather glossary by the National Weather Service!  Here are the top ten books that I still have yet to read that involve weather in the title! 1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah 2. Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahal ..read more

  It has been a minute since I last updated my blog and everything The Nerdy Bookworm Challenge! I have been making my way through the last couple of challenge prompts by reading as much as I can lately. I am still trying to read 50 books this year. Here is what I have read since I last updated my blog. 1. Book where the two main characters are "fake dating": Plays Wells With Others by Lauren Blakely My Rating: ★★★★ 2. Listen to an audiobook: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon My Rating: ★ DNF AT 50% 3. Book with a close proximity romance: Credence by Penelope Douglas ..read more