Welcome to another mash-up of reviews. I'm actually running out of books to review because I'm not sure if I should review the Psy Changeling books I'm reading. What do you guys think, would like reviews of them? I could maybe put something together. I'm always uncertain about reviewing series (even if each book has its own standalone story) just because I don't want to reveal any big spoilers. Anyway, that's unrelated, here is a mix of reviews for books I've enjoyed this year.
Her Twin Baby Secret – Therese Beharrie
Published: 1st February 2020
Source: Author
Genre: Romance, contemporary
My Rating:
Could her biggest competition... become her babies’ father?
Alexa Moore is the definition of empowered and independent. She runs her own successful business and she’s decided to start the family she’s longed-for—by herself! But after business rival Benjamin Foster comes to her rescue and pretends to be her boyfriend for a night, their earth-shattering kiss sparks Alexa’s desire to share much more with him… can she find her Happily-Ever-After with this unexpected love?
Therese Beharrie always makes me smile with her books. Some of her romances absorb me more than others but no matter the book I'm always drawn into the romances she writes and by the end, she has me with a silly grin on my face. She does make me a little emotional along the way, but she always rewards us for the emotional journey by giving us that happy ending which we all love and she makes sure to leave you with a smile on your face. Thank the lord, because some of those emotional twists can be absolutely heartbreaking. I was definitely smiling at the ending of this one.
Alexa had some major trust issues going on in this book and I couldn't blame her. She needed to get one over her brother for once and what better way than to pretend to be in a relationship with her rival and the man her brother had gone into business with? There were many reasons that man, Ben, shouldn't have gone along with such a plan but he has a bit of a saviour complex and likes to help people. Even though that means folks can take advantage of his good heart. Because of this, he was willing to help Alexa, he saw his rivalry with Alexa as a bit of a laugh he never wanted to see her hurt, not like her brother seemed to so when he saw this he obviously helped her out.
I mean, this was a fake relationship in a way I'd not seen. An enemies to lovers fake relationship where they aren't really enemies just former classmates with a little bit of good-natured rivalry going on. It just worked. Maybe because the relationship was meant to last as long as a couple of weeks before they faked it fizzling out until fate intervened forcing them to drag it out. And in that time they grew closer and became friends (with some benefits). And if all that wasn't enough Alexa was also pregnant! Say what? Yep, she's pregnant (with twins if the title doesn't give it away) and rather than being a deal-breaker as the two grew closer Ben (being the wonderful man that he is) is cool with that and comes to care all the more for her anyway. He doesn’t care who the baby daddy is because he knows if their relationship goes anywhere he will be the dad, he’s the father when it matters.
Honestly, trying not to spoil it but this was so satisfying to read. My only complaint is it couldn't have been longer so that we could have explored the pair's family far more but that's almost always a complaint for me with Mills and Boon books because they are shorter you do miss some of the background plot development you get in a longer book. But I expected that here and I still totally enjoyed it anyway. Honestly, if I’m feeling a little down I will always turn to a Therese Beharrie book. How could I not when they’re always so good?
Source: Purchased
Genre: Historical Romance
My Rating:
Amelia Hathaway is the oldest of four sisters and has only one brother to drive her mad. They live a genteel but impoverished life until they come into an unexpected inheritance. Amelia tries her best to rein in her colourful and unmanageable siblings to match society's expectations. Until the mysterious, extremely wealthy half-gypsy Cam Rohan appears.The irresistible attraction between Amelia and Cam poses a huge problem for both of them. However, as Amelia deals with a multitude of problems, including trying to save her alcoholic brother Leo from ruin, she finds herself turning to Cam Rohan, whose friendship turns into a passion that neither of them can deny...
This was the first book I read after an epic book slump. It was very exciting for me to actually want to read a book and to feel the motivation to read. It was also a quick read for me. I finished it in a little over a day. I’d planned to binge the whole series… but I was put off by the £5.99 price tag for each book. I do really need to continue the series soon before book amnesia strikes once more.
Anyway, this was my first time reading the Hathaway series from Lisa Kleypas and I actually kind of forgot everything which happened in the Wallflowers books, as well. I’d feel bad but honestly, my book amnesia is strong and I’m fine with that. Turns out I just have to suffer with that and I gradually began to remember all of the characters.
Our introduction to the Hathaway's here was good. I love this family and can’t wait to get to know them all through each of the books. Amelia was probably the best one for us to meet, as well. She is the oldest sister in the family and she has committed herself to being the family carer and organiser. She’s taken on this role for various reasons and I won’t spoil things for you, but the woman was ready to not marry and be a spinster… and then she met Cam Rohan and before she knew it her plans to be alone were forever changed.
Amelia was a strange one. I found her slightly controlling behaviour of her family frustrating. She set a role for people and tried to control their life because she felt she knew best. Often characters like that frustrate me, I think it comes down to the fact I hate being told what to do so hate when characters are like that. But, despite this, I really loved her, she was just so easy to like. She took responsibility for her family as Leo (her brother and head of the family) was utterly failing at life and I felt her struggle. She was trying to ensure the Hathaway's succeeded even though they had had numerous struggles in life. She just wanted the best for everyone and her controlling came from a good place.
I had forgotten who Cam was when I started reading this. He was actually in the Wallflowers books and anyone who remembers books better than me will know that, but he was essentially a brand new character to me. I was charmed by him. I’ve not really seen any Romany characters in historical fiction and so this was new for me. Learning his Roma background and seeing how he was brushed off as a Gypsy and certain characters judged the Roma way of life. I felt for him and how he was utterly split between his current life and his old Roma way. I wanted to learn more about him and see how he reconciled the two things. And what really struck me was how generous he was. I will say, Cam was quite controlling and I would say that was off-putting. I managed to overlook it, though. I know others won’t like his overbearing behaviour and I know I’m basically complaining about a similar trait in Cam as I did with Amelia but whatever.
The romance was strong here. Honestly, I adored them together. As soon as I met them both on the page I knew they had a good connection and they were both opposite and similar and they worked (once they both got out of their own way and let the romance happen). Amelia was fascinated as soon as she met Cam and the same was true for him. They might have thought they wouldn’t see each other again but even when they thought their thoughts were still stuck on the other and I loved that. I did have a few issues, like I said, with some of Cam’s behaviour, but the romance was still good.
One thing I will say is I didn’t expect the slightly supernatural element to the book. Honestly, it almost put me off of the book, but it also kind of worked because it related to Cam’s Romany heritage and also as the Hathaway family had strong Romany links (that will obviously come in more on the second book) but they had taken in Merripen and so they already knew some Romany things. Anyway, the supernatural element wasn’t the strongest and felt a little throwaway and wasn’t fully explored. But I felt like there was a lot going on in this book and it was quite obvious some of the story threads weren’t going to be explored but were alluded to and related a lot to the next book. Like the Merripen parts are totally coming next, but I have so many questions!
And those are my word vomit thoughts. Honestly, who writes coherent reviews anyway?
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Sci-fi, Romance
My Rating:
He's awkward. He's adorable. He's alien as hell.
Zylar of Kith Balak is a four-time loser in the annual Choosing. If he fails to find a nest guardian this time, he'll lose his chance to have a mate for all time. Desperation drives him to try a matching service but due to a freak solar flare and a severely malfunctioning ship AI, things go way off course. This 'human being' is not the Tiralan match he was looking for.
She's frazzled. She's fierce. She's from St. Louis.
Beryl Bowman's mother always said she'd never get married. She should have added a rider about the husband being human. Who would have ever thought that working at the Sunshine Angel daycare center would offer such interstellar prestige? She doesn't know what the hell's going on, but a new life awaits on Barath Colony, where she can have any alien bachelor she wants.
They agree to join the Choosing together, but love is about to get seriously strange.
This book was mental. It was like nothing I've read before and I kind of went in thinking it would be totally not my thing but quite fun to read all the same. I was not wrong. It was fun to read. But not my kind of read? Yeah, it could have converted me to other weirdly fun reads like this one. If I were to describe it I’d kind of put it in the realm of crack fanfiction, it was a little insane but also good?
I kind of expected the male MC, Zylar, to be kind of alpha-like. Even though everything I'd seen about this book said he was a beta hero I just assumed because he abducts Beryl and that's not the most beta action but oh boy was I wrong. And from the misunderstanding at the start, everything just kept getting better. I mean Beryl gets abducted with her dog, Snaps. And then she fully expects probing (that's what aliens do, right?) and instead is given a room, has a translation device installed in her and gets asked to alien marry him. Like, that's hilarious. The whole concept was funny. Especially when there was a talking dog involved (I ❤️ Snaps 4eva).
Then the book went kind of Hunger Games with a competition involved for folks to get alien married and that almost seemed weird and the book almost lost me there. But then during the competition Zylar and Beryl grew closer and the romance happened. I was all ready to be like romance won't work in this alien space romance they're just too different but it totally did! Just trust me if you read it you'll get it. But it's safe to say alien physiology was very different which made the sex scenes interesting to read. Yep, there were sex scenes and I did not hate them.
The other thing I liked was the inclusivity of this book. An aliens characters pronouns were they and them and I never saw a massive conversation about it it just was (which obviously why should this alien marriage thing be exclusively heterosexual?). Also, before you begin questioning why it was human concepts used in an alien world. Well, that's the translation device in play. For both Beryl and Zylar they didn't speak each other's language so the translation device worked to change things to the nearest concept for each of them so Beryl was understanding it in a human context.
Anyway, this was a trippy read I didn’t expect to enjoy as much as I did. By the end of the book I was very much thinking 'there is gonna be another, right?' so that's a sign of a good read.
And there we have three reviews for three very different books. This was definitely a mash-up of reviews but I kind of liked it. Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Or have I convinced you to try something new?
Wow, I have been a terrible blogger this week. I’ve been slow on both comments and writing posts. I did have a post I was planning on having ready for Thursday. It’s typed and saved in my drafts but do you ever just read a post back and it doesn’t feel, right? Well, that’s the feeling I had reading that post so I held it back. But I’m a couple of weeks in and still don’t have any other posts in my drafts. I’ve been fully lazy this week and just haven’t sat at my computer to type anything up. I’m making Sunday as my day of being productive. I’ve got a long list of chores and such on my to-do list so I’m going to put blog-related things on there and I’ll do all the things I’ve been too lazy to do. Be prepared to say my face around your blogs.
It’s been another slow week in lockdown. I’ve officially started avoiding the news because I just can’t with it at the moment. I hate seeing the number of deaths each day and seeing the government give their platitudes when we’re all still stuck at home, it’s just disheartening. I think we’re in the fifth week of lockdown now? I’m not sure, though, at this point I’ve lost count but I am so fed up of being at home. I can only hope this staying at home is helping and that there will soon be a light at the end of this tunnel. I know life’s not going back to normal anytime soon, but I’m hoping to be able to get out at least a little bit, maybe to see my mom. I think I’m just really missing people at the moment. Who knew?
Sorry, I am determined to stay more upbeat otherwise this lockdown will be the worst. I have continued to watch some good TV. I’ve not found another k-drama to fit my mood yet but that’s only a matter of time. I have been watching the second half of season 2 of New Amsterdam. It always releases in parts on Amazon Prime and I just always enjoy that show. It does make me cry a lot of the time but everything makes me cry at the moment. I think I’ve become extra sensitive, but maybe it’s just that living alone means I don’t have to hide it when a sad advert makes me cry. Anyway, I binge-watched the second half of New Amsterdam (or what’s released of it anyway). I also started watching the second season of Manifest. So far, I don’t feel like it’s been as good as season 1 but we shall see. Apart from that the only other thing I have been doing is playing Sims 4. I guess I can’t get a change of scenery in the real world so might as well control some sims, give them pretty houses and enjoy that instead. Honestly, all I want to do is going back to playing that. That is my escapism. I need to build a bookshelf before I can lose myself in Sims. And catch up on your blog posts from the past few days.
What I’ve Been Reading
It’s a bit of a Psy/Changeling week of reading. I’ve read the first two novellas in Wild Invitation (bother good, enjoyed those a lot. especially to Tammy and Nate’s story). Hostage to Pleasure was… I liked getting Dorian and Ashaya’s story and I really like the character of Ashaya, but I had issues with the ending of that one and it really bothered me. I don’t want to spoil anything but it was something I hate seeing in a lot of books. I might write a blog post about it, we’ll see. And I’m currently reading Branded by Fire. I’m liking Mercy and Riley’s book more than I thought. I didn’t have strong thoughts on either character before starting this and I certainly hadn’t noticed much between them (there was a slight hint in the last book) so it was a little abrupt them getting together but now I’m farther into it it does kind of make sense. There's still a lot of story to go so we’ll see if my thoughts change.
New To Me
No book purchases (well done me) but I do have to new ARCs on my shelf. I had to get Date Me, Bryson Keller when I saw it on Netgalley. I’d seen Sam review it and it instantly went on my want to read list so you can imagine my excitement when I saw it and I was even happier when I saw I was auto-approved for the publisher (the only publisher I’m auto-approved for and I’ve never been happier). And then I requested 10 Things I Hate About Pinky a little impulsively. I didn’t think I’d get approved but I am happy I did. I’ll be having a little YA reading fun soon, I’ve got a couple of YA purchases I need to read and a couple of YA ARCs needing some love on my netgalley shelf so that will be happening soon.
And that is my week. Sorry if I got a bit down there in the middle but it was a good week of new books and I have a shiny new bookshelf to build. This post was finished while I’m half asleep Sunday morning (my bookshelf got delivered early so I needed to get up and wait for it) as soon as it’s a sensible hour in the morning I’ll start building that (check out my neighbourly consideration). How has your week been? Any new books I should be checking out and what are you doing to help stay positive at the moment?
This is another tag from Wordy and Whimsical which I was tagged in. It’s actually one which was created by Vera and Sabrina over there and that is amazing. The level of thought that must have gone into creating this tag is epic and oh my god did it take up a whole heap of time for me to answer all the questions and then create the graphics. Honestly, follow their advice on this one and just use Unsplash to get images instead, These graphics were fun to make but I lost my whole morning to it. Anyway, this was a great tag to do and flowers are always spring-appropriate.
Roses are traditionally given as an expression of love: what’s your favourite romance in a book?
I read a lot of romance. I mean, a lot, so picking just one romance? That's asking a lot. I adore the romance in Act Like It by Lucy Parker, one of my go-to comfort reads is Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie though. Maybe they count as my favourite romances? Honestly, both are so good but also very different. Check them out.
Stargazer Lilies are named for their blooms that face toward the sky: who is your favourite ambitious character?
I've never really thought about characters being ambitious, this is a tough one. I feel like I should have loads, after all, you have plenty of ambitious characters in romance. It's normally one of the things which stops characters getting together. You know what, I think my favourite ambitious character (who I can think of right at this moment) was Flick from The Love Coupon by Ainslie Paton. I remember one of the things I liked best about this romance was that although their romance was taking place because Flick needed a place to stay until she moved for her new job, not once did she think about sacrificing her career for the romance developing. I would have hated if she gave up her dream job but she never did. She was willing to do a lot for love but she won't do that. Instead, it was Tom who had to give things up and change plans for her and I adored that. Gotta love a woman smashing her career but still getting the man in the end.
Peace Lilies are known for being one of the easier houseplants to care for: what is a book you think anyone could love?
Wow, anyone? That's asking a lot of a book. I mean, we all have different tastes here and it would have to spread across genres! I'm going to have to go the graphic novel route here. I mean, they bring people together! Also, who doesn't like being able to look at pictures when they're reading? Don't lie, we all miss books with pictures. I am going to have to say the Fables series. I loved that (and still need to finish it). I mean, fairytale characters in a modern-day New York living under the radar? And there's romance, mystery, some humour. I mean, it's got it all.
Chrysanthemums are given on Mother’s Day in Australia: who is your favourite fictional mother?
How is it a know I love strong family relationships in books yet I cannot think of a single parent or family member in a book now I'm being posed with this question? I genuinely had to search mom on my blog and try and find books where I even mentioned a parent. Why is my memory so bad? In the end, I had to say The bride Test. I mean, Khai's mom cares so much she goes to Vietnam to find her son a wife. It's heavy-handed and not necessarily the action you'd want your own mom to take, but it worked. I mean, honestly, my only other choice for a fictional parent was Molly Weasley because that woman had enough love for all of her children and still had room in her heart to bring Harry into the family too.
Spider Plants are easy to propagate: what is a hyped-up book that you love?
There are so many hyped books I could take about. I could say Harry Potter because that series is so overhyped that I should really hate it. Or what about The Hunger Games? I think I might say that, I jumped right on the bandwagon with that one and read it when the films were getting ready to be released and you know what? I still like the books now. I'm really glad I read them and I kind of miss reading YA like that, maybe I need to see if there's some more recent YA that's come out with those vibes.
Lily of the Valley is pretty but poisonous: share a book with a beautiful cover that was actually disappointing!
The number of books I've bought for a pretty cover which were utterly disappointing. You would think I would learn not to judge a book by its cover but I honestly don't learn. I think Starry Night was a big disappointment. I bought a hardcover of this book (it was a good deal, I didn't spend loads on it) but the pretty cover did not match the story inside. That book wasn't to my tastes at all and I should have known better. I should have read some reviews before buying, but I never learn it seems.
Orchids are one of the oldest flower types known to man: what’s your favourite classic novel?
Pride and prejudice. I know to say a Jane Austen book probably makes me boring and predictable but I don't even care. I have such a soft spot for that book and the BBC series. My nan bought me that book all the way back when I was in high school. I think I mentioned wanting to read it since it was in a book I was reading at the time and she went and bought me a copy and borrowed the BBC series from the library for us to watch together. I think it was a school holiday and I was spending the day at her house and we just curled up and binge-watched before binge-watching was even a thing. It was such a nice chilled day spent with my nan. It's those little things I missed most after she'd had her stroke. It kind of overshadowed all the good times we had together. But now every time I think of Pride and Prejudice it makes me think of her.
Peonies require lots of care: share a bookish friendship that was caring and supportive!
Just one bookish friendship? I'm going to say the friendship in Mhairi McFarlane's Who's That Girl because I distinctly remember saying how lovely it was that these friends could not see each other but as soon as they're together they pick up right where they left off. I went back to my review and there was a quote which totally summed it up for me:
‘Some friendships, they’re like favourite mix tapes. You hit pause but when you un-pause and play it again, you pick up right where you left it. You know all the right words and what comes next.’
Those are the kind of friendships I love as it's the most like what I'm used to seeing in my life, there are some friends I won't see for ages but when we're in the same room together you wouldn't know it. Edie's friendship with Nick and Hannah was great like that.
Hyacinths have a sweet, lingering fragrance: what’s the sweetest novel you’ve ever read?
Sweet? Come on, I read romance I'm always reading sweet books. I am going to mention one I've not long read, it's only a novella, but it was utterly charming. His Bride for the Taking by Tessa Dare, the romance between Mary and Sebastian in that short novella was just so sweet. I got swept up for a little while in their ups and downs and it was just so cute. I forgot about my coffee I was so absorbed in their cute romance! I had to microwave it when I finished. I never forget about my coffee.
Tulips are bright, popular, and showy: who’s your favourite larger than life character?
This one was tough. I have terrible book amnesia, I just seem to move right onto the next book and it seems to wipe my brain of details of books. I stared at my shelf long and hard and I think I'll have to choose Julia from You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner. She wasn't the easiest character to like, she was prickly as hell and pushed people away, but she also knew herself and her mind. She was deaf and she was part of the Deaf community as both her parents were deaf too. She fought to make people understand that her inability to hear wasn't a disability but part of who she was. She didn't write English as well as some might because, to her, it's a second language, her first one being ASL. Even though I haven't read this book in forever I still remember Julia well, and I remember her awesome yellow Doc Martens which I now really want to own again.
Certain type of Water Lilies are difficult to eradicate: What is a novel that has stood the test of time, and remained your favourite through the years?
This one I have to say Harry Potter for. I started reading that series when I was 8 and I love it nearly 22 years later. I can't help but say I love this series. Yes, I know there is plenty wrong with the Harry Potter fandom, JK Rowling be out there doing all she can to ruin the magic but those books still bring me joy to return to even after rereading so many times I've lost count.
Lavender has many uses, from landscaping and food to cosmetics and essential oils: name a book you love that fits in more than one genre!
I could choose so many different romance books for this one. But I want to choose something to surprise you Or maybe not surprise you, but something a little different so I'm going to say Omens by Kelley Armstrong. That whole Cainsville series was brilliant, it was a blend of mystery and paranormal. It was like nothing I'd read before and honestly, I think there are few series like it. Kelley Armstrong writes such original books and that's why I will always return to read whatever she writes, I might take my time about it but I will always keep track of her new releases as I know I'll always find myself reading something original.
And I am done! That was so much fun to do, what do you think of my choices? Tell me the answers you’d give or better yet do the tag and let me know!
How is it last week I was the queen of motivation and finished 4 posts and had another 2 ready to be completed in my drafts and then this week the effort of dragging myself to my computer screen felt like too much all week?
Actually, I know why I’ve not been motivated to blog and that’s because I’ve been in a bad mood and bad moods bleed into my whole life lately because I’m not seeing people often enough to help kick me out of it. Does anyone else have that? The more I’m forced to interact with people the more my mood will improve because I hate being that person bringing everyone else down and I really hate taking my bad mood out on other people. Unfortunately, when you’re stuck in lockdown only seeing people during video chats you don't really get the push to get out of the funk that you need.
Don’t worry, no more work drama this week bringing me down. This time it was house drama. I’d not properly met either of my neighbours before this week. I know I should probably knock on their door or something but honestly, I’m not that person, the thought of knocking on a stranger’s door makes me feel a little ill with nerves. I normally only will if they have a parcel of mine and even then I’ll wait a day to see if they come to me first. Anyway, I’d not met either neighbour before this week and then Monday happened. No one was at work, it was a bank holiday in the UK so we were all stuck at home going extra stir crazy. I was getting comfy to sit and watch Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I’m fifteen minutes in and then my neighbour starts blasting music, heavy on the bass. I turn the volume up on my TV but to no avail. It’s too loud and I can't concentrate. Annoying, but I take the time to play my own music and clean the bathroom and the kitchen. It’s a weekend, let my neighbour unwind. But then she does the same thing Tuesday at 11am. I’m sat working at my desk in my spare room/office and her music is blasting in her living room and I can hear (and feel) that bass a whole floor away. I had to go knock on her door and ask her to turn it down. She turned it off (totally not what I asked) but I could tell she wasn’t impressed by my request. Honestly, I’ve been obsessing over this drama ever since. I feel like I’m in the wrong even though I know I’m in the right, neighbourly consideration is necessary. After all, I could hear her music on the street as I walked round, that was obviously too loud. But I still find myself feeling like I shouldn't. I don't know if it was her response. Or the fact that once I was back in the house I could hear her kids shouting hello. Who knows?
I’m pretty sure that neighbourly interaction set the tone for my week. I’ve been walking around my house paranoid my music is too loud. I’ve been able to hear the voices of the woman next door and her kids for a while (I know her son's name as she shouts it that often) but that’s bearable but loud music? No. I’ve been turning the volume down on my TV, my radio. Everything. Hell, I had a phone conversation the other day and then realised that maybe they could hear that. It’s very uncomfortable but I’ve not had too much noise since (not anything that I wasn’t hearing before anyway, seriously, her son does not listen to her at all by the sounds of things). And I’ve already got plans to get some bookshelves in my living room behind my sofa as I’ve heard having something large like that can muffle sound slightly and I always need more room for books, right? I also invested in some noise-cancelling headphones so at least I can blast the music while I'm working. They'll just have to suffer through my singing instead. I won't feel as bad about that, though. I just have to be careful I don't miss any parcels because I can't hear the front door.
My mom took my neighbour rage as a sign I needed to get out of the house more often. I have been known to get a little obsessive about things and as I live alone I am much more aware of noises around me. I’ve really noticed it when it comes to cars coming along my road. Since we’re all in lockdown every time I hear a car or person passing the house it sets me on edge and I know it’ll be people doing normal trips out of the house but it’s amazing how quickly my brain has adjusted to ‘you must stay home’. Don’t worry, I’m not one of the crazies attacking folks leaving the house (honestly, I’ve read horror stories of people leaving notes and starting on people saying they’re not wearing a uniform so it’s not essential travel and honestly, it makes me despair at people). I’m struggling though, I’ve really only ever gone for a walk with other people or when I’m walking my dog. Anyone got tips for going for walks by yourself? I'm not great at walking without a destination in mind. I did think maybe an audiobook or podcast and then going on a walk?
Enough about negative things. Let’s talk about one really good thing I’ve been doing this week. I’ve been needing a new show to watch after the terrible season finale of The Good Doctor (I am giving that show a wide berth and may not carry on watching after it, especially as I’ve seen some of the abuse one of the actors has had after being on that show). I was in need of a new show, though, and I wanted one which was short but still would give me the feels. So I decided to start watching Crash Landing on You on Netflix. I have no regrets. I’ve got two episodes left to finish at the time of writing this so that is my Saturday night but it’s so good. I am head over heels in love with Hyun Bin after watching and I have totally been googling all of the outfits the MC Yoon Se Ri wears in the show because I need them. There were so many cosy looking cardigans, I’m a sucker for an oversized cardigan, who cares if we’re approaching summer? If you’ve not watched it already I definitely recommend Crash Landing On You. I’m stuck trying to find more good k-dramas to watch now, though. Give me all your drama recs.
What I’ve Been Reading
Sorry, it’s been a slow reading week this week. Two of them are short novellas, and that’s partially because I wrote a list of some of the shortest reads on my Kindle so I could try and clear my digital shelf a little bit by reading these shorter reads. Thankfully, both of the novellas I’ve enjoyed. The full-length book? Not so much. To Have and To Hoax had one of my biggest romance pet peeves, miscommunication, featured within it. I knew there would be some miscommunication. I mean, it’s literally in the title. But I guess I thought it would be a touch more playful than it ended up being (for me, anyway). I ended up DNF-ing because it was just too frustrating for me, but I am getting ready to write a whole post inspired by it so that's a good thing.
New To Me
Yeah, still not doing great at buying fewer books. We all cope in different ways during this pandemic. I shop, now just to get reading these. I got Wild Invitation at Veronika’s instruction as she said that one of the novellas would come up later in the series so I wouldn’t have purchased otherwise but it wasn’t that expensive. I was an investment in good reading.
What have you been doing this week? Anyone else had to contend with noisy neighbours before? And please, tell me what you do if you take walks alone because I think I need the regular trips out of the house. And don't forget the k-drama recs! Have I asked for enough stuff at the end of this post or what?
I am indeed talking about my challenges and goals for 2020 in April.
What? Is that too late?
Come on guys, 2020 has been rough and if the start of the year is anything to go by (and certainly the past couple of weeks) then the rest of the year is going to go slow so I’ll have plenty of time to catch up on these things.
Now I am slowly getting out of my book/blog/life funk I felt like it was the perfect time to set some goals. I rarely set New Year's resolutions and I don’t like setting goals for the sake of setting goals. But I do like to set some targets to help keep me motivated. I know that sounds like the same thing but what I mean is I like to set little goals and small things I can keep track of. I think it’s why I like having a habit tracker in my bullet journals and why I find to-do lists so satisfying for my day. There’s nothing better than marking when you’ve done something and feeling like you then deserve to do the fun stuff after.
So, since I want to set little goals I have some very simple things I want to do throughout the year:
Stop spending so much money on books and read what I already have (or don’t and mark it as DNF)
I need to stop spending so much damn money. I have so many unread books (so many, it scared me how many books I realised I hadn’t read when I began trying to organise my shelves following my move. It scared me, even more, when I looked at all of the books I’d got in the first three months of this year. I don’t even realise how many it is until I see them all laid out in front of me. It made me realise that I need to start employing a little self-control, which would have been far easier if lockdown hadn’t have happened and now all I have is time for browsing and online shopping. Nightmare, time to really test my self-control.
I’m not going to set myself a book buying ban just yet, though. We all know they don’t work and I don’t stick to them. I was actually going to do this where I have a monthly budget of like £15, maybe even just £10 and I can’t spend more than that. I was going to do it twofold, though. I have the budget (so must create a spending spreadsheet or create a page in my bullet journal) but I was also going to physically place that money in a jar from my purse. Unfortunately, because of this whole crisis, I’m not carrying around cash like I usually do so that second part of my plan is a little more difficult. I wanted to do that because I am a visual person. yes, keeping track on a spreadsheet is great but when I can see that cash building up each month in a jar? I’m gonna think twice before spending it. It was also going to be a great way to save a few coins to pay into my bank account in time for Christmas. I might still do something like that, maybe when this is all over I can draw out the cash I’ve spent and pop it in a jar later?
Start using the resources I have available to me
This is a simple goal. I pay for Kindle Unlimited each month and have access to a decent library. I want to start using them both and help use this to stop me buying so much. Yes, Kindle Unlimited does not always have the books I want but it has loads of books and I know there are good ones on there so I need to start using it more or just cancel it already. I also need to use my library way more. I have started taking advantage of the fact is finally got Overdrive so that’s been great, but I need to go in and renew my library card. It expired a year ago now and I’ve made excuses not to renew it so I can still borrow eBooks but I can’t borrow any physical books at the moment or make reservations online. It’s an issue. That’s my goal for when this is all over now, though.
Clear my Netgalley shelf
A little while ago I wrote down all the unread arcs I have on Netgalley in my bullet journal. There are a lot and some of them I’ve bought since getting an ARC. It’s about time I try and get through them all. I may not read them all, I’m sure some will be DNFed as a few are rather old and my tastes have changed since I originally requested them, but I think it’s time to get my shit together on the ARC front. I am trying to request less but it’s hard to see what you’ve got to read when you have so many old ones left on your Netgalley shelf. I’m not saying have no books at all on there, but I want to clear out the ones which are over 3 months old. It’s time to get serious about them and stop ignoring them (I ignore a lot of things).
Start planning my blog better
Look, I’m never going to be one who has posts sorted three months in advance (if any of you do do that I am impressed, well done you) but I need to stop writing a post the day before it’s due to go up. I think that’s half the reason I ended up stopping for so long, it’s way too stressful trying to stay on top of everything. I am not having a set day I have to post on but I am going to try and plan in advance what’s going up next week. Sometimes I might have 4 posts ready and some weeks might be a 2 post week but no more staying up late to get that post sorted. Fingers crossed this one lasts because it would save me so much blog stress.
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And those are my goals for 2020. I might be being a little ambitious with clearing my Netgalley shelf but honestly, shouldn’t you always have one or two goals which push you a little bit further and try a little harder? Goals shouldn’t all come easy. I’m hoping these goals will help me be a bit more sensible with my money and book buying. I’m not bad with money, I’m actually pretty good, I managed to buy a house after all. But I am definitely guilty of impulse purchasing that bit too often. Now is the time to face the consequences and start clearing my shelves. I can then make 2021 my bitch because this year is already a write-off. Coronavirus made sure of that.
What goals did you set for yourself this year? And am I alone in thinking that you can set goals any time, why should the new year be so special?
Guys… why am I the worst about blogging? And more importantly, why am I a bad blogger who forgets to write notes and a review of a book even when she’s not blogging? I have not been reading a lot lately. I’m slowly getting there (inspired by Nick’s reading of the Psy/Changling series I’ve got back into reading by reading it too. Nowhere near as quickly as she is, though. What can I say? I just do Nick tells me to.
- I actually read a few books this year I want to chat about and it’ll be quicker doing it this way.
- I didn’t write notes for most of the books I want to review so it’ll be easier to have short reviews of the highlights than long reviews because I’ve forgotten all the details (this is where I need to apologise for being vague but I forgot stuff, ok).
I want to put my disclaimer at the top for all of these books as well. I received a review copy for each of them free from the publisher/author etc but this in no way affected my opinion of the book or the content of my review. You can tell this because I went and bought them all as well.
If I Never Met You – Mhairi McFarlane
Published: 1st January 2020
Source: Netgalley & Purchased
Genre: Contemporary romance
My Rating:
If faking love is this easy... how do you know when it’s real?
When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling—not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Then a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility.
Jamie Carter doesn’t believe in love, but he needs a respectable, steady girlfriend to impress their bosses. Laurie wants a hot new man to give the rumor mill something else to talk about. It’s the perfect proposition: a fauxmance played out on social media, with strategically staged photographs and a specific end date in mind. With the plan hatched, Laurie and Jamie begin to flaunt their new couple status, to the astonishment—and jealousy—of their friends and colleagues. But there’s a fine line between pretending to be in love and actually falling for your charming, handsome fake boyfriend...
I’ve got a soft spot for any and all Mhairi McFarlane books so I was always going to enjoy this one. She just writes books that leave me happy. Also, I don’t read enough books set in the UK and I just love seeing a world which is familiar to me. I know some US readers probably are thrown by the Britishisms but I love it. It’s nice to see familiar things (which is why we need more diversity in books so everyone can have this moment of seeing the familiar when they read).
Our main character, Laurie, works at a law firm with her long time partner (whose name I can’t remember… Dan?) and she kind of feels like she has it all. She’s got the house she wanted with the man she thinks she’ll spend the rest of her life with. She has good friends and she works a job she (mostly) enjoys. She feels a little smug about how perfect her life is and she’s getting ready to take the next step with this guy and they are going to try to have a baby together… or she thought they were. Then he breaks up with her in such a dickish way. He says he hasn’t cheated which is some kind of bullshit because emotional cheating is real. And well, I’ve given the first few chapters of the book away but that’s just the start of it. She could have coped with the break up if it wasn’t the fact the dickhead ex works at her company and has moved on all kinds of fast with his new woman and that leaves her as the sad ex who can’t be angry with him because that means she’s jealous. But she is all kinds of mad and unhappy about being the centre of office gossip. So what does she do? Has a fake relationship with Jamie Carter, another guy she works with. For him, it means he looks more settled like he can have a stable relationship and gives him a step up in his career (or he hopes it will) and for Laurie? Well, it seems like she doesn’t get much out of it other than avoiding being the sad ex in the gossip and instead is banging the hot guy all the women want and the guys hate for various reasons. They stage social media posts and have various staged dates and it works. Her ex is jealous and it stops folks bothering her. It’s all good until feelings starting getting in the way. And boy do they start getting in the way! The book has the obvious romantic twists and turns, we all know fake relationships always go wrong, so in a lot of ways, this is predictable. But you will honestly love it. Even when you aren’t surprised about the next ‘plot twist’ you won’t even care because you get invested real fast.
I’m probably not selling this book in the best way, but honestly, I loved it. It was one of the few books I couldn’t put down during The Slump (which is capitalised for how awful it was). McFarlane always packs a whole heap into her books. There’s always a brilliant group of friends you want to be friends with too so you can have a cheeky trip to the pub together. There is an awesome romance with characters who are flawed but you like anyway. And there is always a family presence (be it good or bad) which adds another level of emotional drama. It has it all with a fake relationship (my favourite trope of all time). So yeah, this book ticked all the boxes for me.
It’s well worth a read (in my very biased opinion). Mhairi McFarlane is one of my favourite authors I simply don’t talk about enough.
Headliners (London Celebrities #5) – Lucy Parker
Published: 20th January 2020
Source: Netgalley & Purchased
Genre: Contemporary romance
My Rating:
Sparks fly when two feuding TV presenters are thrown together to host a live morning show in Lucy Parker’s latest enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance.
He might be the sexiest man in London, according to his fan site (which he definitely writes himself), but he’s also the most arrogant man she’s ever met.
She might have the longest legs he’s ever seen, but she also has the sharpest tongue.
For years, rival TV presenters Sabrina Carlton and Nick Davenport have traded barbs on their respective shows. The public can’t get enough of their feud, but after Nick airs Sabrina’s family scandals to all of Britain, the gloves are off. They can barely be in the same room together—but these longtime enemies are about to become the unlikeliest of cohosts.
With their reputations on the rocks, Sabrina and Nick have one last chance to save their careers. If they can resurrect a sinking morning show, they’ll still have a future in television. But with ratings at an all-time low and a Christmas Eve deadline to win back the nation’s favor, the clock is ticking—and someone on their staff doesn’t want them to succeed.
Small mishaps on set start adding up, and Sabrina and Nick find themselves—quelle horreur—working together to hunt down the saboteur…and discovering they might have more in common than they thought. When a fiery encounter is caught on camera, the public is convinced that the reluctant cohosts are secretly lusting after one another.
The public might not be wrong.
Their chemistry has always been explosive, but with hate turning to love, the stakes are rising and everything is on the line. Neither is sure if they can trust these new feelings…or if they’ll still have a job in the New Year.
Honestly, I should have reviewed this book when I read it but I just… I wasn’t blog motivated. That’s my bad because now all the brilliance of this book isn’t fresh in my mind. It’s fine, I know I’ll reread this book so many times but I’m still sad I can’t remember is better to convince you guys to read it too (which, if you haven’t, why not?).
Lucy Parker is an absolute fave of mine. She can do no wrong, she just writes the best books. That being said, I always hold my breath a little when I start a new book from any author I love because it’s like ‘is this gonna be the book which lets me down’ and every time I feel like slapping myself. Of course, it’s not! And this book did not let me down.
Sabrina and Nick were introduced in the last book and those pair had some history going on. I mean, Nick was a no-good dirty dog airing Sabrina’s family’s dirty laundry on his show for ratings and to give him a boost for a job he was competing against Sabrina for. He had a lot of work to do to redeem himself in my eyes, and Sabrina’s. Luckily for him, from the very start, you just know he had deep regrets about the events of the last book. It was a mistake, someone was going to do it but he shouldn’t have aired the story for a step up. He knew he had done wrong and his guilt about that was obvious. It didn’t redeem him but it meant I was willing to let him work for my forgiveness.
And Sabrina? She’s overcoming heartbreak, family drama, and now she’s fighting for her job. She’s in luck, though, because Nick opens his big mouth at the wrong time and gets in the bosses bad books so they end up having to work together on a morning breakfast show competing to stay on their network and stay employed.
At first, they hate one another and I loved that snarky banter. Hate was probably a strong word, I don’t think Nick ever hated Sabrina, but she’s certainly had a little bit of a grudge. We all know where snarky banter and hate goes in a good romance book, don’t we? These two had sparks flying all over the place and I was so ready for them to get together they were just the best. If I had been in this world I would have been all over social media shipping them hard.
And this book was funny! I was smiling so much when reading and that is definitely the kind of book we all need in our lives right now, isn’t it?
Anyway, Lucy Parker does no wrong and you deserve this book in your life. I need to get around to buying a paperback copy of it because I have the rest of them and there’s nothing more satisfying than a complete series now is there?
The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club #1) – Lyssa Kay Adams
Published: 5th November 2019
Source: Netgalley & Purchased
Genre: Contemporary romance
My Rating:
The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club.
Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he’s let his pride and fear get the better of him.
Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.
Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.
This is a book I intended to review months ago but then I just didn’t. And I loved it! Thankfully, I had the important notes written up for this one. Not that I needed too many because this book was good enough that my book amnesia didn’t strike and I still remember the good stuff (which means this was definitely a good book).
As soon as I began this book I knew I was onto a winner. The hype was not wrong. The characters. The story. The writing style. Everything worked for me with this one. I know that's boring to hear but it's the truth. This book didn't take a single misstep for me. I worried that the analysing of the romance novel structure to navigate the romance of this book would grate and make this even more predictable than the typical romance or take me out of the book too much but in never did.
This both has an excellent romance and celebrates the love of Gavin and Thea and why they should most definitely not give up on their marriage. But it also celebrates the brilliance that is the romance genre and the joy it brings to many a woman but also the fact they are strong feminist reads that are harshly judged simply because a large part of the female population enjoys them and if it's popular and consumed by women it must be bad (that is a whole other rant to have and one which other people have done far better than I ever could).
I was falling in love with Gavin from the first time he was stuttering and heartbroken over his wife asking for a divorce (yep, you read that right, divorce is on the table with this one so it’s a high stakes romance). He was far too easy to love. He was a husband head over heels for his wife. He was an excellent father who so obviously loved his daughters. And he was a man terrified of failing at his marriage and being unloved and losing the person he adored and would do anything for. I couldn't not like him. Thea was a harder sell. I understood her many hang-ups and why she was so adamant that she wanted a divorce after Gavin's numerous failures to be a good husband but her stubbornness and unwillingness to forgive made it slower for me to love her. She was hard and put up a wall and as you learn her backstory you realise where she’s coming from. Does it justify her being so harsh on Gavin? Maybe not, but you come to see until she tackles some of her past no matter what Gavin does she would never forgive him and take him back. I was dying for her to give him a second chance and it was so much fun to see her slowly breaking her walls down for Gavin and realising that she could move forward as a person and still keep her loving husband. The two things were not mutually exclusive. It took her a while to reach that realisation. They could both support each other on their career paths and her life didn't need to be left on hold any longer.
The secondary characters in this book were spectacular as well. I hated Mack right along with Gavin initially but as the book progressed I loved his sassy comments and just his whole character. He added lighter moments when things were getting a bit tense and this book wouldn't have been the same without him. and Gavin and Thea's daughters Ava and Amelia! I normally am very wary of kids in romance as they never feel real. Nothing felt more real than those pair throwing up after overeating at Thanksgiving.
I loved reading the dissection of romance novels by these menly men. Sports players are like the epitome of alpha male so seeing them breaking the stereotype with their book club was great and talking about romance novels so seriously just had me smiling. I had so many scenes highlighted from when the book club was meeting up because these guys together were the best.
I cannot say enough good things. I pre-ordered my ebook copy and I need to get me a paperback copy for my shelf too. This way I can force all of my friends to read this book too. It’s one which deserves to be shared. Now I just need to get around to reading the second book because it’s been waiting on my Kindle forever.
Final thoughts: where can I find me a man to read romance novels with in bed? Folks who read romance together stay together.
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And those are my vague reviews. How many reviews do you prefer to see in these group book reviews by the way? I hate to do too few but I don’t want to overload you either? I am not very good about finding a happy medium with posts.
Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them if you have and if not why the hell not? What books have you forgotten to review lately?
Happy Easter!
Is that a thing people say to each other? Well if it isn’t it is now because I say so. We are celebrating this bitch. I have chocolate. And that’s about it. What else are you meant to have to celebrate Easter? A rabbit maybe? Some chickens? I have no idea. But anyway, I hope you’re spending this time doing nice things, we may not be able to spend it with our families or going anywhere nice (which is sad because the weather has been beautiful here the past couple of days) but we can do it nice things all the same. I mean, I’ve spent my 4 day weekend breaking up cardboard boxes, sorting my recycling and watching the cats that like to lounge in my back garden. Who says I don’t know how to have a good time?
Anyway, it’s been a bit of a trying week this week. Despite being psyched to get back to blogging (it’s been awesome) I have to say the real world was out to kick my ass and try and bring me down. It’s been tough. And considering I was only working three days this week you’d think I’d be a little bit more upbeat but honest to God those three days had a lot going on!
Since we haven’t spoken I won’t recap everything. You don’t have the time to sit down for that long and read my life recap. I mean, actually, it wouldn’t even take that long because it’s not like I’ve done a lot the past few weeks. But let’s recap the tryingness of my week. I had Monday booked off from work this week. I booked it ages ago because I was meant to be going to an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London last Saturday. For obvious reasons that didn’t happen and I was so upset about it. And then I was more upset because my company has stopped any annual leave cancellation for the foreseeable and so even though I wasn’t going anywhere I still had to take my day off on Monday which sucked. After all, I get bored enough at weekends being stuck at home by myself, three days was a bit much. That isn’t why this week was trying, though, oh no. Work managed to intrude into my day off even when I wasn't allowed to log onto the system. Lunchtime I’m merrily trying to draft posts for the blog and then I find myself getting a phone call from one of my colleagues at work. I figure she’s bored and wants a catch-up, I did tell people to talk to me so I don’t get lonely. Oh no, she’s panicking about a conference call she’s booked in for with our boss and HR. She was right to worry, she got furloughed. I ended up spending about 3 hours on a group call with my team with all of us complaining about them furloughing her and how she can try and cut costs. It was three women who work in finance trying to figure out ways to save money when you’re already struggling to make ends meet. It was not a fun call but we still managed to make each other laugh. So yeah, my working week was starting on a low even before it actually started (by the way, if you aren’t in the UK and don’t know all the ins and outs of what the government is doing, the furlough scheme here means companies can claim 80% of an employees wages from the government if they place them on furlough and they don’t work. It’s shit because 80% can be below minimum wage but it’s allowed).
My week did improve, though. I mean, I saw my dog (at a safe 2-metre distance from people) which was really the highlight of my week. my mom’s been sending daily dog (and cat) videos and pictures to our family group chat to keep me and my brother happy but seeing my dog in person? It’s enough to make you want to cry, I’ve missed his little face. I already know the first place I’m going when this lockdown ends and it won’t be the pub (that’ll probably be the second place I go, we all miss the pub especially since we’ve had beer garden weather and haven’t been able to take advantage).
Then the week took a sharp downward turn on Thursday when a company-wide email went out. Not only are we doing more week as they furlough staff (for very understandable reasons, I get we want to save jobs during this time) but they also want to give a three-month pay cut to all staff who are still working to help recoup some of the losses we’re having lately. I just… they want me to do more work for less money and there’s no guarantee after the 3 months they won’t extend this reduction in pay. I just, I felt sick all of Thursday. I was going to get so much done on Thursday, I was feeling so productive… and after that email, I spent most of my day on the phone with everyone I could think of trying to figure out if we had to agree to the pay cut and trying to find out what people can do to help cover their costs. I mean, I’m ok, I' save money every month and don’t often have to dip into it but I know plenty of folks who are going to struggle. It was just a truly awful day all around and really put me on a low for the start of the bank holiday weekend.
But if you think having a payout will stop me and my online shopping you would be hella wrong. I’m finishing this post on Saturday and let me tell you we have had some absolutely stunning weather for the start of this weekend. Friday was beautiful, when I was in my back garden it genuinely felt like summer. The same was true for today. I mean, the rest of the weekend isn’t looking so hot but that’s fine. I actually ended up buying myself some garden furniture online this weekend. It looks so pretty, though, and I’ve been saying I want somewhere to sit in the garden so at least I can get outside a little bit. Hopefully, the weather will pick up again next week when it’s delivered. I need something to get me outside… I just need to sort out the absolute state that is my back garden. I have a little patio area, a tiny patch of grass, and then loads of gravel. I need to get rid of the gravel and hopefully try and grow a lawn again, but that may involve me getting someone in for the garden, there is only so much one woman who has never gardened in her life can do.
Well, that’s been my week. I’m actually surprised at how many words I’ve got on the page telling you about it. Let’s move on to books.
What I’ve Been Reading
I know I said I wouldn’t recap the whole year to you guys when it came to life goings-on but I’ve not exactly been reading that much this year so I have recapped my whole years worth of reading for you guys. Yes, that is all I’ve read in 3 and a bit months. I am very sad about it. This has been the year of the slump. But I rated most of the books pretty high and even my lower ratings were 3 stars.
My favourites of these books though? Love Lettering, Headliners, Caressed by Ice and Birthday Girl. I mean, I enjoyed all of them, but those were the ultimate of ultimate, you know? I wasn’t going to count as Birthday Girl as one of my favourites as it’s not as highly rated as some of my other reads… but I read that book in a day yesterday, that is the sign of a good book. Definitely glad I borrowed that on Kindle Unlimited now.
New To Me
I suppose I did my reads for the year, I kind of had to do the same for my book purchases. I would like to begin this by saying, I know, I have a problem. The fact they were cheap deals, preorders and some freebies does no justify the sheet number of books here. Even the fact that I’ve read some of them before and just wanted to own a copy and support the author doesn’t count as an excuse does it? God, these are the things I need as a reminder to read more. I’ll be talking about my quest to buy less and read more in another post (if I can finish it anyway) but here are the new to me reads (not that new when some are 3 months old). I genuinely thought I hadn’t bought that much during my book slump. And I’m pretty sure I’m missing a couple of books in all of this. I’m pretty certain some of my preorders are missing because I preordered them so long ago. Honestly, never has a blog post highlighted that I’ve got a problem as much as this has. Oh well, we all cope with high-stress situations in different ways. Sadly, I buy things, my bank account hates me. I think some of the purchases were meant to help make me want to read and that obviously didn’t happen.
I’ve also been taking advantage of my libraries ebook services during this time and I’m hoping to read these couple of books. Hopefully, I will as Crimson Bound has been on my shopping list for a while.
Finally, I have a few arcs as well. A couple of others I removed out as I ended up buying them as well so no point showing them twice. I am half behind as two of these are already released but the other two I have until June so you know. I’ve got time to catch up.
And that is my week. What have you been doing this week? Have you got a happy story for the week? Or do you have a book in my many new ones you think I need to read ASAP?
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