It's Monday! What Are You Reading #681, June 24th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #680
Teaser Tuesday #688
WWW Wednesday #688
WOW #684
Will the Time Come #681
Third Sentence Thursday #671
Random Reads #657
First Lines Friday #684
Book Blogger Hop #350

Monthly ARC's Update 78
The Reward Challenge Update #666
Wheel of TBR #213
How Well I Stuck to It #518
Wrote that Review Update #515

Week 25 Reviews:
Promises Stronger Than Darkness

In the Lap of the Goddess

The Lady of Rapture

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

The Only Light Left Burning

Winter Lost

When We Were Magic

Spell Bound

For Real

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me

Passions in Death

Castle of the Cursed 

Loveless

The Severed Thread

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 33

Clear Your S**t:

Update 7

Camp SeasonAthon:

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7

OK, so I got 34 posts in 7 days, and it was pretty good, Jax is on meds and is doing better, and I had him overnight for the first time in 3 weeks, so that was good. Plus there were some really great books, and I can't wait for this coming week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 25 Review: Loveless

From Goodreads:

It was all sinking in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. What did that mean?

Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one day.

As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia's ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her 'teenage dream' is in sight.

But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever.

Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?

This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn't limited to romance.

My Review:


Author: Alice Oseman
Series: Osemanverse #11
Read: June 21st, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: I love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Published: July 9th 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

First Lines Friday #684, June 21st

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"There were literally three separate couples sitting around the fire making out, like some sort of organised kissing orgy, and half of me was like, ew, and the other half was like, Wow, I sure do wish that was me.
 To be fair, it's probably what I should have expected from our prom afterparty. I don't go to parties very often. I hadn't been aware this actually was the culture."-Loveless by Alice Oseman

Yeah, never been to a teen party, myself, so I can understand this opening! Must read more now! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #680, June 17th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #679
Teaser Tuesday #687
WWW Wednesday #687
WOW #683
Will the Time Come #680
Third Sentence Thursday #670
Random Reads #656
First Lines Friday #683
Book Blogger Hop #349

24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 4

22 Books to Read in 2022 Update 18

Monthly ARC's Update 77
The Reward Challenge Update #665
Wheel of TBR #212
How Well I Stuck to It #517
Wrote that Review Update #514

Week 24 Reviews:
Other Words for Smoke

The Demon King

Romancing Mister Bridgerton

Romancing Mister Bridgerton: The 2nd Epilogue

To Sir Phillip, With Love

To Sir Phillip, With Love: The 2nd Epilogue

When He Was Wicked

When He Was Wicked: The 2nd Epilogue

It's In His Kiss

It's In His Kiss: The 2nd Epilogue

On the Way to the Wedding

On the Way to the Wedding: The 2nd Epilogue

Violet in Bloom

Queen Charlotte

The Spellshop

Down to the Liar

Burden of Proof

Trust Me, I'm Trouble

The Brightness Between Us

Waiting for the Flood

Chasing the Light

Meeting Lister

I Was Born for This

I Was Born to Bake

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 32

Clear Your S**t:

Update 5

Update 6

Camp SeasonAthon:

Update 3

Random:

Courtney Gould Author Page

Lexi Ryan Author Page

OK, so I got 30 posts in 7 days, and the reading was good, the personal life, not so much. Jax, who is 11 years old, has had one thing or another for the past month. It started with a problem with his anal glands, and he was taken to the vet and got care. A few days after the antibiotics were finished, he started pooping blood, which had me scared because it reminded me of Dobby, and the infection in his bladder that caused him to pee blood, and is why he was put down, since he wasn't getting better, and it had been months and he was suffering, but it still hurt. It took a bit, including 2 vet visits because it didn't clear right away. He was getting better, he had more energy. But he's been coughing, and he's fainted twice now, which is scary. The vet has been monitoring him for a heart murmur, which the internet is saying could cause his symptomes. So he's going to the vet for the 4th time in a month's period, to see what treatment he can have. So I've been worrying over him and trying to spend as much time as possible with him. I'm really hoping that the vet can help him, and that it's all the stress of all that he's been going through, and he'll get better, but I don't know yet. But if we lose him now, it's been less than a year since we lost Dobby, which I'm still dealing with. So that's been my week. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Winter Lost!

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this exhilarating entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

In the supernatural realms, there are creatures who belong to winter. I am not one of them. But like the coyote I can become at will, I am adaptable.

My name is Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and my mate, Adam, is the werewolf who leads the Columbia Basin Pack, the pack charged with keeping the people who live and work in the Tri-Cities of Washington State safe. It's a hard job, and it doesn't leave much room for side quests. Which is why when I needed to travel to Montana to help my brother, I intended to go by myself.

But I'm not alone anymore.

Together, Adam and I find ourselves trapped with strangers in a lodge in the heart of the wilderness, in the teeth of a storm of legendary power, only to discover my brother's issues are a tiny part of a problem much bigger than we could have imagined. Arcane and ancient magics are at work that could, unless we are very careful, bring about the end of the world. . . .

Week 24 Reviews: Meeting Lister, I Was Born for This, I Was Born to Bake

From Goodreads:

Meeting Lister was a serialised, illustrated short story [Alice] wrote and shared for fun with readers in the summer of 2018. It explores the events that led to Jimmy, Rowan, and Lister, lead characters from I Was Born for This, forming The Ark when they were thirteen.

From Goodreads:

'I'm gonna die. I'm literally gonna die.'

'Wouldn't recommend that,' says Juliet, as if she's been on a two week holiday to Death and gave it a two out of five on TripAdvisor.

For Angel, life is only about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything – her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world.

Jimmy owes everything to The Ark. He’s their frontman – and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing.

But dreams don't always turn out the way you think, and when Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together they find out just how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be.

Funny and wise, I Was Born for This is a stunning reflection on the power of believing in something - especially yourself.

From Goodreads:

A not-necessarily-canon story about The Ark appearing on The Great Celebrity Bake Off.

My Review:


Author: Alice Oseman 
Series: I Was Born for This #0.5, 1, 1.5,  Osemanverse #10
Read: June 14th, 14th, 14th, 2024
Source: Online, Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books and I Was Born to Bake is a End of Series 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Alice Oseman, HarperCollins
Published: January 1st 2018, May 3rd 2018, March 1st 2020

Meeting Lister:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

I Was Born for This: 

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

I Was Born to Bake:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

First Lines Friday #683, June 14th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"'I'm literally dying,' I say, putting my hand on my heart. 'You're real.' Juliet, having just escaped my hug, is smiling so hard it looks like she might tear her face in half. 'So are you!' she says, and gestures to my body. 'This is so weird. But cool.'"-I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

Well, that sounds interestign! I must read more to know what is going on! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #679, June 10th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #678
Teaser Tuesday #686
WWW Wednesday #686
WOW #682
Will the Time Come #679
Third Sentence Thursday #669
Random Reads #655
First Lines Friday #682
Book Blogger Hop #348

Monthly ARC's Update 76

The Reward Challenge Update #664
Wheel of TBR #211
How Well I Stuck to It #516
Wrote that Review Update #513

Week 23 Reviews:
A Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
Julia and Julio

Radio Silence

Party Girl

A Lady for a Duke

Known to the Victim

Hell Followed With Us

The Duke and I

The Duke and I: The 2nd Epilogue

The Viscount Who Loved Me 

The Viscount Who Loved Me: The 2nd Epilogue

An Offer From a Gentleman

An Offer From a Gentleman: The 2nd Epilogue

Glitterland

Aftermath

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 30

Update 31

Clear Your S**t:

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

Update 4

Camp SeasonAthon:

Update 2

Random:

Julia Quinn Author Page

OK, so I got 28 posts in 7 days, I had a nice quiet week that I'm happy with, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 23 Reviews: Jane and Julio, Radio Silence, Party Girl

From Goodreads:

How Tori and Charlie's parents met one summer in 1986 Mojacar, Spain.

From Goodreads:
From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said "could put her among the great young adult fiction authors."

Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying.

Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As.

You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl.

They don't. They make a podcast.

In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter life path, Frances and Aled struggle to find their voices over the course of one life-changing year. Will they have the courage to show everyone who they really are? Or will they be met with radio silence? 

From Goodreads:
A not-necessarily-canon story about a relationship between Raine from Radio Silence and Becky from Solitaire.

My first review of Radio Silence
My Review:


Author: Alice Oseman

Series: Osemanverse #9

First Read: September 3rd, 2018
Read: June 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 2024

Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books!
Publisher: Alice Oseman, Harper Teen
Published: January 1st 2018, March 28th 2017, December 31st 2016

Jane and Julio:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Radio Silence:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Party Girl:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #678, June 3rd

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #677
Teaser Tuesday #685
WWW Wednesday #685
WOW #681

Will the Time Come #678
Third Sentence Thursday #668
Random Reads #654
First Lines Friday #681
Book Blogger Hop #347

Monthly ARC's July Round Up

Monthly Series June Round Up

Monthly ARC's Update 75

24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 3

The Reward Challenge Update #663
Wheel of TBR #210
How Well I Stuck to It #515
Wrote that Review Update #512

Week 22 Reviews:
True Love and Other Impossible Odds

The Dinosaur Four

The Hurricane Wars

A Monsoon Rising

A Crane Among Wolves

Knot So Lucky

Witch Queen of Redwinter

Merciless Saviors

Fate Breaker

Death Behind Every Door

Market for Murder

Beastly

Lindy's Diary

Bewitched

Mirrored

Behold

Nick and Charlie 

A Disaster in Three Acts

#16thingsithoughtweretrue

The Blonde Dies First 

Dead Girls Talking 

The Book of Ile-Rien

Leather & Lark

Flash Flood

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 112

Update 29

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:

Update 36

Update 37

Update 38

Update 39

Update 40

Update 41

Update 42

Update 43

Update 44

Update 45

Update 46

Update 47

Update 48 and Wrap Up

24 Hours of Reading Reading Challenge: 

Sign Up

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7 and Wrap Up

Camp SeasonAthon:

S024 Sign Up

Update 1

Random:

The Bookworm Revolution June 2024 TBR

Book Battle June 2024 TBR

OK, so I got 62 posts in 7 days, and it was a nice relaxing week, but alas, today, I'm back at work. But I read some great books, Jax is doing better, it turned out to be his anal gland, so it was able to be taken care of and he's been healing nicely which is great. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 22 Review: Nick and Charlie

From Goodreads:

CHARLIE: "I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me."

NICK: "Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that's fine with us."

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone's asking if they're staying together, which is a stupid question – they're "Nick and Charlie", for God's sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…

My Review:
This was such a great and heart-warming book! I just adore Nick and Charlie so much, and this time where Nick is finishing up at their shared school is about to go to university and Charlie still has another year, yeah, there was some drama happening.

I can get where Charlie is coming from, he's the one that is being left behind, while Nick is going off. But oh, the way that he went about things, bottling it up, not talking to Nick, until things come to a head when he's drunk at a party? Not the best move.

That everybody says they're "Nick and Charlie" that was kinda not great for them. Sure, they've basically got an adult relaitonship as teenagers, but they still are teenagers, who are just about to go long distance for the first time. Which is going to be an adjustment. 

Those pictures that Nick had been taking, the way that Charlie used them to get them communicating again after their fight, I really enjoyed that. Though this was the worst fight that they had, ultimately, going through it and coming through it stronger will be better for them in the long run, I'm thinking. 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Alice Oseman! 

Author: Alice Oseman 
Series: Heartstopper #6.5, Solitaire #1.5, Osemanverse #8
Read: May 30th, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Published: July 16th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

24 Hours of Reading Update 1

So I've read my first book for the 24 Hours of Reading and it was Nick and Charlie, and I'll be reading A Disaster in Three Acts next! 

My Reading Journey:

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

Started On: May 30th, 9:36 AM

Finished On: May 30th, 10:12 AM 

Pages Read: 120

Time Used: 36 minutes

A Disaster in Three Acts by Kelsey Rodkey

Started On: May 30th

Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Books Read: 1

Time Left: 23:24:35

Pages Read: 120

Third Sentence Thursday #668, May 30th

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!

1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)

4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

"Normally we talk about this stuff – stuff that we get sad about or annoyed about or angry about – but Nick's really excited about uni so I don't want to start complaining or make him feel bad. " -Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman, page 8.

Oh, that doesn't sound good, but I need to read more! 

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #663, February 19th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #662
Teaser Tuesday #670
WWW Wednesday #670
WOW #666
Will the Time Come #663
Third Sentence Thursday #653
Random Reads #639
First Lines Friday #666
Book Blogger Hop #332

Monthly ARC's Update 63
The Reward Challenge Update #648
Wheel of TBR #195
How Well I Stuck to It #500
Wrote that Review Update #497

Week 7 Reviews:
The Brides of Hill High

Escaping Mr. Rochester 

For Butter or Worse

Thieves' Gambit

Questing Beast

A Mere Formality

The Curse of Penryth Hall

Check & Mate

I Only Read Murder

Heartstopper: Volume Five

The Warlord

The Immortal

Protect Her

Pierce Her

Hunt Her

Chase Her

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 8

Random:

Cliterature Readathon Round 1 Sign Up

Anna Bright Author Page

Chelsea Ichaso Author Page

Nghi Vo Author Page

Alexis Hall Author Page

Kathryn Ann Kingsley Author Page

Namina Forna Author Page

Tomi Adeyemi Author Page

OK, so I got 34 posts in 7 days, and yeah, it was a pretty good week, I had half of it off, and I have all of this week off, and the start of next week off, and I'm getting stuff done, so I'm happy with that! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Visions of Flesh and Blood!

VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD: a Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire Compendium is a comprehensive companion guide for background, history, reader-favorite information, art, and reference materials. Combined with original short stories and scenes from some of the world’s most beloved characters, as well as never-before-seen visual enticements, it’s a treat for the senses.

Told from the point of view of Miss Willa herself, the compendium acts like research material but reads like a journal and cache of personal notes, allowing the reader to revisit the characters and history they so love yet view things in a different way.

VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD by Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador is a must-add addition to the series that any Blood and Ash/Flesh and Fire fan will enjoy.

Week 7 Review: Heartstopper: Volume Five

From Goodreads:

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork. Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house... but with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change? By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

My Review:
This was an absolutely fantastic read! I just adore this series so much, and it was really great to spend this time with the characters again! After what they went through in the last one, with Charlie's anorexia, I couldn't wait to see what would happen in their lives next! 

They each had their struggles-Nick with figuring out where he wanted to go to university next year-and how far away it would be from Charlie. And Charlie was dealing with body image issues, and his confidence-including joining a band and performing in front of a group, and I loved both things!  

Then there was the story of them together-and going further with their relationship. And they got all sorts of help and advice from their friends, which was great, they are supported. It was a really adorable, and true-to-life experience, and it was great to read it! 

One thing that I loved about this book, was that at the end, we got a timeline of the events of the series, alongside the prose stories, so that was so great to learn, to fit everything together in my head, in the order that it happens!

Loved reading this, and I'll be sad, but I can't wait for the 6th and final volume! 

Author: Alice Oseman 
Series: Heartstopper #5, Osemanverse #7
Read: February 14th, 2024
Source: Library 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Graphix 
Published: December 7th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Waiting on Wednesday #653, November 15th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating! 
 

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

Expected Publication: December 7th, 2023
From Goodreads:

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series.

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house ... But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

Just the one book, but I'm so excited for this latest installment! I only started the series this year so the wait wasn't as long for me, but I can't wait to read this! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #637, August 21st

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #636
Teaser Tuesday #644
WWW Wednesday #644
WOW #640
Will the Time Come #637
Third Sentence Thursday #627
Random Reads #613
First Lines Friday #640
Book Blogger Hop #306

23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 7

Monthly ARC's Update 46
The Reward Challenge Update #622
Wheel of TBR #169
How Well I Stuck to It #474
Wrote that Review Update #471

Week 33 Reviews:
ASAP

The Bleeding Dusk

This Winter

Solitaire 

What Monstrous Gods

A Touch of Gold

A Curse of Gold

Consort of Fire

To Charm a Dark Prince

When a Dragon Falls

Have You Seen My Sister?
Hellfinder

The Water Outlaws

For Better or Worse

Gilded

ARC August: 

Update 18

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Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

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Update 58

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Random:

Tashie Bhuiyan Author Page

OK, so I got 53 posts in 7 days, it was a decent week, I read books that I was really excited for, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Brothers Hawthorne and Tie Me Knot.

Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher.  

 

Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements.

 

Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, a player of games. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can’t resist the challenge. Now he must infiltrate London’s most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes. Luckily, Jameson Hawthorne lives for impossible.

 

Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson—with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune—must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.

So far, while working at a ghost matchmaking agency, the past week has gone 1) a murdered ghost bride who is very very pissed off (don’t blame her, I’d be pissed off too) 2) adopted by chinese hellhounds (I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOGS, OKAY) 3) wake up magically soul-bonded to the sexy demon slayer Zhen (While I agree he’s -expansive hand waving- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!) I do not need a fourth incident to make my life more interesting, please and thank you. Spoiler I get one anyway.

Magically bonded, insta husband just add ghost, speed marriage?, ghost matchmaking, ghosts deserve love too, Kris might have accidentally been feeding Chinese hellhounds, oops?, chosen family, Kris and Zhen actually communicate, buying hardcovers is a marriage proposal, just ask Kris, demon slayer on crutches can still fight, as the bad guys find out, whole