A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: 12 books read including 4 re-reads, a reflection on my ARC of Age of Ava and a heartbreaking duet while hoping to re-spark my interest in YA fantasy.
Updates
| Last Week’s Blog Updates | Last Week’s Goodreads Reviews |
|---|---|
| 📖 Weekly Wrap: July 26th to August 1st 📖 44 Books in June: a Month of Sci-Fi | 📚 Full Tilt by Emma Scott 📚 Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland 📚 King of the Court by R.S. Grey [DNF @ 45%] |
Contents
Weekly Review
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Weekly Review
What I’ve Read This Week
Key: 🔁 re-read | ❌ DNF | 📜 from my Up Next shelf | 📲 eARC
- The King’s Horrible Bride (Royal Wedding, #2) by Kati Wilde 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- King of the Court by R.S. Grey ❌
- Before Girl (Vital Signs, #1) by Kate Canterbary ⭐️⭐️
- Hefty by Jessa Kane 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Beauty and the Gentleman by Lucy Darling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Avery by Ashley Marie 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Seduce Me at Sunrise (The Hathaways, #2) by Lisa Kleypas ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Love Game by Emma Scott ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- All In (Full Tilt, #2) by Emma Scott ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Full Tilt (Full Tilt, #1) by Emma Scott ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) by Hafsah Faizal 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Age of Ava (ABC Corp, #4) by Melanie Moreland 📲 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Sweet Spot by Ella Goode ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Reading Progress
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Yet another Weekly Wrap that pulls double duty: in this post, I’m reflecting on my reading habits for the past two weeks (I did something similar in June) since life has been too chaotic to do one per week.
Between studying for exams, I received and read my ARC of Age of Ava by Melanie Moreland. My review will be out the last week of August, but I think this book is my favourite by Moreland. The Hero and Heroine perfectly complimented each other, and I loved the sub-plot of the Heroine dealing with sexism in her man-dominated industry.
I’m generally not one for really angsty or emotional romances. However, I always trust Emma Scott to make it worth the heartbreak. The Full Tilt duet by Emma Scott broke my heart and put it back together by the end of the series. It’s a book about addiction, healing, illness, death, grief and love. The duet was SO freaking good; I read both books in 12-hours. The messaging in the duet is phenomenal, and the romance was swoon-worthy.
Up Next Shelf Progress
A reminder: my Up Next Shelf is comprised of all the unread books I want to read and have purchased.
None for the past two weeks! Ugh, I need to start prioritizing this list 😅.
Want to Read Updates
You will like She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan if you appreciate:
✨ Historial Fantasy
✨ Retellings
✨ a queer “reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty “
✨”Mulan meets The Song of Achilles“
You will like Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala if you appreciate:
✨ Cozy Mystery
✨ Light and Fun
✨ Culinary Aficionado
✨ Romance takes a back seat
The Upcoming Week
To Be Read
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal is back on my TBR list. In the past two weeks, I finished the first book in the duet, We Hunt the Flame, and enjoyed it more than the first time I read it! I’m really excited to finish the duology and see how the story evolves. I just need to get out of my current romantic suspense mood 😅.
To Look Forward To This Week
Two books released yesterday (August 17th): Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and the second book in the Raybearer series, Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko.
Velvet Was the Night is an intimate, historical noir novel. Not to be confused with a thriller, the stakes are smaller in noir books, and the plot focuses more on character development. Sounds like my kind of book.
Before reading Redemptor, I really need to read Raybearer 😅. If you’ve been reading my posts, you’ll know that I haven’t been in the YA Fantasy mood for a while. However, I’m hoping to change that around with my current read: We Free the Stars.
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