A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: 12 books read and three new want-to-reads including a Sapphic romance, an Achillean romance and a book about raising boys in the 21st-century.
Updates
| Last Week’s Blog Updates | Last Week’s Goodreads Reviews |
|---|---|
| 📖 Weekly Wrap: July 19th to July 25th 📖 Indulgently Sweet: Loved by Liam by Melanie Moreland | 📚 Bound by Samantha Wilde |
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Weekly Review
What I’ve Read This Week
Key: 🔁 re-read | ❌ DNF | 📜 from my Up Next shelf | 📲 eARC
- Evil Twin by Kati Wilde ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Outcast (The Pack Prophery, #1) by R.L. Caulder ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Defending Raven (Mountain Mercenaries, #7) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️
- Defending Zara (Mountain Mercenaries, #6) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Defending Everly (Mountin Mercenaries, #5) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Defending Morgan (Mountain Mercenaries, #3) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Defending Chloe (Mountain Mercenaries, #2) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Defending Allye (Mountain Mercenaries, #1) by Susan Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Bound (Blood Brothers, #1) by Samantha Wilde ⭐️
- Forbidden (Ward Sisters, #4) by Karla Sorensen 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Tempt Me at Twilight (The Hathaways, #3) by Lisa Kleypas 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1) by Tessa Bailey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Reading Progress
So, in my July 19th to July 25th Weekly Wrap, I listed It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey on my Want-to-Read list, saying, “Will purchase immediately after book-buy-ban is over!”
My book buying ban isn’t over until I’ve read 63 books from my Up Next Shelf… and I’ve only read 34. Yet, I totally caved and bought It Happened One Summer. A critical asterisk, though: I read it instantly – in one day – so at least it’s not sitting around on my Kindle gathering metaphorical dust like my other books on my Up Next Shelf.
I’m also thrilled I read It Happened One Summer in summer; it was the perfect summer romance. The romance between the main characters, Piper and Brendan, was sweet and sexy. Despite them being complete opposites, they were meant to be. It was an obvious 5-star rating.
Last week I binge-read Susan Stoker’s Mountain Mercenaries series (the first book is Defending Allye). I haven’t been in the mood to read romantic suspense in more than six months, so this series was a nice change for me.
Up Next Shelf Progress
A reminder: my Up Next Shelf is comprised of all the unread books I want to read and have purchased.
I’m currently reading I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. I’m also re-reading We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal to prep for the second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology We Free the Stars (which is on my Up Next Shelf).
Want to Read Updates
You will like One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston if you appreciate:
✨ Sapphic romance
✨ Contemporary romance with a time travel twist
✨ Found family
✨ Friends to Lovers
You will like To Raise a Boy by Emma Brown if you appreciate:
✨ Feminist nonfiction
✨ Investigative reporting
✨ Unpacking of toxic masculinity, specifically how boys are raised and taught to behave (by educators, parents, coaches, etc.)
✨ Hoping “to understand the challenges boys face and how to address them”
The Upcoming Week
To Be Read
Get the Book: 🇨🇦
It’s been more than a year since the last book in Ella Summer’s Legion of Angels series was released. And, after the cliffhanger in the last book, I cannot wait to see what’s next in Leda’s story in Phoenix’s Refrain. (Yes, all ten books feature Leda as the protagonist.) I’m also loving how so many of my anticipated books are being released on Kindle Unlimited 😊.
If you’re looking for an irreverent, powerful, independent, kickass FMC, look no further than the urban fantasy series Legion of Angels!
To Look Forward To This Week
Two books from my Anticipated Upcoming Releases list came out yesterday: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy and The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams.
If the Shoe Fits is a modern-day retelling of Cinderella that features a healthier and more nuanced exploration of a blended family. À la One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London, If the Shoe Fits challenges fatphobia through its commentary on dating TV shows, where the Heroine is the first fat contestant.
The Reading List is a heart-warming debut novel that is an ode to reading and how it can bring comfort and foster connection between the unlikeliest of people. (I love the cover!)
If you’ve been digging into my later posts, you’ll see that many of my images are missing. Unfortunately, my Media Library is acting up, but I hope to resolve the issue in the coming week.
Also, keep an eye out for my June Wrap Up! Quick to follow, that is my July Wrap Up. Happy reading! 😊
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