A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: Seven books read, including a high fantasy series with similarities to Sarah J. Maas. My weekly wrap want-to-read list is also colour coordinated blue!
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Weekly Review
What I’ve Read This Week
Key: 🔁 re-read | ❌ DNF | 📜 from my Up Next shelf | 📲 eARC
- Light Singer (Kingdom of Runes, #4) by Audrey Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- King Maker (Kingdom of Runes, #3) by Audrey Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Curse Breaker (Kingdom of Runes, #2) by Audrey Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Oath Taker (Kingdom of Runes, #1) by Audrey Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- I Married a Birdman (Prime Mating Agency, #3) by Regine Abel ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Fangs and Forever by MINK ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- His Royal Princess (Billionaire Boys Club, #3.5) by Jessica Clare 🔁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Reading Progress
I discovered such a great series last week: the Kingdom of Runes series by Audrey Grey. While it has similarities to Sarah J. Maas’s books, I loved how Oath Taker and the following books focus on the Heroine’s friendship with Bellamy. And, while there is a love triangle, it’s introduced before the Heroine commits to either person; no emotional cheating! The only letdown is that the last book in the series, Dark Bringer, has an undetermined release date.
Unfortunately, none of the books I read last week were from my Up Next Shelf.
Up Next Shelf Progress
A reminder: my Up Next Shelf is comprised of all the unread books I want to read and have purchased.
Want to Read Updates
You will like If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy if you appreciate:
✨ Contemporary Romance
✨ Cinderella Retelling
✨ Bachelor Dating Trope
✨ Romantic Comedy
You will like The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin if you appreciate:
✨ Adult fiction
✨ Friendship
✨ Explores mortality and terminal illness
✨ Tear Jerker
The Upcoming Week
To Be Read
Currently, I have a list of fourteen books on my to-be-read list including The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. All of them are also from my Up Next Shelf.
I’m hoping to read all these books in November. As my semester gets busier, the more I need to schedule everything to make sure all my work gets done. Hopefully, sticking to a schedule works for which book I’m reading too!
2. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
3. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
4. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
6. Bad Feminism by Roxane Gay
7. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
8. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
9. You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Dr. Meera Shah
10. Halfbreed by Maria Campbell
11. Dune by Frank Herbert
12. Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
13. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
14. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
To Look Forward To This Week
I recently updated my Upcoming Release page; my list now extends into 2023! I love being able to look into the future knowing every day gets me closer to a book I can’t wait to read.
Speaking of great upcoming releases, The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams was released yesterday (November 2nd)! It’s a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance with a bit of workplace conflict thrown in the mix. The book also confronts and tackles fatphobia! The Heroine is fat and is confident in herself and her body. Marketed as a “feel-good romantic comedy,” I can’t wait to dive into this book.
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