Goodreads Monday is a really simple weekly meme, hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog, where you choose a book at random from your Goodreads TBR and explain why you want to read it. This meme is also an opportunity to share any progress you have made on your current books, Goodreads Reading Challenge or anything else Goodreads related.
This week’s pick is: People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young
Prudence Welch has found solace in her introverted life in Baysville, a charming tourist town in Northern Ontario. Despite once dreaming of a life beyond its borders, she now finds contentment in her working at her father’s gas station, writing poetry, and caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s shortly after Prue’s nineteenth birthday. But as her mother’s condition worsens and her father’s concerns about her future intensify, Prue feels her world slipping further out of control.
Enter Milo Kablukov, an enigmatic wanderer whose beat-up van covered with ill-advised bumper stickers rolls into town just when Prue needs a change. It’s all too easy to let go with him, and Prue can’t help but strike up an unlikely friendship with Milo, which leads to a wild and sexy agreement between them.
Milo, a man of many adventures and countless stories, is not one to settle down. However, his brother’s urgent need for help has brought him to Baysville, and now the intriguing Prue has given him more reason to stay. Especially once they start spending more time together, their chemistry intensifying, and casual-sex lessons start at Prue’s request.
But as their temporary arrangement blossoms into something deeper, Prue and Milo discover that getting out of their comfort zones is one thing . . . taking that leap together is something else entirely.
Why do I want to read it?:
Honestly I really like the muted tones of the cover and the blurb sounds interesting. I’ve never read this author but I have a few of her books on my TBR and will be picking this one up when it’s published on 9th September 2025.
This week’s reading progress:
I’m starting the new week reading Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood as my bedside read and I have also started my next ARC – This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page. I’m still listening to All Folked Up by Penny Reid, book #3 in her Good Folk: Modern Folktales series and loving every second.
2025 Goodreads Reading Challenge: 78/75 books (104%)
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