Ooops I forgot to wrap up August….and honestly I forgot to blog for the past two weeks. I’ve gotten completely side-tracked by adult colouring in and I’ve fallen into a bit of a reading slump. I’m still reading…kind of…but I’m finding no joy or interest in what I am reading. I need to reboot my reading with something new – a new genre, or style…maybe a new author recommendation. I’ve spent the last few month reading a few different series and maybe what I’m looking for is a new voice.
Books read:
- These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean – ★★★★
- Next of Kin By Hannah Bonam-Young – ★★★
- Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score – ★★★★
- All the Time in the World by Cara Bastone – ★★★
- Sawyer by Jessica Peterson – ★★★★
- The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren – ★★★★
- Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score – ★★★★★
- Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score – ★★★★
- Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett – ★★★
Pages read: 3619 pages
Most read genre: Romance
Most read format: Audiobook
Favourite read: Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
The Blurb: There was only one woman who could set me free. But I would rather set myself on fire than ask Sloane Walton for anything.
Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his father’s mark on the family name, he spends every waking minute pulling strings and building an indestructible empire. The more money and power he amasses, the safer he is from threats.
Except when it comes to the feisty small-town librarian that keeps him up at night . . .
Sloane Walton is a spitfire determined to carry on her father’s quest for justice. She’ll do that just as soon as she figures out exactly what the man she hates did to – or for – her family. Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and the dislike they now share for each other, Sloane trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body.
When bickering accidentally turns to foreplay, these two find themselves not quite regretting their steamy one-night stand. Once those flames are fanned, it seems impossible to put them out again. But with Sloane ready to start a family and Lucian refusing to even consider the idea of marriage and kids, these enemies-to-lovers are stuck at an impasse.
Broken men break women. It’s what Lucian believes, what he’s witnessed, and he’s not going to take that chance with Sloane. He’d rather live a life of solitude than put her in danger. But he learns the hard way that leaving her means leaving her unprotected from other threats.
It’s the second time he’s ruthlessly cut her out of his life. There’s no way she’s going to give him a third chance. He’s just going to have to make one for himself.
Honourable mention: These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
The blurb: Alice isn’t like the other Storm siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents’ approval, attention, and untold billions, she left, building her own life beyond the family’s name and influence. Nothing could induce her to come back, except the shocking death of her larger-than-life father. Now back on the family’s private island off the Rhode Island coast, she plans to keep her head down, pay the last of her respects, and leave the minute the funeral is over.
Unfortunately, her father had other plans. The eccentric, manipulative patriarch left his widow and their grown children a final challenge–an inheritance game designed to humiliate, devastate, and unravel the Storm family in ways both petty and life-altering. The rules of the game are clear: stay on the island for one week, complete the tasks, receive the inheritance.
One week on Storm Island is an impossible task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting dysfunctional chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s incessant mansplaining. Her sister-in-law’s unapologetic greed. Her younger sister’s obsession with “vibes”. Her mother’s penchant for stirring up competition between her children. And all under the stern, watchful gaze of Jack Dean, her father’s enigmatic, unfairly good-looking, second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape the week unscathed.
Goodreads Reading Challenge: 60/100 books
Audiobook Challenge: 43/50 audiobooks
What was your favourite read this month?
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Seeing this is a good reminder for me that I’ve been wanting to read These Summer Storms! I’m glad you liked it so much — bumping it up on my reading priority list!
Hope you enjoy it!