Hellooo everybody! How are you doing? I hope you’re okay.
As you all will probably know by now; I LOVE reading. I’m currently on my 10th book of the year already! I set myself a goal of 12 at the beginning of the year thinking I’d never reach that but I’ve seriously shocked myself. I’ve found my passion for reading again! I had so much time I could have used for reading last year (being in lockdown and all) but I never did so I set my New Year’s Resolution to read more and I have.
With reading more comes the issue of quite quickly running out of books which is a readers WORST NIGHTMARE! I’m only joking. However, it would be terrible, so I always have a stock of books waiting in my amazon basket for purchase. Here is a list of the books in there at the moment.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THESE BOOKS NOR AM I TRYING TO CLAIM THE RIGHTS TO THEM. THE RIGHTS LIE WITH THE AUTHORS INCLUDED.
‘One Of Us Is Lying’ by Karen M.Mcmanus.
Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he’s doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom Queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won’t ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it’s no accident. All of them are suspects.
’The Road Trip’ by Beth O’Leary.
Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic roadtrip to a friend’s wedding in the north of Scotland. The playlist is all planned and the snacks are packed. Nut, not long after setting off, a car slams into the back of theirs. The driver is non other than Addie’s ex, Dylan, who she’s avoided since their traumatic break-up two years earlier. Dylan and his best mate are heading to the wedding too, and they’ve totalled their car, so Addie has no choice but to offer them a ride. The car is soon jam-packed full of luggage and secrets, and with three hundred miles ahead of them, Dylan and Addie can’t avoid confronting the very messy history of their relationship… Will they make it to the wedding on time? And, more importantly… is this really the end of the road for Addie and Dylan?
’The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak.
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
‘It Only Happens In The Movies’ by Holly Bourne.
Bad boys turned good, kisses in the rain, climbing through bedroom windows… When Audrey meets Harry, it’s the start of a truly cinematic romance – or is it? Audrey knows that Harry is every movie cliché rolled into one. But she still choses to let him into her heart…
‘P.S. I Like You’ by Kasie West.
Signed, sealed, delivered… While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favourite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue! Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full on letters – sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to eachother. Lily realizes she’s kind of falling for this letter writer. Only, who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery and juggle school, friends, crushes and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can’t always be spelled out.
‘One Perfect Summer’ by Paige Toon.
‘And you still love him?’. ‘Every second of every minute of every hour of every day…’ While on holiday in Dorset one summer, Alice meets Joe, a guy working at the local pub. She’s eighteen and on the brink of starting university, while Joe’s life is seemingly going nowhere. But despite their differences, the pair fall hopelessly and desperately in love. And then summer comes to an end and they are dramtically torn apart. Alice heads off to university in Cambridge where she gets a part-time job punting on the River Cam and slowly picks up the pieces of her broken part. One day Lukas – a gorgeous golden boy from Cambridge University – spies her and it’s and it’s not long before Alice falls for his charms. Months turns into years, but then Joe comes back into Alice’s life again in a way that she could never have imagined. While Alice lives her ordinary life with Lukas, she has to watch from the sidelines as Joe’s life becomes evermore extraordinary. She never stopped loving him, but he’s out of her reach now, surely? And what about Lukas?
‘The One We Fell In Love With’ by Paige Toon.
Phoebe is caught between a rock and a hard place. Settle down and get married, or return to the French Alps to pursue her passion? Eliza is in love with someone who is no longer hers. In fact, he probably never was… And her dream of becoming a musician seems to be spiralling down the drain. Rose is out of a job and out of a boyfriend. To make matters worse, she’s been forced to move back in with her mother… But these very different girls have one thing in common. Angus. The one they fell in love with…
’Someone I Used To Know’ by Paige Toon.
So much can change in half a lifetime… Then. At fiftee, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him. Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of his boarding school and he’s now enrolled at the local stae school with Leah and George. When their worlds collide that summer, the three teenagers form a bond they believe will be unbreakable. But life doesn’t always go to plan… Now. Shocking news brings Leah back to Yorkshire, baby daughter in tow. But Emilie’s father Theo isn’t with them, and George unexpectedly returned. After half a lifetime, have they healed the scars of their pasts? Will coming back home set their hearts in a different direction?
‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover.
Sometimes the one who loves you is the one who hurts you the most. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up – she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, and maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily, but Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is distubing. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan – her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.
‘Instructions For Dancing’ by Nicola Yoon.
Evie is disillusioned about love ever since her dad left her mum for another woman – she’s even throwing out her beloved romance novel collection. When she’s given a copy of a book called Instructions for Dancing, and follows a note inside to a dilapidated dance studio, she discovers she has a strange and unwelcome gift. When a couple kisses in front of her. she can see their whole relationship play out – from the moemnt they first catch each other’s eye to the last bitter moments of their break-up. For Evie, it confirms everything she thinks she knows about love – that it doesn’t last. But at the dance studio she meets X – tall, dreadlocked, fascinating – and they start to learn to dance, together. Can X help break the spell that Evie is under? Can he change Evie’s mind about love?
’Serious Moonlight’ by Jenn Bennett.
Raised in isolation and home-schooled by her strict grandparents, the only experience Birdie has had of the outside world is through her favourite crime books. But everything changes when she takes a summer job working the night shift at a historic Seattle hotel. There she meets Danil Aoki, the hotel’s charismatic driver, and together they stumble upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer – never before seen in public – is secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell, and in doing so, realize that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for Daniel.
’Night Owls’ by Jenn Bennett.
Feeling alive is always worth the risk… Meeting Jack on the owl – San Francisco’s night bus – turns Beatrix’s world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive… and possibly one of San Fracisco’s most notorious grafiti artists. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more – and can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded?
’Starry Eyes’ by Jenn Bennett.
Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best-friends-turned-worst-enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. It doesn’t hurt that their families are the modern day version of the Montagues and Capulets. But when a group camping trip goes South, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together. Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to try to make their way to safety. But as the two travel deeper into the rugged Californian countryside, secrets and hidden feelings surface. Soon it’s not simply a matter of enduring each other’s company, but taming their growing feelings for each other.
So, there is my book wishlist.
Have you read any of these? What did you think to them?
Do you have any book recommendations? If so, please leave them in the comments below, I would love to discuss.
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Thank you for reading,
Paige.
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