Hello Everybody! Happy New Year! I hope you had fun celebrating.
Now that we are in 2022, another year full of books begins. I have many books on my To Be Read this year and though I know I won’t get round to reading all of them, I’m going to give it a good go.
So, here is a list of all of the books on my To Be Read this year…
DISCLAIMER: May include SPOILERS! Read at your own risk! I am not trying to claims any of these books of my own. All rights go to the authors.
1) ‘It Only Happens In The Movies’ by Holly Bourne.(READ)
Bad boys turned good, kisses in the rain, climbing through bedroom windows… it only happens in the movies. 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 chooses to let him into her heart…
2) ‘Chasing Daisy’ by Paige Toon.(READ)
Daisy has been dumped, unceremoniously jilted. Not by any ordinary guy, no… Daisy has a secret in her past that she won’t even tell her best friend, Holly. She’s given up on men – and on her own family. But life still has to be lived and where better to recover than as far away from home as possible. Grabbing a chance to see the world, Daisy packs her bags and joins the team catering to the world’s highest-paid, supercharged racing drivers on the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit. From Brazil to Italy, from Melbourne to Monte Carlo, life passes in a dizzying whirlwind. But nothing – and no one – can stop Daisy from falling again… this time for a man who is prepared to risk his life, and his heart, for the sake of speed, danger and ultimate success.
3) ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ by J.K. Rowling.
“ Give me Harry Potter,” said Voldemort’s voice, “and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you shall be rewarded.” As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and takes to the skies, LEAVING Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that LORD VOLDEMORT and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective CHARM that has kept Harry safe until now is BROKEN, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing FEAR into everything Harry LOVES, and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining HORCRUXES. The final BATTLE must begin – Harry must stand and face his enemy…
4) ‘Starry Eyes’ by Jenn Bennett.
Best-friends-turned-worst-enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. But when a group camping trip goes South, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together. What could possibly go wrong? As the two travel deeper into the wilderness, fighting eachother as well as the forces of nature, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can they make their way to safety? And will Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world?
5) ‘You’re The One That I Want’ by Giovanna Fletcher.
Maddy, dressed in white, stands at the back of the church. At the end of the aisle is Rob – the man she’s about to marry. Next to Rob is Ben – best man and the best friend any two people ever had. And that’s the problem. Because if it wasn’t Rob waiting for her at the alter, there’s a strong chance it would be Ben. Loyal and sensitive, Ben has always kept his feelings to himself, but if he turned round and told Maddy she was making a mistake, would she listen? And would he be right? Best friends since childhood, Maddy, Ben and Rob thought their bond was unbreakable. But love changes everything. Maddy has a choice to make but will she choose wisely? Her heart, and the hearts of the two best men she knows, depend on it…
6) ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ by Suzanne Collins.
Coriolanus Snow has one shot at glory as a mentor in the tenth annual Hunger Games. He plans to outcharm, outwit and outmanouvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him: he has been given the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus will do anything it takes to survive.
7) ‘The Love Hypthesis’ by Ali Hazelwood.(READ)
When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistable force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a thrid-year PhD candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convicing Anh that Olive is on her way to a happily ever after was always going to be tough, scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting woman, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when he agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But, when a big science conference goes haywire and Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support (and his unyielding abs), their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. Olive soon discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
8) ‘Going Greek’ by Sue Roberts.
Sun, sea and a sizzling romance… the perfect holiday, right? Wrong. After a work party gone disastrously wrong, Samantha suddenly finds herself jobless and jilted. So when her sister invites Sam to stay at her little whitewashed farmhouse on a Greek island, Sam leaps at the chance to escape. Before long, she’s trundling up the cobbled driveway, almost colliding with sexy neighbour Spyros. It isn’t all sunshine and smiles though. For every afternoon spent lounging by the pool, cocktail in hand, there is a morning spent adjusting to life with boisterous six-year-old nieces. When Spyros invites Sam to explore the island with him she’s tempted. But with his carefree, live-for-the-moment attitude, he couldn’t be more different to Sam with her five-year plans and high-maintenance hair. One drink, as friends, couldn’t hurt though? Over glasses of fruity Greek wine and honey-sweet baklava, can he – and the other charming locals – help city girl Sam to appreciate the simple pleasures the Greek life has to offer? Just as Sam is considering ditching her designer gear for good though, she runs in to an old flame from home, and suddenly her London life comes hurtling back. Can her smooth-talking ex convince Sam to return to the concrete jungle, or will the lessons she’s learned from her Greek escape persuade her to stay?
9) ‘The Magpie Society: One For Sorrow’ by Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch.
A student found dead on the beach. A web on unanswered questions. Someone ready to strike again. When new student Audrey arrives at Illumen Hall boarding school, she’s greeted by echoeing hallways, towering old buildings and students superstitions about the magpies that stalk its grounds. It’s a lot to take in – especially when those same students are acting as if they’re afraid of something, and Audrey’s new room-mate, Ivy, seems to be hiding secrets of her own. Audrey and Ivy couldn’t be more different. But they are forced together when the tragedy that hit the school in the summer becomes the main topic of a mysterious new podcast with a sinister headline: I know who killed Lola. And one of you is next.
10) ‘The Switch’ by Beth O’Leary.
Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. It’s time for the switch… After blowing a big presentation at work, Leena takes a two-month sabbatical and escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen… A life swap seems the perfect solution… But with a rabble of unruly OAPs to contend with, as well as the distractingly handsome local schoolteacher, Leena learns that switching lives isn’t straightforward. In London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours and with the online dating scene. But is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought?
11) ‘Baby Be Mine’ by Paige Toon.
‘He’s not mine is he?’ That’s the question I fear the most. You see, I have a secret. My son is not fathered by my boyfriend, but by one of the most famous people that ever lived. And he doesn’t even know it. Meg is terrified. She lives in the South of France with her doting boyfriend Christian and their beautiful son Barney who has just turned one. Life should be idyllic. But she is living a lie – a lie that will turn their lives upside down and inside out. Because, as every day goes by, Meg’s son looks less and less like Christian. How much longer can she keep her devastating secret from him, from their friends and family, from Barney? How much longer before the whole world realises that the father of her child is none other than Johnny Jefferson, wild boy of rock, constantly in the headlines, constantly in Meg’s thoughts.
12) ‘One Perfect Summer’ by Paige Toon.
Ever wondered what happened to your first love? Alice is 18 and about to start university while Joe’s life is going nowhere. A Dorset summer, a chance meeting, and the two of them fall into step as if they have known each other forever. But their idyll is shattered unexpectedly. Alice heads off to Cambridge and slowly picks up the pieces of her broken heart. When she catches the attention of Lukas – gorgeous, gifted, rich boy Lukas – she is carried along by his charm, swept up by his ambitious plans for a future together. Years later, at just the wrong time, Joe is back, but out of reach in a way that Alice could never have imagined. Life has moved on, the divide between them is now so great. Surely it is far too late to recapture that perfect summer of long ago?
13) ‘Pictures of Lily’ by Paige Toon.(READ)
‘Will you marry me?’ I think of you, then. I think of you every day. But usually in the quietest part of the morning, or the darkest part of the night. Not when my boyfriend of two years has just proposed. I look up at Richard with his hopeful eyes. ‘Lily?’ he prompts. It’s been ten years, but it feels like only yesterday that you left. How can I say yes to Richard with all my heart when most of it has always belonged to you? I take a deep breath and will myself to speak… Ten years ago when Lily was just sixteen, she fell in love with someone she really shouldn’t have fallen in love with. Now, living in Sydney and engaged to another man, she can’t forget the one that got away. Then her past comes back to haunt her, and she has to make a decision that will break her heart – and the heart of at least one of the men who love her.
I know I probably won’t finish all of these this year but I’ll give it my best shot!
What’s on your TBR this year? Whatever the number I wish you the best of luck!
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Thank you for reading!
Paige xx
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