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Happy Friday Bookish people! Today I am bringing you the ten books I want to read in the month of August.
Happy Friday bookish people! How are you all doing so far this year? I can’t believe it is July already. Over halfway through the year. I am really looking forward to the chances I have to read this month, I will be travelling a bit so lots of time for these books!
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today. I am here today doing a book spotlight for The Dreams That Bind Us by Maximillian Lopez as part of @BreakevenBooks book tour.
Synopsis:
This sci-fi thriller explores the possibility that when we dream, we’re merely glimpsing into an alternate reality. Three strangers bound together by a shared dream fight against the current of fate. Can they come to terms with the truth? Are we the only versions of ourselves? Are you the best version of you to exist? They must find each other without losing themselves. Two universes hang in the balance as external forces vie for control of their ability to peer into an alternate reality. Will Corey, Selene, and Joseph find answers to the mystery placed before them? Or will the search for an answer lead them toward a darker fate?
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dreams-that-bind-us-maximilian-lopez/1140832794?ean=9798201820398
Apple store: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1602841625
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=DCVXEAAAQBAJ
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Dreams-That-Bind-Us-Audiobook/B0B8476YN8?asin=B0B8476YN8
Author Bio:
Maximilian Lopez
Max grew up dreaming impossible dreams of an alternate life other than the one he had in a small town outside of San Antonio, Texas. Shortly after high school, he joined the Marine Corps where he traveled to Foreign Lands. Throughout his budding Marine Corps career, he studied military radar technology and decided to leave the Marine Corps after a memorable eight years to work in the civilian Radar Technical Community at Saab Defense Inc. in Syracuse, NY. During the following eight years, he met his beautiful and intelligent wife, Shirley. Eventually, Max and his growing family wanted to move away from the snow so he accepted a position working as a Government civilian for the US Navy specifying in emerging naval radar technology. Currently, Max resides with his wife, two handsome boys, and a small white Lhasa Apso named Tesla in Virginia Beach, Va.
If you would like to see more content from other bookish people about The Dreams That Bind Us check out this timetable:
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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today!
Today I am bringing you a book review for Northranger, a graphic novel by Rey Terciero and illustrated by Bre Indigo. I do not usually review graphic novels so, usually I give star ratings to four categories but instead I am going to write a little bit about my overall thoughts.
First, thank you to Harper 360 for sending me a copy of this graphic novel, I enjoyed pushing myself out of my comfort zone to read this in May. It is something I never would have bought for myself.
Northranger is a graphic novel about a young man who goes with his father to work on a farm/ranch for the summer and they realise that things might not be quite as they seem, the family there have a lot of secrets. It also has LGBTQ+ representation.
Firstly, I thought the illustrations in this graphic novel were gorgeous and captured all the expressions that were needed for the story to feel very real. In terms of the plot, I was hooked in by the mystery aspect and without saying too much and spoiling everything I will say I was overall disappointed with the way the mystery panned out, it could have been more and I just think there was something, I am not entirely sure what, missing.
Blurb/Synopsis:
In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner’s mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret.
Cade has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary–but to Cade, a closeted queer Latino teen growing up in rural Texas–real life can be way scarier.
When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only silver lining is the company of the two teens who live there–in particular, the ruggedly handsome and enigmatic Henry.
But as unexpected sparks begin to fly between Cade and Henry, things get… complicated. Henry is reluctant to share the details of his mother’s death, and Cade begins to wonder what else he might be hiding. Inspired by the gothic romance of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Bloom comes a modern love story so romantic it’s scary.
Happy Friday bookish people! Today I thought it would be fun to share with you some of the books I have read that I would recommend that gives me the feeling of summer, let me know if you agree or disagree with this books!
Death and Croissants by Ian Moore
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Lying About Last Summer by Sue Wallman
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
The Maid by Nita Prose
Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson
Take A Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today.
today I am doing the Fae book tag that I found on metaphors and moonlight.com but was created by Jordan Reads.
A faerie bargain: pick a book in which a character makes a bad deal or is blackmailed – I instantly thought of Throne of Glass for this answer, the competition is definitely a bad deal.
changeling: pick a book in which a character is dropped into a new world- pages and co by Anna James, I would love to be dropped into a bookish world like the characters in this series.
Wings or magic: pick one or the other and lost three books with that trait – wings! Just so I could choose Good Omens and Crescent city.
animal companions: pick a book in which there is a talking animal – spellslinger by Sebastian de castell
fated mates: pick a book in which there is a mating bind or true love – once upon a broken heart by Stephanie Garber
the spring court: pick a book in which plants feature in a large role – the stardust series by Tanya landman
the summer court: pick a book in which the ocean features a large role – a fatal crossing by Tom hindle
the autumn court: pick a book in which fire plays a large role- set fire to the gods
the winter court: pick a book in which a character almost freezes to death- what an interesting question, I literally can’t think of any book I have read that features this.
that’s it for this book tag, I hope you all enjoyed it, what would you have answered for the questions?
Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today. Today I am bringing you the books that I hope to read in June.
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd Robinson
The Hemlock Cure
Murder at the House on the Hill by Victoria Walters
Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb
In the Shadow of Queens by Alison Weir
How to Kill men and get away with it by Katy brent
The double clue by Agatha christie
Plus One by Kelsey Rodkey
Taste for poison
Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
what are you all looking forward to reading in June?
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all doing good today. I am actually writing this post a lot earlier than usual, it’s actually the 21st May as I’m writing this, so I’ve still got time to read more books – two in particular that I am taking on holiday with me.
But for now, here are the books I have read so far in May!
First I read Northranger, a graphic novel that I am grateful to have been sent by publishers, and I thought it was okay, considering I don’t love graphic novels.
Next, I started Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles- I won’t be writing a review for this book because I DNFd it after 100 pages, I got the feeling that the book was trying to sound too clever and the murder took way too long to happen, I found it boring.
Then I read A pen Dipped In Poison which I will be reviewing here this month so make sure to come back and see what I thought of this book.
Finally, I read Vera Wang’s unsolicited advice for Murderers which has been my favourite read for the month of May so far.
So, I have read four books this month definitely which is not bad at all and I still plan on reading the london seance society and I hope you’re listening this month.
what have you been reading in May?
Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you all enjoy my answers to the Book Courtship Tag which was created by Socially Awkward Bookworm.
This isn’t the first book in the series, but it is the first book I read from the series then I went out and bought them all
I tag everyone!
Happy Friday bookish people! I found this Astrological Book Tag from Peace Love Veggies, I hope you all enjoy it!
This is my star sign and there is one book I think of instantly..
What a difficult question! I don’t think I have read any books that have twins in them, if you know of one then let me know down below!
I am not really the person that cries at books but Gwen and Art are not in love did actually make me cry, I am not even sure why because it was not an overly emotional book
I am cheating here a little bit, every book makes me think in a different way.
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