Books #44

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Ok but why is this so very satisfying
Weirdly I actually find this easier to take in then the other Kindle deal posts!

Annoyingly there’s a few things I recently bought in paperback but maybe I’ll just take this as a reminder to prioritise them.

I’m tempted by Good People.

Currently reading Thirst Trap, only a third of the way through but so far so good - think the Irish lit fic lovers will like it.
 
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I am on a drive to finish my physical TBR so need to avert my eyes from all those beautiful colour arranged daily deals 🙈
 
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Ooh I spy a few more lit fic options, maybe this month isn’t so bad! 😍
 
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People in Love is getting rave reviews. Literally just saw a woman I follow on TT sobbing after reading it. (And she’s a good book tokker - reads actually good books!)
I always fancied Talking at Night by Claire Daverley and think I have it on kindle but haven’t read yet.
Will do my wrap up for July and think about what 99p deals I want later!
 
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Weirdly I actually find this easier to take in then the other Kindle deal posts!

Annoyingly there’s a few things I recently bought in paperback but maybe I’ll just take this as a reminder to prioritise them.

I’m tempted by Good People.

Currently reading Thirst Trap, only a third of the way through but so far so good - think the Irish lit fic lovers will like it.
I found that much easier to take in too! I went for The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue, The Passengers by John Marrs (which I’ve somehow managed not to read but was waiting for a deal) and The Make-Believe by Hannah Murray.
 
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A while back we were talking about the Rob Rinder books. I finished The Protest last night and it felt really unsatisfying compared to the previous 2. I then started the next one on audio because they are a bit of a switch off when I’m walking, and literally in the prologue the formula seems to repeat again!
oh no, I bought Book 4 before buying The Protest so I already have it but I know it's going to be the same again, isn't it?! 🙈 I think after Book 4 I'm done with this series.
 
People in Love is getting rave reviews. Literally just saw a woman I follow on TT sobbing after reading it. (And she’s a good book tokker - reads actually good books!)
I always fancied Talking at Night by Claire Daverley and think I have it on kindle but haven’t read yet.
Will do my wrap up for July and think about what 99p deals I want later!
I HATED Talking at Night, it made me so angry. Book Club was fun that month 😅
 
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oh no, I bought Book 4 before buying The Protest so I already have it but I know it's going to be the same again, isn't it?! 🙈 I think after Book 4 I'm done with this series.
I’m optimistic but not holding out hope…I’d already predicted the end of the prologue about 2 minutes in.
 
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I HATED Talking at Night, it made me so angry. Book Club was fun that month 😅
same - hated it and they drove me insane. it should have called “they should never have spoken to each other at all, let alone at night” 🥲

the female lead was insufferable and i have no clue why anyone put up with her.
 
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i bought sky daddy immediately on reading the synopsis 🤣 also went for shield of sparrows, good people, meet the newmans, euphoria and thrist trap. probably the most i’ve bought on the first day of the deals for ages!
 
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same - hated it and they drove me insane. it should have called “they should never have spoken to each other at all, let alone at night” 🥲

the female lead was insufferable and i have no clue why anyone put up with her.
Much better title!

Also I had to check the irritating lack of punctuation, I thought I’d got a dodgy kindle download. I didn’t realise it was a stylistic choice (apparently).
 
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Much better title!

Also I had to check the irritating lack of punctuation, I thought I’d got a dodgy kindle download. I didn’t realise it was a stylistic choice (apparently).
it was also an interesting choice to give the male lead a nice girlfriend who was far more better suited to him! i thought it was actually going to be an interesting take on being obsessed with a childhood love and realising that doesn’t or can’t maintain into adulthood but, no.

i couldn’t understand how we were meant to root for them they literally made each other miserable.
 
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July was a good month, it was just two really really really not for me books that effed my average.

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I gave up half way with Talking at Night! It's pretty rare for me to DNF a book. And I know who you mean @wishiniwasskinny and she's a booktoker I like and engage with.
 
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Thought I'd post this before I forget by the end of August that I'd ever read it.🤭

It was ticking along as a 3.5 stars, probably cos I had a lingering jumpiness about the book, that it was leading to a crescendo of something really bad happening. By the end of the book I was bawling.

I can't give it any less than 4 stars as a result. Some people it would definitely be 5 stars.
I just need to calm down and read a nice calming book next.💆

Think I'll start Janice Hadlow's Rules of The Heart.

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