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August Book Wrap up

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Seventeen books. Three of them five star. August was another light reading month for me. I blame the puppy. He doesn’t let me do much reading when he is awake. He likes to demand playtime and I am happy to comply.

Here are the best of the month:

Hello, Stranger by Katherine Center – I discovered Katherine Center last year when I read The Bodyguard. As much as I loved that book, Hello, Stranger was even better. When Sadie Montgomery, a portrait painter, suddenly becomes face blind, her world is thrown off its axis. Sadie is forced to “see” in a new way. Through run-ins with her stepmother, evil stepsister, and two men that she is drawn to, the reader sees the world through Sadie’s eyes. I listened to the audiobook and would have happily listened to the whole thing in one sitting if I had been able to. You should read this one. Go on, get it now.

The Way I Hate Him by Meghan Quinn – Any Meghan Quinn book is an automatic read for me. Her books are always funny and a little swoony. TWIHH has those in spades. If you like enemies to lovers romance, this is one for you.

Glimmers of You by Catherine Cowles – This is the third book in a series by Cowles. Again, Cowles is an automatic read for me. Her books tend to be a little angsty, which I love. Some days I need the laughs of a romcom and some days a heaping dose of angst hits the spot. If you like angst and a fake dating trope, this could be the book for you.

What I’m watching now: Bones, season 2

What I’m reading now: What We Left Behind by Lucy Score

What I’m listening to: The Honeymoon Crashers by Cristina Lauren

What podcast I’m listening to: The Shuttlepod Show

What I’m knitting now: Anthology Throw, which is a Christmas gift

June 5 Star Reads

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Welcome back! I mentioned in my last post that I would be expanding this blog to include more of my interests, not just the fandoms. So, today let’s talk about some of the books I read last month. Of the thirty books I read in June, I rated eight as five star reads. I typically give five stars if I emotionally connect with a book or find it so interesting I am unable to put it down. Those aren’t the only reasons, just the usual ones.

Here are a few of my five star reads from June:

Once More With Feeling by Elissa Sussman – This is a second chance romance, which is a favorite trope of mine. She is a theater nerd, he is a musician turned director. When they reconnect, it’s as enemies who still have feelings for each other. The bumpy ride as they work through their history makes for a good read.

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks – I listened to this audiobook read by Hanks and a cast of characters. The movie that is the subject of the book is a superhero movie and therefore right in my wheelhouse. The book, told through three different timelines, weaves an interesting story between seemingly unconnected events. While those in the book may not see how everything connects, the reader does. It’s like finding all of the Easter eggs in a movie – a lot of fun.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston – I loved this book. It gives very strong The Lake House vibes, which is a favorite movie of mine. An apartment with a history of slipping through time. Residents who run into each other in that apartment at times. “Love is never a matter of time, but a matter of timing” (from the book blurb). This book really touched me.

The rest of my June five star reads are:

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Crimson River by Devney Perry

How to Say I Do by Tal Bauer

Broadway Butchery by C.S. Poe

What I’m watching now: Smallville, season 1

What I’m reading now: Made for Romeo by Natasha Madison

What I’m listening to now: The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead

What I’m knitting now: 2023 Temperature Blanket for my daughter