❄️ Winter Vibes ❄️
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Summer/Winter vibes and since we are coming into winter here in Australia I thought it would be nice to list some of the books I have read over the last year that give me wintry/cold/blustery/frigid vibes!!
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
One Day in December by Josie Silver
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
May Wrap Up
I’ve had a pretty good reading month! I participated in the Tome Topple readathon that went for about two weeks of the month and I did manage to finish 4 tomes during that time. One book in particular I have been meaning to read for over two years now so I was stoked I managed to get to it and LOVE it as well! Though reading these long books did kind of stall my usual pace for the month. I realise 12 books is still a massive achievement, I just feel like I didn’t read as much as I wanted to.
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan – ⭐️4/5 stars
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks – ⭐️5/5 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling – ⭐️5/5 stars
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire – ⭐️2/5 stars
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett – ⭐️4/5 stars
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara – ⭐️5/5 stars
Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali – ⭐️5/5 stars
Beach Read by Emily Henry – ⭐️5/5 stars
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos – ⭐️4/5 stars
Dear Ava by Ilsa Madden-Mills – ⭐️3/5 stars
June TBR
This month I have a few books that are high on my priority list and then I have the rest of the books on my physical TBR that I really want to get through as well! I don’t have a lot of plans for June so hopefully I will have a great reading month!!
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer
The Toll by Neal Shusterman
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Beach Read Review
Beach Read follows January and Gus two authors that were rivals in college who end up being neighbours. They are currently both suffering from writers block so they come up with a bet to swap their respective genres and see who can get their book sold first.
This was a fantastic book. I went into it with the expectations that it would be a light fluffy contemporary yet it delves so much more into deeper topics and was quite thought provoking and touching.
I loved January’s character. I was drawn into her life from the first chapter and she kept me highly engaged throughout the course of the book. I found her to be highly relatable and her optimistic way she perceives life refreshing. Moving into that house and being forced to face what her father has done to her and how it has affected her life whilst also having run ins with Sonya was highly entertaining.
Gus I was a little hesitant about at the start. He didn’t really evoke any kind of emotion from me, he was too closed off and standoffish. Once he started opening up more to January and revealing his emotions and thoughts was when I started warming up to him. He definitely has an enigmatic nature to him that initially draws you in to his character but once we got more of his backstory with Naomi and even with Pete and Maggie he became a lot more well rounded and developed.
I loved the actually writing that took up a lot of time in the plot. The way they prioritised their work even though they were crazy for each other I think was very mature of them. I feel a lot of time in romance the main protagonist would just give up everything for their love interest and would of missed the deadline.
This was definitely a slow burn. There were various scenes that got me very eager to read on and find out whether or not January will get her happy ending!
⭐️5/5 stars I devoured this book!!!!
Amy Leigh Reads 