A Book A Day – did I do it?

06/11/202006/11/2020 | CJRTB Books

I set my self a little challenge on my week off…..can I read a book a day?

I had the week off work and there was no school work to help my son with as it was school holidays. He was busy with his Zoom social life (!) so I had time that I didn’t know how really to fill once the cooking, washing and cleaning had been done, so I read!

I picked books from my tbr that I was in the mood for and also a sneaky new release. I can’t say all the books were big (well 1 was!) but I still did it!

Saturday

Ask Me If I Care by Lani Lynn Vale

(Read inside with coffee and biscuits to stay out the wind!)

Look out for my review soon!

Sunday

May Contain Wine by Lani Lynn Vale

(Read half inside and half in the garden in the sunny intervals)

Look out for my review soon!

Monday

Moti on the Water by Leylah Attar

(Read in the garden in the sun between rounds of swingball and laughter as it was so amusing!)

Look out for my review soon!

Tuesday

Dream Maker by Kristen Ashley

(A whopping 497 pages read inside as I couldnt move from the sofa when I started!)

See my review here.

Wednesday

King of Libertines by Pam Godwin

Prequel to Sea of Ruins

(only 79 pages but I think I more than made up for that yesterday!)

Thursday

Hooking Him by Aurora Rose Reynolds

(Read as a bit of pre bed reading!)

See my review here.

Friday

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

(Read in the shade in my garden on a very hot day!)

See my review here.

I can safely say I enjoyed every minute! Could I do it every week, no I don’t think so!

Have you ever set yourself a challenge like this?

Books I Need: July!

06/10/202006/07/2020 | CJRTB Books

So books I want in July.

You know, I really shouldn’t buy any and just put them on my wishlist until I’ve made a small dent in my tbr.

But I just cant help myself!!

So here they are!

The Rising series by Kristen Ashley

The Beginning of Everything

The Plan Commences

The Dawn of the End

The Rising

Ok this is 4 books and I said that I was only going to get 3 a month BUT the series is all out in July so thought it was ok to class this as 1? 🤣🤣

Not T5T – Books with yellow covers….

06/09/202006/09/2020 | CJRTB Books

With Shanah being super busy and taking a well deserved blog break, there is no Top 5 Tuesday for June so I thought I’d have a go at doing my own (not all the time, I struggled to come up with 5 weeks worth!!!)

I was toying with idea of a half year book-ish reflection and to set me up for the next half year – very loosely!

Last week we had Summer Releases I am looking forward to and this week I thought I would give a shout out to Summer with…..

Books with Yellow Covers!

Yellow is the colour of the sun, sun is associated with summer……ba ba bing!

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (am reaching here!!)

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas

Paper Princess by Erin Watt

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

These all came from my read/tbr – are there any others?

Fairyloot Unboxing: April 2020 – Memories

06/07/202005/31/2020 | CJRTB Books

Fairyloot – April 2020

Theme = Memories

‘Memories are precious things, aren’t they? They play a significant role in the featured book of the month and this theme revolves around memories, whether they’re good or bad, forgotten or unforgettable, hidden or exposed.’

Items inspired by Throne of Glass, The Beautiful, Harry Potter, Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

Included was:

🖤 Secret Book Vol. III by @noverantale

🖤 Terrasen Tote Bag by @fantasticalfeminism

🖤 Washi Tape by @tillanddill

🖤 Emoji Sticky Tabs by Fairyloot

🖤 Memory Vial Pin by @thatslovelydearshop

🖤 Saint Germain Pin Banner by @dustandpages

🖤 Tarot cards: Inspired by ToG by @Gabriella.bujdoso

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova

Set in a world inspired by Inquisition-era Spain, where magic is feared and rebels are trying to overthrow the crown. This tale of revenge, love and magic.

EXCLUSIVE COVER ✔

SPRAYED EDGES ✔

ARTWORK ON REVERSE OF DUST JACKET by @taratjah ✔

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ✔

FREE KINDLE DOWNLOAD: Academic Curveball from 6/5 thru 6/9

06/06/2020 | CJRTB Books

The debut book in the Braxton Campus Mysteries, Academic Curveball, is available as a FREE Kindle download from 6/5 thru 6/9. This book won a Best Fiction award and was the #1 downloaded Kindle book in the highest possible category in February 2019 during the initial promotion. There are now 6 books available in the…

FREE KINDLE DOWNLOAD: Academic Curveball from 6/5 thru 6/9

It arrived! Harry Potter House Edition!

06/06/202006/06/2020 | CJRTB Books

IT ARRIVED!!!! 🧹🦉

Hogwarts House Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!!!!

It’s magnificent, and so big, over 800 pages of Harry Potter goodness!

There was a pre order incentive of Harry Potter Notebook!

To me the cover looks a bit off centre but it could be to do with the band that holds the book together.

But I’ll be using that!

Do you collect the special House Editions?

What House do you collect?

(I’m actually a Ravenclaw but my son is a Gryffindor and I lost the draw of which to collect!!!)

Introducing: Tuesday to Thursday TBR

06/05/202005/25/2020 | CJRTB Books

I read 12 books in May and I was really happy with that. But when I looked only 2 were from my huge tbr and that got rid of a bit of my joy!

My TBR is over 100 books, probably closer to 150, and these are books I bought as I wanted to read…..and I haven’t read them! Crazy!

So Tuesday to Thursday TBR popped in my head.

On a Tuesday to Thursday each week I am only going to read a book from my tbr. With smaller books I’ll be able to finish but with a bigger book I’ll have to carry it over to the next week (let’s hope that works!!!)

Has anyone done anything that’s worked to read their tbr?

Review: Moti on the Water by Leylah Attar

06/04/202005/25/2020 | CJRTB Books

Title: Moti on the Water

Author: Leylah Attar

A Greek family. An Indian family. A summer wedding on the Aegean coast…

Meet Moti Ferreira—spectacularly jinxed from the day she’s born.

Saddled with an eccentric mother, she stumbles upon the one man who holds the key to her freedom—the best man at her cousin’s upcoming wedding.

All Moti has to do is overcome her fear of water, board a yacht to the Greek Isles, seduce the dreamy Nikos Manolas, and survive two weeks at sea with her oddball family.

The only obstacle Moti doesn’t see coming is Alexandros Veronis, the onboard chef and star witness to her awkward mishaps. He transforms onions into chocolate and aroma into nostalgia. Day by day, his alchemy works its magic on Moti. But she’s not the only one falling under his spell. Everyone has a secret, growing round and ripe at Chef Alex’s table. When the masks fall off, they spill out one by one, and everything blows up in their faces.

Now Moti’s truth is exposed, and worse, she’s hooked on more than Alex’s midnight snacks. But this time, screwing up could be the best thing she’s ever done…

Omg. Funny. Hilarious. Laugh out loud. I actually had tears rolling down my face at points.

Moti is a walking disaster. And I say that with all the kindness in the world. If it’s going to happen, it will happen to her!

A prophesy told when Moti was born (just like Harry Potter!) and she is waiting for the man in said prophesy to appear but I’m rather on her Nan’s side ‘Your turn will come too. And when it does, don’t listen to anything but your heart.’

And let me tell you the Nan would’ve been my firm friend. The realist, most down to earth person in Moti’s family.

Who is it to be, Three-Thumbed Nikos or Chef Alex?

The revelations at the end. I thought this book was funny but the truths shared were just so good!

This story was just beautiful. Finding love at it’s finest.