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?

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.

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!

For the first topic I’m going to show you is Summer Releases (July and August) that I think will be perfect Summer reads.

(Click on the cover to take you to Amazon to read the blurb)

July

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning

August

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (Oh come on. You need this in your life!)

Set Fire to the Gods by Sarah Raasch and Kristen Simmonds

Reign by Cora Carmack (Maybe an audible exclusive?)

Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting

Do any of these take your fancy?

I’ve been giving serious thought to doing a Rick Riordan reread/read.

I sort of abandoned the 5 different series quite a few years ago but lately I’ve been thinking about picking back up….but that’s 21 very solid looking books!

My son has The Lightening Thief so I picked it up and read it….in 1 day and was completely engrossed! Then I ordered the set as I found it for £10! I do have some of Heroes of Olympus books and all the Kane Chronicles, I just need to find them!

So the question is, do I start reading the rest?

I’ve had many thoughts, maybe a binge month or read 1 a month or 2 a month but I just cant get settled on how best to tackle it.

Am I mad?

Have you ever reread a mammoth series?

How would you break it down to read?

Not only were many of the books in the Braxton Campus Mysteries discounted to .99 this week, but the 5th book, Haunted House Ghost, is also available as a Kindle download for only .99 from 5/29 thru 6/2. To take advantage of this discount, visit Amazon via this link. Overview of Haunted House Ghost It’s Halloween,…

Haunted House Ghost: Only .99 from 5/29 to 6/2

Welcome to Closing the Chapter! I hope you had a great reading month?

** NOTE – this is also my Moody May update! **

Isn’t it the best feeling when you get your mojo back?! And my mojo is BACK baby!!!

I don’t think it’s anything to do with the dreaded C word as I’m not really having extra time to read, however we did have a couple of Bank Holidays thrown in but I just think my love of reading has come back and the fact that I picked on a whim because of Moody May. I’m so going to keep doing that!

12 books = so happy! And it’s my birthday – what a present!!!

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Supernova by Marissa Meyer

See my review here.

The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

See my review here.

Love Under Quarantine by Kylie Scott and Audrey Carlan

See my review here.

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

See my review here.

Embracing Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

See my review here.

The Hunter by LJ Shen

See my review here.

Bound by the Past by Cora Reilly

See my review here.

Just Kidding by Lani Lynn Vale

Look out for my series so far review soon!

Fries Before Guys by Lani Lynn Vale

Look out for my series so far review soon!

Maybe Swearing Will Help by Lani Lynn Vale

Look out for my series so far review soon!

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Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

See my review here.

Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

See my review here.

 

What did you read in May?

In April I totally kept my self-promise to only buy 3 books and actually only got 2!

So in my head that was a green light to carry over that extra book.

That’s ok right?

Well I think so! So I did carry it over and got 4 books in May!

The Final Empire: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Embracing Destiny by Amelia Hutchins

🎧 Audio

Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

What books did you get in May?

Title: Dream Maker

Series: Dream Team #1

Author: Kristen Ashley

Evie is a bonafide nerd and a hyper-intelligent chick who has worked her whole life to get what she wants. Growing up, she had no support from her family and has only ever been able to rely on herself. So when Evie decides she wants to earn her engineering degree, she realizes she needs to take an alternative path to get there. She takes a job dancing at Smithie’s club thinking this would be a quick side gig, where she can make the money she needs. But with her lack of dancing skills and an alpha bad boy who becomes overly protective, Evie realizes this might not be as easy as she thought.

Daniel “Mag” Magnusson knows a thing or two about pain, but the mask he wears is excellent. No one can tell that this good-looking, quick-witted, and roguish guy has deep-seated issues. Mag puts on a funny-guy routine so he can hide his broken heart and PTSD. But when Evie dances her way into Mag’s life, he realizes that he needs to come face-to-face with the demons of his past if he wants a future with her.

The Rock Chicks is a series I’ve read and reread countless times (and Chaos) so I had great expectations over this.

And I wasnt disappointed.

Utterly superb.

This was like climbing back into bed with the Rock Chicks!

Mag is just, oh god, I can’t even explain it. Let this explain it for me ‘How is it, when you act like a dork, the need to bang you strengthens?’ #yesplease

Evan (Evie) is the new member…..but of what Team? Rock Chick or Dream?! I’d happily be a member of both!

Evie is everything I wanted in a girl with problems, issues and a family that is tearing her down. The way she dealt with everything life threw at her, including Mag meant I was in awe of her.

Hold onto your hats ladies cause this will take you on one hell of a ride!

Expect drama, expect laughs, expect girl power, expect swoon, expect everything and this book will deliver.

And I’m with Gert, I like being ‘regular’ too!!!

 

Top 5 Tuesday is brought to you by Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm, see her original post here.

I was thinking about what this means…..and I deliberated for a while and decided that I wasnt going to pick books with summer type stories but books that are releasing in June, July and August that I want to get my grabby hands on!

I have heard that some book releases are being pushed back but these are from my countdown app and I havent checked lately that the dates are still the same so my apologies if they have changed!

Truelife by Jay Kristoff

The Damned by Renee Ahdieh

Hood by Jenny Elder Moke

 

 

The Beginning of Everything by Kristen Ashley (ebook)

Reign by Cora Carmack

(Can only find audible pre order – is this coming out on audio first???)

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What’s on your list for smmer?