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May Reading Wrap-Up and June TBR

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I finished a decent amount of books in May and even had 3 favourite books this month. Hopefully this trend continues in June. Here is my belated June TBR as well as the buzzword readathon TBR that I plan to participate in I don't think I will be able to read all the books on my TBR but we shall see!

While You Were Reading - Ali Berg & Michelle Klaus Review

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This book follows Bea as she moves to Melbourne to get a new start after ruining her best friend's wedding. Friendless and working at a job she hates, the highlights of her day are her books and getting her daily coffee fix until she discovers a second hand book with beautiful annotations and poems littered throughout. She falls in love with the writing and decides to track down the owner of the book. When I heard that this book is about books, I knew I had to read it! I love reading and finding a book with gorgeous annotations and poetry is every bibliophiles dream. However this did not live up to my expectations. It is in no way a bad book by any means but to me it was just average. I initially loved all the book references in this novel but it quickly got to be too much. It kinda felt like this book was trying too hard. If you are not a BIG reader then this book is probably not for you as some of the references can go over your head. Kinda like someone quoting a movi

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Review

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This is the debut novel by Casey McQuiston and my gosh is it amazing! This book is everything. It will give you ALL the feels! It follows Alex, the First Son of America as he falls in love with his sworn enemy Prince Henry of Wales. This was the cutest story and made me squee so many times. After a confrontation with Henry at his brother's royal wedding, Alex and Henry are covered in a very expensive wedding cake and both sides have to do damage control. Plan of action. Make it look like Alex and Henry are best friends. After a weekend in England doing interviews and staging fake photos, Alex discovers that perhaps Henry isn't the uptight royal he believed him to be. Perhaps there is more to him than meets the eye. A friendship soon blossoms and the back and forth texts between the two would unfreeze any cold dead heart and if that isn't enough, the secret romance that soon begins will have you heating up and keep you turning the pages. I loved everything abo

The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren

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The Unhoneymooners begins with Olive helping her twin sister Ami get ready for her big day! Ami is the definition of lucky while Olive is the complete opposite. Ami met her fiance in the cutest way possible. Ami wins ever contest she enters. Ami has pretty much financed her entire wedding and honeymoon by winning a series of contests. Olive has just lost her job. Olive is unlucky in love. Olive has to spend the day with Ethan, brother of the groom and her sworn enemy. A twist of fate finds the entire wedding party sick from toxic fish at the buffet except for Olive and Ethan. Ami and her husband urge Olive and Ethan to take the free holiday and while they hate each other, who wouldn't take a free holiday to Hawaii, they'll just have to avoid each other right?! Perhaps Olive's luck is changing? She even gets a call to start a new job when she gets back! Luck is definitely on her side! Right!? Olive's bad luck comes back full force when she finds her new bos

Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) - Tahereh Mafi Review

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Unravel Me ended on quite the cliffhanger. Omega Point was destroyed. Juliette almost died. Are any of the rebels even alive? Is Adam?! Juliette doesn't know but she will not stop at trying to take down the Restablishment once and for all. So much like book two I decided to read the novella that proceeds this book, Fracture Me which is told through the perspective of Adam and much like I predicted, I hate him now!! Warner for the win!! Adam is truly draining in this book. He is only really out for himself and his younger brother. He doesn't care about anyone else and I wanted to reach through the pages and punch him in the face. Seeing his actual feelings when he believes Juliette is dead is like a slap in the face. He only gets worse in Ignite Me! Like the first two books, this mainly focuses on the romance side of things and the real action of the story happens in the last few chapters and honestly ends rather abruptly in my opinion.  Had this been the real last