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kingstoken) wrote2024-07-02 10:29 am
kingstoken) wrote2024-07-02 10:29 am
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Second Quarter Reading Wrap-Up
I'm a little late with the update, but I have a summer cold, so I didn't have the energy to post earlier. I am still chugging away at my book bingo, which you can see my card here. I'm currently reading Red, White & Royal Blue, I'm about 150 pages in and I'm really struggling with it, I'm not sure why, like usually I love me a good M/M romance, but this one just isn't doing it for me for some reason, maybe because at this point it doesn't feel like they are falling in love, it feels like tension then some banter then sex, which normally I would like, but I don't here for some reason and I can't quite put my finger on why. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to try and push through or just DNF it. Anyways, here are the books I did finish:
Haikyū!! Vol 4-5 by Haruichi Furudate - lots more volleyball action, I'm continuing to enjoy this series, although I'm not sure when I will get to rest of them, because my library seemed to have the early issues only.
Something Human by A.J. Demas - a lovely M/M love story set in fantasy world that I think is somewhat inspired by the Romans in Brittan. Basically, it is two soldiers on opposite sides and find each other after a battle and then nurse each other back to health, then have to go back to their own sides. I will say I was really wondering at times how they could possibly end up together, but i was glad it worked out in the end.
You May Now Kill The Bride by Kate Weston - not a bad murder mystery, but I will say all of the characters kind of suck, as in they're awful people, but not in an interesting way. As the story went on I just couldn't understand why they were all still friends with each other, although over the course of the story you do come to understand why they are all so co-dependent on each other.
Slippery Creatures by K.J.Charles - this was my first K.J. Charles, who I know is a well loved author. I really enjoyed it, there was an interesting mystery and intrigue, and good tension between the male leads, my only complaint is there wasn't a lot of actual romance. It is a first in a series, but I'm not if I'm going to continue or not.
The Ruin of A Rake by Cate Sebastian - Okay, I didn't really like either one of two leads at first, they are both bastards in their ways, but Courtney grew on me really quickly, but it took me a lot longer to warm to Julian. I'm glad I stuck with it, because I did like the ending , although one of these two idiots takes way too long to realize that maybe he is in love, like almost the entire book too long. That being said I liked it enough that I decided to give another book by the author a try.
The Lawrence Brown Affair by Cat Sebastian - this book actually comes before Ruin of a Rake, but I read them out of order, so it was kind of funny to see the two love interests from the next book make cameo appearances in this one, and they hate each other here. That being said, I like this one immensely more than Ruin, it was a softer, sweeter romance. They are developing deep feelings for each other fairly quickly, and it is more about internal struggles and outside forces keeping them apart. I was glad Lawrence figured out pretty early that shady stuff was afoot, so there was no great feelings of betrayal later on.
Strange Planet by Nathan W Pyle - cute collection of cartoons featuring aliens, best enjoyed in small doses.
The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz - this was supposed to be a thriller/mystery. It takes place during Covid lock-down, so that was the first time I had read a story in that setting. It had some potential, but unfortunately how the story wrapped up was not satisfying at all.
Haikyū!! Vol 4-5 by Haruichi Furudate - lots more volleyball action, I'm continuing to enjoy this series, although I'm not sure when I will get to rest of them, because my library seemed to have the early issues only.
You May Now Kill The Bride by Kate Weston - not a bad murder mystery, but I will say all of the characters kind of suck, as in they're awful people, but not in an interesting way. As the story went on I just couldn't understand why they were all still friends with each other, although over the course of the story you do come to understand why they are all so co-dependent on each other.
Slippery Creatures by K.J.Charles - this was my first K.J. Charles, who I know is a well loved author. I really enjoyed it, there was an interesting mystery and intrigue, and good tension between the male leads, my only complaint is there wasn't a lot of actual romance. It is a first in a series, but I'm not if I'm going to continue or not.
The Ruin of A Rake by Cate Sebastian - Okay, I didn't really like either one of two leads at first, they are both bastards in their ways, but Courtney grew on me really quickly, but it took me a lot longer to warm to Julian. I'm glad I stuck with it, because I did like the ending , although one of these two idiots takes way too long to realize that maybe he is in love, like almost the entire book too long. That being said I liked it enough that I decided to give another book by the author a try.
The Lawrence Brown Affair by Cat Sebastian - this book actually comes before Ruin of a Rake, but I read them out of order, so it was kind of funny to see the two love interests from the next book make cameo appearances in this one, and they hate each other here. That being said, I like this one immensely more than Ruin, it was a softer, sweeter romance. They are developing deep feelings for each other fairly quickly, and it is more about internal struggles and outside forces keeping them apart. I was glad Lawrence figured out pretty early that shady stuff was afoot, so there was no great feelings of betrayal later on.
Strange Planet by Nathan W Pyle - cute collection of cartoons featuring aliens, best enjoyed in small doses.
The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz - this was supposed to be a thriller/mystery. It takes place during Covid lock-down, so that was the first time I had read a story in that setting. It had some potential, but unfortunately how the story wrapped up was not satisfying at all.