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The Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

The Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

January 21, 2020 Posted by angelreads Features, Top Ten Tuesday 5 Comments

This week I’m sharing the most recent additions to my bookshelf. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

I have a really bad habit of not remember when I brought a book. I guess because I work in a book store, I buy something nearly every week. So it becomes like second nature to me. But for this, I tried to remember some of my most recent purchases. I also didn’t include books that I’ve purchased for others as well. But here we go. Like always these are in no order. 

Hat Trick (Fake Boyfriend #5) by Eden Finley: I released I hadn’t finished this series, so needed to buy the last couple of books so I could quickly binge read them. This series follows a group of new and old friends as they try to navigate life, new relationships, and new findings. All the main relationships in this series are m/m, but includes both gay and bi males.  I have now read this whole series and while it isn’t my favourite by far, it’s a fun series. 

Final Play (Fake Boyfriend #6) by Eden Finley: The last book in the series that I needed. It finishes everyone’s stories nicely. And the readers get to see what everyone is up to. It’s like short novellas about each couple from the series but in one big timeline.

Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey (Check, Please! #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu: This has been on my TBR of books to buy for such a long time now and I’ve recently been in the book to read some graphic novel and I felt this was the perfect one. It combines my love for NA, sports romance and everything fun. This is my most recent buy. 

The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey: This is one of those books that came into work and I thought I might like it. It doesn’t happen that often that I pick up a book while processing at work, but this sounded really interesting. I’m currently reading this one and enjoying it so far. 

The Bookworm Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts: Again this is one that I hadn’t really heard much about, but I saw it in-store and it sounded like something that I would really like. And I did. I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s a fun read that explores, coming of age and finding yourself. 

Tilly and the Bookwanderers (Pages & Co. #1) by Anna James:  My lovely best friend Ely from OfWonderland. So I finally picked it up last month. I can’t wait to read this one. I have heard nothing but good things about this one. 

The Long Distance Playlist by Tara Eglington: As soon as I read the synopsis for this one, I knew that I needed to pick it up. And luckily we were getting a few copies into work. I can’t wait to get stuck into reading this one 

 

And that is it for this post! What are some of your recent buys? Do we have anything that is the same? Let’s Chat

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  • Lydia
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    January 21, 2020 at 10:06 PM

    Happy reading! This looks like a great list.

    My TTT .

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  • Astilbe
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    January 21, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    I need to read Check, Please sometime soon.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  • Nick @ The Infinite Limits of Love
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    January 22, 2020 at 1:26 AM

    I have heard such good things about CHECK PLEASE. The Bookworm Crush sounds so adorable too. I’m glad it was a good read! 🙂

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  • Aymee
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    January 22, 2020 at 3:07 AM

    Check Please sounds right up my alley. Enjoy your books!

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  • Pratibha
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    January 23, 2020 at 3:14 AM

    Check Please looks like fun. Since I read a few webtoons last month , I am more interested in graphic novels now.

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

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🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
🎤Fake Dating/Engagement
🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers
🎤Forced Proximity
🏒Athlete x Pop Star 
🎤Angsty Slow Burn 

Content Warnings
Mental Health Struggles 
Suicide Intention 
Family Deaths 
Alcohol Consumption
Violence on Ice

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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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