Hi guys, it’s Ely from Earl Grey Books. Can you believe this is my last guest post for 2020? Since it’s the last one for the year I thought I would share with you three books that I read in 2020 that I really want YOU to read. And yes Angel, that means you too.
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
I’ve been talking about this book a lot on my own blog lately. But it’s just so good that I have to mention it on here too. This is one of the most beautiful books I’ve read and it does not get the recognition that it deserves. If you like the sorts of things that Angel tends to read and review, particularly the YA contemporaries she likes, then you’ll probably like this one too.
Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese
You might’ve seen Angel talk about this one already because she was the one who made me read it, but it’s such a great read. I don’t read a lot of contemporary adult romance, and when I do, I often don’t like them. But this one has so much heart to it that I couldn’t help but love it. This is a cute sports romance, but it also features disability which you know Angel and I are both 
100% here for.
I will never, ever shut up about Shaun Tan. He’s an Australian-based artist and writer and everything he’s ever created is stunning. The Arrival is one of the books of his I read this year and I think it’s probably my favourite. It’s a picture book, almost a graphic novel, though it doesn’t have any words. The images are so beautiful and powerful that you don’t need them to understand the story. He also creates the most adorable little creatures. Seriously these things need to be real so that my cat, Percy, can have them as friends.
And that’s a wrap on 2020 for me here. If you’re interested in hearing about the other amazing books I read in 2020, pop over to my blog over the next few weeks to see my top books lists!
Hello, it’s Ely and it’s time for my guest post for this month! In preparation for this post, I picked up three historical romances authors that I’d never read before and now I’m going to share with you what I thought about them and all that good stuff. So, let’s do it.
First up, you might have seen that Angel and I recently buddy read The Duke and I, which we discussed over on my blog here. I absolutely loved it and I think Quinn has a serious chance of becoming one of my top romance authors. I’ve already read book two in the series and now I’m just waiting for the next ones to arrive. I find her writing really easy to read and her characters are all so fun and witty—I love that. So this was definitely a win.
I just read It’s Hard Out Here For A Duke the other day and honestly? I did not like it. I don’t often dislike historical romances—I definitely have my favourites, but most of the time I mostly enjoy them. I just found this one kind of boring. It’s kind of dual perspective, but it switches back and forth between the two characters 
multiple times in a chapter. They often repeat the exact same things and that just didn’t work for me. I don’t think Maya Rodale is an author I would pick up again.
Rounding this off with another incredible author. I read The Duke a little while ago and also loved it. Side note; why do I like Dukes so much? Anyway, this is a very different type of story to other romances I’ve read and at the start, I wasn’t too sure about it. There’s a bit of a murder mystery to it and the protagonist is also a courtesan, which kind of seemed like a strange mix but it worked. I bought the rest of the series and I’ll be reading those shortly!
And there we are. Have you read any of these romance authors? Are you adding any of them to your list?
Hello! It’s Ely from Earl Grey Books back again for my monthly guest post. If you’ve been a follower of Angel for a while you’ve probably realised that she loves the romance genre a lot—she then passed that onto me. I’m much more selective in my romance reading, so I thought it might be fun today to share some sub-genres of romance I haven’t really tried before.
MC
I know Angel has been reading a few of these more recently, but I’m pretty sure it’s not going to be for me. I think read one maybe four or five years ago, and didn’t really enjoy though that was before I really read any romance. I’m not really much of a contemporary romance reader, apart from the occasional ice hockey read.
Music/Celebrity
Again, I did read Maybe Someday a really long time ago and loved it at the time, but I just don’t think this genre would be for me either. I don’t know why that is, because I do like YA contemporaries that go with that sort of thing. All this being said I do have a few that I’d like to try, like the Hush Note series from Sarina Bowen, Devney Perry and Rebecca Yarros, and the London Celebrities series from Lucy Parker.
Time Travel
Outlander is the extent of my experience with time travel romance. I have to admit though that I liked the TV series more than the first book, but that’s a whole other discussion. I do really want to try more of ten genre—I have an ebook copy of Love Beyond Time by Bethany Claire that I should definitely get to at some point soon.
Fantasy
Apparently, the theme here is having read one book in each genre before? So why not throw in a fantasy romance too. Like time travel, I do think I’d enjoy this. I love fantasy, I love romance—it would make sense that I’d love both, right? I would love some recommendations if anyone has any.
That’s my post for this month. I’ll see you all in November!
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
100% here for.
