If you didn’t know already Ely and I are buddy reading a book a month this year and then talking about them on each other’s blog. And while we are a little behind it’s time to share what we are planning to read for the next few months. You can check out part one and two now.
Angel: We have some pretty great reads already this year, how are you feeling about the next couple of months?
Ely: I think we’ve picked a great bunch of books for this whole year, and these three months are especially exciting, I think!
A: So let’s get into this, these are our buddy read for July, August and September!
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
A: Our July read is an interesting one and I’m still not sure how I’m going to feel about this book. Right away it caught my eye. While not my usual read, I’m excited. We both have arcs of this one – which makes me really excited because I can’t wait to dig in.
E: I actually read an excerpt of this one and was instantly like ‘yes, Angel and I need this. It’s not my usual type of book either, but it does have some chronic illness rep. The part that I read was just brilliant—it had me in stitches and I was desperate to know what was going to happen next.
A: That makes me even more excited to pick it up now. Like we said in our previous discussion on Get a Life, Chloe Brown we love disability rep in our books, especially chronic illness. I’ve also never read anything from Tia Williams and that makes me even more excited. Is the disability rep something you are most looking forward to as well?
E: Absolutely! But I’m always interested in dipping my toes a little more into contemporary romance. Which we’ve both talked about being hesitant and unsure about many, many times!
In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens
A: This has been on my tbr since I heard about it quite a few months ago. And it screamed at me. It just sounds fantastic and brilliant and I just want it now.
E: I’m pretty sure we found this on the same day and had a little freak out about how amazing it sounded. It honestly sounds like a fun romp, and we totally deserve that!
A: It doesn’t just sound like a fantastic book, but the world sounds fascinating, the characters sounds so good and it’s diverse – it’s everything that I want and need. I’m also a sucker for YA fantasy. What about you?
E: I honestly haven’t read a pirate book in a really long time but I am so ready for this one!
A: I think that is what makes me most excited about it as well. I rarely read pirate books and this just sounds too good.
A: Well I think you all expected to see another historical romance here on this list. And what better than Sarah MacLean’s new one. This one just sounds bloody fantastic. I’m seriously hanging for it right now.
E: Sarah MacLean is such a great writer to have on here as well. We’ve both enjoyed her books in the past as well so I think this will be a perfect read. It sounds so fabulous. What are you most excited about it? Other than it being a MacLean, of course!
A: It just sounds brilliant. I love historical romances when the female can bend rules and take the world by storm and that seems like that what’s going to happen here. Add to that it’s best friends sisters/brothers best friends romance and damn I’m in. What are you most excited about?
E: I just love a badass female too. I especially love the fact that the series is called Hell’s Belles—that makes it sound like some downright badassery is about to go on. I’m 100% here for it.
A: I think this is one of my most anticipated reads this year and I’m getting more and more hyped while writing this.
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And there we go those are our buddy reads for the next few months. I’m so excited to see what both of us think of these in the end. Do you buddy read?
Have you read any of these yet? What did you think of them? Are you planning to read them? Let’s Chat!
