Down The TBR Hole: Version 2, Round 2

 

It's time to clear out my ever growing TBR a bit more! Down The TBR Hole was created by Lost In A Story to sort out that mess of a Goodreads Want To Read shelf. The idea is to sort your Want To Read Shelf by date added from oldest to newest, look at the books 5-10 at a time and decide if you are still interested in reading them. If you're not interested, off they go.

I started this in 2017 but didn't get very far, so decided to go back to the beginning and start again. 

Version 2, Round 1

1. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

This is a romance set in Scotland about a woman with secrets and a man wanting more than just no strings attached. I have such mixed feelings about this book. I have heard some really great things about this book as a whole, but also some not so great things about the relationship. However, I'm interested to see how accurate the Scottish setting is considering the author is Scottish, as I usually hate books set in Scotland because of the inaccuracies. So for that reason only, I'm going to keep it.

Stay/Go

2. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

I don't know what this is about and I don't need to. It's Colleen Hoover, everyone loves Colleen Hoover, I'm going to get around to it some time.

Stay/Go

3. All Lines Up by Cora Carmack

This is a NA sports romance between the quarterback and the coach's daughter. I love a sports romance and I've heard great things about this series.

Stay/Go

4. Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

This follows two best friends dealing with one of them being sick and trying to come to terms with the fact things might never go back to the way they were. This sounds like it could be a really great, emotional but lovely book. However, I don't realistically think I'll ever get to it. 

Stay/Go

5. The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu

This sounds so good! It is a story about high school and rumours and things spiralling out of control after the star quarterback dies in a car accident. I'm definitely still interested in this.

Stay/Go

6. Story Of A Girl by Sara Zarr

A girl is caught in the backseat of a car with her brother's best friend and has to deal with becoming known as the 'school slut'. This is another one that is probably a really great book, but I'm just not going to get to it.

Stay/Go

7. After The End by Amy Plum

This follows a girl who has been told her whole like that World War 3 wiped out almost the entire population and a select few managed to survive in the Alaskan wilderness, only to discover that is not true and then has to try and survive in a modern world she doesn't understand. This is an intriguing premise but everyone I follow on Goodreads has given it a low rating. I think I'm interested enough to still want to give it a go.

Stay/Go

8. Losing It by Cora Carmack

I was so sure I would be keeping this one until I read the synopsis and just wasn't interested. It is about a girl who is fed up being the only virgin in her friend group so decides to have a one night stand to get it over with. However, she freaks out and leaves the guy naked in her bed, only to later discover he was her new professor. Maybe I'm making a huge mistake here as everyone seems to love it, but I'm just not interested anymore.

Stay/Go

9. #Scandal by Sarah Ockler

I still remember all of the hype surrounding this book when it was first published. It follows a girl who takes her best friend's date to prom when she is too sick to go, but a picture of an end of the night kiss between the two is posted all over social leading to a whole lot of drama. This sounds like the kind of book I would have loved back in the day, but not something I would be interested in now.

Stay/Go

10. If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones

A high school teacher is given an abandoned storage unit by a friend and uncovers belongings, including journals, of a mystery woman. After reading her journals, she basically takes on this woman's life in order to discover what happened to her. This seems to be compared to Fifty Shades Of Grey a lot, which is interesting. I think this is another one that I could possibly enjoy but will most likely never get to.

Stay/Go

Five staying, Five going. Want To Read shelf down to 540.

Again, half going and half staying. That's not to bad. Unfortunately, the overall number hasn't gone down very much because I have been adding more books to the shelf. 

Have I got rid of any that you think I should give a go?

Sophie :)

I Recommend 5: YA Thrillers

I haven't done one of these in a couple of months but it seemed only right to use the month of October to recommend some edge of your seat, full of plot twist thrillers. I haven't read loads of thrillers, and a lot of the Adult thrillers I have read are the super popular ones that everyone will have heard of. I have, however, read quite a few YA thrillers over the years that I have really enjoyed and not heard too much about. I decided I would share five of them in the hope that you might find a great spooky season read. 

These are not necessarily books that I have rated 5 stars, as it takes a lot for me to give a thriller such a high rating. However, I have chosen books with interesting stories, some good plot twists and will keep you hooked until the last page.

1. Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie

This was one of the first thrillers I ever read, way back when I was still in school, and I still think about it sometimes. It follows a girl who, while researching for a school project, finds her own picture on a missing children's website. I still remember getting this book from my school library and just completely devouring it. I'll be honest, I don't remember loads about it, other than it has lots of twists and I never knew what was coming, and my opinion may be different now, but 10+ years ago I absolutely loved this book. 

2. Lying About Last Summer by Sue Wallman

I picked this one up back in 2016 and remember I just couldn't put it down. This is about a girl who goes to a camp for bereaved teens after her sister dies and while she is there she receives texts from someone pretending to be her dead sister. This is another one that I just couldn't predict anything that happened. From what I remember, it was a bit Pretty Little Liars, with the anonymous messages, meets We Were Liars, with the creepy, not sure who to trust atmosphere. 

3. One Of Us Is Next by Karen M McManus

This is a more recent release and definitely more popular than the other books I have mentioned. This is the sequel to One Of Us Is Lying, which is also a really good thriller that I would recommend, but I actually preferred the second book. The sequel follows a mostly new set of characters but is set in the same school as the first book. This involves a game of truth or dare, controlled by an anonymous person, that turns deadly. I love thrillers involving games, so I was completely hooked the entire time. This is another one that completely threw me with the plot twists.

4. There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

This is probably a bit more of a horror than a thriller but I'm including it anyway. This is essentially a slasher film in the form of a YA book. It takes place in a small town in which high school students begin to die one by one in pretty gruesome murders. It is very creepy, a bit graphic, and nothing like you would expect from the author of the Anna and the French Kiss books, but I really enjoyed it. It definitely isn't for everyone and has received some very mixed reviews. As someone who hasn't really read any horror and had nothing to compare it to, I really enjoyed it and was on the edge of my seat the whole time I was reading it.

5. Follow Me Back by AV Geiger

This one is a bit of a strange recommendation from me. I gave this book 2.5 stars, so obviously it wasn't a favourite of mine. However, that rating was due to the way one aspects of the story was portrayed and probably not something that would bother a lot of people. Putting that to the side, this was exciting, creepy, everything you would want in a thriller. It follows a girl with agoraphobia and a pop star who decides to troll her on Twitter. It is an interesting story, a lot of the twists I didn't see coming and it was a thriller that I think a lot of people would enjoy. My issue with this was the fact that I HATED the way fans were portrayed, but if that isn't something that would bother you I would definitely recommend giving it a go.

Those are five YA thrillers that I would recommend picking up and giving a go if you are looking for something a bit creepy over the next week or so. They aren't quite as intense as a lot of adult thrillers, but definitely a good place to start if you are not typically a thriller reader. 

What is your favourite YA thriller? Have you read any of the books on my list?

Sophie :)

September 2020 Wrap Up

It's starting to get to that crazy time of year again! September was a busy month for me, with work being quite intense and barely any time off. Not only did I struggle to blog, I only read 4 books in the month, which is the least I've read in a month all year. Three of them were pretty chunky books, but it is still a little disappointing to me. On the plus side, every book I read in September I rated 4 stars, so at least I enjoyed everything I read. 

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer -

After finishing my reread of the Twilight series, I finally got around to reading the newest Twilight release, Midnight Sun. This was my most anticipated release of the year and I was so relieved that I ended up really enjoying it. Midnight Sun is essentially a retelling of the events of the first book in the series, but told from Edward's perspective. I found that I enjoyed Edward's perspective more than Bella's, as I often found Bella to be quite an annoying character. I was worried I would be bored as I know the story of Twilight so well, but it felt completely different from Edward's perspective. Certain events from the original book had more depth and were more explained seeing them from Edward's side, which I found so interesting. I'm still not entirely sure what he saw in Bella though, she was just as annoying as I had always found her to be. Overall, I really enjoyed diving back into this series and loved the nostalgic feeling of experiencing a Twilight book for the first time.

Rating: 4/5

City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare -

Once again I have started rereading this series in the hopes of finally finishing it. This was my third read of City Of Bones and my feelings about this remain the same. I really enjoy this world and learning about the Shadowhunters and their history. I love all of these characters and the relationships they have with each other. I remember finding this first book quite confusing initially, but by the third time through I don't have that problem. I have a super short review from my first time reading it here. I'm looking forward to hopefully making my way through this series soon.

Rating: 4/5

Hook Shot by Kennedy Ryan -

After all of the vampires and paranormal creatures, I needed a bit of romance. This is the third and final book in Kennedy Ryan's Hoops series, featuring three basketball romances. Hook Shot follows Lotus, the cousin of Iris in the first book, and Kenan, August from book one's teammate. I really liked Lotus in the first book and couldn't wait to get more of her story. Both Lotus and Kenan have so much going on in their personal lives, meaning that this book dealt with some very difficult topics. Lotus' abuse as child is touched on in the first book and is discussed again in Hook Shot. I found it incredibly powerful to read about Louts facing her past and the people who help her do so. We also see Kenan dealing with a very public divorce and trying to co-parent his teenage daughter with his difficult ex-wife. There were just so many really interesting aspects to this story and they were just as important as the romance itself. I loved the way the romance developed and just how well they dealt with everything that was thrown at them. They are definitely one of my favourite couples, and individually two of the best characters I've read about. My only complaint about this book is that it felt a bit too long. Every time I thought it was just about to wrap up nicely, there was more. However, I did really enjoy this book, and this series as a whole.

Trigger warnings for sexual abuse, attempted suicide, death of a loved one.

Rating: 4/5

Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire -

And back to the vampires and paranormal creatures we go. This is the second book in the Wayward Children series, which follows children who go through doors to other worlds. The second book in the series follows Jack and Jill, who we meet in the first book, and tells the story of their time in a world of vampires and mad scientists. This was such an interesting read. I loved getting to know Jack and Jill's back story and getting to know them more as characters. I found their world really interesting, although a bit confusing, and enjoyed getting to discover it with them. These books are so well written, with every part so important to the story. It's so clever but also so whimsical and almost like a fairy tale. This was a really enjoyable read and so quick and easy as it is so short.

Rating: 4/5

Those were the four books I read in September. Not a great month in terms of quantity, but it is great that I enjoyed all of them. Hopefully with a bit of time of work this month, and being in a better headspace, I can read a bit more in October.

What was the best book you read in September?

Sophie :)

Six Books I Want To Read In October

I am terrible at sticking to a TBR. I used to post monthly TBRs and rarely ended up reading more than one of the books mentioned by the end of the month. I occasionally try and do seasonal TBR lists, but again never stick to them. So why do I appear to be sharing what looks suspiciously like an October TBR? Well, because one day I will actually be successful. I don't expect that day will be any time soon, but I'm going to share some of the books I'm hoping to get to in October anyway.

I tend to gravitate toward thrillers and fantasy or dystopian type books at this time of year, but I've been in the mood for a bit of everything recently. These are some of the books that sound the most interesting to me right now. Hopefully I will get to at least some of them in the coming month.

  

1. The Guest List by Lucy Foley - I've heard nothing but amazing things about this mystery/thriller and have been meaning to get to it for a few months now. It follows a wedding party and takes place on an island off the coast of Ireland, which sounds like the perfect creepy setting for this time of year.

2. Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas - I'm really in the mood for a more forbidden, taboo type romance read at the moment and I've heard so many good things about this one. It's an age gap romance between a girl and her boyfriend's dad.

3. No Exit by Taylor Adams - This is another thriller that I have heard some amazing things about, and one that sounds super creepy. It takes place in a middle of nowhere rest stop during a blizzard and there's a girl locked in a cage in the back of a van.

4. Praying For Rain by BB Easton - Romance and the apocalypse, sounds like the perfect combination to me. Again, I've heard really great things about this and it seems like more of a darker romance, what with the world going to end and everything, so it could be good for this time of year.

5. A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson - I've been wanting to read this since it got a lot of hype at YALC when I was there a couple of years ago, but haven't picked it up yet. It's a YA thriller, that's been getting a lot of praise recently, about a girl doing a school project on a murder in her town and uncovers some secrets.

6. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - Let's play 'how many times can I put this in a TBR before I actually read it?' I've started rereading The Mortal Instruments again so maybe I'll eventually get to this book, but then again maybe I won't. 

Those are the six books I am most interested in reading in the next month. I am a mood reader so I may no longer be in the mood for any of these books in a few days time, but who knows. I'm hopeful I can at least get to a few of these as they are all books I have been wanting to get to for a while.

Which of these should I pick up first?

Sophie :)

Bringing Back 'Down The TBR Hole': Version 2, Round 1

 

It's been ages since I have done one of these posts but I think it's time to bring it back and get my TBR down a bit. I currently have 548 books on my Goodreads 'Want To Read' shelf and so many of those I will definitely have lost interest in by now. The idea of Down The TBR Hole is to clear out your TBR and only keep books on there that you are still interested in reading. It was originally created by Lost In A Story and involves organising your Goodreads 'Want To Read' shelf by date added from oldest to newest, looking at the books 5-10 at a time and deciding if you want to keep them on the shelf or not. 

I first did this back in 2017 so my opinions have probably changed since then. I decided it would make sense to go back to the beginning and start again. I'm hoping to try and do this monthly and maybe 10 books per post in order to get through them.

1. Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen - I've read two Sarah Dessen books now and enjoyed the second, which I just read recently, more than the first. I'm definitely still interested in reading more of her books. 

Stay/Go

2. Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi - This premise has always sounded interesting to me; a society living inside a dome and a girl who goes outside of it to find her mother. This could well be something I love. However, it has been on my radar for 7 years now and I haven't picked it up. I think it's time to accept I'm probably never going to read this one.

Stay/Go

3. Before You Die by Samantha Hayes - This is a mystery/thriller about a small town in which young people keep committing suicide and a detective has to work out what is going on when her nephew disappears. This is another one I have had on my TBR shelf for so long and never picked up, so think it is likely I never will. I own another book by this author so if I read and love that I may decide to add this again.

Stay/Go

4. The Rules For Disappearing by Ashley Elston - I'm still so intrigued by this one. It is about a girl who is in Witness Protection and the synopsis just gives me Mary-Kate and Ashley Our Lips Are Sealed vibes. From the looks of it this is a hard book to get a hold of, which might mean I never end up reading it, but it is one I'm still interested in.

Stay/Go

5. Roomies by Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando - This is a book I probably would have loved a few years ago. It is about two very different girls who are assigned to be roommates in college. I'm just not interested in this one anymore.

Stay/Go

6. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch - This sounds really intriguing. It is about a girl who has lived in a camper in the middle of the forrest with her younger sister and drug addict mother for as long as she can remember, until one day her mother leaves and strangers arrive. The sisters are then thrust into the world and have to navigate all the new things that come along with that while keeping secrets that could ruin everything. I'm still curious about this one.

Stay/ Go

7. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - This is a non-fiction book about neurological conditions which was recommended by a psychology professor at university. This is still totally something I would be interested in reading. 

Stay/Go

8. Five Summers by Una LaMarche - This is another one that is still something I think I would enjoy. It's a summer story following five friends and set at camp. 

Stay/Go

9. The Last Forever by Deb Caletti - This follows a girl who moves to a small beach town with her father after the death of her mother. I kept this one the first time around because I love small beach town settings so much. However, I haven't read it in the two years since then so I'm probably not going to. 

Stay/Go

10. The Maze Runner by James Dashner - I used to own this book and tried to start it twice but never managed to get past the first couple of chapters. I just wasn't interested. I decided to unhaul the book but leave it on my Goodreads TBR in case I was ever interested to try again. I haven't been interested in the last two years. I love Dylan O'Brien so I will probably watch the movies at some point, but I think I'm done trying with this book.

Stay/Go

Five staying, five going, Want To Read shelf down to 543. I don't think that's too bad. 

Did I make the right decisions here? Have I kept any that might not be worth it?

Sophie :)

A Beginner's Guide To Kasie West

If you've been around here much at all in the six years of the existence of this blog, you may know that Kasie West is one of my all time favourite authors. She writes primarily YA contemporary romance and, as of right now, has a total of 13 published works. I have read all of her YA contemporary novels, so now seemed like a good time to try a give a little guide to Kasie West's books for those who maybe haven't read anything from her yet. 

As well as her 11 YA contemporary romance novels, she also has a YA paranormal duology. While I have read the first book in that duology, Pivot Point, which you can find out my thoughts about here, I am going to focus on the contemporary novels today.

I'm going to be giving a little bit of information about each book, just enough that you get an idea of what it's about but not too much, and a bit about what I liked and didn't like so much. Then, at the end, I will be trying to rank all eleven books from my favourite to least favourite.

The Distance Between Us

What It's About: Rich boy and not-so-rich girl with a mother who hates rich boys meet in a doll store. They start hanging out but hiding it from her mother. She also has a bit of a thing with the local rocker.

What's Good: Great quirky doll store setting, super sassy main character, adorable romance.

What's Not So Good: Really abrupt ending.

I would recommend if you like...slightly forbidden romance, love triangle, quirky setting, snarky main character, adorable romance.

Full Review

On The Fence

What It's About: Tomboy girl raised by a single dad with three older brothers starts working at a boutique and discovers all things girly, while also falling for her next door neighbour through late night fence chats.

What's Good: Pretty much everything? Very family focused, nice family dynamic, great main character learning to be herself, some touches on grief and dealing with the death of a parent, the sweetest romance.

What's Not So Good: I don't remember anything I disliked about this.

I would recommend if you like...friends to lovers, brother's best friend romance, large families, single dads, grief, double life, a bit of sneaking around.

Full Review

The Fill-In Boyfriend

What It's About: After being dumped by her boyfriend in the parking lot of her high school prom, the boy waiting to pick up his sister becomes her fake boyfriend for a few hours. 

What's Good: Fake dating trope done really well, very cute romance, good message about unhealthy female friendships and the perfect ending.

What's Not So Good: Slightly underwhelming characters.

I would recommend if you like...fake dating, great friendship between love interests, good message about friendship.

Full Review

P.S. I Like You

What It's About: Notes scribbled on a desk in Chemistry class turn into letters passed between anonymous pen pals. When Lily starts to fall for her pen pal, she has to figure out who he is.

What's Good: Back to the usual unique and quirky Kasie West characters, the best friendship without all the girl hate and drama, really interesting relationship development.

What's Not So Good: Harder to get in to, slow start, quite predictable, easy to guess who the letter writer is. 

I would recommend if you like...relationship developing through letters, anonymous love interest, a bit of a mystery, great friendship, super cute relationship, awesome characters.

Full Review

By Your Side

What It's About: A good girl and bad boy get stuck in a library together over a long weekend, waiting for someone to rescue them but nobody comes.

What's Good: What's not to love about characters stuck in a library? Fun library antics, a great bad boy love interest, really good anxiety rep, a more serious second half to the story.

What's Not So Good: Kind of dull main character who isn't much more than a girl with anxiety. 

I would recomment if you like...enemies to lovers, bad boys, forced proximity, fun story with more serious elements, good anxiety rep, really cute relationship.

Lucky In Love

What It's About: A girl buys a lottery ticket on a whim and ends up winning. Everything in her life changes and everyone starts treating her differently, except her coworker who seems not to know about her win.

What's Good: Fun story, decent characters, cute romance, fun zoo setting.

What's Not So Good: A bit boring, nothing unique to the lottery winning storyline, predictable plot, so much drama.

I would recommend if you like...lottery wins, friends to lovers, zoo setting, a lot of drama.

Love, Life And The List

What It's About: After getting rejected from an art show, a girl creates a list to improve her art and enlists the help of her best friend, who she happens to have the biggest crush on, to help complete it.

What's Good: Absolutely everything! The list aspect, the small beachy town setting, the best friendships, the most adorable friends to lovers storyline, amazing characters, a strong family aspect, anxiety rep, the evolution of the artwork as Abby grew as a person from her list.

What Not So Good: Tiny bit too much drama.

I would recommend if you like...friends to lovers, summer vibes, completing a list, great friendship group, finding new friendships, great banter between characters, amazing character development, strong family element, anxiety and how it can impact a whole family.

Listen To Your Heart

What It's About: A girl is unexpectedly chosen to host her school's advice podcast. The podcast gets an anonymous call from a guy asking for advice about his crush, and she's pretty sure she knows who it is.

What's Good: Fun story, cute romance, some good friendships, summer vibes, fun podcast element.

What's Not So Good: Generally forgettable, not the most exciting plot, friends wanting the same guy, family drama.

I would recommend if you like...podcasts, a bit of an anonymous love interest, drama, best friends interested in the same guy, lots of time spend on the lake.

Fame, Fate and the First Kiss

What It's About: An aspiring actress is making her movie debut alongside a teen star but is struggling to bond with her costars, trying to deal with the annoying tutor her dad hired, and then discovers someone is trying to sabotage her.

What's Good: The best relationships between characters, really fun friendships, how the strained relationship with her father is handled.

What's Not So Good: Underwhelming romance, slightly juvenile sabotage plot, a bit boring.

I would recommend if you like...books about famous people, behind the scenes of a film set, great friendships, strained family relationships, mystery sabotage plot.

Maybe This Time

What It's About: Taking place during nine events over a year, a girl working in a small town florist helping plan the town's events finds herself clashing with the son of the fancy chef helping cater the events.

What's Good: Fun small town events with a bit of a Gilmore Girls feel, good banter between main characters, good friendships.

What's Not So Good: Only seeing the characters at events meant little character development, no flow to the story, not a lot of plot.

I would recommend if you like...Gilmore Girls, enemies to lovers, small town setting, set over a year.

Moment Of Truth

What It's About: When a person dressed as action hero Heath Hall crashes the star swimmer's swim meet, she sets out to find out who was underneath the mask. 

What's Good: The romance! The sweetest love interest, the perfect development of the relationship, great character development, interested family aspect that added a whole other layer to the story, how the mystery played out, the cameos from the Love, Life and the List characters.

What's Not So Good: The first half of the book. Boring to start with, initially very bland characters, the mystery plot wasn't interesting to start with.

I would recommend if you like...enemies to friends to lovers, super sweet love interest, great character development, dealing with grief, strained family relationships, swimming.

It might be quite easy to tell how I feel about a lot of these books by now, but I want to try and rank them from favourite to least favourite.

1. Love, Life And The List - My favourite relationship in a Kasie West book.

2. On The Fence - I just love this family dynamic.

3. By Your Side - I'm a sucker for a bad boy. And they're stuck in a library!

4. The Distance Between Us - As my first Kasie West, this will always have a special place in my heart.

5. The Fill-In Boyfriend - A fun story and fake dating is a trope I love.

6. P.S. I Like You - I love this relationship but it was a bit slow and predictable.

7. Listen To Your Heart - I really enjoyed this at the time but it's forgettable.

8. Moment Of Truth - If the whole book was like the second half, this would be way further up.

9. Fame, Fate And The First Kiss - I expected more from this and ended up disappointed and a little bored.

10. Lucky In Love - I'm not a fan of lottery win stories so this was never going to be a favourite.

11. Maybe This Time - I just don't think the story being told over nine events worked for me.

If you are looking for where to start with Kasie West, I would definitely recommend starting with one of her older books. Although I read most of them a while ago and could probably do with rereading them, I still think her older ones are better. I would say On The Fence, By Your Side or PS I Like You would probably be great ones to start with and seem to be the ones I hear most people enjoying. 

The great thing about Kasie West is the fact there is a book of hers for pretty much any of the popular tropes, so she should have something to suit anyone. My one negative is the lack of diversity in her books. While she has started to include more racially diverse side characters and love interests in her books, I am hoping she will feature more diversity in her books in future.

I was a bit unsure about how to do this kind of post and I'm still not sure I really love how I have ended up doing it, so if you have any suggestions for how to improve this for any future author guides, please let me know. Also, if you're curious about something I haven't covered in this post, or have any questions about Kasie West's books, feel free to ask away. 

Have you read any books by Kasie West? What was your favourite?

Sophie :)

Two Months Of eBook Buying Haul

I seem to have developed an ebook buying obsession. I've been doing so well with not buying physical books recently, but super cheap or free ebooks don't count as book buying, right? I have acquired almost 40 ebooks over the last couple of months. Again, they were mostly romance books and either free on iBooks or really cheap from Kindle.

  

1. Wrecking Ball by P Dangelico - A sports romance between a football player and the nanny of his nephew.

2. Before Sin by M Malone & Nana Malone - A prequel novella in the Sin Duet following a bodyguard with secrets.

3. In Deep by M Malone & Nana Malone - A romantic suspense prequel novella in the Deep Duet.

4. Make It Last by Bethany Lopez - A New Adult second chance romance novella following former high school sweethearts in a small town.

5. The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen - A sports romance between injured hockey players.

6. Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales - A YA contemporary MM take on Grease.

7. This Crazy Love by JH Croix - A brother's best friend romance between two roommates.

8. Save Me by Chelsea McDonald - A novella featuring a virgin heroine and a one-night stand turned more.

9. All I Want Is A Kiss by Willow Winters - A Christmas novella about going for the guy you want.

10. All The Way by Violet Haze - A dad's best friend romance novella.

11. Stormsurge by Shawna Lynn Brooks - A small town romance novella about a couple surviving a storm together.

12. Forever Innocent by Deanna Roy - A second chance romance between a couple whose relationship ended after the death of their baby.

13. Primals by Lexy Timms - The first book in a paranormal reverse harem romance series.

14. Game, Set, Match by Nana Malone - A second chance sports romance between a tennis player and his first love.

15. Too Tempting by Bethany Lopez - A small town sports romance set at a football camp.

16. All We Were by Elisabeth Grace & Michelle Lynn - A messy romance between an actor and a model.

17. The Pretending Plot by Lauren Blakely - A fake dating romance between a casting director and a potential client.

18. Roommating by Noelle Adams & Samantha Chase - An enemies to lovers romance between a couple who are forced to be roommates.

19. The New Guy by Kathryn Freeman - A forbidden romance in which a CEO unknowingly has a one night stand with her new employee.

20. Playing For Keeps by Kendall Ryan - A forbidden sports romance between a hockey player and his teammates younger sister.

21. Rush by Lexy Timms - Another forbidden romance between a street-racer and his boss's daughter.

22. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevado - A YA novel about two sisters who discover each other's existence after the death of their father in a plane crash.

23. One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London - A plus-size blogger becomes the star of a reality dating show.

24. The Kingdom by Jess Rothenburg - A YA sci-fi novel set in an immersive theme park.

25. Again, Again by E Lockhart - A YA contemporary about a girl trying to regain some normal after a family tragedy.

26. A Pizza My Heart by Teagan Hunter - A brother's best friend NA romance.

27. Theatrical by Maggie Harcourt - A YA contemporary romance taking place in a theatre involving a aspiring backstage theatre worker, a stroppy actor and a hot understudy.

28. Getaway Girl by Tessa Bailey - A romance between the future mayor and the girl who became his getaway driver after his fiancee left him at the alter.

29. The Wrong Game by Kandi Steiner - An enemies to lovers sports romance between a woman trying to get over her failed marriage and an infuriating bartender.

30. The Spare Room by Elizabeth Neep - A woman searching for a new beginning ends up moving in with her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend.

31. The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - A MM sports romance following the son of a crime lord.

32. Introductions by C.L. Stone - A high school reverse harem romance involving a girl who moves to a mysterious new school.

33. The Memory Thief by Rachel Morgan - A Cinderella retelling set in a world full of fae, vampires and shifters.

34. The Boyfriend Plot by Stella Wilkinson - A YA contemporary romance following a girl working to get the boy she likes to notice her.

35. Not My Romeo by Ilsa Madden-Mills - A sports romance between a football player and a small-town girl.

36. One Night With Her Boss by Noelle Adams - A novella involving a romance between a woman and her boss.

37. Falling For Me Best Friend's Brother by Ted Evans - A novella involving a romance between a Dr and her best friend's brother.

38. Touch Me Tender by Amy J White - A novella featuring a romance involving a military hero and a curvy heroine.

39. Pretending by Holly Bourne - A woman pretends to be the perfect woman in order to make it past the fifth date.

Those are the 39 eBooks I have acquired over the last couple of months. I have no idea when or how I'm going to get to them all but at least I have a good selection to choose from. 

Which of these books should I try to get to first?

Sophie :)