A Reading Slump, A New Blog Feature, and Accountability

Part of my goals for 2019 were to whip this blog back into shape. It kind of got pushed to the side a bit in 2018 and it's made me want to refocus on it this year.

I have already failed in that mission so I decided to do something about it! I need a way of being more accountable, and a more fun way to pick out the books I read for the month. I decided to share my monthly 'to-be-read' list at the beginning of each month. This is a way for me to hold myself more accountable and to share what reviews will be upcoming on the blog.

I've hit a pretty big reading slump and I am hoping having this focus will help me get out of it! I have a bunch of amazing sounding books for February and with the weather being awful I hoping to make a sizable dent on this before the middle of the month.

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (goodreads)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (goodreads)
Enchantee by Gita Trelease (goodreads)
The Umbrella Academy: Volume One by Gerard Way, Gabriel Ba, Dave Stewart (goodreads)
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte (goodreads)
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne (goodreads)

I am almost done 99 Percent Mine (so expect a review of that soon) and will probably be able to quickly devour The Umbrella Academy so I am expecting those will put me off to a great start.

I also have two ebooks that I am going to be reading this month:

The Blood Spell by CJ Redwine (goodreads)
The Au Pair by Emma Rous (goodreads)

I'll provide an update of my progress at the beginning of March along with my March TBR pile! This one is a little late but you can expect the March one to fall on the 1st (and it'll be around the first of the month from there on out).

What books are you excited to read this month? Any of the ones on my list also on yours? Let me know in the comments!

Weekly Obsessions

The awesome Kelly at KellyVision started posting a weekly post highlighting whatever she happened to be obsessed with that week. I LOVE this idea, so much in fact that I will be doing it myself every Saturday.

BOOKS

Cover for 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne (goodreads)

All of the romance readers I follow on Twitter were VERY excited about this cover reveal (myself included). I loved The Hating Game so much and cannot wait to get my hands on Sally's next book.

99 Percent Mine has a great synopsis and now a super cute cover. It's going to be a great way to chase way those winter blues!

Cover of Crashing The A-List by Summer Heacock (goodreads)

This one came to my attention completely by accident. I was scrolling through Twitter and saw the cover appear on my feed. I instantly had to look up what it was about because it caught my eye. It is obviously a Hollywood set romance which I happen to love and it has a great synopsis.

I love that she meets the celebrity love interest because she is clearing out abandoned storage lockers and discovers a potentially scandalous secret from his past. It has the makings of a charming, funny, sweet romance read and I am here for it.

TV/MOVIE

I Am The Night Trailer

Combine Petty Jenkins, Chris Pine, and the infamous Black Dahlia murder and you have a television show that I am instantly OBSESSED with.

It looks really good and is on my list for things to be excited about for 2019. I am wishing it was fall 2018 though. It just looks so good!

OTHER

Cody Fern Cast In American Horror Story: Apocalypse

Cody Fern has been cast in the newest season of American Horror Story and I am so excited. The role he is playing is super spoilery for the first season (aka Murder House) and is a big spoiler for the upcoming season as well. If you want to be spoiled I recommend the Entertainment Weekly post announcing the news.

The news has made me even more excited for this season which is to be a crossover season of Murder House and Coven (season 3). This news has me intrigued and really optimistic about the direction this season might go in.

And if you don't want to be bothered to venture over to Entertainment Weekly ... click the spoiler tag for who he is playing and my ridiculous commentary.

He'll be playing Michael Langdon, the devil child of Tate and Vivien. So apparently the Antichrist is hot?

This news has made me excited enough that I think I might have to recap this season on the blog again.

What are you obsessed with this week? Let me know in the comments.

Waiting On Wednesday .... 99 Percent Mine

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Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pick is 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

Here is the Goodreads synopsis 

Crush: a strong and often short-lived infatuation, particularly for someone beyond your reach…

… If Darcy Barrett hadn’t met her dream man when she was eight years old, the rest of the male population wouldn’t be such a let-down. No one measures up to Tom Valeska, aka the best man on Earth, not in looks, brain or heart. Even worse is the knowledge that her twin brother Jamie saw him first, and claimed him forever as his best friend.

Tom’s off limits and loyal to her brother, 99%. One percent of Tom has had to be enough for Darcy, and her adoration has been sustained by his shy kindness. And if she’s honest, his tight t-shirts.

Now Darcy’s got three months left to get her life together, before her twin insists on selling the tumble-down cottage they inherited from their grandmother. By night, she’s working in a seedy bar, shooting down lame pickups from bikers. By day, she’s sewing underwear for her best friend and wasting her award-winning photography skills on website shots of pens and novelty mugs. She’s enjoying living the messy life, and a glass of wine or ten… until that one night, when she finds a six-foot-six perfect package on her porch.

Tom’s here, he’s bearing power tools—and he’s single for the first time in a decade.

As a house flipper extraordinaire, Tom has been dispatched by Jamie to give the cottage a drastic facelift that will result in a ton of cash. Darcy doesn’t appreciate Tom’s unsentimental approach to knocking down walls, and he really, really doesn’t approve of her current burnout boyfriend. They can’t be in the same room together without sparks flying- and it’s not the faulty wiring. One bedroom wall separates them at night, and even that’s looking flimsy.

Will Tom ever see Darcy as anything other than a little-sister obstacle to get around? And can she stand up to her most formidable opponent—her twin? This time around, she’s determined to make Tom Valeska 99 percent hers, and he’s never managed to say no to her yet…

I loved The Hating Game so much when I read it last year. It was one of my favourite books of last year and certainly one of my favourite romance novels.

I am (im)patiently waiting for her second book which sounds equally adorable. I love the whole "wanting to date your brother's best friend" trope and I am intrigued that the siblings are twins so that dynamic could be interesting. Mostly I just want more hot kissing scenes and for it to be a fun read.

The January release date is perfect for holiday gift card pre-orders and ensures that there will be something to look forward to chase off the winter blues.

Expected release date -January 29, 2019