Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry

This book did not fit any of my challenge criteria.

Blurb

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.

June 2020 Wrap Up

June is one of my favourite months of the year for the simple reason that it’s my birthday month. As my birthday is right at the end of the month, I have the whole month to look forward to it.

This year, I really planned it out well. My birthday was a Saturday, so I also took the Friday and Monday off work to indulge in some of my favourite things – reading, eating good food, and having fun.

This month, following the horrific events in America, I made it my mission to read more books by Black authors – and not just fiction. I really needed to make a difference in my reading habits and to educate myself. If you want to know my thoughts on those books, you can check out my video wrap up.

June gives me a chance to use another category on the wrap up post – see if you can spot which it is.

Most Anticipated Book Releases in late 2020

I’ve been really blown away by some of the fantastic books already released in 2020. Right now, it’s time to look ahead. This year might have been a little . . . odd, but there are some incredible books coming out between now and December to perk us back up.

Have you got any of these on your TBR? If you’re searching for a great book to read in 2020’s second half, I definitely recommend any of these.

Books that Impacted Me

Today is my 28th birthday, and probably the 28th anniversary of my love of books. I’ve read hundreds of books across my life, from reading with my parents, learning to read in school, to setting up my own book blog (and subsequently a Book Tube channel) sharing some of my favourite titles.

While I have tonnes of favourite books for a plethora of different reasons, there are some that have stuck with me throughout my life. Isn’t it really coincidental that it’s the same amount as the number of years I’m turning?

Tag Thursday: The Birthday Books Tag

As June is my birthday month, I’m going to do another book tag on this blog. I did a Birthday Book Tag last year, and for this year I’ve found yet another one. I don’t think I’ll be able to do a hat trick for next year though.

If your birthday is coming soon, I invite you to also take this lovely book tag. I spotted it first on Bound to Writing.