Tell Me Something Tuesday

Tell Me Something Tuesday is hosted by Rainy Day Ramblings and discusses a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Question: What things make a good book for you?

Answer:

~ I don’t mind flawed characters but I like them to be working towards something. Acknowledge those flaws and try to do better. 

~ Humor. I love books that make me laugh, especially in romance.

~ Books that stick to their initial point and premise. If the book starts as or is promoted as a mystery/rom com etc. – I want that to be the main element and deliver on it in the end.

~ Solid endings. I talked last week about hating open endings so, of course, solid endings – even a good epilogue makes me happy.

What are things that make a book good for you?

Tell Me Something tuesday

Tell Me Something Tuesday is hosted by Rainy Day Ramblings and discusses a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Question: What ruins a good read for you?

How much time do you have?? lol This could be a loooong list but I’m going to narrow it down to two deal breakers that will make me quit giving an author another shot.

Trust issues...my current #1 pet peeve 

Misleading covers. I hate thinking I’m getting one thing and end up with another. I’m looking at you adorable, illustrated covers that promise light, fun escapism but have barely any romance and instead have death and sorrow inside!

Ive Never Felt So Betrayed Stabbed In The Back GIF from Iveneverfeltsobetrayed GIFs

Don't leave me this way...a bad ending.

There is nothing I hate more than committing myself to a series for years and have the last book go in a different direction or have a sloppy ending. I rarely read series anymore because of it.

I also hate open endings. I spent many hours with these people – if I don’t know what happens there doesn’t seem to be a point to me.

Toy Story Woody GIF from Toystory GIFs

What ruins a good read for you?

Monday Musings…

Reading is still slow and I’m having a bit of a staycation this week so I’m just going to do a quick recap of my reading life…

Read:

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson – Loved it! It’s light and filled with good happy vibes and real life struggles. Highly recommend for a beach read.

A Sweet Mess by Jayci Lee – A Sweet Mess was a not so sweet mess for me and I ended up dnf’ing it. The formatting was weird (may have been the arc and fixed in the final copy) with POV and time jumps that made reading this feel like work instead of fun. (arc provided by the publisher)


Reading:

Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera – Herrera is one of my favorite romance authors and this book is set in Ethiopa which is a new setting for me. It’s great so far.

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall – I’m listening to this on audiobook – Hoopla has it – and it’s a lot of fun so far!

Hold Please:

These are the books I have on hold with Libby

Have you read any of these or have any books to recommend?