#booklrph

It’s been a while since I bought more than 2 books in a month, in fact, since I got my kindle months ago, I stopped buying paperbacks. Well, stopping may be a bit exaggerated but there’s a drastic decrease of book purchases which makes my wallet and my bank account happier. LOL!

This month, however, I decided to reward myself a bit, ok, I KNOW! I’ve been rewarding myself since January but I know I deserve all the stuff I buy for myself. Right? Right! 

There are tons of bookstores online that are so freaking tempting, and second-hand bookshops, too. I might have enjoyed adding books on my cart too much because I somehow ended up buying 6 books for the month of February alone. I wonder how that happened. *insert thinking emoji* 

As you probably know, I’m a huge Colleen Hoover fan! I loved and enjoyed almost all of her books and it’s in my bucket list to buy all of her books (and some of my favorites from other authors, too). I have all of her books in my kindle but I’ll be happier if I’ll have them all in my bookshelf as well. So here we go, the books 

1. LAYLA by Colleen Hoover - I ordered at Fully Booked website but I believe copies are already available in our local bookstores. I’m about to buddy read it with a friend but I’m a busy bee so we’ll probably read it when we’re both free.

Some of Colleen Hoover’s books are indie so it’s impossible to find them in local bookshops here in the Philippines, luckily, I found an online shop via shopee and they are selling authentic CoHo books! Yaaaay! A bit pricey for a paperback but I just thought of it as a reward for myself for being alive. LOL!

2. VERITY by Colleen Hoover - this book is freaking twisted. I never thought that Colleen Hoover would write a book as twisted as this. No it’s not that dark but it’s completely different from all the Colleen Hoover books I’ve read, not to mention a mind-blowing ending. Go check it out.

3. HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover - another cute Colleen Hoover book. Beyah and Samson are so freaking cute. I liked how the story and the characters developed and a plot twist that I somewhat expected but it still hurts, a looooot.

You know, whenever I read a CoHo book, I feel butterflies and kilig all over but I also brace myself for a heartbreaking scene. No matter how cute/ fluffy/ sweet the book was, when it’s by Colleen Hoover, trust me when I say that a heartbreaking plot twist will happen because it will and just like any other heartbreak, it won’t be pretty. So if you want to fall in love, become a sobbing mess and fall in love all over again, go and do yourself a favor, read Colleen Hoover’s books.

4. ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER by Stephanie Perkins - One of the series I binged last year was the Anna and the French Kiss trilogy, while I enjoyed the 1st book in the series, I didn’t really enjoy the 2nd one. Isla and the Happily Ever After is my favorite! My first five-star read last year! Isla and Josh are just so cute, they made my heart melt, definitely one of my favorite YA books of all time! I got frustrated that I don’t have a paperback copy of it and for some reasons, they are not available in our local bookstores.  Luckily, I saw a copy of it online, it’s pre-loved so I was able to buy it at a cheaper price plus it’s in a very good condition! Awesome deal, y’all!

5. EDGE OF NEVER SERIES by J.A. Redmerski - I’ve seen a lot of positive feedback about this duet plus J.A. Redmerski never disappoints. I’ve seen a pre-loved copy of the Edge of Never series online so I added it to cart immediately. I only got these books for Php 650.00, in perfect condition and considering the fact that her books are not available in our local bookstores, then that’s also a good deal.

There you go! Thank God for online shops, I’m one happy bookworm! In my next post, I’ll be sharing some books that I bought from second-hand bookshops and will also do a new list of book recommendations featuring SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE and MAFIA ROMANCE (I accidentally deleted the post I’ve made before so I’ll just post it again and will probably add more) novels so stay tuned! Thanks for reading! Stay safe, stay healthy!

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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: THE BOOKSHELF EDITION

Hi there, bookworms. How’s your reading list for the month of October? Mine’s…. not really good. HAHA! 

I do have a reading list for the month of October but I’m not really in the mood for thrillers that’s why I went back to reading romance novels. I’ve read newly published books by Elle Kennedy and Emma Chase which are really awesome novels and afterwards, I tried reading Kennedy Fox’s books. 

I DISCOVERED ANOTHER GREAT DUO, GUYS! I read their completed series, BISHOP BROTHERS, which each can be read as standalone, by the way, and they are really good. I’m done with Jackson and Kiera’s story I’ll go and read the 1st and 2nd books. Hehehe! Anyway, I’ve been looking at my bookshelf right now (yup, I do that a lot) and I decided to share book recommendations from these paperbacks I have in my shelf, in no particular order, of course, classified by authors. HAHA!

Let’s start.

1. COLLEEN HOOVER

UGLY LOVE 

- this is my favorite NA book of all time. Tate and Miles’s story just sucked me in and now I’m stuck in reading NA novels. I probably read this for God knows how many times already. Ugly Love is my 1st book by CoHo as well. I bough it when during the #CTCinPH back in…2016? Yup. I wasn’t able to attend the signing because it was our finals then… So I just bought this book since it’s already available.

IT ENDS WITH US 

- this book talks about marriage and abusive relationships–yep. trigger warning–and definitely one of the most painful books I’ve read ever. I honestly fell in love with Ryle and I was just devastated. I really loved how CoHo wrote something as personal as this book.Like I’ve said before, all of my books has their own story as to how they landed in my shelf. This one has a different story. Quite fitting for a book as unique and personal as this one. I was so damn stressed at work. It was during our training, I guess? I’ve read that Colleen will be releasing another book (IEWU), so to relieve myself from stress, I started looking for this but it wasn’t available. For 10 consecutive working days, I visited National Bookstore for this book. I didn’t realize that the universe is telling me not to read this. My tears and broken heart is worth it, after all.

ALL YOUR PERFECTS

- Another book that talks about marriage. There were sensitive issues in this book so this post also comes with a trigger warning (eg. cheating and miscarriage). This is all about a perfect couple in an imperfect marriage. My mom and I bought this book. She gave it to me since she dragged my lazy ass on a rainy day to check whether the documents she’s been processing are already available. Haha!I love all her books but these are the top 3 books I would recommend.

2. EMMA CHASE

SUSTAINED

- yup, this is where I met my gorgeous, hot, amazing book husband, my one and only Jake Becker. A hot shot attorney who met Rory McQuaid, his brothers and sisters and their gorgeous aunt and turned his life upside down. Amazing read, ladies and gentlemen.That is the only book from Emma Chase in my shelf right now, thanks to my friend and my former workmate.I’m gonna hunt for the other 2 books wishing that they’d land into a second hand bookshop or I’ll probably just buy them online. :)

3. KATY EVANS

WHITE HOUSE DUET

- here’s President Matthew Hamilton and his gorgeous first lady, Charlotte Wells. Another rare book right here. One of my favorite Political Romance novel. I got this book from Amazon.

4. SARAH J. MAAS

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES SERIES

- I told myself to stay away from Sarah J. Maas’s books after what she’d done to my one and only Chaol Westfall, I, however, read the 1st book in this series before everything went down and I’m not giving it another chance. I just can’t say “no” to retellings. It’s Hades and Persephone, y'all. Something uncommon. So there you go.

5. MICHELLE HODKIN

MARA DYER TRILOGY

- A perfect Halloween read. Kidding but, not really. Also, we have the awesome book boyfriend, Noah Shaw. Have you read this, go and pick this up! Oooohh! BTW, I haven’t read THE SHAW CONFESSIONS yet, I’m waiting for the last book before I dig in.

6. TAMMARA WEBBER

EASY

- another rare find from a 2nd hand bookshop. If you happen to visit Baguio, please do visit Bookends. I’ll try to explore other 2nd hand bookshops and write an entry about them. Majority of my books are from here, you might as well check them out.

7. SYLVAIN REYNARD

GABRIEL’S INFERNO TRILOGY

- this book is… hot. A forbidden romance novel and it will make you fall in love even more. Professor Emerson is just… perfect.Another set of books I got from Bookends. I swear that bookshop is like a secret cave full of treasures, you’ll be able to find rare books and get them through great deals.

There you go. 

I might do a kindle edition soon but I need more time for that because there are tons of books on my kindle app that are really awesome. 

I’ll also write a blog post about the unread-books I have on my shelf. HAHA! Yep, I still have a few of them, I’m hoping I could cross them all out of my list tho. I need new books to read!

💜,JL

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