🌻JULY WRAP UP It’s that time of the month! **gifted 5⭐️ ABC Pride - Elly Barnes** The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Dreamland - Rosa Rankin Gee** Grow Tree, Grow - Dom Conlon** One Corfu Summer - Francesca Catlow** 4.5⭐️ The Beach - Alex Garland 4⭐️ Lies at Her Door - A. A. Abbott** Stamp of a Criminal - Peter James** The Tail of Mum, Dad and a Dog Called Rupert - Helen Morrish** Ebb and Flo and the Greedy Gulls - Jane Simmons** Unpredicted Love - L. S. Pullen** The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes - Suzanne Collins 3.5⭐️ Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins Favourite read of July: Dreamland by @rosarankingee Most listened to song: More Than This by @onedirection 2022 challenge stats: #twinflamesreadingchallenge 32/52 #popsugarreadingchallenge 24/50 #goodreadsreadingchallenge 69/75 I’m happy with my reading month and looking forward to the books I’ve got lined up for August! What was your favourite read of July? 🏷 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #b #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #instabooks #booklovers (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgs8qnZIRLD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK TOUR A touching story about a rescue dog's bond with his new owners and learning to love and trust despite past trauma and abuse. The ending of this story broke my heart, but it is such an important subject—the loss of an owner from the perspective of the animal. The images that accompanied the story were fantastic, as were the real photos of Rupert at the end. He is a lovely puppy. Thank you for including me on your book tour! [pr product] #twinflamesreadingchallenge a book told from the perspective of an animal Rupert the rescue dog has a happy life in London with his owners, Mum and Dad, until, suddenly on an otherwise ordinary morning, his dad disappears. Try as he might, Rupert just doesn't understand where Dad has gone, or why. An endearing story of love and loss told through the eyes of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, with characterful illustrations helping to bring his world to life. 🏷 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #b #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #instabooks #booklovers #reader #igreads via @preview.app (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgakuoIonqw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK REVIEW The Beach Alex Garland 4.5⭐️ Okay, this post may be a little sentimental because this book means a lot to me. It's the book that got me back into reading when I was about 17 years old. I remember seeing the film with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swintom and other amazing actors, and being absolutely obsessed with it, so when I was raving about it to my friends and was told that it was based off of a book, I had to find that book, and, luckily, I was able to borrow it from the friend who told me about it. I fell in love with it and fell in love with reading again. I've read this one many times, but this time I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator did the book justice in so many ways. This is one I always recommend and always come back to. I just love it. The sense of adventure, lust, fear, and the unknown are all put together perfectly, and it's extraordinary. The authors' writing style makes me, as a reader, feel like I'm away with the fairies along with Richard, experiencing his travels and how quickly a perfect dream can turn into a nightmare. #twinflamesreadingchallenge a lesser known classic The Beach, a classic story of paradise found - and lost, the book that inspired the major film starring Leonardo DiCaprio Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? And what lengths will Richard go to in order to save it? 🏷 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #b #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #thebeach #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #booklovers #reader #igreads #bookrecommendations via @preview.app (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfzSGIWrGPJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK REVIEW It Ends With Us Colleen Hoover 4.5⭐️ I was given so much warning about this book and I still wasn’t ready. It covers multiple difficult subjects and the way in which it’s told was so realistic it shocked me. The further I got into this book the more I found myself holding my breath. The suspense was outstanding and I was so invested and felt like I was right there with Lily. The way this whole book is written and the realistic portrayal of what went on in the relationship between Lily and Ryle was like nothing I’ve ever read before and it was so intense and real it left me stunned. The author’s note at the end added so much more to the rawness and vulnerability of this entire novel seeing as it was inspired by the authors own true events and experiences with her parents, and how domestic abuse is a gradual thing which is why that makes it so easy to get into and so hard to get out of despite outsiders opinions, and I applaud her for having the bravery to turn it into this fantastic piece of art. I really enjoyed the way the flashbacks were done in the sense that it was through an old diary written as letters to a tv host. It made the whole thing feel more personal and like we really got an insight into who she used to be and the things she went through that no one else knows. It felt like snooping but in an authorised secret sharing way and really helped with putting the two timelines together and how the past has an impact on the now. It was really cleverly done. The whole book was stunning yet tragic from start to end and I can’t wait to read the prequel. This is my favourite CoHo book so far and one that I will return to and one that will stick with me for a long time. #twinflamesreadingchallenge published in your birth month With this bold and deeply personal novel, It Ends With Us is a heart-wrenching story and an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price. Lily finds herself becoming the exception to neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid's "no dating" rule. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of her first love – her link to the past she left behind. #ipreview via @preview.app (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfsVR6SI2QD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Unforeseen love L. S. Pullen 4⭐️ This is a classic enemy to lover/boss & employee/house share trope with the twist of being stuck working AND living together in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when the country was on lockdown.   I loved how Theo sings along to Harry Styles. Reading those bits made me smile to myself, especially as I read this book very publicly on a train full of other Harry fans on our way to see him live.   I also loved and appreciated how the author captured the importance of consent. I think this is such an important element that a lot of smut books miss, and it gives an unrealistic portrayal of how adult and consensual sex works.   Losing myself in Theo and Sienna’s world was just what I needed! Thank you @lspauthor for this gifted copy—I can’t wait to move onto Book 2! #twinflamesreadingchallenge includes a disclosed content warning [pr product] Sienna Morgan is no stranger to death and grief.
Becoming an embalmer might not be everyone’s chosen profession, but it’s the only place she truly feels in control. An introvert by nature, working and living above a funeral home suits her down to a T.
Until Theodore walks through the door, and she realises her arch-nemesis from Uni is about to be her new boss.

Theodore Wainwright hasn’t been back home in two years. A fact he’s not proud of. But his catastrophe of a relationship just ended. He lost his girlfriend and his best friend. And all he wants is the chance to start over again.
However, the last thing he expected when taking over the family business was to find none other than stick up her arse Sienna.

Now they’re working and living together in forced proximity during a global pandemic. Emotions are high, and it isn’t long before lines start to blur.
The question is, which one of them will break first? 🏷 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #instabooks #booklovers #reader #igreads #bookrecommendations via @preview.app (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6uzXgr_BK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK TOUR Yerba Buena Nina Lacour 4.5⭐️ A sapphic love, devastating events, an affair, a tragedy, and a coming of age for a young adult novel that was so sad but so beautifully written that I couldn't take my eyes off it. The most beautiful cover and description. It's clear that a lot of thought went into matching the cover to the contents of the book, which I greatly appreciated. I couldn't help but imagine myself in the motel or the restaurant, right alongside the characters and their daily activities and secrets. This one does touch on some commonly triggering topics, so check out the content warnings if this is something you're concerned about! Thank you so much for having me on this book tour! [pr product] #popsugarreadingchallenge a sapphic book #twinflamesreadingchallenge has a flower/plant in the title When Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, she leaves behind not only the losses that have shattered her world but the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that clings to her. Across the city, Emilie Dubois is in a holding pattern. In her seventh year and fifth major as an undergraduate, she yearns for the beauty and community her Creole grandparents cultivated but is unable to commit. On a whim, she takes a job arranging flowers at the glamorous restaurant Yerba Buena and embarks on an affair with the married owner. When Sara catches sight of Emilie one morning at Yerba Buena, their connection is immediate. But the damage both women carry, and the choices they have made, will pull them apart again and again. At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a love story about two women finding their way in the world. 🏷 #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #b #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #instabooks #booklovers #reader #igreads #bookrecommendations (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeiYo00L_w1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK REVIEW My Policeman Bethan Roberts 5⭐️ Wow. I don't know how to put into words how much I adore this book without writing an essay, which I could easily do. This is by far my favourite book of the year so far, and it has made it into my top five all-time reads. It's simply stunning. I loved the way it was written both from the point of view of Marion and Patrick, but Marion in a letter type format meant for Patrick and Patrick in a diary type format full of secrets intended to be kept from Marion and the rest of the world. It made the whole book feel so much more personal and emotional, and I absolutely loved it. There were so many beautiful quotes and important phrases. I read this on my kindle, but you can bet I'll be getting a physical copy so I can tab and annotate it to my heart's content. The descriptions of the scenery and the characters were phenomenal and some of the best I've read. It was so easy to fall in love with the characters and really feel their pain, love, and hurt all at once, as if it was me going through it all. I thought the author did an amazing job of setting the era and the politics surrounding the themes of the book, and it was devastatingly beautiful and tragic. This is one I'll read over and over, even if it did make me cry my eyes out. Just stunning. I have no doubt that Harry will make the perfect policeman and do this book justice, along with the rest of the cast for the movie adaptation. If you pick up one book this year, let it be this one.  #twinflamesreadingchallenge an LGBT book featured on @goodreads #popsugarreadingchallenge a book with two POVs. It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both. A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed. (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeAhT8woOq6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🌻BOOK REVIEW Sarah’s Secrets T. A. Rosewood I really loved the diary format. I loved being able to dive into Sarah's mind and get to know her on a more in depth level. The writing style really suited that of a diary and matched her age well. You can tell there was a lot of thought put into these entries, and I love how we got to know more about Sarah at different ages. I remember keeping a diary at that age, and it brought back nostalgia for me and made me want to start a diary again. I adored the contents, and for me, there is nothing I love more than in-depth character development, so this was the perfect little novella, especially after reading the rest of the Reasonal Lies books. Sarah is the kind of friend we all want and deserve in our lives, and it makes me happy seeing how much she still loves and supports Jane’s family - a true keeper. I found parts of this utterly heartbreaking and Sarah deserved so much more and to not blame herself for the tragedies that seem to unfairly surround her, but I'm glad she met Tom and had him to support her. Thank you so much for letting me read this advanced copy! I adored it. #twinflamesreadingchallenge a book written as a diary [pr product] As a child, Sarah Roberts didn’t keep a diary, but after losing both parents in a tragic car accident, she was determined to record her precious memories. From teenage first love to finally marrying her soul mate, Sarah’s diary provides the answers we craved since Secrets & Lies. Read Sarah’s deepest thoughts and fears to discover the truth behind the secrets through three pivotal stages of her life. You’ll grow to love Sarah all over again with an understanding of her crazy world. 🏷 #bookstagram #books #booklover #book #bookworm #bookstagrammer #reading #bookish #bookaddict #booknerd #bibliophile #instabook #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #b #read #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookphotography #bookshelf #booklove #love #bookreview #bookcommunity #bookblogger #instabooks #booklovers #reader #igreads (at Par, Cornwall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvpMM6gogq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=