Fictional Crushes Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. Last week was the first time in my blog’s history that I forgot to write a TTT post – clearly blogging isn’t on my mind lately. Here’s this week’s TTT about my book boyfriends or fictional crushes most recently added to that Goodreads shelf of mine. Tarek from WE CAN’T KEEP MEETING LIKE THIS // Jamar from THE DATING PLAYBOOK Harry from ROSALINE PALMER TAKES THE CAKE Sir from TO SIR WITH LOVE // River from THE SOULMATE EQUATION Dominic from THE EX TALK // Cassian from ACOSF Adrian from LIFE’S TOO SHORT // Neil from TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW // Keane from FLOAT PLAN

Favorite Places to Read Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I’ve actually posted about this a few times on my blog because I love finding cozy spots to read and talking about them! I think it’s been changed a bit since this post (LOL UGH) so here’s my current updated list, featuring some ooold pics directly from Insta because I’m lazy. On the couch or in bed with my pup This is a more common place I read these days – curled up on the couch with my dog by my side. Lately though, most of my reading has been happening before or after work in my bed. I’ll read my Kindle in the dark before falling asleep or first thing in the morning. I couldn’t find a good picture of reading in bed so we’ll pretend this one covers both spots in my house.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lauren • Bookmark Lit (@bookmark_lit) By the lights of the Christmas tree Reading during the Christmas season is my favorite because our room gets all cozy with the lights on our tree and on the wall. There’s nothing better than a cute holiday romance with […]

Secondary Characters who Deserve More Love Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I read a ton of companion series, obviously, and one of my favorite activities is to guess who will get their own books. I also am a big fan of companion spinoffs when it’s obvious that one of the side characters deserves their own love story. Here are some prime examples of that! Deserve Their Own Books/Spinoffs Imani from HOW SWEET IT IS // Imani, the MC’s best friend, is the whole reason for the book and Kate working for Drake. There’s some chemistry between Imani and Drake’s brother, so it would be fun to see these characters all come back in a spinoff/companion book. Multiple characters from SANDCASTLE BEACH // In my review for this, I wrote: “there are at least 3 new characters that totally could get their own books! Two women move to town in this installment and Maya’s brother also returns home. I would love to learn more about any combination of these people in more books ” Sinclair from SECOND CHANCE ON CYPRESS LANE // I know I’m cheating a little here because this a companion series-starter and she could very well have her own book coming next. […]

Titles and/or Covers of Books that Made Me Want to Read the Book Top Ten Tuesdays were started by The Broke and the Bookish and are now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, where we make lists of our top ten books (or something else!) based on that week’s prompt. The topics are provided ahead of time and can be found here. Book links bring you to Goodreads or my review. I am the biggest sucker for book covers so none of these will be surprising. I did enjoy tracking down some fun titles and trying to remember if that’s what motivated me to read the book too! Cover Made Me Want to Read Title Made Me Want to Read