Hi Stackers,

Here is everything that I read in the month of July and what I am wrapping up!

Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter Rating: 5 // 5

A really fun YA contemporary romance! This enemies to lovers romance had me feeling happy on the inside. Wes and Liz are quirky and individual in their own special ways and this was one of those books that felt like a movie playing out with its great writing style, plot, and character development.

Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter Rating: 5 // 5 (this deserves all the stars to be completely honest with you.) Release Date: October 1st, 2024

This eARC was given by Edelweiss and Simon and Schuster.

A fantastic follow up to Wes and Liz’s story that deserves so much love. It still falls into the YA category even though they are in college now with more life experiences on their backs. Wes is one of my favorite contemporary fiction mmc’s, and I am glad there are chapters in his POV now. If you decide to read BTTM, you will enjoy this one when it drops in October!

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli Rating: 4 // 5

A true enemies to lovers book. Gideon and Rune have a lot of cat and mouse chemistry happening which was fun to read. The magic was quite interesting here, but wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. I did like the cliffhanging ending though, so fingers crossed I can get the eARC for this to see how this story closes out.

Manifest by Roxie Nafousi

A great one for living the most authentic life you can, and acquiring your desires as smoothly as possible! I really like the philosophies in each of the chapters and helps to ground you in what you can do today to bring you toward your ideal life and future.

Overwork by Brigid Schulte Release Date: September 17th, 2024

This eARC was provided by Macmillian.

About 10% of the way through with this, and it is truly eye opening to how the West prides and praises burnout as productivity.

The author dives deep into people’s stories of how over exerting ourselves in any sort of work is detrimental to our health and well being, and how countries like the United States and Canada are quite literally working themselves to death and has essentially become the norm. Schulte has also conducted research on European countries’ more positive relationships with work and well being, and has constantly questioned why North America can’t replicate nor do the same. Or why North Americans have not questioned these unethical practices more.

(And my family thinks I’M the crazy one for not putting my head down and putting up with this shit.)

A good diversity of fiction, fantasy, and self help books read and it has been nice to transition into non fiction for a changez

Happy reading, and last day of July!

P.S., Will do a full comic con haul post sometime this week!