1. My Best Friend's Royal Wedding

2. Evening reading.

3. It's been a while since I followed an author on Twitter, but the best author twitters I follow are Sam Sykes and Myke Cole. Even if you don't read their books, their tweets are 10/10.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4/5

This was a nice historical romance. I loved how chapters from the characters' penny dreadfuls were interspersed and contributed to the plot. It was a fun read that I couldn't put down.

5/5

This is such a cute YA book about friendship and relationships. Pepper and Jack get their respective family businesses into a Twitter feud. Everything is made even more complicated by the fact that they've been taking anonymously to one another on an app Jack created for students at their school. It's a very sweet book, and I loved reading it.

#netgalley

5/5

It's been a while since I've read a historical romance, and this was such a good one. The main character is a suffragette determined to sway a Duke to their cause. It's a very fun book and I really enjoyed reading it. I can't wait to read more from this author.

#romantsy

5/5

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is one of my favorite rom-coms, so I wasn't surprised to love this book. It's a great, modern retelling of the story.

I loved all the characters and thought there was a lot of potential for sequels about the side characters, that I would love to read.

#netgalley #romantsy

4/5

This is a super sweet, fun romance. Gavin and Thea's marriage is in trouble and he's willing to go to any length to save it, including joining a romance book club. I liked the different perspective of this book, about repairing a relationship instead of building a new relationship. The book was really sweet, and I enjoyed the historical romance chapters interspersed throughout.

5/5

I can't believe it took me so long to read this novella.

It imagines the south as a wild west where the marshes are filled with hippos. The characters are all really fascinating, and the plot had me completely immersed in the world. I can't wait to read the sequel!

4.5/5

Jasmine Guillory writes such good romance. I love how all the conflict arises from the characters' insecurities about themselves and their relationships. It just feels so realistic and relatable.

5/5

This series continues to be super fun adapted as a graphic novel. I really loved the extra scene that didn't exist in the podcast because it adds more depth to the director early on and hints at what's to come in a way the podcast couldn't

4/5

A fun, sweet romance. I really enjoyed the characters and am a little disappointed that it isn't a series (yet) because I would definitely read more.

The best possible result, in honor of today's new release.

https://bookriot.com/2019/07/16/adventure-zone-quiz/

4/5

This is a super cute book. The romance is sweet and all the characters are great. The prologue gave me excruciating amounts of second hand embarrassment, but it was worth it despite that.

🦉 The Wind in the Willows

🦉 The Sword in the Stone

🦉 Fireflies by Owl City

#manicmonday @joscho

4/5

This book starts good and builds to an insane finale that I could not put down. It's very clearly inspired by Will and Kate, and the British royal family. It's another very fun royal romance.

1. The Royal We and An Unkindness of Ghosts

2. What a Dragon Should Know

3. The Unhoneymooners and The Royal We

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

This week on Unassigned Reading, we've got beach read recommendations for your summer vacations.

We both had a bit of a theme with our recommendations. This is a slightly different format than usual, but we really enjoyed doing it.

http://unassignedreadingpod.com/book-talk-beach-reads/

#podcast

3/5

I mostly enjoyed this book. The characters were good and the plot was fun, if much sadder than I would have expected from the description and cover.

There was some 'love cures all' stuff that bothered me a little, which I'll talk about in the comments to not spoil stuff. I enjoyed it, but it's not a book I would feel comfortable recommending to everyone.

Me right now.

#romantsy

1. Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries

2. Iced coffee ❤❤❤

3. And as one, her kinsmen yelled back, “For The Beast!” (What a Dragon Should Know, which is one of my many stress rereads)

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

It was hard to pick just 6, but these are the standouts so far this year. Half I read in the past month because June was a pretty good reading month for me.

#top6reads

Today feels like a very appropriate day to share Unassigned Reading's June episode all about what might be the sweetest, happiest, most fun book we've read so far this year: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

http://unassignedreadingpod.com/book-club-red-white-and-royal-blue/

#podcast

4/5

A fun romance for Tayla, a fashion loving accountant, and Jeremy, the rock climbing comic shop owner. I love this series. It's super sweet and all the characters are great.

3.5/5

This is very fun romance. Sports romances are a new sub-genre for me, but I really enjoyed this book especially since the author was drawing on her own experience as the wife of a NFL player.

5/5

I'm such a sucker for a good pride and prejudice retelling, and this was definitely among the best.

I loved how much this adaptation focused on prejudice and judgement, and I thought the characters were all great reimaginings of the classic characters, particularly the Mr. Collins of this adaptation (I find I often judge adaptations on how good the Mr. Collins is because there's just so much potential there).

4/5

This is a super fun romance. It includes a fake relationship which is one of my favorite things in a romance novel. I loved all the secondary characters as well, and can't wait to read their stories too!

#romantsy

A not spoilery selection of the texts I sent @rachelsbrittain last night about this book. I need everyone to read this so I can discuss everything.

1. Fix Her Up and Intercepted

2. Dungeons and Daddies (d&d campaign)

3. Well, I sent @rachelsbrittain A LOT of texts about Kingsbane last night

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

I'm on #Wizardsunite if anyone wants to add me.

5/5

What the heck was this book? I'm left with way more questions than answers, and was emotionally wrecked by the end of the book. I also have a lot of spoilery thoughts about how time travel works in this universe.

It's great, it stressed me out a lot, and I don't know how I'm going to wait another year for the sequel!

1. Kingsbane and The Wise Man's Fear

2. Red, White, and Royal Blue

3. Going to a wedding

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4/5

This is a super cute romance. It was a very timely read because I'm planning my wedding and Maui honeymoon right now. I'm definitely going to have nightmares about wedding food poisoning, but my buffet will not have seafood, so hopefully we're safe.

I got a little frustrated by how the sisters in the book treated each other, especially since they were described as being really close, but in the end everything works out. I really enjoyed it.

Listening to audiobooks while I #crochet is my new favorite thing.

1. Wise Man's Fear

2. Good Omens

3. Probably Season 2 of Outlander now that it's on Netflix

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4/5

As someone who didn't receive much of a sex education, I picked up this book to try to educate myself as an adult. I feel like I learned so much about how female sexuality works from reading this book. I'm going to be recommend this book to a lot of people.

4/5

This is a super quick, fun read with advice for introverts ranging from useful to outlandish. I'm definitely guilty of executing more than one of the milder escapes, and I think any introvert is going to see themself reflected somewhere in this book.

The illustrations are very cute and add a lot to each escape scenario.

#netgalley

4/5

Another great book in a great series. I loved the characters and all their internal conflict. The romance built slowly between the two and it was just super well done.

Why yes, I did go to the library even though I'm currently reading four books.

4/5

This is a very cute, fantasy retelling of Little Women where every member of the March family is a witch. It's been years since I've read Little Women, but there were a number of scenes in the graphic novel that I recall something similar in the novel. I thought the art in particular was very cute.

It could have been a little longer to better explain the magic system and to wrap things up in the end, but it's still a fun story. #netgalley

This year's #rippedbodicebingo was just released. Since I finished Red White & Royal Blue earlier today, I've already got one square complete.

1. Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

2. Kingsbane

3. Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

5/5

This book is super sweet. It also forced me to embarrassed pause and unpause when the emotions got too realistic, which I view as a sign of a very talented writer. It was felt like I was reading about a happier alternative universe or alternative present.

I loved it, and it was the perfect book for me to read right now.

4/5

This was such a fun look into Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi's relationship before The Phantom Menace. My only complaint is that I wish there had been more than a couple of vague references to The Jedi Apprentice series, but I do get that it doesn't really fit with the current canon.

It's a fun read. And the audiobook narrator does a great job with the different voices.

I'm getting a little concerned whether or not I can finish all my books.

It's a long weekend, so I feel like I can still post this

1. Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

2. "Whoever wrote the Jedi Code, thought Qui-Gon Jinn, never had to deal with the Hutts."

3. "A book is a dream you hold on your hands." - Neil Gaiman

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

3.5/5

This is the fictionalized life of a bee. It's a little weird and took me a while to get into, but I did enjoy it. It really imagines, based on the facts we know about bees, what their society might look like in terms of politics, religion, and relationships.

(I took this photo in my grandmother's gorgeous garden)

#readharder #readharder12

I don't usually travel with library books, but I am determined to finish this book this weekend.

We just released an episode of Unassigned Reading where we review 13 books in 19 minutes! Check it out

http://unassignedreadingpod.com/book-talk-all-books/

📚 Lady from the Black Lagoon
📚 We Set the Dark on Fire
📚 King of Scars
📚 Black Leopard, Red Wolf
📚 An Extraordinary Union
📚 And the Ocean Was Our Sky
📚 Educated
📚 Heretics Anonymous
📚 The Wedding Date
📚 Hurricane Child
📚 On the Come Up
📚 The Only Harmless Great Thing
📚 Becoming

5/5

This is such a great follow-up to The Kiss Quotient. It's has an awesome romance between Khai and Esme with a few cameos from Michael and Stella. If you liked the Kiss Quotient, you'll probably enjoy this as well.

I can't wait to read her novels about Michael's sisters next.

1. The Bees, Wise Man's Fear, The Phoenix Project (making slow progress)

2. Whichwood

3. Dahlias

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

4.5/5

I love Alyssa Cole and I love the Reluctant Royals series. This was such a fun book, and Nya might be my favorite character out of the series.

I'm sad this series is over, but I'm really excited to see what happens with her next Runaway Royals series. I really hope we get more about Shanti and Sanyu in that series.