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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

PS.

IMPORTANT REMINDER, KIDS! These books are classified as NEW ADULT romance novels. They are suitable for readers 18 years old and up. Read responsibly.

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Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is by far my favorite history book about the U.S. Sorry to any of my followers that are big patriots, but this country’s history is pretty messed up, and what’s even more messed up is a lot of history books cover up this fact. A People’s History is one of the few books that doesn’t gloss over the gory details of U.S. history, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking into the U.S.’s past (especially after recent events)

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For the YA rec, I would suggest Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. It’s a very cute coming of age story, and you’ll fall in love with the characters instantly. The writing carries a sort of rhythm that’s really interesting to read aloud, and the storyline is just really sweet. I recommend this to anyone, though especially anyone looking for an LGBT storyline that doesn’t involve one or both of them dying

For the astronomy book I would recommend National Geographic’s Space Atlas, which covers a bunch of things anyone would want to know about space

Ans for the mythology rec, I would suggest Ovid’s Metamorphoses, (the one I have was translated by Rolfe Humphries) as it contains a lot of the most well known Greek myths

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Relativity by Albert Einstein is a classic, but it’s always good for review. As stated on the cover, it’s clear and concise so even if you don’t have much of a mind for science, it’s still understandable. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to begin research on physics.

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I can’t post a picture because Tumblr is being annoying, but I would highly recommend Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It’s a crime thriller about a young serial killer and a world famous detective who battle one another both intellectually and philosophically. I would recommend this manga (and anime) to anyone interested

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The Universe in Your Hand by Christophe Galfard was the book that first piqued my interest in astronomy/cosmology and physics. It’s written so that anyone can easily read it, even if you don’t have much of a mind for science, and it’ll thoroughly blow your mind. It’s amazing how much of our understanding about the universe is actually just a misconception - such as gravity.

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of my favorite classic books. It pokes flaws in the colonial puritanical America, and contains a lot of hidden humor if you know where to look for it. It contains tons of rhetorical devices and symbolism, so whenever I need practice in searching for rhetoric I always turn to this. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in classical literature and/or practice in spotting symbolism and rhetoric

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Okay maybe I’m cheating a little bit, but most of my general science books still have to do with space… Anyway, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking is a good insight into cosmology, especially for people who are just getting into astrophysics and cosmology.

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