July TBR (Nostalgic Reads)

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Sweet Valley High #15 – Promises – “Steven Wakefield is crushed when his girlfriend, Tricia, dies after a tragic illness. The only things that keep him going are the memory of their love and his promise to Tricia to take care of her sister, Betsy, after she’s gone. Betsy Martin’s wild exploits with drink, drugs, and boys have left her with the worst reputation in Sweet Valley. But when Steven takes her into the Wakefield home, Betsy makes a promise to change. And as her goodness grows, so does her love for Steven. Jessica, Steven’s conniving younger sister, doesn’t like this one bit. She makes a little promise of her own to get Betsy out of the house and out of Steven’s life… forever!”
 
Sweet Valley University #13 – SS Heartbreak – “When Elizabeth Wakefield catches Tom Watts kissing another woman on the Lido Deck, she can’t believe her eyes. Elizabeth tells Tom to get out of her life forever. But can she get him out of her heart? Todd Wilkins is confused. He thought he was still in love with Elizabeth, but now that she’s giving him a chance to rekindle their romance, he finds himself fantasizing about another woman. Jessica Wakefield is running out of patience. She’s desperate to find the dashing stranger who saved her life, but he refuses to come forward. Is he just shy – or does he have something to hide?”
 
Goosebumps #2 – Stay Out Of The Basement – “Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they… meet… some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing plantlike tendencies. In fact, he is becoming distinctly weedy- and seedy. Is it just part of their father’s ‘harmless’ experiment? Or has the basement turned into another little shop of horrors?”
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October TBR

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My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix – “The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act different. She s moody. She s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she s nearby. Abby s investigation leads her to some startling discoveries and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?”

Zero Day by Ezekiel Boone – “The world is on the brink of apocalypse. Zero Day has come. The only thing more terrifying than millions of spiders is the realization that those spiders work as one. But among the government, there is dissent: do we try to kill all of the spiders, or do we gamble on Professor Guyer’s theory that we need to kill only the queens? For President Stephanie Pilgrim, it’s an easy answer. She’s gone as far as she can-more than two dozen American cities hit with tactical nukes, the country torn asunder – and the only answer is to believe in Professor Guyer. Unfortunately, Ben Broussard and the military men who follow him don’t agree, and Pilgrim, Guyer, and the loyal members of the government have to flee, leaving the question: what can be more dangerous, the spiders or ourselves?”

The Girl In 6E by Alessandra Torre – “Deanna Madden, aka Jessica Reilly, hasn’t touched another person in three years. She hasn’t left her apartment. She makes money from performing to webcams on a sex site, where her clients pay $6.99 a minute for her time. She’s doing alright. The dollars are piling up in the bank. She’s the number 3 model on cams.com. And she hasn’t killed anyone for years. But when Deanna sees on the news that a little girl called Annie has gone missing, the story rattles her carefully ordered world. It’s uncomfortably similar to the dark fantasy of one of her most disturbing online clients. She’s convinced he’s responsible for the girl’s abduction – but no one will listen to her. So, after three years, Deanna finally leaves the apartment. And this is what happens…”

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater – “Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Blue and Gansey will be the same. Ronan is falling more and more deeply into his dreams… and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Gansey is needed at home, and is struggling to stay in Aglionby. And Adam? He’s made some new friends. Friends that are looking for some of the same pieces of the puzzle that Gansey, Blue, and Ronan are after. Great power is at stake, and someone must be willing to wield it.”

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#ReadYourFaceOff TBR – June

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The general goal for a #ReadYourFaceOff readathon is to get through as much reading as you can in a 24-hour window of time. It’s a fun (and short) readathon that was created by Riley from RMFickFack. This round will run from 9am on Saturday 15th June to 9am on Sunday 16th June in your time zone. My focus for this round is to try and knock a couple more books off my Sims-A-Thon TBR list. Good luck to everyone participating in this round!
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OWLs Readathon/April TBR

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This month’s TBR is going to be a bit longer and more ambitious than usual because I am participating in the OWLs readathon. You can learn all about this readathon over at Book Roast’s channel. Here are the books I am hoping to read in April in order to meet the challenges of this readathon –

[ MUGGLE STUDIES – Contemporary ] The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
[ HERBOLOGY – Plant on the cover ] – Into The Forest by Jean Hegland
[ ARITHMANCY – More than one author ] The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
[ CHARMS – Read an adult work ] The Favourite Sister by Jessica Knoll
[ DIVINATION – Set in the future ] Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
[ POTIONS – Sequel ] The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
[ HISTORY OF MAGIC – Published at least 10 years ago ] Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
[ DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS – Starts with “R” ] The Replacement Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts
[ TRANSFIGURATION – Red Cover ] The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre
[ ASTRONOMY – “Star” in the title ] Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
[ CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES – Land animal on the cover ] Zero Day by Ezekiel Boone
[ ANCIENT RUNES – Retelling ] Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page

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#ReadYourFaceOff TBR – January

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The general goal for a #ReadYourFaceOff readathon is to get through as much reading as you can in a 24-hour window of time. It’s a fun (and short) readathon that was created by Riley from RMFickFack. This round will run from 9am on Saturday 12th January to 9am on Sunday 13th January in your time zone. My focus for this round is to catch up on a couple of my January TBR books, because I spent this week working on a buddy read with Michael. Good luck to everyone participating in this round!
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