My Monday Musings…

*whispers* I’m still reading and blogging ahead…

It has been well over a year since I’ve felt this motivated to blog or relaxed about reading and I feel like if I get toooo excited it will stop lol

Here’s a quick recap of last weeks reading and what’s coming up.

READ:

Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon ~ Goodreads Super sweet (& hot) romance between a male nanny and whip smart, heart surgeon, single mom. I was a little dubious about Simone sleeping with the nanny (after all her previous nanny had just walked off the job and Rafe was a last minute find – should you risk that?) but these two were so mature and always put the kids first so I bought into it. Super low angst – almost all the dram comes from Simone’s ex but Simone and Rafe are solid. The end was an HEA but kind of abrupt. However, Weatherspoon added a totally satisfying – look ahead- epilogue.



Dread Nation by Justine Ireland ~ Goodreads A really inventive and complex look at institutional racism through an alternate history – at the brink of the Civil War – the dead rise and change the course of history. While slaves are considered *free* and given educational and job opportunities, this is little more than window dressing. The former slaves are instead sent to finishing schools to learn proper etiquette and to oh…kill zombies for the wealthy white people. Jane (bi racial) is smart, pragmatic protagonist. The zombie scenes are pulse pounding but infrequent. I listened to this on audio and the narration by Bahni Turpin was great but I was never really hooked. The story jumps from crisis to crisis and touches on a lot of things without much follow through. The supporting cast is super interesting (especially frenemy Katherine), with their own (non cliché) motivations, but under utilized and flit in and out of the story. I did like this one – and I think it depends more on what your looking for – more action? Then maybe skip it. But if you want more of an alt-history, but realistic look at oppression, a little lighter on the zombie angle then definitely pick it up!

Undercover Bromance by Lyssa kaye Adams ~ Goodreads - This one was an arc so I'll have my review coming up soon but I enjoyed it a lot!

READING:

Graveyard Shift (Not Dead Yet #3) by Jenn Burke ~ Goodreads This is the third book in Burke’s Not Dead Yet trilogy. I always enjoy her books and am finally getting to this one. This started out as a second chance romance between a ghost and a PI but has escalated into quite the messy set up of ghosts/Gods/vampires/shifters and I’m excited to see how it all ends.

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper ~ Goodreads The publisher sent me this one one (unsolicited) and I’m going to give it a go.  Social media journalist, Cal, is forced to relocate when his NASA pilot father is selected for a mission to Mars. He falls for Leon, another son of an astronaut and I guess there’s an investigation into the NASA program and drama…I’ve read mixed reviews for this and opinions about Cal – so we’ll see.

And maybe Girls with Razor Hearts ~ Goodreads after that.

And just a quick TV rec!

Troop Zero on Amazon Prime was just the sweetest movie I’ve seen in a long time. Not gonna lie – there’s some bullying and that was hard to watch sometimes - but its's so funny and has an old fashioned sweetness and is so inclusive. Both Kevin and I loved it.


 


What are you reading this week?