Reading The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

 Hey There Bookies,

I had a little break after the reading challenge that I didn't complete. I was seven books off of the full twenty-four. I was close but with my lifestyle, it was hard. I'm happy with what I got done though. The last book I put into the challenge was The Fine Print. Only because I started reading it, but I didn't finish it. I'm slowly working on it. But I do have a small complaint about the trope that these romance novels fall into. The trope where you have the rich millionaire who trusts no one and is very cold that meets a woman who is naive and too good to be true. They have this whole round about of being attracted to each other but they don't give in to those feelings because they are complete opposites. The same old same old. Anyways, I don't have much to say about the book so far. I'm almost halfway and I pretty much summed it up with my complaint of the trope. I can probably think how this book is going to end because this is just a overdone trope. I'm to the point that people really need to mix up the rich man and struggling woman trope. I need something different.

So until next time....

-Lys

I read Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

 Hello Bookies,

It has been a while, but I've been busy with work. Having an audiobook is a good thing to have when I'm just staring at a computer all day. I'm on the fence with this book. Some of it is pretty boring, but the conversations between the two main characters is cute. For some reason, it feels like two different people wrote the book. I think it has to do with the conversations and banter is the thing I enjoyed the most in the book while everything else was boring and felt a little forced. This book is probably going to get three out of five stars from me. I am rounding up. If I could, the book would get two and a half stars. But the rounding up is due that I love LGBTQIA+ books. The only thing I have against this enemy to lovers trope is that it is the typical one that everyone goes for when writing a story about a male relationship. The trope where the two main characters think that their feelings is mutual hate for each other but then it turns out that it is just sexual tension. I feel like this is over used a little bit. I need something a little different when it comes to the male in love with male enemies to lover trope. I don't know how it could be done, but I am willing to read it. 

So until next time...

-Lys

Almost done reading The Atlas Six

 

Hello Bookies,

There is only one thing about this book, there is a lot of world building. A lot of getting to know the characters and their stories. Also a lot of talking between characters about what they were going to do about initiation. That is it. I can see why some people never finished the book. If I was reading it instead of listening to an audiobook, I probably would never finish it as well. Nothing really happens in the whole book. There has only been a few parts where it is interesting, but they are so far apart, you forget about it by the time a new scene shows up. But I gave the book a chance. I'm thinking that this is one of the series where the first book drags on because you are just learning the different characters. Then by the next book, things pick up. Hopefully I am correct. But it will be a while before I pick up the second book. I will need a small break from this world. Sadly, this book will get only two out of five stars from me. The slowness kind of gets to me and I didn't really learn anything about the world other than the characters. Figures crossed that the next book is better.

So until next time....

-Lys