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7/10/2018

Top Ten Tuesday #7 | Best Reads of 2018 (So Far!)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

July 10:
Best Reads of 2018 (So Far!)

I wanted to do something like this on Instagram and on here as an official post but since most of the boos I read are either books I got through Netgalley or books I borrowed from my friends but had to give them back I couldn't take a good photo with all of the books together. But I'm glad I could do it in this Top Ten format so -yay!

This time it ended up being a Top Eleven Tuesday.

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I finally got my hands on and read The Ghost and the Goth which I've wanted to read since 2015. And I wasn't disappointed. And Killer Instinct was crazy good.

The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

Killer Instinct by S.E. Green

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I finally read books by Becky Albertalli and I was glad I did. These two did not fail me at all.

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

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And We Stay is so far my favorite of the YA of the year but Shug is up there too.

And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard

Shug by Jenny Han

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This year I have read more Mystery/Thrillers. Ones I've read thanks to Nobrow and the others I have accumulated since last year.

Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris

She Be Damned by M.J. Tjia

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Nobrow bestowed upon me these two beautiful books and as all the previous ones, I have fallen in love again. This time with these two different but beautiful books

Out, Out, Away From Here by Rachel Woodworth & Sang Miao

The Secret of the Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton

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This year I've already read more Adult Romance novels. My favorites being these two below.

The Knocked Up Plan by Lauren Blakely

Dear Bridget, I Want You by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland

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2/06/2018

The Knocked Up Plan by Lauren Blakely | Book Review #89

The Bookish Island's Book Review:
The Knocked Up Plan by Lauren Blakely

Are there spoilers?

I don't really think so.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I decided to not do this for the books I've read on 2018. But it has been 4 months since Hurricane Maria. And I'm happy to announce that now we have water, electricity, and satellite tv.

Title - The Knocked Up Plan
By - Lauren Blakely
Publication - June 23rd 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Paperback, 300 pages

Genre - Adult, Romance, Cotemporary

There are three little words most guys don’t want to hear on the first date. Not those…I mean these… “knock me up.”

This single gal has had enough of the games, the BS and the endless chase. I know what I want most, and it’s not true love. It’s a bun in the oven, and I’m not afraid to hit up my sex-on-a-stick co-worker to do the job. Ryder is gorgeous, witty and charming — and he’s also a notorious commitment-phobe. That makes him the perfect candidate to make a deposit in the bank of me.

I won’t fall for him, he won’t fall for me, and there’s no way baby will make three.
Right?

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There are four words every guy wants to hear on the first date — “your place or mine?”

When my hot-as-sin co-worker makes me a no-strings-attached offer that involves her place, my place, any place — as well as any position — I can’t refuse. After all, my job is like a coach and my latest assignment for the good of mankind is to create a fail-safe, battle-tested, proven guide of what to do or say to get a woman to fall into your bed — I mean, fall for you. So when Nicole says she’s game to work through my list in a hands-on way, I take her up on her deal even with her one BIG condition.

There’s no way I’ll want more from one woman than any position, any where, any night? Except . . . what if I do?

Note: Be prepared to swoon and fan yourself from the heat! This full-length standalone contains lots of hot baby-making s-e-x, happy tears, naughty jokes and a hot, swoonworthy hero you will fall madly in love with.

The Rating:

My Review:

Started this book on January 2, 2018.
I finished reading this book on January 7, 2018.

I don't even remember how my friend gave me this book to read. It was just in my hands one day and I started reading it.

Its about Nicole who is baby crazy and is willing to go and get a sperm donor, but when the idea to ask her co-worker Ryder who is super hot and who she believes would make a beautiful baby for her comes up. But when she tells Ryder about her brilliant idea he counters it with a proposition she cant resist.

I loved this book. The romance between them didn't feel all that real in the beginning but half way and during the end I totally believed they should be together. So I was rooting for them to end up as a happy couple and be in total love with each other.