August TBR and Upcoming Blog Tours

Hello loves! I can’t believe it’s already AUGUST… This year is just going by way too fast. Pretty soon it’ll be Fall, Halloween and then the Holidays!! Anyway, I posted my JULY MONTHLY WRAP-UP yesterday (if you want to check it out), so today I’ll be sharing my August TBR and the blog tours I joined for this month.

I’m challenging myself to read more this month since my puppy kind of has a normal routine/schedule. I’m still spending most of my time entertaining her and you know being a good fur mama, but I do have a little bit more time to read since she knocks out after her walk and dinner. Crossing my fingers I get through most or all of these books.

So without further ado, here are all the books I plan and want to read this month and all the confirmed Blog Tours I’ll be doing.

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In addition to the books I’ll be reading and reviewing for some blog tours, I also plan on reading these books. Wish me luck lovelies!!!

I’m planning on binging this before the movie. Rereading the first two and FINALLY reading the last book.

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Some of these, I was personally asked by the author to check out their books and review if it’s something I would enjoy. I’ve never heard of some of these before, but they sounded really interesting so I’m really looking forward to reading them.


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Blog Tour Stop – August 2, 2018 That’s today so Click HERE to read my review.

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Published June 14, 2018 

KISS THE BOYS AND MAKE THEM CRY…
THE GODS ARE GONE.
THE PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THEM.
BUT SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD RACHEL PATEL CAN’T FORGET – THE GODS CONTROL HER LIFE, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, HER LOVE LIFE.
BEING A HEDONESS, ONE OF A STRONG GROUP OF WOMEN DESCENDED FROM GREEK GOD EROS, MAKES TRUE LOVE IMPOSSIBLE FOR RACHEL. SHE WIELDS THE POWER OF THAT MAGICAL GOLDEN ARROW, AND WITH IT, THE PROMISE TO TAKE THE WILL OF ANY BOY SHE KISSES. BUT THE LAST THING RACHEL WANTS IS TO FORCE SOMEONE TO LOVE HER . . .
WHEN SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN BLAKE’S DISAPPEARANCE LINKS BACK TO THE HEDONESSES, RACHEL’S WORLD COLLIDES WITH HIS, AND HER BIGGEST FEAR BECOMES A TERRIFYING REALITY. SHE’S FALLING FOR HIM – A MESSY, MAGNETIC, ARROW-OVER-FEET TYPE OF FALL.
RACHEL DISTANCES HERSELF, STRUGGLING TO RESIST THE GROWING ATTRACTION, BUT WHEN HE GIVES UP HIS DREAM TO HELP HER EVADE ARREST, DISTANCE BECOMES AN INSURMOUNTABLE TASK. WITH THE POLICE HOT ON THEIR TRAIL, RACHEL SOON REALIZES THERE ARE DARKER FORCES HUNTING THEM – A GROUP OF MORTALS RECRUITED BY THE GODS WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO PRESERVE THE POWER OF THE HEDONESSES – NOT TO MENTION EROS HIMSELF, WHO IS DESPERATE TO REVERSE THE CURSE . . .
RACHEL MUST LEARN TO DO WHAT NO HEDONESS HAS DONE BEFORE – TO RESIST HER GIFT – OR SHE’LL TURN THE PERSON SHE’S GROWN TO LOVE INTO A SHADOW OF HIMSELF … FOR EVER.

 

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Blog Tour Stop – August 7, 2018

aboutthebook2Expected Publication August 6, 2018

Vaughn Yarborough is ready to trade the fame and glory of the international junior pro tennis circuit for college and a more settled life. First stop: spearhead a summer camp for underprivileged kids. The girl who’s agreed to run it with him has Vaughn more intrigued by the minute, but with the strict no-fraternizing rules, he’s got to figure out how not to fall for her.

When the boy Carlyn Sadowski has crushed on for years asks her to work with him for the summer, she has to pinch herself. When his world-famed coach offers her training for free, she can’t believe her luck. He could actually help her follow in her mother’s footsteps by playing college tennis. But when she finds out the catch is she’s got to convince Vaughn to go pro, Carlyn will have to decide between her dreams and the boy currently stealing her heart.

Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book features a super-hot sports star, the shy girl looking to grow her confidence on and off the court, and late-night shenanigans that would make your camp counselor blush.


 

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Review Stop – August 8, 2018

aboutthebook2Expected Publication August 6, 2018

Aspen Cove, Colorado, isn’t on Lydia Nichols’s wish list when she finishes her residency at Denver General Hospital, but life delivered several surprising blows. Her long-time boyfriend, who was also her boss, moved on with a nurse and took Lydia’s job with him. No boyfriend. No job. No options. As a favor to her sister, she arrives in the small mountain town for a temporary job as the clinic doctor. Her first question when she gets there is ‘how fast can I leave?’ That is, until sinfully sexy Wes Covington comes into the clinic seeking care. With him around, Lydia may have found a reason to stay—for now.

Wes Covington left his demons in Denver. Working for his family’s architectural firm, he was tired of being almost—almost good enough, almost rich enough, almost loveable enough. He abandoned his penthouse, his high-paying position and his Porsche for simple, small-town life. All he wants is to restore his ancestral home and find a good woman who’ll love him for who he is and not what he’s worth. When Wes meets Dr. Lydia Nichols, he likens her to a hellion with a halo. She’s the perfect mix of sassy and sweet, cunning and compassion, but she’ll never be his unless he can convince her to stay.

Love blooms when the timing is right, but will Lydia surrender her chance at love or can Wes convince her that everything she’ll ever want or need is right in Aspen Cove?


 

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 15, 2018

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Published March 31st 2018

The Uprising Series tells the story of three freedom fighters and their friends in high — and low — places that come together to overthrow a vainglorious Emperor and his militaristic Cabal to restore the city, and the way of life, they once knew and loved.

In The Gathering, Jamie Ryan has defected from the Cabal and has joined his former brothers-in-arms — Basile Perrinault and Kanoa Shinomura — to form a collective known as The Uprising. When an explosion leads to him crossing paths with Evanora Cunningham — a product of Jamie’s past — he discovers that The Uprising is bigger, and more important, than he thought.


 

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 17, 2018

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Expected publication: August 14th 2018 by Swoon Reads

Seventeen-year-old Claire Collins has a plan: get into college and leave North Carolina behind. What she doesn’t have is an idea for how to get rid of the local football star and womanizer extraordinaire—Adam Meade, who she can’t even avoid (despite many efforts), because Claire’s dad is the high school football coach.

Seventeen-year-old Adam Meade never fails. He always gets what he wants… until he meets Claire, the new girl who leaves him unnerved, pissed off, and confused. But there’s something about her that he just can’t resist…

With the bite of lemon meringue pie and the sugar of sweet tea, Surviving Adam Meade is a sexy and compelling young adult novel about two strong-willed people who think they know what they want but have no idea what they need.

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Review Stop – August 21, 2018

aboutthebook2Expected Publication August 21, 2018

The stunning conclusion to the Blood Type series finds the world in chaos and turmoil with one final battle left to determine who will survive—humans or vampires.

She had the world on her shoulders. Now she has nothing.

Reyna Carpenter was twenty-one when she became a live-in blood escort for the ruthless and darkly handsome vampire Beckham Anderson. She thought this was just a small price to pay for feeding her brothers back home.

But nothing went as planned. Not even her tumultuous relationship with Beckham. And now she wonders if anything will ever be the same again.

As she finds herself in the midst of a losing rebellion, she and her trusted friends must flee from a city conquered by the vampire elite. With their plans blown to pieces and everything they knew and loved gone, their future hangs in the balance.

Despite all she has lost, Reyna must rise from the ashes, reclaim the life that was stolen—and complete her mission, once and for all.

 


 

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 28, 2018

Excerpt Only. Not Reading or Reviewing at the moment

aboutthebook2Published July 3, 2018

Death is just the beginning.

After dying in a terrible car accident, Rhett awakens in the afterlife and is recruited to join the crew of the Harbinger, a colossal seafaring vessel tasked with ferrying the souls of the dead. To where exactly, no one knows. But the crew must get the souls there, and along the way protect them from vicious soul-eating monsters that will stop at nothing to take the ship and all of its occupants.

Rhett and his new friends have a hard enough time fighting back the monsters that grow bolder and more ferocious every day. But then a new threat emerges, a demon who wants something that Rhett has. And if she gets it, it could mean the end of everything… for both the living and the dead.

 


 

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 30, 2018

Excerpt Only. Not Reading or Reviewing at the moment

aboutthebook2Expected Publication August 28, 2018

Thirty years ago, the gods of Greek legend returned to the world. Their return restored their powers, which had been spent in a cataclysmic battle with the Titans. With the ancient deities imprisoned in Tartarus, the Olympians now reside in Néo Vasíleio, formerly known as California.

Twenty-four-year-old Derek Aerios is a war scion, a descendent of Ares, the God of War. He and his brother, eighteen-year-old Liam, capture mythological creatures and rogue scions as part of Ares’s elite military force. As he struggles to cope with his violent powers and the scars of a traumatic childhood, Derek tries to keep the two vows he has made: protect his brother, and never kill a human again.

But when Ares forces him to hunt and kill four rogue scions under Athena’s control—by threatening Liam’s life—Derek chooses to go after the scions in order to save his brother and keep his promise to himself.

Yet the closer Derek gets to the scions, the more he realizes that his orders are part of a deeper conspiracy that put him at odds with his mission and his conscience. Athena may not be the enemy, a traitor could be in their midst, and the Titans could be closer to freedom than ever before.

 


Have you read any of these? Any of them on your TBR? Let me know in the comments.

As always, thanks for stopping by and reading. Have a great rest of the day loves!

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Upcoming Blog Tours and July TBR

Hello bookish friends! I just posted my May and June Monthly Wrap-Up and since I did so well with my reading, I decided to aim high and challenge myself this July. I really want to get ahead on my Goodreads Challenge and get to 60-65% feedback ratio on Netgalley.

Below are all my confirmed Blog Tours followed by the books I plan and want to read this month.

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MY LULLABY OF YOU

BLOG TOUR STOP – JULY 5

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Published June 16th 2018 by Plum Anchor Press

AMY
It’s the summer after high school. Amy can’t wait to leave her small hometown in North Carolina for the vibrant city of Chicago, where she plans to go to her dream college and hopes to build a stronger relationship with her father.

But as she deals with her mother’s resentment over her leaving and an intriguing yet provoking college student, Amy’s reminded of things she’s tried to forget and forced to face emotions she never expected.

SETH
It’s the summer before the last year of music school. Seth would rather be anywhere else than a small beach town in North Carolina, reopening wounds he thought he’d patched long ago and facing the father he hasn’t seen since his mother’s death.

While on his mission for answers, Seth is drawn to an observant and driven local he can’t seem to figure out.

 

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BLOG TOUR STOP – JULY 6

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Published June 19th 2018 by Swoon Reads

Stella has had a hopeless crush on Will, her older brother’s best friend FOREVER, but now that Cam and Will have graduated and are going off to college, this year is her chance to really strike out on her own. Without her overprotective brother and his sidekick around to distract her, she can focus on having all the typical high school experiences that she’s always dreamed of—starting with finding a boyfriend! With the help of her best friend Franklin, she comes up with the perfect plan to have a boyfriend by Christmas: The Boyfriend Bracket.

Or it seems like the perfect plan…right up until Will starts showing up again. How is she supposed to find the perfect boyfriend when none of her dates measure up to the one boy she can never have?

TOUR-BANNER

BLOG TOUR STOP – JULY 7

Spotlight ONLY Blog Tour. Not Reading or Reviewing at the moment

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High school student Chloe Snow chronicles another year in her life while she navigates the highs and lows of family, friendship, school, and love in her diary.

It’s Chloe Snow’s sophomore year of high school, and life has only grown more complicated.

Last year, Chloe was the star of the musical. This year, after an audition so disastrous she runs off the stage in tears, she’s cast as a lowly member of the ensemble. Will she be able to make it through the show knowing everyone’s either pitying her or reveling in her downfall?

Chloe’s best friend, Hannah, is no help: she’s been sucked into the orbit of Lex, the velvet-gloved, iron-fisted ruler of the sophomore class. Chloe’s dad is busy falling in love with Miss Murphy, and Chloe is no longer speaking to her mother, who is sending her increasingly desperate and unhinged emails from Mexico. As her parents’ divorce negotiations unravel, a custody battle looms.

If only Chloe could talk to Grady about it: his parents are divorced, and he’s easy to talk to. Or he was, until he declared his love for Chloe, and she turned him down because despite all her rational brain cells she can’t seem to get over Mac, and then Grady promptly started going out with Lex.

As the performance of the show approaches, Chloe must find a way to navigate all the messy elements of her life and make it through to the end of the year.

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BLOG TOUR STOP – JULY 11

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Expected publication: July 10th 2018 by Swoon Reads

Never trust a guy in spandex.

In Abby Hamilton’s world, superheroes do more than just stop crime and save cats stuck in trees—they also drink milk straight from the carton and hog the television remote. Abby’s older brother moonlights as the famous Red Comet, but without powers of her own, following in his footsteps has never crossed her mind.

That is, until the city’s newest vigilante comes bursting into her life.

After saving Abby from an attempted mugging, Morriston’s fledgling supervillain Iron Phantom convinces her that he’s not as evil as everyone says, and that their city is under a vicious new threat. As Abby follows him deeper into their city’s darkest secrets, she comes to learn that heroes can’t always be trusted, and sometimes it’s the good guys who wear black.

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BLOG TOUR STOP – JULY 31

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Expected publication: July 31st 2018 by Swoon Reads

The last thing Elise wants is to start her senior year in a new town. But after her brother’s death in Afghanistan, she and her mother move from San Francisco to a sleepy coastal village.

When Elise meets Mati, they quickly discover how much they have in common. Mati is new to town too, visiting the U.S. with his family. Over the course of the summer, their relationship begins to blossom, and what starts out as a friendship becomes so much more.

But as Elise and Mati grow closer, her family becomes more and more uncomfortable with their relationship, and their concerns all center on one fact—Mati is Afghan.

Beautifully written, utterly compelling, and ultimately hopeful, THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF US asks—how brave can you be when your relationship is questioned by everyone you love?

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 15

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Published March 31st 2018

The Uprising Series tells the story of three freedom fighters and their friends in high — and low — places that come together to overthrow a vainglorious Emperor and his militaristic Cabal to restore the city, and the way of life, they once knew and loved.

In The Gathering, Jamie Ryan has defected from the Cabal and has joined his former brothers-in-arms — Basile Perrinault and Kanoa Shinomura — to form a collective known as The Uprising. When an explosion leads to him crossing paths with Evanora Cunningham — a product of Jamie’s past — he discovers that The Uprising is bigger, and more important, than he thought.

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BLOG TOUR STOP – AUGUST 17

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Expected publication: August 14th 2018 by Swoon Reads

Seventeen-year-old Claire Collins has a plan: get into college and leave North Carolina behind. What she doesn’t have is an idea for how to get rid of the local football star and womanizer extraordinaire—Adam Meade, who she can’t even avoid (despite many efforts), because Claire’s dad is the high school football coach.

Seventeen-year-old Adam Meade never fails. He always gets what he wants… until he meets Claire, the new girl who leaves him unnerved, pissed off, and confused. But there’s something about her that he just can’t resist…

With the bite of lemon meringue pie and the sugar of sweet tea, Surviving Adam Meade is a sexy and compelling young adult novel about two strong-willed people who think they know what they want but have no idea what they need.

YAS, I really LIKE reading Swoon Reads Books. 


 

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I’ll probably end up reading books I didn’t even list here and/or add more since I always find other books I want to read and I just can’t help myself. Regardless, just wish me luck! Definitely going to need it.

Have you read any of these? Any of them on your TBR? Let me know in the comments.

As always, thanks for stopping by and reading. Have a great rest of the day loves!

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