What Is Taylor Reading?

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Hello! I’m currently, as of writing this at 10pm on Sunday night, I am in the process of working my way through an audiobook and planning to finish a couple physical reads. Following are the books I want to get through during the next week.

Audiobook:

Sorcery of Thorns by Magaret Rogerson

Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber

Physical Reads

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck

My goal is to at least finish Sorcery of Thorns and Siren’s Fury because those are the two books I have already started in previous months. I also aim to make progress with Red, White, and Royal Blue but this is my the book I chose for the Good Evening challenge to the RDP. I also want to get a good chunk of the way through The Lantern’s Ember before the end of the week.

What reading plans do you have for the week?

Taylor’s July Book Haul

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So, I ended up going a little crazy and buying more books than I should have. I made two orders with BookOutlet, three books from BookOfTheMonth.com an order with Amazon, bought a book off of FaceBook B/S/T page, and an order with BookDepository. I did receive some free books from a friend that is always exciting! In total I think I pulled in 40 books! Maybe in the future I will think of a more organized way of sharing the books I pull in but with this being my largest haul this year, it was a little chaotic!

The books I got from a friend:

Books I got from BookOutlet:

Books I got from Amazon:

Books I got from BookDepository and from Book of the Month

Book I bought from someone on Facebook

Are any of these books one you got during July? If you have any of these and want to buddy-read, just let me know! I always love to buddy-read and feel like I never get to do it anymore.

Anticipated August Releases

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With yet another month over, we can’t help but get excited for the new books that are going to be releasing this month. Some of these have been on our radar for some time, while others we’ve just heard about and cannot wait to read.

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6th House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
6th Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning
6th Swipe Right For Murder by Derek Milman
6th Let’s Call It A Doomsday by Katie Henry
6th I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
13th Of Ice and Shadows by Audrey Coulthurst
13th The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Jo
20th Fan the Fame by Anna Priemaza
20th The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert
27th These Divided Shores by Sara Raasch
27th Rage by Cora Carmack

Chelsea’s August 2019 TBR

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Hellooooooooo lovely people. I am so excited for it to be the weekend, and I have not only a break from work but a break from my travels. I plan to do so much stuff this weekend, I cannot wait to see what kind of reading I can get done as well. I have yet again a pretty ambitious TBR with some books you may have seen before as well, but I REALLY REALLY want to get to them this month. So let’s get to the books!

Random Dance Play-athon

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1. Wanna One – Boomerang
Maybe This Time by Kasie West
2. Ikon – Freedom
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter To The World by Ashley Herring Blake
3. Kim Dong Han – Sunset
Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg
4. Got7 – Hard Carry
IT by Stephen King

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5. SHINee – Good Evening
I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella
6. Pentagon – Critical Beautify
I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
7. Seventeen – Happy Ending
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
8. BTS – Anpanman
Shooter by Caroline Pignat | Every Moment After by Joseph Moldover

Other Books I’d Like To Get To

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Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Contagion by Erin Bowman
Hello, I Love You by Katie M. Stout
When The Light Went Out by Bridget Morrissey

Taylor’s August 2019 TBR

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The month of August is not going to be as busy as July was since I have no concerts until September. My mom is having her knee replaced so I will be off of work to help her out meaning I will have some down time to read! I added a few extra books to my TBR outside of the RDP because of this reason. So, here are the 12 books (three of which I am in the middle of) I plan on reading this month.

Random Dance Play-athon TBR

Challenge One
Wanna One – Boomerang
– Read a book featuring unrequited love

Challenge Two
iKON – Freedom
– Read a middle grade

Challenge Three
Kim Dong Han – Sunset
– Read a red, yellow, and/or orange book

Challenge Four
Got7 – Hard Carry
– Read an intimidating book

Challenge Five
SHINee – Good Evening
– Read a romance book only at night

Challenge Six
Pentagon – Critical Beauty
– Read a book that you bought because of the cover

Challenge Seven
Seventeen – Happy Ending
– Read a book that is a retelling

Challenge Eight
BTS – Anpanman
– Read a book involving heroes

Books in Progress

Wicked Fox (Gumiho #1) by Kat Cho
I am currently on page 247 and that puts me at 57%! I started this on audiobook while driving home from Atlanta with Chelsea on Wednesday (07.31.19) and I am due to finish this since she did and rated it high.

Sorcery of Thrones by Magaret Rogerson
This is an audiobook that I started one night after I finished Lady Midnight last month and made a decent sized dent in it, I just never finished it. I really look forward to finishing it.

Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Webber
I finished the first book in the fall of last year and I was so ready to dive right into the next book but, I didn’t until a couple months ago. Now is the time to read it and finish it before moving on to other books sitting on my shelves.

Other Books

Enchantée (#1) by Gina Trelease

Taylor’s July 2019 Wrap-Up

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So, I thought I only read like two books in July but turns out, I finished four! Three of which I started and finished in the same month. Audiobooks are a life saver for me these days!

These Witches Don’t Burn (Book One) by Isabel Sterling
Format: Audiobook and Physical
Date Started: June 29
Date Finished: July 01
★★★★★

Winter (Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer
Format: Audiobook
Date Started: July 01
Date Finished: July 06
★★★★☆

Comeback: A K-pop Novel by Lyn Ashwood and Rachel Rose
Format: eBook
Date Started: July 02
Date Finished: July 13
★★★★★

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
Format: Audiobook
Date Started: July 06
Date Finished: July 17
★★★★

How many books did you finish in July? Which book was your favorite read of the month?

Chelsea’s July Wrap Up

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Hey everyone! Yet another great month of reading for me. I’m sure I am not gonna get anywhere near my reading goal but at least I’m for certain out of my slump and getting a ton of reading done. I finished a total of 10 things this month, so let’s take a look.

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Layover by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer – ★★✩✩✩
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren – ★★★★★
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett – ★★★★✩
My Little Monster Volume One – ★★★★✩
My Little Monster Volume Two – ★★★★✩

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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager – ★★★★★
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo – ★★★★✩
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling – ★★★★★
My Little Monster Volume Three – ★★★✩✩
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho – ★★★★★

August 2019 Random Dance Play-athon

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Wanna One – Boomerang
– read a book featuring unrequited love

iKON – Freedom
– read a middle grade book

Kim Dong Han – Sunset
– read either a red, yellow, or orange book

Got7 – Hard Carry
– read an intimidating book

SHINee – Good Evening
– read a romance book only at night

Pentagon – Critical Beauty
– read a book that was bought because of the beautiful cover

Seventeen – Happy Ending
– read a fairy tale retelling

BTS – Anpanman
– read a book with heroes (super or regular)

Will you be participating? If you are, let us know! We look forward to seeing your TBRs.

The Reading Rush TBR

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Totally a last minute decision but I participated in Booktubeathon for the last two years. It only makes sense to join The Reading Rush! I am going to be at a concert on Tuesday night and away from my bookshelves until Thursday but, I hope to make some progress on these books.

Challenge One
Read a book with purple on the cover
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia

Challenge Two
Read a book in the same spot the entire time
Sadie by Courtney Summers

Challenge Three
A book you meant to read last year
Three Side of a Heart

Challenge Four
Read an author’s first book
Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston

Challenge Five
Read a book with a non-human main character
Fullmetal Alchemist Volumes 1-3

Challenge Six
Pick a book with five or more words in the title
Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis

Challenge Seven
Read and watch a book to movie adaptation
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

As always, there is the added challenge of reading seven books. Like I said earlier, I am going to be away from my books from Tuesday and Wednesday but I plan to get a lot of reading done Sunday and then when I return Thursday!

Will you be joining The Reading Rush? If so, what challenge do you think will be the hardest to complete?

Stuck on Repeat

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Another week has passed and that means it is time to discuss another group of songs that I have had on repeat all week! I have a couple of new songs, a couple of old songs, and just a bunch of songs that I love a whole bunch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIInyEWWW-s

“Wave” is the latest comeback from Ateez, the very group that got me into Kpop in the first place. This is my second comeback with the group and they never fail to disappoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tl-MG38-0E1

Got7 is a group that I told Chelsea I was having trouble getting into. While I knew and was in love with Jackson, I was having trouble getting into the group. We met up early May and her job that weekend was to get me into Got7. She accomplished her task!

https://youtu.be/Pm0_G8Zl0ek

When I first got into Kpop, Winner is a group that Chelsea was like “listen to them”. I gave them a listen but was not feeling it. Then this comeback happened and I was sold. There is something about Winner that confuses me but makes me so happy so I just decided to go with it and stop questioning them. All I know Mino makes me very happy.

https://youtu.be/waN7F0nSLk8

VAV is one of the most underrated groups I think in the entire industry. I love them and they are so incredibly talented. They need more recognition, for sure. Now is a wonderful time to join the VAMPZ fandom because there is comeback happening in the the next couple of days. So, join us and love these boys!

https://youtu.be/RGYIpwovVsc

Just the other day, I asked Chelsea what group I should get into next and she said, JBJ. So, I started getting into JBJ. Only to find out, that the member I would have chosen as a bias all but disappeared from the face of the planet. So, that being said, I am yet to make it any futher into the group but, I do plan to fall deeper in to the JBJ/JBJ95 hole.