evie dunmore – Bookish Luna

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So, earlier this month I posted an unhaul where I got rid of a huge number of books from my shelf. Well, now I am going to be doing a try a chapter to really target the books on my TBR shelf. Now, I have noticed that my reading taste is changing again and stuff I normally feel I would like, I am not enjoying anymore. So, I thought I would read the first chapter of a couple of books and decide if I want to keep them or add them to the donation pile.

The Bone House by Emily Lloyd-Jones (standalone)

The start was pretty interesting, but already had a cliche that kinda lost me. I really liked the idea of this book, but big sister who has to take care of family after an event is played out in my eyes and I bores me. I think I am going to pass on this, unhaul.

Peace and Turmoil by Elliot Brooks (series)

I read the preface and the first chapter since the preface was only a few pages. I have to say I am intrigued as to what is going to happen, but there seems to be interesting family dynamics in here that I hope the author explores more. I am a little torn on this, because the writing style isn’t really mine. I decided to unhaul this book after reading the first chapter of the others.

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (series)

I think I am going to like this one, I really liked how the story started with folklore of sorts, but also a bit of grim foreshadowing. It seems like it is going to be very interesting and atmospheric. While it is promising, it didn’t really pull me in too much, but I am intrigued. After reading the others, I decided to unhaul.

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (standalone)

I think this is the one I am most interested in and I think I am going to be jumping into this a reading it right away. I really like the personality of the main character and the fact it is a historical fiction is just a wonderful bonus. Keeping

The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson (series)

This book seems so unique and really started with a bang. This is another one I know I wont be able to put down long. The writing is amazing and from what I read in the prologue (13 pages) is very imaginative and unafraid to be emotional. Keeping

Dear Haiti, Love Aline by Mika and Maritza Moulite (standalone, BookCon was 2019 Gift)

I really like Alaine’s voice, she seems like a really awesome character. I also had no idea this book was written in a diary type format, which I am totally here for. I ended up reading 21 pages, I didn’t stop at the first chapter oops. Keeping

Middlemarch by George Eliot (standalone)

It is really hard to tell if I am going to like this book or not, the main reason being the formatting and mistypes I already found in the first chapter. It made it a but hard to read. I am going to give this another try, but with an audiobook. Keeping

Keeping: 4

Unhauling: 3

Have you read any of these books?

Should I give any of them a second chance?

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Unboxing

Hello and welcome to another Book of the Month unboxing. I am so excited to share my most recent pick for this book box. Can I just say how much I love that I can pick a book that I want instead of just getting something random I might not be interested in? It is just so wonderful to spend your money on a book box and get something you actually love and look forward to. Not sponsored or anything, I just love this book box. Anyway, on to my August pick!

Whenever I see this bright blue color in my mailbox I get a huge smile on my face because it means I am about to open some book mail!

I have to say, I love the little quote on the inside of the box. It is a nice little touch. I also like that they pack their books in such a way that it is very safe and doesn’t move much within a box. I have been subscribed for years and I have yet to have a damaged book. Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate the cute bookmark, simple and cute.

-Blurb-

A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford suffragists in which a fiercely independent vicar’s daughter takes on a powerful duke in a fiery love story that threatens to upend the British social order.

England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women’s suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain’s politics at the Queen’s command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can’t deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for.

Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn’t be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn’t claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring…or could he?

Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke…. –goodreads.com

-Why This Book-

When I read this description I was instantly moving my mouse towards the make this my book button. The first thing I saw and really liked was that this seemed to be a good about a strong intelligent woman who does not settle because she was able to from a destitute background and ended up getting a scholarship to study at Oxford. Also, women suffrage, I love a book that revolves around women’s rights!

Then I read even more and I saw this turning into a quirky historical romance with a grumpy guy. For some reason this is just a trope that I love. I don’t really know why, but it is and I am so excited about this book.