Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for Second Half 2023

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I am now at the point where pretty much all of my anticipated reads are rom-com style books and I am okay with that. They are my absolute favorite and guilty pleasure!

1. Role Playing by Cathy Yardley: I actually got this via Kindle First so I'm even more excited because I already had it on my TBR. It's about two middle-aged gamers who start their relationship online. Also grumpy and sunshine :) RELEASE DATE: JUL 1, 2023
   
2. Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Soloman: This is about a ghostwriter who gets tasked with writing a memoir for a c-list actor that she just had an awkward one night stand with. RELEASE DATE: JUL 4, 2023
3. The Deja Glitch by Holly James: A Groundhog Day love story where the guy needs the girl to fall in love with him - UGH. Sounds so cute! RELEASE DATE: AUG 1, 2023
4. The Roommate Pact by Allison Ashley: Roommates who have a deal to be friends with benefit if both are single when they are forty. I love a roommate trope! RELEASE DATE: AUG 1, 2023
5. Text Appeal by Amber Roberts: I have a galley of this and I'm really excited to read it. It's about a programmer who takes up a sexting job after getting fired from her STEM job...and of course falls in love with someone she's sexting. RELEASE DATE: AUG 8, 2023
6. My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine: The title really says it all...so now there is a roommate trope with vampires. This was made for me. RELEASE DATE: AUG 15, 2023
   
7. This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin: Fake dating trope but not only fake dating...it's sapphic! AND WITCHY! RELEASE DATE: SEP 12, 2023
   
8. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake: This is the third book in the Bright Falls series. I have loved these books so far. This one has a romance writer and fake dating. And it's also sapphic. RELEASE DATE: OCT 24, 2023
   
9. Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan: This one is a sort of enemies to lovers. Riley is hired to break a curse on a Scottish castle and Clark needs Riley off his survey site. Antics ensue. RELEASE DATE: NOV 14, 2023
   
10. A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley: The sequel to A Demon's Guide to Fake Dating a Witch - I am hoping this one will be as good as the first. I love a witchy read. This one also features an amnesia trope! RELEASE DATE: NOV 28, 2023
    

What books are on your most anticipated list?Did any of mine make your list?

Top Ten Books on my Summer 2023 TBR

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Like last go-around, I'm posting a few days late here. I read half of what was on my list from last time, so making some progress. Although I would really love to start these suckers fresh. My reading is definitely starting to take a dip but we'll see what happens by fall! I'm adding 5 new books to the seasonal TBR.

1. Always Jane by Jenn Bennett - Leftover from my 2022 Seasonal TBR (All 4) + Spring 2023 TBR - Netgalley book
   
2. The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith - Leftover from my 2022 Seasonal TBR (All 4) + Spring 2023 TBR
3. Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston - Leftover from my Summer, Fall, & Winter TBR + Spring 2023 TBR
4. The Cursed Sea by Lauren DeStefano - Leftover from my Summer, Fall, & Winter TBR + Spring 2023 TBR
5. Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks - Leftover from my Fall & Winter TBR + Spring 2023 TBR
6. Out of the Blue by Jason June - I watched an author chat and got very excited to read this one. And par the course, never picked it up! I had it on suspended hold at the library but forgot to extend, so this one is borrowed and ready to read. 
7. Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey - A sequel and a book I have received from Netgalley...and this is on my June TBR. June's coming to an end so I really would like to keep this at the forefront and actually read it.
8. The Love Theorem by Camilla Isley - Another Netgalley book on my June TBR that I haven't gotten to yet but really want to read asap.
9. Text Appeal by Amber Roberts - Also another Netgalley book but this one I would love to read before its release in August.
10. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson - I really really want to read this and it's on my 5 star prediction list. I gotta get it on another TBR and force myself to do it. I'm so intimidated by its size.
    

What books are on your seasonal TBR?
What books on my TBR should I get to first?

May 2023 Book Haul

I tend to haul less when I'm busier and not reading as much. In May, I only hauled 4 books. I've read one of these and hope to read 2 of them in June. I'm down to 74% on having read the books I've hauled this year so far. In the grand scheme of things, I only have 10 books that I haven't read that I've hauled in 2023, which is fantastic!

PURCHASED BOOKS

1. A Thousand Recipes for Revenge by Beth Cato (Kindle)
   

REVIEW BOOKS

1.  Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey (Kindle)
   

LIBRARY BOOKS

1. The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta (Audio)
2. Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley (Kindle)
   

Tally for 2023:
Total Books Hauled: 39 (Read: 29/Unread: 10)
Total Purchased Books: 6 (Read: 3/Unread: 3)
Total Review Books: 8 (Read: 2/Unread: 4)
Total Library Books: 25 (Read: 24/Unread: 1)

What did you buy, borrow, or receive in May?

Have you read any of my hauled books?

Books I Read in May 2023

I read 6 books in May.

• The Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison (Audio, 8 hr 9 min, 2016, Adult Nonfiction, Purchased) - 3.5 stars | My Review
• The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta (Audio, 10 hr 22 min, 2021, YA Contemporary, Library) - 3 stars | My Review
• A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley (Kindle, 395 pages, 2023, Adult Paranormal Romance, Library) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge 
• One, Two, Three by Elodie Nowodazkij (Kindle, 298 pages, 2014, YA Contemporary, Netgalley) - 3.5 star| My Review - Counted towards Netgalley challenge
• Kings of they Wyld by Nicholas Eames (Audio, 17 hr 49 min, 2017, Adult Fantasy, Purchased) - 5 stars | My Review - Counted towards Series challenge
• Traitor's Blade by Sebastian De Castell (Audio, 12 hr 51 min, 2014, Adult Fantasy, Purchased) - 4 stars | My Review - Counted toward Series challenge
  

Pages read: 693 + 49 hr 11 min
Pages DNF: 0

June 2023 TBR + Challenge Updates

I knew May was going to be busy and I was totally right. June should be a teensy bit less busy and I hope to get some good reading completed. My goal is to finish the 4 books on my TBR - but I would like to read at least 6 to stay on target for my yearly goal.

I am still slightly ahead on my Goodreads challenge and series challenge but slightly behind in my Netgalley challenge. So half of my 4 book TBR is books I need to review. 3 of these are rom-com type reads and those are typically really easy for me to get through. Witch Haven is one that I NEED to read. It's been on so many TBRs and so many Top Ten lists.

 
My TBR for June:

• Here for the Drama by Kate Bromley (Kindle)
• Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey (Kindle - Netgalley/Series)
• The Love Theorem by Camilla Isley (Kindle - Netgalley)
• The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (Hardcover)
  

2023 READING CHALLENGES: should be at 41% 
Goodreads Challenge: 57/100 books - 57% AHEAD!
Series Challenge: 10/20 series - 50% AHEAD!
Netgalley Challenge: 7/20 books - 35% BEHIND!

What are you planning on reading in June?