Fall in Love TBR

Update: Wrap up for Board 1 is posted!
Update: My tbr/idea list is up for board 2!
Update: Wrap up for board 2 is posted!

 Happy Monday!

As we come to the end of August and the end of seasonal challenges, it's time to look forward. Announced earlier this month, Shelby is hosting another challenge for fall on instagram! It's called Fall in Love and will run September 1st through November 30th. Before we too much into it, there will be templates and recs and much more on her page and saved in her highlights. I have followed Shelby for a while now, but never participated in her challenges until the Summer of Swoon. During Summer of Swoon, she released two extra boards since people were finishing the first one quickly. This time, she released 3 boards right off the bat. I'll post all three below, but I'll only focus on ideas for the first board for this tbr/idea list. As with my previous challenges, I'll do wrap ups at the end of a board as well as a mid-season update to check in. Since I won't have two others running along side this time, I might be able to get all three done. However I start buckling down on crafting this time of year so my reading might drop a little. I'm starting to get into audiobooks though, so we'll see what happens.

As with my other tbrs, I'm not going to list anything out too specific since I'm a mood reader most of the time. I do want to list some ideas I have for the most unique of the prompts or ones I have ideas for that I want to keep in mind. 

🍁 First off, I take part in several book clubs. My favorite book club lately has been The Rake Appreciation Society hosted by Crystal and Jen. They usually stick to one book a month and have released their planned schedule through November. September is Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels. It covers book you're excited for, place you want to visit, enemies to lovers, new to you author, over 300 pages and published before 2021. Depending on the edition I pick up this might also cover green on the cover, couple on the cover and/or green on the cover. The October book is going to be In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks. This would cover book you're excited for, couple on cover, set in a place you want to visit, new to you author, over 300 pages and published before 2021. The November book is going to be The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne. I'm not sure if I'll reread this since I read it earlier this year. It's also later in the challenge, so if I do it'll probably apply to either board 2 or 3. In case you want to know, this would cover couple on the cover, romance with suspense, fall release, place you want to visit, over 300 pages and published before 2021 on board 1.

🍁 Another book club that announces books quite a bit ahead is the Historical Hellions. They've announced the books through December, but not the date and time of the live show. September is The Pirate and the Pagan by Virginia Henley. This would cover fall release, published before 2021, over 300 pages, place you want to visit and new to me author. Depending on the cover it can also cover green on the cover and either couple on the cover or no people on the cover. The October book is The Bride by Julie Garwood. It can cover book you're excited for, place you want to visit, over 300 pages, published before 2021 and couple on the cover. The November pick is A Pirate's Pleasure by Heather Graham. Once again this is later in the challenge, but if I read it early it'll cover board 1's couple on the cover, orange on the cover, green on the cover, published before 2021, new to you author and romance with suspense. 

🍁 For the prompt place you'd like to visit, that is something easily met by almost any historical romance I read. I would love to visit England and Scotland, or even just Europe. Some specific prompts that are also easily met are the page counts, colors on covers, couple on cover, etc, etc. As for book Shelby gave 4 or 5-stars or ask Shelby for a rec, she has a list on goodreads of her top rated books. She also posts about them on her instagram. She said any of her 4 or 5-stars would also count for a rec from her, but if you want something more specific to send her a dm.

🍁 For new release, I'll direct you to my Mid-Year Freak Out where I list some upcoming releases I'm excited for. There are a couple books since then that have been announced that I'm excited for, and those are Walking in a Witchy Winterland by Juliette Cross and Pippa and the Prince of Secrets by Grace Callaway.

🍁 For giving author a second chance, I looked at some of my lower rated reads of this year and also authors I was disappointed in. I decided that for this prompt I'll most likely try another Elizabeth Boyle. I had read His Mistress by Morning and really didn't enjoy it. She has some other historical series that I've seen highly rated so I might try one of those. Particularly Something About Emmaline from her Bachelor Chronicles series sounds intriguing.

🍁 Recently I really got into Max Monroe and really enjoyed what I read. Picking up any of her other series could cover quite a few prompts, but not mentioned already would be author duo, office romance, friends to lovers and author found on instagram.

🍁 A recent add to my tbr is Wild Love by Lauren Accardo. This has absolutely gorgeous cover and would fulfill fall themed cover, trees on cover, new release, new to you author and more. This would also work for the small town prompts on the other boards.

🍁 As for fall themed books, there are several. I have quite a few Halloween novellas on my tbr, but there's nothing really that's sticking out too much to me right now. It's still a little too early for my brain for that. However, there are a few fall themed series and books I want to mention and at least one is Halloween related. There's An Autumnboro Sweet Romance series by Beth Labonte, Pumpkin Pounder by Laura Lovely and The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie on my large tbr.

🍁 I'm not the biggest fan of office romance or enemies to lovers, and those are commonly paired together. Partly because I get annoyed when nothing gets done at work and I don't like our couple being mean to each other and intentionally trying to hurt each other. Anyways, there are a couple office romances I am interested in trying, although I keep mentioning them and never getting around to them. The first is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and the other is Bossman by Vi Keeland. We'll see if it finally happens this fall.

That's everything that's really sticking out to me for now, but I am a mood reader so we'll see what I actually end up reading. If you want to follow along before my wrap up and mid-challenge update, feel free to follow me on isntagram. I've been keeping up with any readathons and/or challenges in my stories and save them in my highlights as well. Shelby has also already posted a bunch of recommendations so also check out her instagram. I hope you join me in the fall reading vibes. I can't wait. Fall is my favorite season and I'm loving that already our nights are starting to cool down here in Colorado. I just love the cozy vibes and cooler weather. It's my happy place.

Will you be joining Fall in Love?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎