#December2020ReadingList

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DECEMBER 2020 READING LIST

This is the very first time I’ve done a Reading List, which I’m hopefully doing near the end of each of the month! These are the fics that I’ve read during November/December because near the end of the year, I will post my all time favourite fics! They are based on members, type of au, and a little description/review. I hope you enjoy this list!

*PLEASE let me know if I did a mistake or put the wrong link!

LEGEND:

🥺Fluff

🤬Angst

😏Smut

😂Crack

KIM SEOKJIN

Prompt: “Is that my shirt you’re wearing?” by @snackhobi  🥺

really short and cute😂jin is literally perfect, fiction or not🤤we all dreamed to have someone like him😔 

Show Me Yours & I’ll Show You Mine by @ktheist 😏

really spicyyy and oc wants, oc gets😌 really liked this fic and jin is perfect😍basically a bestfriend’s brother and we’re here for it 😍😍

MIN YOONGI

How We Fell In Love by @taeyegu  🥺😂🤬

It’s ongoing (social media au) but I’m already in love with this fic😍oc and yoongi are really cute together and totally respect why she wouldn’t wanna date rn but love how the boys are trying their hardest😔

Calico by @imsugakookiebiased  🥺🤬

there hasn’t been that much chapters out yet, but I already like this fic! yoongi really just wants a hybrid🥺along the way, there’s gonna be bumps in the road and curious on how it’s gonna turn out! also curious about the hybrid world in this au!

Playing With Fire by @houseofdemi-blog  🥺🤬😏

AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! literally one of my favourite fics of yoongi!! I love both main characters and uuugggh the progression of the fics is just so nice! oc besically got dumped and to avoid humiliation she “dates” resident bad boy, Min Yoongi😍

Mr. Min by @iamjungkooked​  🥺

really cute and short but this fic! made me laugh a little bit and min yoongi is just a soft boi and don’t wanna be lonely OK

Greedy by @xjoonchildx​  🤬😏

ongoing mafia au which you can never go wrong with😌 but this is part of the Guarded Series with more masterpieces set in the same world. I really like this one and PLEASE yoongi just wants to be loved 😭 he’s been through too much and this series is pretty action packed

Aberrations by @randombtsprincessa​  🤬😏

this fic was a lot to take in, in a good way. Yoongi’s kind of an ass and I was really about to fight oc’s ex🤬🤬 glad that yoongi pulled through in the end

Unspoken Desires by @avveh​  😂😏

I meaaaannn, i would want yoongi too😶this girl really want him and got him😭 it was hilarious when she would just complain about wanting him and jin was also trying to make yoongi jealous😂 they ending though😏😏

Third Wheeling by @untaemedqueen  😏🥺🤬

still ongoing but really GOOD! yoongi is an ass but like I get since his wife is mooching off of him and his parents literally SUCKS. I hope that with oc and the baby coming, he’ll have a change of heart🥺

JUNG HOSEOK

Matters of the Heart by @hobidreams  😏

REALLY REALLY CUTE!!! I was punching the air so many times because of their interactions. And when he announced who he was gonna marry😶😶

KIM NAMJOON

Rumor Has It by @jjungkookislife  😏

wheeeewww, this was a wild ride🤤🤤dom!namjoon really jumped out and we’re here for it😌the smut was REALLY GOOD,, I really wanna be oc right now😶

The Globetrotter by @ironicarmy  🥺😏🤬

this was really cuteee🥺🥺 ngl i’m jealous😖 I wanna travel around the world and find myself a kim namjoon too😫 they’re such idiots in the beginning LIKE EVERYONE CAN TELL THEY WERE IN LOVE!!!! 

The Lovers by @sincerelyourfangirl  🤬😏

exes-to-lovers😭 it was really good!!!! you can really tell they love each other and wont stop thinking about each other even if they haven’t seen each other😔 both were really hurt and I understand why namjoon had to find himself and love himself before he went back to her so that he wont make the same mistakes again😭

Series: Rommies with Joonie  by @sahmfanficbts 🥺😏

AAHHH another really good series!!! uugggh everything about this just makes me want a Kim Namjoon in my life😭 he’s so sweet and perfect😭😭😭

PARK JIMIN

Series: The Alpha by @ladyartemesia  🥺😏🤬

AAAAAAHHH!!!! I love this fic so much and pretty sure people already know about this masterpiece😍😍 abo is literally one of my favourite type of aus and it just keeps getting better and better

KIM TAEHYUNG

Marshmallows and Report Cards by @untaemedqueen  🥺😏

A really cute fic about single dad taehyung and the reader being a teacher🤤 I love how the reader got allow with gasoon in the beginning and tae’s impreg kink jumped out in the end🤤🤤

Santa Baby by @hollyhomburg​  🤬🥺

really cute🥺🥺 they just want a baby really bad and they got it😭😭

If We Knew by @iamtaekooked  😏🥺

ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!!! oc’s a worker of tae’s mom’s company (does that even make sense?) and she’s been trying to link them up😔 and the was I scoffed so many times because of how perfect taehyung is😭

JEON JUNGKOOK

Petal to Metal by @luxekook  😂🤬

soo cuteeee!! kook is really cute and how he confessed was really cute but he’s a little bit dumb😂 but it worked out in the end!

Strawberry Letters by @talismaniccream​  😏

😶😶😶 i have nothing to say other than: jungkook is a nasty, panty stiffing man. That’s it.

Room for Dessert by @avveh​  😏🤬

AAAHHHH!!! broo the sexual tension in this fic😭😭😭I’m just curious how no one literally heard them when they were doing in the bathroom bc she was LOUD loud😭. ngl I haven’t read all of the chapters yet thoughhh

All Over You by @zibermuda  😏🥺🤬

Loved this fic from beginning to end😭😭 I love all of the characters so much!!! especially oc (maybe I’m projecting bc I love skirts too) and jk’s development from”hating” oc to literally not being able to breathe without oc in love😭

Heartbreaker of Mine  by @ktheist  🥺

BROOO this fic broke my heart so many times, put it back together and then ripped it againnnnn. I really love this fic because of both the main characters and their character development (definitely a different and realistic ending)😭

A Beautiful Epiphany by @onherwings  😏🤬

UGGGHH really cute!!! and I love development of the fic a lot and just really made me jealous of their relationship so much!!!!

Spring Blooms  by @snackhobi  🥺

slowburn, but soooo worth it to read!!!! Beautifully written and the characters are so lovable!!(especially jin). shy kookie is the best kookie🥺

Heavy Lifting  by @snackhobi  🥺

oc is a THIRSTY BITCH AND SO AM I!!! I really lovvveee this fic and oc and yoongi’s humour is 10/10. Lastly SHORTBREAD THE PIGEON!!!

SERIES

Reputation by @cupofteaguk​

hogwarts au

The Worshippers by @jimlingss 

Gods au

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December Reading List

This month, I’ve only chosen one ARC to read as I’m trying to catch up with all of my book reviews before the end of the year. So you will find that the majority of this months books are from my GoodReads TBR list. I also hope that I do manage to read all of the books on this months list because that will mean that I have completed my GoodReads 2020 Reading Challenge.

Don’t forget to pop by again on the 6 December to see what book I pull out of the Random Jar of the Month.

December’s Books

Late Love by Scarlett Hopper, Pages: 208, Publication Date: 13 October 2020

Protecting Caroline (SEAL of Protection #1) by Susan Stoker, Pages: 282, Publication Date: 2 September 2014

The Vine Witch (The Vine Witch #1) by Luanne G Smith, Pages: 263, Publication Date: 1 October 2019

A Typical Family Christmas by Liz Davies, Pages: 282, Publication Date: 15 September 2019

Influential Magic by Deanna Chase, Pages: 318, Publication Date: 6 March 2013

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, Pages: 286, Publication Date: 1 July 1995

The Blood Covenant (Medici Warrior #1) by Emily Bex, Pages: 550, Publication Date: 18 February 2019

Synopsis: Lottie Night didn’t expect her year to turn out this way. After finding out she’s carrying more than just the emotional baggage of her breakup, life as she knows it quickly changes. Panicked, she attempts to balance everything alone until she meets Owen. Owen Bower didn’t know what he was missing until Lottie crashed into his life. She’s everything he never knew he wanted, but a relationship is the last thing on Lottie’s mind. Yet when a chance encounter between the two reveals Lottie’s biggest secret, a bond is immediately formed.   Owen quickly becomes Lottie’s closest confidant, but it’s clear their connection is anything but platonic. Emotions can only be ignored for so long until someone cracks, and it looks like Owen will be first. Forced to confront her feelings, Lottie must decide, can she move forward without her past getting in the way?

Let me know if you’ve read or reviewed any of these book, and tell me what you think of them. Or just let me know what books are on your reading list for December.

Synopsis: **Protecting Caroline is a stand-alone love story. It’s Book 1 in the SEAL of Protection Series.**

Matthew “Wolf” Steel hated flying commercial. Luckily his job as a Navy SEAL meant he didn’t have to do it very often. He’d been unlucky enough to be assigned a middle seat on the cramped jet, but fortunately for him, the woman next to him was willing to switch seats with him. Hoping for a relaxing flight, Wolf was pleasantly surprised at the good conversation and sense of humor the woman had as they flew 36,000 feet over the countryside.

When Caroline boarded the plane to Virginia to move across the country for her new job she never expected to be seated next to the hottest guy she’d ever seen. She also never expected he’d be so easy to talk to. She knew he’d never be interested in talking to her if he hadn’t been trapped in the seat next to her, but it was a nice way to spend a long plane ride.

Neither Wolf nor Caroline were prepared for a terrorist hijacking of their plane, but if Caroline thought that would be the last time she’d see, or need, Wolf, she’d be sorely mistaken.

Synopsis: A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy of betrayal, vengeance, and self-discovery set in turn-of-the-century France.

For centuries, the vineyards at Château Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorcière Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after breaking the spell that confined her to the shallows of a marshland and weakened her magic, Elena is struggling to return to her former life. And the vineyard she was destined to inherit is now in the possession of a handsome stranger.

Vigneron Jean-Paul Martel naively favors science over superstition, and he certainly doesn’t endorse the locals’ belief in witches. But Elena knows a hex when she sees one, and the vineyard is covered in them. To stay on and help the vines recover, she’ll have to hide her true identity, along with her plans for revenge against whoever stole seven winters of her life. And she won’t rest until she can defy the evil powers that are still a threat to herself, Jean-Paul, and the ancient vine-witch legacy in the rolling hills of the Chanceaux Valley.

Synopsis: For once, Kate Peters would like a happy, family Christmas; the kind of Christmas seen in the movies. She wants harmony and happiness, smiling, glowing faces, tables groaning with food, carol singing around the tree. She wants love, kindness, and goodwill to all men, especially in her own house.

What she doesn’t want is drama. Absolutely no drama, whatsoever.

But what she gets is three stroppy children, two equally stroppy grandmothers, a husband who can’t manage to change a lightbulb, and Pepe the poodle.

It’s no wonder she feels unappreciated, overworked, and ignored. At the end of her tinsel-coated tether, and with the only Christmas spirit being in the form of a bottle of raspberry gin, Kate decides to leave them to it, and see how they manage without her.

A quiet little hotel somewhere near the sea, where she can pretend Christmas doesn’t exist, is just the thing she needs. Isn’t it?

Synopsis: It’s tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with vampires… especially when their very existence drains your life-force.

Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother’s mysterious death, Willow’s life is threatened and the director saddles her with a new partner—her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he’s turned vamp, which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him… and any other specimen of the undead.

In order to save Willow’s life, David agrees to turn double agent against the most powerful vampire organization in New Orleans. Or so he says. And she’s convinced they know something about her brother’s death. Unsure where David’s loyalties lie, she turns to Talisen, her childhood crush, to help her solve the mystery.

Caught between two gorgeous men and a director who’ll stop at nothing to control Willow’s gifts, she’ll have to follow her instincts and learn who to trust. Otherwise, she risks losing more than just her life.

Synopsis: The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman.

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape.

One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic…

Synopsis: When he met her, he knew how it would end.

Shade Medici, a warrior king and sole male heir to the dynasty, is expected to mate and produce an heir to secure the continuation of the Medici coven. He’s waited over five hundred years for the right mate, and when he meets Kate Reese, his attraction is more than primal – it’s merciless.

She’s also mortal.

Kate is fresh off a broken engagement and reluctant to open her heart, but her hesitations are no match for the unrelenting pursuits of the vampire King. Their passion for each other is searing…and not everyone is happy about it. Namely the ruling Council.

As they fight against deceit, treachery, and those who aim to see their love fail, Shade also struggles to control his impulses as Kate is immersed into his dark and dangerous world, but it’s imperative he prepare her for the changes that will be demanded of her should she choose to bind herself to him through the blood covenant. All that scorches and glitters isn’t gold, and she quickly learns that falling in love with a vampire King comes at a hefty price:

It may just cost her everything.

*** Let me know if you’ve read or reviewed any of these book, and tell me what you think of them. Or just let me know what books are on your December reading list. ***

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