#rr2024

[princessofbookaholics]

Hey romance readers 💕

It's time for ROUND THREE of the Romance Readathon! I'm so happy to bring it back again plus we have an extra leap day this time around! For the entire month of February (1st-29th) I will read as many romance books as I can so join me in swooning over some fictional characters 🥺

If anyone wants a challenge, here are this year's reading prompts:

read a romance with a three word title

read a romance with one of the colors of the sun on the cover (yellow/orange/red)

read a romance from a bipoc author

read a romance set in your favorite season

read a romance set in a country different than yours

Please feel free to double up on prompts, no problem!

Use the hashtag #rr2024 for all posts related to the readathon. This can be your TBR, a book review, rant, reading update, absolutely anything you want.

Happy reading! 🩷

[franticvampirereads]

This was such a sweet story! I loved the focus on family, cooking, and finding happiness is unexpected places. I loved Dylan, he was so kind. Especially when he was dealing with an asshole customer or his boyfriends (very rich and slightly obnoxious) family. And Theo, the fake date/boyfriend was such a sweetheart. I loved that he just wanted to hangout and be around Dylan and his family. I also loved how close Dylan’s family was and that they actually acted like a family with all the teasing and jokes and working together. It was just so nice to see in a YA book!

Honestly, I think this is gonna be one of my favorite books I’ve read this year! It felt like home, even though I’ve never been to Brooklyn or had the chance to eat some of the foods mentioned in the story. It was just that good. Fake Dates And Mooncakes is getting five out of five stars!

Reading Challenge Prompt Fills:

Alphabet challenge: F

Romance Readathon: a romance with one of the colors of a sun on the cover (orange), a romance set in your favorite season, a romance by a BIPOC author

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

okay i'm definitely out of my reading slump now because I finished 3 books today 🙈 romance readathon back on track!

[themelodyofspring]

Romance Readathon - Update 2

Finished Love, Theoretically after 10 days 🙈 I've had no time to read during the day due to office so I made myself read a big chunk on the weekend.

It was the same old plot as The Love Hypothesis. Guess you've read one, you've read them all.

Up next: Ocean's Echo 🩵 Been on my TBR since foreverrrr! I'm 50 pages in and it's already loads better.

Behold! My new hydrangea plant 🪴

[leer-reading-lire]

There is nothing more irresistible in the world than the declaration of love from a shy person.

-Poderosa, Sérgio Klein.

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 20

Lgbtqia +

My current audiobook, about 2 1/2 hours left … it’s alright

It’s also good for some romance readathon prompts: a bipoc author & colors of the sun on the cover (a popular prompt for me 😂)

Kinda weird this month it’s one of 2 ya books I’ve read so it’s vibing differently than everything else I’ve read recently 😅 but I do have another ya book I’m hoping to get to before the end of the month

[nat-reviews-books]

The Fake Dating Trope by Jennifer Ann Shore

Kate is bookish and likes to be left alone. Lucas is a star baseball player at her school. When they bump into each other in the library, it doesn't seem like much of anything, but the next day, when Kate's car breaks down, Lucas offers to fix it for free, if she agrees to be his fake girlfriend.

Although the characters weren't as drawn-out as some of Shore's other characters, I found The Fake Dating Trope yo be really fun and sweet. Kate and Lucas made a great romantic pair, but unlike Shore's other books, the rest of the characters kind of floated around. I couldn't remember through most of the book whether Zoe or Daphne was Kate's friend and which was the friend's girlfriend, they just blended together through most of the story.

Besides those characters, other characters would be mentioned, but might only show up in two or three scenes. Overall, this was a fun, cute book that was very self-aware of the genre it was, but compared to other books by the author, this felt more like a 3.5 than 5-star read. That being said, I cannot wait to read what Shore writes next.

Recommended for: fans of the fake dating trope (hello, it's in the title!), fans of YA, anyone looking to read a book set in Pennsylvania.

Content warning: alcoholism

[thesamoanqueen]

Roman Reigns - RR2024

[dynamitekansai]

zelinavegawwe: ZELINA VEGA X RR2024

[princessofbookaholics]

happy valentine's day to all romance readers! i've read 3 romances so far this month and I'm on my fourth one, currently reading: next to you by hannah bonam-young. how's your romance readathon going? 💕

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - February 1st - February Goals

my lil tbr for the Romance Readathon 🥰 there were some prompts for this readathon and I don't usually go in for that but some of the books I wanted to read fit into them so I went all-in!

read a romance with a three word title - This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin

read a romance with the colors of sun on the cover - Not Here To Make Friends by Jodi McAlister

read a romance from a bipoc author - Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

read a romance set in your favorite season - Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

read a romance set in a country different than yours - The Love Song of Ivy K Harlowe by Hannah Moskowitz

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Romance Readathon Wrap Up

well, here we are at Leap Day and thus the end of the readathon. while I got off to a rocky start being in a reading slump for almost the first half of the month 😂 I made it through some pretty good romances in the end!

read a romance with a three word title - The Lucky List by Rachel Lippincott - 4/5

read a romance with one of the colors of the sun on the cover (yellow/orange/red) - Not Here to Make Friends by Jodi McAlister - 3/5

read a romance from a bipoc author - Hani & Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - 3/5

read a romance set in your favorite season - didn't quite manage to meet this prompt but She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen partially takes place in winter?

read a romance set in a country different than yours - The Love Song of Ivy K Harlowe - 5/5

thank you to @princessofbookaholics for running such a lovely challenge <3 it was fun to focus on romance and just have some nice easy reads ^.^

[princessofbookaholics]

Romance Readathon Wrap Up

We've reached the end of the third round of the romance readathon and I am so happy with all the books I've read, there were no duds! Here are all the books I read:

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Prompt: set in a different country than yours

Rating: 4/5 stars

a heartwarming story about friendship groups and second chances ❤️

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (ARC)

Prompt: colors of the sun on the cover

Rating: 3/5 stars

follows a road trip of a teacher with his favorite students who hate each other, it had sad tones with a bit of comedy 🚗

Ashes of You by Catherine Cowles

Prompt: three word title

Rating: 4/5 stars

it's the fifth book in a series i've been meaning to finish, you can expect romantic suspense similar to all of her books 🏡

Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young

Prompt: three word title

Rating: 4/5 stars

a great romance with the sweetest book boyfriend ever! 🔧

Baggage Claim by Juliana Smith

Prompt: set in your favorite season

Rating: 3/5 stars

a cute fake dating romance set in christmas time 🎄

Fast by Millie Belizaire

Prompt: bipoc author

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

an emotional story following childhood friends to lovers (please check trigger warnings for this one) 😭

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Prompt: colors of the sun on the cover

Rating: 3/5 stars

a fun second chance romance between an actor and a reporter who had interviewed him 10 years ago 🎬

How was your readathon and what was your favorite read from all of them? Thank you to everyone who participated in the readathon, I appreciate you all! See you guys next year 💕

[princessofbookaholics]

currently reading 💕

[themelodyofspring]

Romance Readathon - Update 3

I've started Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross ✨ I've got 100 pages left in Ocean's Echo but I'm not getting any time to read that. So I've switched to the audiobook for Ruthless Vows. This might be my last book for the readathon. Let's see how it goes.

[franticvampirereads]

This was one of the swooniest romances that I think I’ve ever read. I had all of these giddy, happy, swoony feelings floating around in my brain and I literally had a smile on my face the entire time I was reading Take A Hint. It was just so sweet and I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Dani and Zaf were so sweet and lovely and swoony. I loved that they were both so gone for each other (even before the fake dating) and how their fake dating made them realize that they might be more than just friends. I also really enjoyed both Dani and Zaf’s inner monologues! They were hilarious and relatable on so many levels. I just really loved them. Anyway, this is getting five stars and I’m so excited for Eve’s book! 😊

Reading Challenge Prompt Fills:

Alphabet Challenge: T

Romance Readathon: a color of the sun on the cover (yellow), by a bipoc author, set in a different country from your own