Read Women Month 2017 Wrap Up

So... Read Women Month didn't quite go to plan here, did it? I had all these blog post ideas and then they just... didn't happen... (enough ellipses? Probably...) I didn't even manage to keep to my TBR but look, I got busy! I spent basically the entire month staring at Pages documents. You'll hear more about that in a post soon but for now let's talk about the books I did manage to read during Read Women Month.

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

I've been eagerly awaiting this book ever since I read and loved the first two in the series during last year's Read Women Month. Although, for me, this instalment didn't quite live up to the first two, it was wonderful to spend a little more time with Lara Jean, and as endings go this was a pretty satisfying one.

★★★★☆

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

I got a bit down early on in the month, mostly due to the awful things that just kept coming on the news, and decided TBR be damned I needed something comforting and familiar to read. I wanted something that I knew would definitely make me smile so headed straight for this old favourite. And yes, it still makes me laugh just as much as it always has. And yes, I still love Micheal Moscovitz.

★★★★★

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke

As with all the short story collections I've read, there were stories in here that I really enjoyed and some that I didn't enjoy so much. Many of the stories were written in a very different style from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell*, but, of course, still managed to maintain the magic of that world, so I'll forgive Susanna Clarke the odd, seemingly pointless story.

*There were a lot less footnotes.**
**See what I did there?

★★★★☆

The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen

Honestly, I mostly read this one because I wanted something quick so that I would have more than three books to show for the month... This is a (very) little collection of things that Jane Austen wrote long before her novels, so they're a little disjointed and varied, but her excellent humour is present throughout. I wouldn't recommend it for a first attempt at reading Austen but certainly something fun to pick up after you've read her books, to see how her writing started out.

★★★★☆

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May Reading Wrap Up + Read Women Month 2017 TBR

Well May is over and we're just all going to pretend that it isn't sort of terrifying that we're nearly half way through 2017 already because May being over means it's June and it being June means it is officially Read Women Month!!!

I've decided to bundle my May wrap up and RWM TBR into one post today because I didn't actually read very much in May and it just so happens that I've accidentally done two Read Women Months in a row! Never mind, ey?

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh

Flame in the Mist was a tricky one. It had its good points for sure but on the whole I really wasn't impressed. If you want to know more of my thoughts I did a full review on Blogger's Bookshelf this month.

★★★☆☆

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

When Dimple Met Rishi on the other hand was out and out wonderful. I loved it completely and I highly recommend it if you're looking for a cute, summery romance read. I also reviewed this one on Blogger's Bookshelf if you want to know more about why I thought it was so great.

★★★★☆

I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale 

I was actually sent I Am Not Esther as part of a traveling novel project! When I first looked at it I wasn't totally sure if it was going to be my kind of thing but I actually really enjoyed it and ended up reading the whole thing in a day. It's a story about a girl who is abandoned by her mother with incredibly religious relatives and it handles some pretty big issues in ways that felt really appropriately digestible for its intended age group. Also, Kirby (Not Esther) is a really great protagonist and I loved reading about her.

★★★★☆

If you're interested in the book and want to take part in the project then you can find out more here and let me know if you want to be the person I send it to! (To be completely honest I would love for someone who lives in Europe to volunteer because of postage costs but I do have a couple of friends who are going to America in a few weeks and I can probably get them to post it for me when they get there if you live in the States. Or I can just suck it up and pay the postage. Let me know!)

Now onto my TBR for this year's Read Women Month! I'm erring on the side of caution with this TBR and going for a realistic goal. I'm already half way through Always and Forever, Lara Jean (which so far is absolutely living up to the adorableness of the first two books) and I don't think it will take me too much longer to finish. 

Next I've chosen The Ladies of Grace Adieu, which is a collection of short stories set in the same world as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, a novel I read last year and really enjoyed.

Then I've chosen The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, which I am sure you will all have heard of because I seem to be one of the last people on the internet who hasn't read it yet and I am very much looking forward to rectifying that!

And finally The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik, which is the sequel to Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, which I actually read and reviewed for Read Women Month last year.

So that's my TBR! As always, I reserve the right to change it around as I see fit, but right now I'm very excited about all of these books and for this month in general! I'm especially excited about the #ReadWomenMonth instagram challenge, which has already had its first posts! Remember to let me know if you're joining in!

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Read Women Month 2017 Instagram Challenge

Read Women Month is fast approaching and in just one week we'll be embarking on a whole month of celebrating women writers! (If you've never heard of Read Women Month then you can check out this year's announcement post right here.)

This year I've decided to do something a little different to previous years and make a #ReadWomenMonth Instagram challenge! I've explained each of the prompts a little bit below but really you can interpret all of them however you like and if there are some you don't fancy or only one or two that you do, that's fine too. Just so long as all the books you share are written by women you'll be in the spirit of the thing!

The Prompts

1. TBR - Show me the books you plan to read for Read Women Month!
2. Fave female character - Who's your favourite female character in a book written by a woman?
3. Last read - What's the last book you read that was written by a woman?
4. Childhood fave - Your favourite book from your childhood, you guessed it, written by a woman.
5. Pink books - I'm going to stop adding 'written by a woman' now and just assume you've got the gist of this challenge. Show me some pink books!
6. Fave classic - Your favourite female penned classic.
7. Made you laugh - A book that made you laugh... most of these are quite self explanatory, aren't they?
8. Made you cry - I mean...
9. Fave female friendship - Your favourite fictional lady friends!
10. Underrated read - A book you don't think gets enough love.
11. Cover love - Show me the most beautiful book cover you can find.
12. Non-fiction - Recommend a non-fiction favourite.
13. Newest purchase - What was the last book you bought by a female author?
14. Current read - What book are you reading right now?
15. Pastel books - Show me some pastel books! I like colour prompts.
16. Shortest read - The shortest book you've got by a female author...
17. Longest read - And the longest.
18. Series - Show off your favourite series.
19. Bookish rainbow - Another colour one. Interpret this however you like!
20. Graphic/illustrated - Recommend a graphic novel or illustrated book.
21. Fave female villain - Who's your favourite lady bad guy?
22. Short stories - Got a short story/collection by a female writer you're particularly fond of? Today's the day to show it off!
23. Still thinking about - What's a book you read recently that you still can't stop thinking about?
24. Summer read - Recommend a book perfect for the summer months
25. Flowers - Interpret this however you want. A book with flowers on the cover? A flower made out of books? Books in your local garden centre? Whatever you choose.
26. Fave female author - Who is your all time favourite lady writer?
27. Around the world - Show me books by women from all around the globe!
28. Most excited to read - What's the next book by a woman on your TBR?
29. A book and a song - Is there a song or particular lyric that reminds you of a book? Bonus points if the song is also by a woman but this isn't Listen Women Month... mostly because that would be a terrible name.
30. Wrap up - Show me all the great books written by women that you read this month!

Let me know if you'll be taking part and remember to use #ReadWomenMonth on Instagram so I can find your posts!

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Read Women Month 2017

Every June, since 2014, I dedicate the entire month exclusively to female writers, and every May I ask you all to join me, and this year is no different. There is only one rule - for the whole of June leave the male authors behind and for one month read, share, and celebrate female writers. That's it!

Why do I do this every year? Because a lot of people still look down on women's writing as some sort of niche, as though books written by women can only be enjoyed by women, whereas books written by men can be enjoyed by everyone. Because websites still publish articles of books everyone should read with not a single female author to be seen. Because male authors are still far more likely to win writing awards, be reviewed in the media, and be studied in schools and universities than female authors. Because people still use the phrase 'chicklit' and never to refer to books written by men.

And because women are great, and women who write are especially great (biased though I may be) and they deserve to be celebrated! So this year I'm getting in nice and early to try and encourage you to join me in reading women all throughout June.

I have a few fun things planned already and you can see all my Read Women Month posts from previous years right here. Let me know if you'll be taking part and feel free to post liberally with the hashtag on Twitter and Instagram throughout the month if you are so I can see what great women writers you're all reading!

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Read Women Month 2016 wrap up.

So Read Women Month is over for yet another year. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Or maybe just that you didn't find it too annoying.

Amazingly I managed to read twice as many books as I thought I would when I wrote my TBR! (Although three of them were quite short.) Even more amazingly I loved every single one of them! So, without further ado, here is my Read Women Month 2016 wrap up.

(All of these photos were originally posted on my instagram)

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

You can read my full review of To All the Boys I've Loved Before here. I can't recommend this series enough for fans of cute YA contemporary romances. Lara Jean is adorable and Jenny Han sure knows how to write an insufferably cute boy (my favourite kind.)

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Click here for my review of Purple Hibiscus. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's writing is amazing and the review I wrote is mainly just me gushing about that, honestly. Purple Hibiscus was beautiful and I am desperate to read the rest of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novels now.

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik

My review of Sofia Khan is Not Obliged is here. Sofia Khan is Not Obliged is every bit as funny as everyone says it is and Sofia is every bit as likeable as everyone says she is. Also, this is the only book I read this month that made me cry. Take that how you will.

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

And you can read my review of P.S. I Still Love You here. This is the sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before and I actually liked this even more than the first one, probably because there were two insufferably cute boys in this one.

Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell and Spot the Difference by Juno Dawson

I'm afraid I didn't review either of these and they both get lumped together here because they were both written for World Book Day earlier this year. 

In Kindred Spirits Elena is determined to line up for the new Star Wars movie a few days in advance, but it isn't exactly how she imagined it. I loved this a lot. The characters were great and I wish I could have a whole novel about them! Honestly, only Rainbow Rowell can get me so invested in the relationship between two characters in so few pages.

In Spot the Difference Avery has suffered from painful acne for years but a seemingly miracle pill cures her almost overnight and she suddenly finds herself in with the popular crowd. Spot the Difference was a really full story for such a short book. I almost felt like I had read a full-length novel when I finished it, which is pretty impressive, and it had a great message too.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

I didn't review this one either but I'm sure everyone other than me has probably read this by now anyway. For some reason I had only ever read the first story from this collection before, which means I was previously missing out on the really creepy 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart'. The stories were all fun and Dumbledore's notes were all very interesting but I mean, it's Harry Potter related, so of course I was going to love it.

And that's it! Those are all the books I read for Read Women Month 2016. A pretty good selection if you ask me. What did you read last month?

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Read Women Month book recommendations part 3.

I've been sharing a new book recommendation every day for Read Women Month over on Instagram and Twitter to celebrate this excellent month. You can see the first ten here and the second ten here. Here are the final ten!

Lorali by Laura Dockrill | Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

French Milk by Lucy Knisley | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman | Campari for Breakfast by Sara Crowe

Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins | A Tiny Bit Marvellous by Dawn French

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan | Diving Belles by Lucy Wood

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P.S. I Still Love You review.

Lara Jean is in love. Really and truly, head over heels for the first time. But her most romantic and private moment turns out not to have been as private as she thought. A video of her and Peter in a compromising position has somehow made its way onto the internet. Lara Jean is mortified and she knows exactly who did it. The only problem is that Peter doesn't seem to believe her. And on top of all that, another boy from Lara Jean's past has finally received his letter.

Remember when I said I would write a love letter to the first book in this series? Well it looks like I'm going to need a hatbox for all my letters too because I loved this book even more than the last one. P.S. I Still Love You has everything I loved from To All the Boys I've Loved Before and even more to love besides. I'm obsessed. I can't believe I have to wait until 2017 for the next book. I don't know how I'll go on!

I love when YA books deal with online problems. Those are real problems that teens face now and yet the internet barely seems to exist in YA sometimes but it definitely exists in this story. Someone at Lara Jean's school is pulling a total Gossip Girl (nostalgia, am I right?) and posting anonymous embarrassing photos and videos of students online under the name Anonybitch. Including a video of Lara Jean and Peter in a moment that Lara Jean most definitely does not want the world to see. It was great to see something like this explored, awful as it was for poor Lara Jean, and I'm really glad that Jenny Han went there.

The other big element of this book is that Lara Jean's last unaccounted for letter has been received. Which, of course, inevitably means that there are two boys in Lara Jean's life again. This time around the love triangle is so much better though. Really my only complaint about the first book was that Josh never really felt like an actual contender. That is so not a problem with this new love triangle. Both of the boys this time were great characters and this is honestly one of the few books I've read where I knew the whole way through that whichever boy got picked in the end, I would be happy and also a little bit sad.

There are more excellent moments with Lara Jean's family and this time round her friends get a little more of a look in and we get to see my new favourite character: Stormy. Stormy is a lady who lives at the retirement home where Lara Jean works and she is everything I aspire to be in my old age.

Overall I just kind of thought this book was perfect. If you like contemporary YA romance then I can't recommend this series highly enough. I want the third book now!

★★★★★

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Sofia Khan is Not Obliged review.

Sofia works in publishing but she has no plans of being a writer. Until, that is, Sofia's boss hears about her recent break-up and decides that a book about Muslim dating would be an excellent idea and Sofia should be the one to write it. Lured in by the promised £10,000 advance, Sofia is soon balancing her day job with fake dates, writing deadlines, her friends' love problems, and her sister's upcoming wedding. And, of course, though the dates may be fake, the feelings are harder to control.

Sofia is a very charming and funny narrator and while I can definitely see where the Bridget Jones comparisons are coming from, I found Sofia infinitely more likeable. (Sorry, Bridget. The film version of Bridget probably still wins, if that's any consolation?) It's hard not to fall a little bit in love with a character who, in the very first chapter, angrily yells at a jerk on the tube that 'terrorists don't wear vintage shoes'.

This is a book about love, of course. Sofia is writing a book about dating, after all. But there is as much, if not more, about Sofia's family, and her friends, and her faith. This is definitely a book about her love for all of those things, just as much as it is about falling in love. Although, can I just say, the ending? I was hoping for that. I was behind that all along and I was thrilled when it finally happened! That's all I'll say. I wouldn't want to give anything away! (I'm still very happy about it though.)

Honestly, I nearly gave the book five stars just for the ending alone, but I couldn't get past the niggling feeling I had all the way through about wanting to know more about Sofia's friends. They all had their own things going on and their stories were hinted at, and some of them were shown more fully, but there were a few references to her friends' love lives that I still didn't totally understand, even at the end. There was one character who was repeatedly mentioned in relation to one of Sofia's friends, and maybe I just missed the explanation, but at the end of the book I still didn't really know who that person was or what their history with Sofia's friend entailed. It's only a small thing but it did bother me a little. Although, this probably just shows how well drawn Sofia's friends were, that I was so interested in hearing more about them!

Sofia's friends were all really interesting and great supporting characters and her family were too. I heard so much about how funny this book was but no one ever mentioned how much it would make me cry! All of Sofia's relationships, romantic and otherwise, were so well done and such a joy to read about that I really got quite attached to everyone and I can't wait to read more about them all in the sequel!

★★★★☆

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Read Women Month book recommendations part 2.

I'm sharing a new book recommendation every day for Read Women Month over on Instagram and Twitter to celebrate this excellent month. You can see the first ten here and here are ten more!

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith | Avalon High by Meg Cabot

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley | Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Girls in Love by Jacqueline Wilson | Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke | Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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Purple Hibiscus review.

Every waking moment of Kambili's day is timetabled by her father: a successful businessman who takes his religion seriously and uses his wealth to help others in their community. In public Kambili's father is generous, at home he is controlling and violent. When a military coup means that it is no longer safe for Kambili and her brother, Jaja, to remain at home, their father reluctantly allows them to stay with their aunt and cousins, and there they begin to experience freedom for the first time.

So Purple Hibiscus was just a bit different from the last book I reviewed...

Honestly this isn't the sort of book that I usually pick up. I tend to stay away from books that involve child abuse, not because I don't think they're important, but because personally I just like to have fun when I'm reading a book and, obviously, that sort of storyline doesn't tend to be much fun. But I'm really glad I made an exception for Purple Hibiscus. It's kind of difficult to talk about Purple Hibiscus because there is just so much to talk about and I'm certain I'm not going to do it justice. I know I'm pretty late on the bandwagon here but this book is amazing and if you haven't read it yet you seriously should.

I'll start with the writing, which is beautiful and so immersive. Every single time I opened the book I lost track of time. Hours would pass without me noticing and I would suddenly look up to find that I had read 100 pages and my toes were like prunes because I'd been sat in the bath for so long. I felt the fear that Kambili felt whenever something disappointed her father and I felt the liveliness around the table during mealtimes at Aunty Ifeoma's house. (The scenes involving food at Aunty Ifeoma's house were my favourite in the whole book... food seems to be a recurring theme in these reviews, doesn't it?) I can't remember the last book I read that made me feel as much as this one did.

It seems odd to say that I enjoyed Purple Hibiscus as there were a lot of upsetting moments, but I enjoyed the experience of reading it so much. I loved the scenes at Aunty Ifeoma's house, the freedom that her children had and how frightening and exciting that was for Kambili. I even enjoyed the moments when I was so wrapped up in the story that my stomach would tighten in fear of Kambili's father. I've never read a novel set in Nigeria before either so I really enjoyed reading about a culture and country that I don't know a whole lot about. That's definitely something I need to look into more.

Although it deals with serious and real subjects, something about the writing made Purple Hibiscus feel almost magical and alive. I can't recommend it highly enough and I'm definitely eyeing up Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun now.

★★★★★

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Read Women Month book recommendations part 1.

I'm sharing a new book recommendation every day for Read Women Month over on Instagram and Twitter to celebrate this excellent month. Here are the first ten.

Vivian Versus the Apocalypse by Katie Coyle | 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier | Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford

The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Just One Day by Gayle Forman | The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell | Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before review.

Lara Jean writes love letters but doesn't send them. She writes until she no longer loves the boy she's writing to, then she puts the letter away in the hatbox her late mother gave her, and she moves on. No one knows about her letters, not even her sisters. Until one of the boys asks Lara Jean about his letter and she discovers that they've all been sent out, including the one letter that didn't work, for the one boy she still loves.

I loved this book. I would write a love letter to this book and I wouldn't even hide it in a hatbox. I would post it straight away. This is exactly the kind of fun, sweet, fluffy YA romance I love best. I loved Lara Jean and her sisters and their dad and Peter (I wasn't overly keen on Josh, I'll be honest), but most of all I loved the food. There is so much food in this book! It all sounds so delicious that as soon as I finished the book I made a huge cake because I needed something good to eat.

The Cake

When Lara Jean's letters get sent out and her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh, discovers that Lara Jean has feelings for him, her solution is to pretend that one of the other boys who got a letter is her boyfriend. It's a weird solution but it kind of works, especially since Peter also wants to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. So it's win-win, right? Except we all know where these storylines usually go and obviously it isn't as simple as all that.

I know everyone's a little love triangle fatigued but honestly, I don't mind it, and it didn't bother me at all in To All the Boys I've Loved Before. However I do wish we'd seen a little more of Josh. Maybe his absence is why the love triangle doesn't feel so triangle-y but he was very present at the start and once Lara Jean and Peter hatched their fake-relationship plan he seemed to take a bit of a backseat, which I think was kind of a shame. I loved all the fake dating stuff though. Boy, did I love it. Even though I knew where it was obviously going the whole time, I still enjoyed every minute. I'm such a sucker and I don't even care.

What makes this novel really great though is Lara Jean's relationship with her sisters, Kitty and Margot. Their mother passed away when Kitty was very young so Margot, being the oldest, became a kind of surrogate mother, and Lara Jean and Margot are both very aware of their responsibilities to Kitty. When Margot leaves for college at the start of the book, Lara Jean feels that it's her job now to take care of Kitty and their dad, while also missing her sister like crazy, and trying to keep up with her fake boyfriend plan without lying to everyone too much. It's a lot to deal with.

Lara Jean is absolutely adorable and more capable than she realises and Peter is the snarkiest lovable jerk I've ever read and, although I found the ending a little bit rushed, I ordered the sequel P.S. I Still Love You the second I finished To All The Boys I've Loved Before and I can't wait to read it and find out what happens next! So I guess the ending worked. Plus, Jenny Han announced a third book in the series a few weeks ago, so my timing is excellent because now I'm finally getting into the series just in time to have to wait until next spring for the third book. Hmm...

★★★★☆

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Read Women Month 2016 TBR.

Read Women Month 2016 starts today! Are you as excited as I am? Probably not. But I hope you're at least a little excited! 

I've only chosen three books for my Read Women Month TBR this year because for some reason I've actually been reading pretty slowly recently so I don't really anticipate being able to read more than three books this month. But these are all authors who are completely new to me and whose books I've heard amazing things about, and I'm really looking forward to getting into these stories!

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One for every boy she's ever loved. When she writes, she can pour out her heart and soul and say all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control...

To All the Boys I've Loved Before sounds like exactly my kind of thing. There is nothing I love better than a sweet YA contemporary read and this premise sounds really interesting. I've heard mixed things about this book online but I've been wanting to read it and decide what I think for myself for a while now so this is probably the book I'm most excited about on this list and probably the one I'll be reading first. Plus, it's got a very high rating on goodreads, so it must be good, right?

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fifteen-year-old Kambili’s world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. 

When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili’s father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father’s authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways. This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.

I've heard so many amazing things about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's writing and I don't know why it's taken me so long to pick up one of her books. Purple Hibiscus was recommended to me by a friend and I'm hoping that as this was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel it will be a good one to start with. Again, it has excellent reviews on goodreads, and the story sounds interesting, although in a very different way to To All the Boys I've Loved Before! This sounds like it will be quite different to the sorts of books I normally read and I'm really looking forward to that.

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik

"Brilliant idea! Excellent! Muslim dating? Well, I had no idea you were allowed to date.' Then he leaned towards me and looked at me sympathetically. 'Are your parents quite disappointed?' 

Unlucky in love once again after her possible-marriage-partner-to-be proves a little too close to his parents, Sofia Khan is ready to renounce men for good. Or at least she was, until her boss persuades her to write a tell-all expose about the Muslim dating scene. 

As her woes become her work, Sofia must lean on the support of her brilliant friends, baffled colleagues and baffling parents as she goes in search of stories for her book. In amongst the marriage-crazy relatives, racist tube passengers and decidedly odd online daters, could there be a a lingering possibility that she might just be falling in love . . . ?

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged is the newest release on this list but I've already heard so many good things about it. I've heard it compared a lot to Bridget Jones's Diary, which actually worries me a little because, although I love the Bridget Jones films, I wasn't really a fan of the first two books when I read them, so I'm definitely hoping that those comparisons lean more towards the films than the books. Outrageous, I know. Either way I do love a romance book every once in a while and I'm hopeful that this one will be as funny as everyone says it is!

So that's my TBR for Read Women Month 2016! If by some miracle I manage to finish all three of these before the end of the month then I might squeeze one or two short somethings in too but honestly I'll just be happy if I manage these three before July.

What's on your lists for Read Women Month? I'd love to see your TBRs! Don't forget to use the hashtag #ReadWomenMonth on Twitter and Instagram, (I most certainly will be) and happy Read Women Month!

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