Good Girls Read Smut

With the hot days upon us, what better way to celebrate summer than with a summer romance book? This newest release by Ali Hazelwood was high up on my must-read list for the season. Even though the plot  details were a little vague, all the tropes sounded like they'd make for a great time: a wedding, a trip to Italy, and an age-gap romance with the older brother's best friend..sign me up! Here's what I thought of  Problematic Summer Romance .   Get the Book Here Synopsis When all Maya can think about is her older brother's best friend Conor, she tries to forget about him. She knows it would be totally cliche, he's much older than she is, he's a successful biotech, she's a struggling grad student. He's made it clear he doesn't want a relationship with her, but sometimes plot twists happen, like a destination wedding for Maya's brother in a beautiful Sicilian villa, where Conor will also be attending. But Conor is hiding something from her, and alt...

Confession time: I've been stuck in a reading slump for the past several months. You know that dreaded period where, regardless of how exciting a book may seem at first, you quickly lose interest? A book that would normally take a day or two to devour, now drags on for weeks. If your reading habits have also gone from "page-turner" to "dust-gatherer", then pull up a comfy chair. Let's talk about how to kick that reading slump to the curb and get excited about reading again. Change it Up When I feel a reading slump creeping in, the first thing I like to do is switch genres. If I've been mostly reading romance books and they all are starting to blur together, I might then choose to switch to a fantasy romance, or even a thriller. I use this genre change as a "palette cleanser" before eventually going back to my main genre of choice. This not only allows me to change the type of story I'm consuming, but also helps to tackle those books on my p...