Book Spotlight: This is Me Trying by Jenna Adams
Today I'm part of a virtual book tour organised by The Write Reads for This is Me Trying by Jenna Adams. The tour for ‘This is Me Trying' will run from 9th - 18th July 2025.
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Genre: Contemporary, Coming-of-Age
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Neem Tree Press/Unbound Publishing
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: July 17, 2025
Book synopsis for This is Me Trying by Jenna Adams
A contemporary YA romance novel exploring sexual consent, mental health, and co-dependency. When 14-year-old Brooke and 17-year-old Matt are cast as romantic leads in their drama group's performance of Romeo and Juliet, they didn't mean to actually fall in love. Brooke considers secrets and lies a small price to pay for a relationship with an older guy, until she discovers that Matt's role in taking their relationship to the next level one night was illegal. When her anxiety reaches breaking point, she makes a decision that changes her life forever.
Years later and now adults, Matt is reunited with Brooke, desperately seeking redemption. Can they both find the strength to forgive one other, or is it too late?
Told in three acts this captivating debut reveals a young woman’s journey for independence as she strays away from everything she has ever known to navigate her traumatic past.
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About the author, Jenna Adams
Jenna Adams began writing at the age of fourteen and now writes from her third-floor flat, which is full of houseplants. She has written for a variety of publications including The Book Network, Brook Charity, and The Content Wolf, and is passionate about exploring mental health, consent, and codependency in her writing.
You can find out more about her work on her website, www.jennaadamswriter.com
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Book Spotlight: The Lights of Shantigar by Nidhi Arora
Today I'm part of a virtual book tour organised by The Write Reads for The Lights of Shantigar by Nidhi Arora. The tour for ‘The Lights of Shantigar ' will run from 13th - 22nd June 2025.
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Genre: Contemporary, Family Saga
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Unbound
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: June 5, 2025
Book synopsis for The Lights of Shantigar by Nidhi Arora
The Lights of Shantinagar is a warm and lively portrait of family life set in modern India where new philosophies are reshaping old traditions and one woman’s astute observations can change everything.
Aspiring quantum physicist Sumi is newly married and has moved into her husband’s family home. Here she observes that the beguilingly tranquil middle-class town of Shantinagar is not very different from her beloved quantum world: the happenings in one house are cryptically entangled with things next door, objects mysteriously disappear and unexpected interactions reveal surprising truths.
As the line between right and wrong begins to blur, new discoveries force the residents of Shantinagar to reflect on what they truly know about themselves and the ones they love. Meanwhile, Sumi must blend logic with love to make sense of her new circumstances.
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About the author, Nidhi Arora
Nidhi Arora’s stories and essays are featured in international journals and anthologies including Best New Singaporean Short Stories, Out of Print, The Hooghly Review, QLRS, Cha, and Popshot. She has self-published two books on Secure Attachment: A parent-child bonding series and edited a third. More at www.nidhi-arora.com
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Books: First Lines Fridays 29th November 2024
Are you ready to judge this week's book based purely on the first few lines?
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I'm participating in First Lines Fridays as I think it's a great way to highlight more of the books that are on my bookshelves.
What is First Lines Fridays?
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
My Pick For This Week
The first lines of the book:
The Night Jam was rammed. Pounding music pulsed through the club and the walls felt sticky with sweat, alcohol and likely worse. Minnie held tightly to Greg's hand as they jostled through the crowd near the door.
Do you know which book this is from? Scroll down to find out!
And the book is...
Book synopsis for This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens
The instant New York Times bestseller adored by readers around the world!! Now a feature-length film starring Emily in Paris's Lucien Laviscount.
Curl up with the refreshingly romantic and unputdownable rom-com which has everyone falling head over heels.
Quinn and Minnie are born on New Year's Eve, in the same hospital, one minute apart.
Their lives may begin together, but their worlds could not be more different.
Thirty years later they find themselves together again in the same place, at the same time.
What if fate is trying to bring them together?
Maybe it is time to take a chance on love...
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