Pick A Book & Hear A Song | Issue 4

Pick A Book & Hear A Song is an original feature here at I Write, You Read. This featured was created because I enjoy listen to music while reading. If a book is quickly becoming one of my favourite reads of all time, I create a playlist specifically for that book. I'd love to share my faves with you and would also enjoy to see what songs you listen to well reading!



Every month I will be posting a new issue with a different theme.

This month's theme is:

All Time Favourite Romance Reads

Dirty Filthy Rich Men by Laurelin Paige

When I met Donovan Kincaid, I knew he was rich. I didn’t know he was filthy. Truth be told, I was only trying to get his best friend to notice me.



I knew poor scholarship girls like me didn't stand a chance against guys like Weston King and Donovan Kincaid, but I was in love with his world, their world, of parties and sex and power. I knew what I wanted—I knew who I wanted—until one night, their world tried to bite me back and Donovan saved me. He saved me, and then Weston finally noticed me, and I finally learned what it was to be in their world.



And then what it was like to lose it.



Ten years later, I’ve found my way back. Back to their world. Back to him.



This time, I’m ready. I've been down this road before, and I know all the dirty, filthy ways Donovan will try and wreck me. 



But it’s hard to resist. Especially when I know how much I’ll like it.



From NYT Bestselling author Laurelin Paige, discover a whole new world filled with sex, love, power, romance and dirty, filthy rich men.

Pretty Reckless by L. J. Shen

Series: All Saints High - Book 1

Penn 



They say revenge is a dish best served cold. 

I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. 

I took her first kiss. 

She took the only thing I loved. 

I was poor. 

She was rich. 

The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast. 

Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project. 

Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much. 

Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother. 

There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears. 

Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess. 



Daria 



Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk. 

But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way. 

The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you. 

In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day. 

Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. 

Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. 

His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. 

Now? Now he is making me pay. 

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas

Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...

Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

                       

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.

Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War--as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of difficult decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.

Includes vintage media reports, oral history commentary, photos, and more. 

Have you read any of the books mentioned or currently have them on your TBR? If so leave a comment below letting me know whether or not you liked it or are excited to read! 😄

~ Aimie