Hello darlings!
This is the first installment of this series and I’m super excited about it! It’s also the first time I am organising something on the internet as a blogger so I hope it will be engaging and works fine!
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook (me!) and you can learn more about it here or in the post announcing it. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR.
This week’s prompt is RomComs!

|| Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon ||
💛 m/m
💛 hate to love
💛 about a bookclub!!
💛 the LI works in a bookshop
Jordan Collins doesn’t need a man.
What he needs is for his favorite author to release another one of her sexy supernatural novels and more people to sign up for the romance book club that he fears is slowly and steadily losing its steam. He also needs for the new employee at his local bookstore to stop making fun of him for reading things meant for “grandmas.”
The very last thing he needs is for that same employee, Rex Bailey, to waltz into his living room and ask to join Meet Cute Club. Despite his immediate thoughts—like laughing in his face and telling him to kick rocks—Jordan decides that if he wants this club to continue thriving, he can’t turn away any new members. Not even ones like Rex, who somehow manage to be both frustratingly obnoxious and breathtakingly handsome.
As Jordan and Rex team up to bring the club back from the ashes, Jordan soon discovers that Rex might not be the arrogant troll he made himself out to be, and that, like with all things in life, maybe he was wrong to judge a book by its cover.
|| Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall ||
💛 m/m
💛 fake relationship
💛 looks like set in London
Wanted:
One (fake) boyfriend
Practically perfect in every way
Luc O’Donnell is tangentially–and reluctantly–famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he’s never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad’s making a comeback, Luc’s back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything.
To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship…and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He’s a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he’s never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. Unfortunately apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.
But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. And that’s when you get used to someone. Start falling for them. Don’t ever want to let them go.
|| The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar ||
💛 f/f
💛 rivals to lovers
💛 Muslim rep
💛 talk about appropriation
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls with rival henna businesses.
When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And her life only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life.
Flávia is beautiful and charismatic and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat choose to do henna, even though Flávia is appropriating Nishat’s culture. Amidst sabotage and school stress, their lives get more tangled—but Nishat can’t quite get rid of her crush on Flávia, and realizes there might be more to her than she realized.
|| I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre ||
💛 f/f
💛 rivals to lovers
💛 opposites attract
💛 filmmaking
A YA contemporary rom com about two girls who start as rivals but after a twist of events, end up falling for one another–at least they think so. A pitch perfect queer romance–and it’s a paperback original!
Arch-nemeses Emma, a die-hard romantic, and more-practical minded Sophia find themselves competing against one another for a coveted first-prize trip to a film festival in Los Angeles . . . what happens if their rivalry turns into a romance? For fans of Becky Albertalli’s Leah on the Offbeat, full of laugh-out-loud humor and make-your-heart-melt moments.
|| I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch ||
💛 f/f
💛 hate to love
💛 arts and writing
💛 fanfics
💛 kind of You’ve Got Mail trope?
For fans of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and Fangirl, I Kissed Alice is a romantic comedy about enemies, lovers, and everything in between.
Rhodes and Iliana couldn’t be more different, but that’s not why they hate each other.
Hyper-gifted artist Rhodes has always excelled at Alabama’s Conservatory of the Arts despite a secret bout of creator’s block, while transfer student Iliana tries to outshine everyone with her intense, competitive work ethic. Since only one of them can get the coveted Capstone scholarship, the competition between them is fierce.
They both escape the pressure on a fanfic site where they are unknowingly collaborating on a graphic novel. And despite being worst enemies in real life, their anonymous online identities I-Kissed-Alice and Curious-in-Cheshire are starting to like each other…a lot. When the truth comes out, will they destroy each other’s future?
Last thought!
I hope you’re having fun with my meme and that maybe it’s helping you motivate yourselves to look through your TBRs! It is the first time I’m organising something in this bookish community so if you have any advice I will be glad to hear it.
I want this to be as fun for you as it is for me and I can’t tell you HOW MUCH EXCITED I AM TO BE A START OF THIS! As someone with awful social anxiety I’ve been avoiding taking initiative for the biggest part of my life so thank you for being so kind and supportive for me to be ready to take this step ❤️
Also! Stay safe, I know it’s a difficult time but we must do our best to make it through this. Wash your hands and pay attention to the vulnerable ones. Love you!
- Do you participate in #5OnMyTBR?
- What RomComs do you have on your TBR?

I did participate! And what a fun list of rom-com’s you’ve posted ❤️ I haven’t read any of them.
My #5 link: https://tessatalksbooks.blog/2020/03/23/5onmytbr-new-book-blog-meme/
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Oh, that’s because somehow I managed to choose all new releases! 😀 They should be out soon!
Already checked that out yesterday! Thank you for participating ❤
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ooh these all look like such fun reads!! I hope you enjoy them all!! This was such a fun meme to do, such a great idea, E!! 😀 ❤
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Yes, I need some fun with everything going on right now!! Thank you so much, KitKat!! We need all the fun we can have ❤
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You’re welcome, honey!! Indeed, fun is needed, especially now! 🥰💜😊
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Omg *immediately adding books to raging TBR* I am IN LOVE with these covers and how have I only heard of two of these?! I added Meet Cute Club the other day and the colors on that cover are giving me super love vibes ❤ I'm also so keen for The Henna Wars! Fab list (and new weekly meme), E! 😉
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Haha! And that’s how a meme that was supposed to make you look through your TBR and maybe get through it faster will make you drown in it instead! 😀 Yes, we are being blessed with so many amazing covers recently!! I want them all in my hands NOW!!
Thank you so much, Dini!! You’re the kindest!! ❤
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Love this meme! I did not know how many Rom Coms i actually had on my TBR until today!
Here is mine: https://momsbookcollection.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/5onmytbr-romcoms/
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Right?? I was so surprised as well! Even added a romance shelf on GR because of it!!
Thank you!! I actually saw it on twitter and checked out already!! Great list & thank you so much for participating!! ❤
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That is perfect, i make a RomCom shelf on my goodreads when doing this lol. Awe thanks and your very very welcome.
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Oh my gosh – I’m loving all of the books you posted!!
Here is my 5: https://silverbuttonbooks.com/2020/03/23/5-on-my-tbr-march-23-2020/
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Thank you!! They sound really adorable and I need more adorable in my life lol! 😀
Thank you so much for participating!! Checked it out already!! 😀
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Thank you for sharing your list of tbr! I love romcoms, its my favourite genre to read!
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No problem!! Life has been so stressful recently — we all need more rom-coms!!
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I’m highly anticipating Meet Cute Club, the premise sounds so interesting and that cover is amazing!
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Right?? It sounds so fun and cute!! I can’t wait for the banter and all the bookish conversations! Thank you for dropping by 🙂
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Ohh, I’m really excited for The Henna Wars, as well! This is a great list 🙂
Here’s a link to my #5OnMyTBR:
https://kerrimcbooknerd.home.blog/2020/03/23/5onmytbr-romcoms/
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I hope it will be as cute as it sounds! Thank you!!
Checked it out already! Great choices 😀 Thank you so much for participating!!
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I’m hyped for these too! Thanks for creating this meme! We’ll hopefully be participating soon!
xoxo, Tree
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Right?? They sound amazing!! Hope they will live up to my expectations!! No problem, I hope you’ll have lots of fun when you get to it 😀
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These all sound great! What a fun idea. Here’s mine ~ https://alisbooks.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/5onmytbr-5-romcoms/
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Thank you, Alison!! Already checked out! Thank you for participating!! ❤
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