Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books On My Spring 2021 TBR List

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books On My Spring TBR

This week’s TTT is another seasonal TBR, this one for Spring 2021. I'm still not making too strict of TBR lists because I've largely been mood reading lately but here are a few that I'm looking forward to, pushing to the top of my TBR, and a few ARCs I hope to get out of the way. 

1. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

I got this book a few weeks ago and although it looks like more of a winter read I definitely want to read it yet this month if I'm able to. 

2. Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (ARC)

I picked up the eARC for this a few weeks ago on Netgalley and kind of started it after The Dead and The Dark but my urgent need to read From Blood and Ash *right that minute* made me set it down. I'm looking forward to getting back into it. 

3. Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin (ARC)

This was another eARC I picked up at the same time as The Dead and The Dark and Cool for the Summer  and it sounds really good. 

4. What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini

I've wanted to read this one since I first read about it in the publisher's newsletter and I finally found it in my library system's Hoopla. I'm probably going to read it in April (I used up all of my March borrows).

5. The House Guest by Mark Edwards

I won an ebook copy of The House Guest last year through Goodreads but it's been sitting on my kindle ever since. I think it's time I finally read it, don't you?

6. Bloodine by Jess Lourey

I'm still in Thriller reading mood and this one sounds really good. It also helps that it's on my kindle and helps my goal of actually reading up some of the books I keep putting on my kindle then never reading because I still prefer print books. 

7. Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

I've heard really good things about Amelia Unabridged and since its one of the most recent books I've gotten (that I haven't read yet) I definitely want to get to it this spring.

8. The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

This book sounds slightly disturbing and I wasn't sure at first if I wanted to put it on my TBR but something is nagging at me that I might really like it. 

9. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh

I've seen this book on bookstagram and I've always loved the cover but I just recently took a look at what it's about on Goodreads and added it to my library to-borrow list. 

10. The Duke and I (Bridgerton #1) by Julia Quinn

 
Yes, I've seen the Netflix show. I'm even considering rewatching it. And I want to read the book... but I'm kind of nervous to. These type of books are so removed from my comfort zone that I'm afraid I'm going to think the book is really cheesy and hate it. 

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What books do you want to read this spring? Have you read any of my picks? What did you think of them?

Let me know in the comments or drop a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

-Taylor

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I Meant to Read in 2020 But Didn't Get To

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 10 Books I Meant to Read in 2020 But Didn't Get To

This week’s TTT is about books we wanted to read last year but didn't get to. Most of these I feel like I'm the only person who hasn't read them yet but I wasn't in much of a mood to read fantasy last year and one or two might be ARCs I had that I let slide because let's face it... last year was hard.

1. Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

2. From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

3. Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

4. Fable by Adrienne Young

5. The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

6. The Hunter and the Mage by Kaitlyn Davis

7. Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

8. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

9. Crave by Tracy Wolff

10. The Institute by Stephen King

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What books did you want to read last year that you never got around to?

Let me know in the comments or drop a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

-Taylor

2020 Beat the Backlist Intentions!

Happy New Year Bookdragons! Last year I loved doing the BEAT THE BACKLIST Challenge so I'm joining in again this year! Here are some of my 2020 Intended Reads!

1. Frostblood by Elly Blake  (Published 2017)

2. Losing the Field by Abbi Glines (Published 2018)

3. Teen Hyde by Chandler Baker (Published 2017)

4. The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
(Published 2011)

5. A Clask of Kings by George R.R. Martin (Published 1998)

6. Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis (Published 2018)

7. Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford (Published 2019)

8. The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates(Published 2016)

9. Zodiac by Romina Russell (Published 2014)

10. Seafire by Natalie C. Parker (Published 2018)

11. Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Berube (Published 2019)

12. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
(Published 2011)

Will you be participating in the 2020 Beat the Backlist Challenge?

F is for Friday - 4 January 2019

F Is For Friday is a weekly meme created and hosted by Nomadic Worlds.

How it Works:

1. Credit the creator of this tag (Nomadic Worlds ) and link back.

2. Answer the four questions to the best of your ability.

3. Most important of all, enjoy yourself!

Questions:

F – Feature your latest book obsession (it doesn’t have to be your current read)

I – Indicate which book/s you are looking forward to reading this weekend.

F – Favorite quote of the week/day

F – Five things you’re happy or grateful for this week.

F- Feature your latest book obsession (it doesn't have to be your current read)

I saw parts of this book's movie adaptation on Lifetime in 2017 and wasn't "in love" with it but then I decided to give the book a chance and WOW! I'm in love and completely obsessed. It's like a teenage version of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. 

I – Indicate which book/s you are looking forward to reading this weekend.

I'm in a Thriller mood lately. If I finish After the Woods by Saturday I'll be starting The Rules by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie.

F – Favorite quote of the week/day

“The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future. ” 

― Oscar Wilde

This quote was at the beginning of Honor by Jay Crownover and I fell in love with it instantly and wrote it down with my favorite quotes of January.

F – Five things you’re happy or grateful for this week.

1. the #WritingCommunity on Twitter

2. Being back in my own bed!

3. Lunches out with good friends.

4. That my mantle has not given out under the weight of my funko pop and candle collection. 

5. fantasy movies/novels that spark my inspiration.

Have a great weekend Bookdragons!

2019 Beat The Backlist Intentions

Next year I'm jumping into the BEAT THE BACKLIST Challenge! Here is some of my 2019 Intended Reads!

1. After the Woods by Kim Savage (Published 2016)

2. Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman (Published 2016)

3. Defiance by C.J. Redwine (Published 2012)

4. Honor by Jay Crownover (Published 2016)

5. Ten by Gretchen McNeil (Published 2012)

6. Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Published 2013)

7. Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn (Published 2013)

8. Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton (Published 2017)

9. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Published 2012)

10. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes (Published 2012)

11. Tighter by Adele Griffin (Published 2011)

12. The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco

Will you be participating in the 2019 Beat the Backlist Challenge?