Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Fantasy Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read Yet

 

This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking about the Top Ten Books from a genre we can’t believe we haven’t read yet. I feel like I only recently really started enjoying fantasy – and there’s just SO MUCH out there that I’m never going to catch up – so that’s what I’m going with.

 

1. Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch: Do I even know what this is about? Not really. Do I know I need to read it? YES.

2. The Archived by Victoria Schwab: This is…something to do with books? Maybe? I don’t know but I bought it (and The Unbound) and haven’t read it yet.

3. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima: There are so many books in this series that I’m hesitant to start it until I have a lot of free reading time since I’m a series binger.

4. The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron: Did I see this on the shelf at the bookstore and decide to buy it because everyone had been talking about it that day on twitter? Yes. Did I already have the first book checked out from the library at the time? Yes.

5. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones: Everything I know about this I learned from gifs on tumblr.

6. Anything Tamora Pierce: My first coach actually recommended her to me, but there is SO MUCH and I don’t even know where to begin to start.

7. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier: This has only recently hit my radar, but it hit pretty hard. I’m sure I had time for this 12 years ago when it came out, so why am I only learning about it now?

8. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss: Here’s the thing. Fantasy books are typically very long, and part of a very long series full of other very long books. It makes it hard to find time to read them all, especially all in a row (unless you forsake all other books like I did with The Lumatere Chronicles for practically the whole month of January…).

9. All the Brandon Sanderson (besides Mistborn which I have read and am re-reading at some point so I can continue the series)

10. Fairest by Marissa Meyer: Okay I know these are technically considered Science Fiction but the point is I have had this book on my shelf for almost a week and not read it and that is really bumming me out right now.

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree

This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking for the Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under my Tree.

Books I have already read and NEED TO OWN/NEED A PHYSICAL COPY OF

1. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
2. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
3. Something Like Normal by Trish Doller
4. After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
6. Anna and the French Kiss & Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
7. Far From You by Tess Sharpe
8. The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
9. The Falconer by Elizabeth May
10. Parasite by Mira Grant
11. The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord (I just sent my ARC to my #TBTBSanta and can’t wait to replace it with a beautiful

2015 Releases, or: I NEED SANTA’S MAGIC TO DELIVER THESE BENEATH MY TREE

1. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
2. I Was Here by Gayle Forman
3. The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
4. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
5. Winter by Marissa Meyer
6. Untitled Raven Cycle #4 by Maggie Stiefvater
7. The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
8. The Devil You Know by Trish Doller
9. We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
10. Kissing Ted Callahan by Amy Spalding

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten 2015 Releases

This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking for the Top Ten Books I’m excited for in 2015. Ummm I have a feeling I won’t be able to contain this to a top ten…

 

1. Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
2. I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
3. FAIREST by Marissa Meyer
4. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
5. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
6. I Was Here by Gayle Forman
7. WINTER by Marissa Meyer
8. Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
10. The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
11. THE RAVEN CYCLE #4 by Maggie Stiefvater
12. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
13. The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West
14. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
15. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
16. Salt and Stone by Victoria Scott
17. Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
18. The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May
19. Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
20. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
21. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
22. Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
23. We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
24. Tonight the Streets are Ours by Leila Sales
25. Armada by Ernest Cline

 

I had to stop looking at 2015 releases once I got to 33 books and then edited the list down even more from there – and it was super hard! Basically, if these were the only books I read in 2015 I would call it a success because they are all extremely important sequels or standalones/starts of new series from authors I love or debuts that sound amazing or just plain ol’ GIVE IT TO ME NOW books.

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books on my Winter TBR

 

This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking for the Top Ten Books on my Winter TBR. I try to pick books I know I’ll 100% FOR SURE read, but I almost never finish the whole list. This time I’m picking any 10 books still on my TBR – not just Winter releases, but ones I know I’m going to read early or are auto-buys.

1. The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
2. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Nivens
3. Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
4. The Hemlock Grove trilogy by Kathleen Peacock
5. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
6. Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman
7. I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios (and hopefully – finally – Something Real)
8. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
9. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
10. Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
11. I was Here by Gayle Forman
12. Fairest by Marissa Meyer\
13. This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

 

Top Tep Tuesday: Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait For

This week, The Broke and the Bookish is asking for the Top Ten Sequels (I’m going with any upcoming book in a series) I Can’t Wait For.

1. Winter – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
2. The rest of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
3. The Well of Ascension – and the rest of the Mistborn series) by Brandon Sanderson – I had so many #mistbornfeels and then it took me a while to get the next book and I’m nervous about jumping back in
4. The Missing – The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst – I read this book was cancelled, but I’m holding out hope
5. The Winner’s Crime – The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
6. The Vanishing Throne – The Falconer by Elizabeth May – FINALLY BECAUSE THAT CLIFFHANGER
7. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland – Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
8. Fairest – The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
9. Symbiont – Parisitology by Mira Grant – this is supposed to come out in a few weeks and I’ve seen/heard NOTHING
10. This Shattered World – Starbound by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
11. Salt and Stone – Fire and Floor by Victoria Scott
12. Golden Son – Red Rising by Pierce Brown
13. Rewind – Newsflesh by Mira Grant – 2016 WHYYYYY