Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

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• Weyward by. Emilia Hart – I WILL read this before the end is through lol. I won’t say I promise though.
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by. Suzanne Collins – I keep re-borrowing this one and never getting to it. 🤦🏻‍♀️
• Garden of the Cursed by. Katy Rose Pool – I am determined to read this one. It’s been on my kindle for a few months now.

• Sword Catcher by. Cassandra Clare – I’m not sure why I am so reluctantly lately to dive into fantasy worlds that have so much world building. As if I don’t have the patience to jump into these types of books right now. But I do want to read this one.
• Empire of the Vampire by. Jay Kristoff – so many people say this one is good and again, I’m trying to motivate myself to jump into this fantasy world.
• Extasia by. Claire LeGrand – I actually got 20% into this book last year and then put it aside. I will finish it this year!

• Agnes at the End of the World by. Kelly McWillams – this one has been on my bookshelf for awhile.
• Eat You Heart Out by. Kelly DeVos – I really need to read this one in the fall and knock it off my TBR list.
• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by. Megan Bannen – I know this one is really good because everyone has told me and I hope to get to this one soon!

The Secret Recipe for Moving On by. Karen Bischer – I put this on my night stand in January this year and then it moved back to my shelf LOL.

Have you read any of these?

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

May 7: May Flowers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)
May 14: Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)
May 21: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)
May 28: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

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June 4: Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (Any emotion! Did a book make you super happy or sad? Angry? Terrified? Surprised?)
June 11: Bookish Wishes (List the top 10 books you’d love to own and include a link to your wishlist so that people can grant your wishes. Make sure you link your wishlist to your mailing address or include the email address associated with your e-reader in the list description so people know how to get the book to you. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like. Please don’t feel obligated to send anything to anyone!)
June 18: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List
June 25: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024

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July 2: Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover
July 9: Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made. All previous topics are listed below.)
July 16: Ten Things I Loved About [Insert Book Title Here] (Pick any book and tell us ten things you loved about it!) (submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext)
July 23: Debut Novels I Enjoyed (A debut novel is an author’s first published book. You could also choose to share genre or age group debuts if you’d prefer, such as an adult fiction author’s first YA book or a mystery writer’s first romance.) (submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy)
July 30: Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Authors I’d Love a New Book From

(These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might just not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)

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Amy A. Bartol

Where oh where is Amy A. Bartol? I need a new series from her.

Akemi Dawn Bowman

I’ve been waiting for book 3 in The Infinity Courts series for awhile now. 🙁 Is it ever coming?

Audrey Grey

I don’t know what happened to this author and I hope she’s well but I her series were addictive! I hope she comes back and gives us another series.

Helen Hoang

I think it’s time for a new book from Helen Hoang! I loved this series and I want more.

Tracy Deonn

I know book three is coming, I’m just impatient lol.

Deborah Falaye

I thought this one was coming out last year but I guess now it’s pushed to 2025? So I’m just waiting…

Jenny Han

Does Jenny Han still write? Or is she doing more TV like XO, Kitty on Netflix?? I miss her books!

Danielle L Jensen

I know she just put out a new book but I’ve been dying for this 4th and final book of the Dark Shores series. 😭 It’s been 3 years since the last book.

Have you read any of these?

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

May 7: May Flowers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)
May 14: Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)
May 21: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)
May 28: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

June~~
June 4: Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (Any emotion! Did a book make you super happy or sad? Angry? Terrified? Surprised?)
June 11: Bookish Wishes (List the top 10 books you’d love to own and include a link to your wishlist so that people can grant your wishes. Make sure you link your wishlist to your mailing address or include the email address associated with your e-reader in the list description so people know how to get the book to you. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like. Please don’t feel obligated to send anything to anyone!)
June 18: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List
June 25: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024

July~~
July 2: Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover
July 9: Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made. All previous topics are listed below.)
July 16: Ten Things I Loved About [Insert Book Title Here] (Pick any book and tell us ten things you loved about it!) (submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext)
July 23: Debut Novels I Enjoyed (A debut novel is an author’s first published book. You could also choose to share genre or age group debuts if you’d prefer, such as an adult fiction author’s first YA book or a mystery writer’s first romance.) (submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy)
July 30: Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is: Favorite Book Quotes

Most Recent Book Quotes That I Love

(You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)

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Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

“I’m so sick of waiting to be saved or waiting for find myself because I’m too afraid the person I find will disappoint someone else.”

Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

“I stand here and feel other. Not quite one of them, but not quite something else. It’s how I feel everywhere.”

Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

“Because all the people who love me don’t want to keep me, but I can’t stop feeling like I need to please them.”

Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

“I forgot about this. People who can laugh at shitty things. People who don’t think the sky is falling when something small goes wrong. They call it perspective. Or being jaded. Or worse, a grateful attitude. Really, it’s just survival. A word I hate as much as I own.”

Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

“We keep having the same argument with words that circle the same hurt over and over again.”

Some Mistakes Were Made by. Kristin Dwyer

Have you read any of these?

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday Topics:

May 7: May Flowers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)
May 14: Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)
May 21: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)
May 28: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

June~~
June 4: Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (Any emotion! Did a book make you super happy or sad? Angry? Terrified? Surprised?)
June 11: Bookish Wishes (List the top 10 books you’d love to own and include a link to your wishlist so that people can grant your wishes. Make sure you link your wishlist to your mailing address or include the email address associated with your e-reader in the list description so people know how to get the book to you. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like. Please don’t feel obligated to send anything to anyone!)
June 18: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List
June 25: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024

July~~
July 2: Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover
July 9: Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made. All previous topics are listed below.)
July 16: Ten Things I Loved About [Insert Book Title Here] (Pick any book and tell us ten things you loved about it!) (submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext)
July 23: Debut Novels I Enjoyed (A debut novel is an author’s first published book. You could also choose to share genre or age group debuts if you’d prefer, such as an adult fiction author’s first YA book or a mystery writer’s first romance.) (submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy)
July 30: Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc.)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Flower Names in the Title

(books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)

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Wisteria by. Adalyn Grace

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

Forget Me Not by. Julie Soto

Six Scorched Roses by. Carissa Broadbent

Foxglove by. Adalyn Grace

Violet Made of Thorns by. Gina Chen

Daisy Jones & the Six by. Taylor Jenkins Reid

Belladonna by. Adalyn Grace

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by. Maggie Stiefvater

The Poppy War by. R.F. Kuang

The Jasmine Throne by. Tasha Suri

Have you read any of these?

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Petty Reasons You’ve DNF’d a Book 

(Or reduced its rating. You don’t even have to say what the book was if you don’t want to!)

1. Really don’t like the main character.
2. Writing style is not it for me.
3. Boring.
4. I put it down meaning to come back to it but then I forget about it and don’t want to put any more effort in trying to read it.
5. Abrupt ending (reduced rating).
6. Pacing is off (reduced rating).
7. Story is all over the place (reduce rating).
8. Lacking chemistry between lovers/forced romance (reduce rating).
9. Annoying main character (reduce rating).
10. An annoying love interest (reduce rating).

Is that petty enough?? 😅

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon

(Bonus points if you tell us how long it’s been sitting on your shelf waiting for you.)

Some of these are on my kindle shelf because I mostly read ebooks and I haven’t bought a hardcover in a minute.

• Empire of the Vampire by. Jay Kristoff – it’s been on my kindle for about 2 years.
• Sword Catcher by. Cassandra Clare -been on my kindle for 6 months.
• Eat Your Heart Out by. Kelly Devos – been on my shelf for 3 years.

• Agnes at the End of the World by. Kelly McWilliams – still on my shelf after 3 years.
• From the Grave by. Kresley Cole – about 1 year on my kindle. I want to read it but I seriously don’t really know what happened in the last book since it’s been so long between both books.
• Fevered Star by. Rebecca Roanhorse – this has been on my kindle for about 2 years.

• The Hating Game by. Sally Thorne – has been on my shelf for about 3 years and I was actually reading it and got about 10% in and then started reading something else and never went back to it. I don’t think it’s a DNF…YET lol…I will try and finish some day.
• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by. Megan Bannen – I know, I know, I have to get around to reading this one. It’s been on my kindle for a year maybe?
• The Secret Recipe for Moving On by. Karen Bischer – this has been on my shelf for 3 years and I even migrated it to my nightstand with goals of reading it this year but then it migrated back to my shelf LOL.

Master of Iron by. Tricia Levenseller – I’m actually 20% in this book but I put it down 2 years ago and never picked it up again! 3 years on my shelf.

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

Characters I’d Like to go on Vacation With

(Pretend you’re going on vacation and can bring 10 of your closest friends with you. Pick your vacation spot and tell us who you’d like to bring! Bonus point if you tell us why. Or maybe you like the idea of traveling in small groups, so plan 10 trips or 5 trips!)

• Xingyin from Heart of the Sun Warrior by. Sue Lynn Tan, because I want her to take me to the Moon and traveling on a cloud would be so cool. Just want to stay out of the Celestial Kingdom drama though!
• Reyva from The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst is a solid friend! She would fun to vacation with I think – just not at a lake house. 😅
• Marco from Ciao For Now by. Kate Bromley seems like so much fun! I’d definitely take a trip to Italy with him!

• Cassian from A Court of Silver Flames by. Sarah J. Maas – I think Cassian has so much personality and honestly he could fly us to any destination – I’d just have to hold onto him. 🥰
• Xaden from Fourth Wing by. Rebecca Yarros – I don’t know if he’d be fun on vacation lol…but he could take me riding on a dragon. 🐉
• Jin from A Tempest of Tea by. Hafsah Faizal – he would be a fun vacation partner! I loved him in the book.

• Oak from The Prisoner’s Throne by. Holly Black – this boy is always down for a good time! And his charming personality would make any vacation fun I think.
• Izumi from Tokyo Ever After by. Emiko Jean – she can take me all around Japan! I love Japan.
• Fizzy from The True Love Experiment by. Christina Lauren – she’s so much fun.

Isabella from King of Pride by. Ana Huang – she has a pet snake and writes erotica lol…I think she’d be fun to vacation with but I don’t think she’d be good at planning one.

What’s on your TTT?

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is: freebie

Dragons

It’s a freebie week on Top Ten Tuesday so I’m doing a topic that I’ve been wanting to do since Fourth Wing came along. I don’t actively seek books with dragons but it seems like it’s popular lately to have them in books so here are some books with dragons!

• So Let Them Burn by. Kamilah Cole – Jamaican-inspired fantasy with dragons
• Dragonfruit by. Makiia Lucier – Pacific Islander inspired fantasy with dragons
• Song of Silver Flame Like Night by. Amelie Wen Zhao – Chinese mythology, magic and dragons

• Fourth Wing by. Rebecca Yarros – dragon riding academy, magic, romantasy
• Iron Flame by. Rebecca Yarros – part 2
• All This Twisted Glory by. Tahereh Mafi – the dragon isn’t the main focus in this romantasy but there is a dragon

• Six Crimson Cranes, The Dragon’s Promise and Her Radiant Curse by. Elizabeth Lim – an amazing filled with adventure, and dragons

The Priory of the Orange Tree by. Samantha Shannon – an epic story with dragons

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please check out her website for more TTT topics!

This week’s topic is:

April Showers

 (books with rain on the cover/in the title, that have rainstorms in the story, or that have anything to do with rain)

• Stay With My Heart by. Tashie Bhuiyan – not quite rain in this book cover BUT…it has clouds!
• Wish of the Wicked by. Danielle Paige – the girl is ready for rain in that cape.
• Empire of Storms by. Sarah J. Maas – it’s got stormy clouds.

• Obsidian by. Jennifer L. Armentrout – dark and stormy cover
• Roar by. Cora Carmack – dark clouds and lightning
• Vampires of El Norte by. Isabel Cañas – more stormy skies

• The Storm Keeper’s Island by. Catherine Doyle – clouds but no rain
• The Widow of Pale Harbor by. Hester Fox – it looks like it’s gonna rain
• Off the Map by. Trish Doller – the only book cover I found with actually rain

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