Hello! It’s Top Ten Tuesday today, and it’s time for the quarterly TBR post. I love doing quarterly TBRs because it gives me books to get excited for over the next three months! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!
I ended up reading everything from my Fall TBR with a few weeks to spare! The books I read for fall were:
- Rebel – Marie Lu
- The End and Other Beginnings – Veronica Roth
- Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo
- The Beautiful – Renée Ahdieh
- Always Forever Maybe – Anica Mrose Rissi
- This Savage Song – Victoria Schwab
- Call Down the Hawk – Maggie Stiefvater
- Thousands – Pepper Winters
- The Queen of Nothing – Holly Black
- Sea Witch – Sarah Henning
I did the same thing for this winter that I did for the fall. I made a list of books I absolutely needed to read, then I made a list of books I was interested in reading and had a TBR lottery using a random number generator. The TBR lottery idea was adapted from the TBR jar idea I found at Destiny at Howling Libraries. It was just easier for me to list all the books on one sheet of paper than to write them all on slips of paper. There were 66 books in the lottery and 6 were chosen.
In addition to the books listed here I already know I’m going to read 10 Things I Hate About Pinkie and The Vanishing Deep. The first I have an ARC for and the second I pre-ordered the audiobook for.
In May 2018, back when I first learned about ARCs and The Kingdom of Back was supposed to come out this year, I set a goal to get an ARC of this book. Then it looked like I wouldn’t get it… but… eek! It was on Bookish First and I was able to claim one! They have my undying loyalty now. I don’t know when it will arrive, but I’ll probably read it in late December or early January.
Laura E. Weymouth is a sweetheart and I promised her that I’d write her a crossover fanfic with A Treason of Thorns and Sorcery of Thorns. I’m sure they’ve forgotten I’d said I’d do it but I have every intention of writing it. First I have to read the books. I pre-ordered this book but didn’t put it on my TBR so it didn’t get read yet.
I won Light from Distant Stars as an ARC, but it didn’t arrive until after its release date. So I hadn’t gotten around to reading it yet. Since I didn’t get it as an ARC, I couldn’t schedule it with my ARC reads, so it’s going on my TBR instead.
I thought I was going to have to wait to read Chain of Gold after I finished The Kingdom of Back, but getting the ARC took care of that problem. Now I’ll get to start reading it on March 3rd as soon as the stupid UPS truck arrives (which is about 8 PM… grr). I’m rereading the Shadowhunter books before this book comes out.
The rest of the books on this list, including Descendant of the Crane, were TBR lottery winners. I wanted to read this book before it came out, found it on sale, and haven’t had time to read it yet. It looks like such an amazing book I’m glad I’ll get to read it (yet still sad as I look longingly at the books that didn’t get picked).
Kim Chance is the lovely host of Chance2Connect on Twitter, and when I found her book on sale, I couldn’t pass it up. The second book in this series is already out, but I’ll start with Keeper.
I found 99 Percent Mine on sale this summer and had to pick it up. Looking forward to reading it. I haven’t read anything by Sally Thorne before.
Tell Me Everything was recommended to me. I don’t have my own copy but my library does. It’s currently available, so I don’t think I’ll have too much difficulty getting this book when I’m ready to read it.
The main reason I want to read Disappearing Earth is that it takes place in Russia. I don’t own this one either, and all the copies are out at the library. I put this one on hold and suspended the hold so I can read this sometime after the first of the year. Who knows how many copies the library has?
My library has several copies of Broken Throne available, so it won’t be difficult getting to read the last TBR lottery winner, Broken Throne. It’ll be fun to get back into the Red Queen universe again.
Well, that’s my Winter 2019/2020 TBR! Will you be reading any of these books in the upcoming season? Have you read any of these? Next week we’re going to talk about books I’d hope to find under my tree… well, since my parents are averse to pre-ordering, I’ll probably tweak it slightly.
I haven’t read any of these, so this is a fabulous TTT for my TBR LOL! I like the cover for Tell me Everything — it definitely makes me want to know more!
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Yay! I think I’ve added at least 5 books to my TBR today already, so I’m in the same boat.
So lucky you got your hands on Marie Lu’s new book!!Enjoy!
When I saw it on Bookish First, I was so excited, I was practically dancing. I knew when they refreshed their week, and I kept refreshing and refreshing their page so I wouldn’t miss out!
I hope you enjoy Broken Throne.
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Thank you. It wasn’t really on my radar until I saw a post about it (I didn’t really know what it was about) and it sounds good so I’ll be there.
Chain of Gold is one of my most anticipated releases of 2020!! I’m so excited. Also, I really enjoyed A Treason of Thorns. She really has a way with words.
I’m so glad you liked A Treason of Thorns. And I think Chain of Gold is going to get a lot of fangirling through the first of next year!
I wasn’t a huge fan of Sea Witch, but I hope you have better luck with it. 🙂
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I read that one in the fall. It was good, although not one of my favorites for the season.
I just finished Call Down the Hawk. Loved it! And I’m so jealous you got an arc for Chain of Gold. I did have to preorder it, so I’ll be waiting on that delivery truck. 😉 Happy Reading!
I actually got the ARC of The Kingdom of Back, so I’ll be waiting for Chain of Gold like everybody else. However, since The Kingdom of Back is also a March 3 release, I won’t be waiting for that one, or staying up all night reading like I did with Rebel (I don’t think I have the day off that day like I did on October 1st). March 3 is a big book day!
YAYYAY for completing a seasonal TBR. That’s awesome – congrats, Brooke. Also your method of creating these TBRs is fun. 🙂 I still need to read the ‘Red Queen’ universe, and hopefully, it’ll be a world I enjoy. Thanks so much for the visit to Finding Wonderland.
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Thanks! It’s really helpful to just pick something randomly if you’re indecisive. And I hope you get the chance to read Red Queen in 2020!
I haven’t read Descendant either, but really want to get to it soon. Best of luck with your TBR!
I haven’t read any of these yet, but they all sound amazing! Happy Reading! 🙂
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Thank you!
I love the cover for Descendent of the Crane. I really want to read that one too!
It is pretty.
I hope you enjoy them all! I also use a random number generator to choose what I read next. I’m too lazy and indecisive to pick books for myself.
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🙂 It takes all the responsibility away!
A Treason of Thorns sounds interesting – I really loved her last book!
I’m looking forward to reading it!
I still need to get to Holly Black’s series too. I keep saying it but my reading has been so slow lately, I don’t seem to get to anything! Hopefully the new year will revitalize my reading lol.
Treason of Thorns has SUCH an amazing cover.
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I hope you get out of your reading slump soon! Hopefully 2020 will be good to you.
And the Treason of Thorns cover is gorgeous in person. I’m glad I got the hardback version because it’s shiny.
I am also super excited to read Kingdom of Back! I also read the excerpt on BookishFirst, but I had already preordered it so… I’m going to have to wait! I am glad you get the chance to read it early! I hope you enjoy it and all your other Winter reads!
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I pre-ordered it too, and plan to get it on Kindle and in hardback. Since Chain of Gold, The Vanishing Deep, and The Midnight Lie all come out on that date too, and I’m definitely reading CoG and TVD as soon as possible, it’ll make it easier for me to get to read this one early.
Awesome list! Maggie Stiefvater’s new book sounds amazing. I hope you get to all of these!
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It was really good. Thank you!
Congrats on reading your entire Fall tbr. That is great!
I’ve seen a lot of people mention A Treason of Thorns lately.
Thank you! I’m glad a lot of people have been mentioning her book, because she’s so nice. I want her books to do well.
That’s quite a list! I hope you get to enjoy each and every last one!