July 2019 TBR

I can’t believe we are now officially done with the first half of 2019!! I mean, were did the last six months go??? My June TBR went pretty well and the only reasons I didn’t finish the last three is that I’ve been trying to both come closer to finishing a couple of challenges and picking up titles on a whim depending on whatever I was in the mood for. I’m actually reading The Boy Who Steals Houses right now though and I still plan to read the other two very soon.

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I’m going to mostly read my own titles in July, a mix of titles I’ve been dying to read and others I need for challenges. I also have a most anticipated release ARC (guess which one that is?!), two upcoming blog tour reads, a Criminally Good Book Club (Instagram) read (The Puppet Show) and a buddy read with Nicki in the second half of July (The Willow Woman). I’m looking forward to all of these! And I’m having a feeling that picking a July favorite will going to be HARD. xD

# TBR #

• The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh (416 pages)
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (352 pages) 
• Block 46 by Johana Gustawwson (300 pages)
• The Closer I Get by Paul Burston (276 pages) ANNE CATER BLOG TOUR 22/07
• The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon (400 pages) NETGALLEY

• The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (352 pages) NG BLOG TOUR 05/08
• Force Of Nature by Jane Harper (432 pages)
• Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (384 pages)
• The Willow Woman by Laurence Westwood (454 pages) BUDDY READ WITH NICKI
• The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven (352 pages) CRIMINALLY GOOD BOOK CLUB

And a last-minute addition as this title popped up on Netgalley and of course I couldn’t resist:

• The Silent Ones by K.L. Slater (? pages) NETGALLEY

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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20 Backlist Titles I Want To Read Soon

I know I made a list of priority titles to read in 2019 in December, and I still want to read the remaining twelve titles on that list, but the fact that I still need to get to more than half of these titles shows that my priorities have shifted and I thought it was time for an updated list. All of the titles mentioned below are 2018 releases or before (I might make a list of 2019 releases I want to read soon as well). Some titles I need to read for a challenge, others I’ve been meaning to get to for ages… What they all have in common is that I finally want to read them soon!

So what titles have been high on my radar, but haven’t been able to read so far? Find out a full list below.

# Queens Of Geek by Jen Wilde (289 pages). I need a couple of lighter reads on my TBR and I’ve heard great things about this one.
# Muse Of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (514 pages). Strange The Dreamer is one of my all time favorites so I can’t wait to finally read the sequel!
# Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (448 pages). I’m a huge fan of his work and have enjoyed every single story so far. While Beartown wasn’t one of my absolute favorites, I’m still looking forward to read the sequel soon.
# The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord (400 pages). I’ve been meaning to read this one for ages and I’m not sure how it slipped between the cracks of my TBR mountain… Another YA contemporary at hand for when I need a change of genre.
# The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (343 pages). This title has been on my TBR for years, and even though I have a feeling it will be a new favorite, I somehow never actually pick it up. The historical setting in Australia sounds amazing!

# We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby (288 pages). I needed a funny read for a challenge and I’m having high hopes for this one.
# The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (340 pages). I’ve been meaning to read this one for a long time now, and I want to get to it before her newest story comes out.
# The Archived by Victoria Schwab (321 pages). Schwab is one of my absolute favorite authors so I honestly don’t understand why I haven’t read this one yet.
# Ivory And Bone by Julie Eshbaugh (371 pages). I need this one for a challenge, and I’m definitely curious what I’ll make of it.
# Stalking Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (336 pages). A Jack The Ripper retelling sounds bloody brilliant and I’ve been meaning to read it since it was published. How on earth did it happen that I didn’t manage to read this one yet?!

# Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton (361 pages). I like historical fiction set in foreign countries, and there is just something about this title that makes me want to read it soon.
# The Dark Descent Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (304 pages). I’ve been meaning to read more of her work and I need a retelling for a challenge, so I’ll probably read it soon.
# The Island by Victoria Hislop (473 pages). It’s been a while since I read her work and it fits one of the prompts of a challenge, so I’m going to try and pick it up soon.
# Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson (300 pages). I’ve been wanting to read this title ever since I first heard about it and I’m definitely going to do so ASAP!
# Jar Of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (311 pages). I’ve heard so many fantastic things about this story and I can’t wait to finally get to it!

# VOX by Christina Dalcher (336 pages). I’ve heard a lot of great things about this one, so I’m looking forward to discover what I make of it.
# The Secret Diary Of Hendrik Groen by Hendrik Groen (400 pages). This sounds like such a fun read and I’m excited to be finally reading it now I have a physical copy!
# Finders Keepers by Stephen King (545 pages). I’ve been meaning to pick up another King for a while and after debating I decided to finish the Bill Hodges trilogy first before picking up a new story. I read the first book years ago and wasn’t a fan at the time, but I’m hoping I’ll enjoy the experience better this time around.
# The Weight Of Feathers byAnna-Marie McLemore (320 pages). Another YA read I’ve added to the pile for when I need a change of genre… The blurb sounds fascinating.
# Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (384 pages). I’ve heard so many wonderful things about this title that I just haven’t got another option but try and find time for it. I’m looking forward to this one!

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Have you read any of these titles yourself or do you want to? Any titles I should give extra priority to?

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May 2019 TBR

I can’t believe we have already started the fifth month of the year!! Time seriously flies by way too fast… My April TBR went pretty well and the only reason I didn’t finish all ten titles on it was because I had to finished a pile of pending ARCs and my readathon reads instead. Whoops? Circe goes straight to my May TBR though.

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I’m hoping to get my ARC/backlist title ratio below 40% again this month, but I have a huge pile of ARCs pending so I’m not sure I will be able to. xD I’m hoping to read at least a couple new arrivals though including Circe and Six Stories.

# TBR #

• Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small (304 pages) NG BLOG TOUR 17/05
• The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison (320 pages) NETGALLEY
• Breakers by Doug Johnstone (231 pages) ANNE CATER BLOG TOUR 23/05
• Circe by Madeleine Miller (337 pages)
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (406 pages)

• The East End by Jason Allen (304 pages) NG BLOG TOUR 09/05
• Your Life Is Mine by Nathan Ripley (304 pages) NETGALLEY
• Dead Inside by Noelle Holten (350 pages) NETGALLEY
• Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski (225 pages)
• Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain (328 pages)

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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April 2019 TBR

I can’t believe it’s April today and that we are into our second season of the year already!! Time seriously flies by way too fast… My March TBR went pretty well and the only reason I didn’t finish all ten titles on it was because I already read way too many ARCs compared to my backlist titles… No need to say that ratio is no longer below the promised 40%. xD The Murmur Of Bees is due in April though, so it goes straight to my April TBR.

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I’m hoping to get my ARC/backlist title ratio below 40% again this month, but I do have quite a few ARCs due soon so I’m not sure how well that will go. I’m also doing the O.W.L.s Harry Potter themed readathon, so quite a few titles will be for that challenge (almost all except for I’ll Be Gone In The Dark)… I’m waiting for a bunch of books to arrive though including Circe (thanks again Eva for helping me order them! <3), so my TBR might change once they do. 😉

# TBR #

• Circe by Madeleine Miller (337 pages)
• I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara (352 pages)
• Release by Patrick Ness (287 pages)
• The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer And Annie Barrows (322 pages)
• Final Betrayal by Patricia Gibney (484 pages) NETGALLEY

• The Silver Ladies Of Penny Lane by Dee MacDonald (275 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Murmur Of Bees by Sofia Segovia (476 pages) NETGALLEY
• Song Of Sacrifice by Janell Rhiannon (426 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Dare by Carol Wyer (348 pages) NETGALLEY
• Little Darlings by Melanie Golding (304 pages) NETGALLEY

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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March 2019 TBR

February has simply flown by… I still can’t believe it’s March already and that I’m going to be one year older this month! February was a busy month including a trip out of town, so I’m surprised I was still able to read most books on my February TBR. Especially since one was a 800+ pages book… I still want to read Next Year In Havana ASAP, but I’m saving it for April as I have a bunch of historical fiction reads coming up already.

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I’m still keeping true to my promise to keep my ARC/backlist title ratio below 40%, although it does mean I haven’t been able to make a proper dent in my ARC pile. It’s one of the reasons my March TBR once again has a lot of ARCs included, although I’m happy to have a few backlist titles as well I’m excited about. I also have two upcoming blog tours in March!

# TBR #

• The Dry by Jane Harper (401 pages)
• Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine (330 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Murmur Of Bees by Sofia Segovia (476 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Fourth Courier by Timothy Jay Smith (320 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Courier by Kjell Ola Dahl (276 pages) BLOG TOUR 22/03

• Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (368 pages)
• A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews (282 pages)
• Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan (400 pages) NETGALLEY BLOG TOUR 27/03
• Smoke And Key by Kelsey Sutton (304 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Fever King by Victoria Lee (376 pages) NETGALLEY

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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February 2019 TBR

January 2019 has passed way too fast, and we’re already in the second month of the year… January was a super reading month despite the camping trip and I managed to read a LOT. I’m not surprised I was able to read all the titles on my January TBR even though I did read a lot of backtitles as well… Fingers crossed February will be another good month!

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I have been able to maintain the balance between ARCs and backlist titles in January, but that does mean I still have a lot of ARCs to go through… That’s why most of the titles on my February TBR are still ARCs, with a few backlist titles I want to get to no matter what.

# TBR #

• The Mermaid’s Voice Returns In This One by Amanda Lovelace (208 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn (449 pages)
• Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton (394 pages)
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (357 pages)
• What The Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (411 pages) NETGALLEY

• Until The Day I Die by Emily Carpenter (325 pages) NETGALLEY
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera (448 pages)
• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (321 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Pumilio Child by Judy McInerney (300 pages) BLOG TOUR 01/03
• Colombiano by Rusty Young (820 pages) NETGALLEY

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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January 2019 TBR

I am shocked that in only two days I will have to start typing 2019 and this year is officially over. Where did 2018 go? I’m posting my January 2019 TBR a bit early this year, because I’m not sure in what state I will be on the first. 😉 December turned out to be a super busy month and I didn’t read as much as previous months… Probably why I didn’t read all the titles on my December TBR. All three remaining titles passed straight to the next month though.

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I was hoping to start reading my own books in 2019, but I have so many pending ARCs that that just isn’t in the cards for now. Most of my January TBR is made out of ARCs, with a few backlist titles thrown in to mix things up. Although I’ll probably end up more backlist titles in the end. 😉

# TBR #

• The Winter Sister by Megan Collins (336 pages) NETGALLEY
• Artemis by Andy Weir (305 pages)
• How To Experience Death For Beginners by Jessica Branton (330 pages) ARC
• End Of The Lie by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (? pages) NETGALLEY
• Mala Vida by Marc Fernandez (288 pages) NETGALLEY

• The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (384 pages)
• We Told Six Lies by Victoria Scott (352 pages) NETGALLEY
• The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble (320 pages)
• The Familiars by Stacy Halls (352 pages) NETGALLEY
• Here And Now And Then by Mike Chen (384 pages) NETGALLEY

Have you read any of these and/or do you recommend them?

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