Today is actually the prompt of holiday reads for top ten tuesday (as always hosted by that artsy reader girl) but I don’t really do holiday reads. I can’t recall ever having read a christmassy book or anything. Or I have and I just don’t remember it #oops Instead I am going to talk about 2019 releases.
Looking back at the year so far I have to say that I have read quite a bit of 2019 releases already. I wouldn’t say that I am on top of it all because how is that even possible with all that is coming out. But I am doing decently without forgetting my backlist.
Even so there are still plenty of 2019 releases I wish I had gotten to already…
2019 Release I Own but Haven’t Read Yet
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong 1) by Kwame Mbalia
Released: October 2019
I don’t know how I haven’t read this one yet but it is on the top of my December tbr.
The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan
Released: September 2019
Another one of these, normally I read them right away but with all the arcs I had in October and November being sci-fi month I fell behind on this one.
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War 2) by R.F. Kuang
Released: August 2019
This one’s spine keeps flirting to me but I am also secretly scared that I am going to be devastated by this book…
Wicked Fox (Gumiho 1) by Kat Cho
Released: June 2019
I’ve heard some mixed things about this but I am still really curious about it. It just hasn’t risen to the top of my tbr quite yet.
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars 1) by Elizabeth Lim
Released: July 2019
Having tailor like magic sounds epic to be honest but the whole project runway line in the synopsis puts me of a little.
2019 Releases I Need to Buy and Read
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor 3) by Mark Lawrence
Released: April 2019
I read book 1 and 2 this year and really enjoyed them. So getting the 3rd book would make sense. But the matching pb hasn’t quite come out yet. Gr.
Rebel (Legend 4) by Marie Lu
Released: October 2019
I really enjoyed the Legend trilogy when it originally published but I am having a hard time getting myself quite warm for this one. I’ve not heard a lot about it either.
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb 1) by Tamsyn Muir
Released: September 2019
Everything about this sounds epic so why do I not have it yet? (edit: I did make this list before the twitter controversy about her writing fan fiction of peadohpilia and still being proud of it now)
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
Released: October 2019
This has an ace main character. As a recently discovered gray ace I need to read more books with ace characters ❤
Crier’s War (Crier’s War 1) by Nina Varela
Released: October 2019
Have you seen that cover? And it is slowburn f/f. ❤
Great list! I have a copy of Beyond the Black Door and still need to read it (story of my life) and I really want to get to The Poppy War and Crier’s War. I hope you enjoy all of these!
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I hope so too. Criers War should be delivered today ❤ The Poppy War is great. I hope you will love it too.
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The Tyrant’s Tomb does sound interesting.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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The whole series certainly is.
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I hope you enjoy all of these books!
My TTT.
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Me too!
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I see a few here I need to get to as well. I preordered Gideon and it is a truly stunning book!
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It certainly looks like it is.
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There are a ton of 2019 releases I wish I would have gotten to this year to. I would say there’s always next year, but 2020 has a TON of amazing books coming. I hope you get a couple of these knocked off your list this month.
Here are some holiday reads I would like to read: My Top Ten Tuesday.
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Haha that is very true. Maybe if we hide away from social media for a long time we might be able to get through them all.
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I don’t even want to think about all the books I didn’t get to. Good luck with your reading, but there’s always next year! 😉
My holiday TTT
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One hopes. 😉
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I have this exact topic in my drafts for a freebie TTT post, haha. I must get to The Poppy War already. Hope you get to some of these soon!
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It is just too true for many of us. And yes you really should 😀
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I really enjoyed Spin the Dawn! If the Project Runway part is putting you off, I can tell you that, while you’ll definitely feel the comparison while it’s there, it only exists for the first third of the book; the rest of the story is completely removed from the competition, in that the heroine is on a quest to secure three magical items and must pass certain magical tests or traps to obtain them.
I’m making my own “Books I Should Have Read in 2019” list soon, it’s fun to see other people’s lists!
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Ah that is great to hear. That might make it easier for me to make myself pick it up in the future.
Ah yes you should. I would love to read it.
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The Poppy War series sounds so good.
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It really is!
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I feel this post so hard. xD So many good books, not nearly enough time. I’m dying to read Tristan Strong, too! I highly recommend Gideon the Ninth! It was such a freaking epic book, and definitely one of my favorite reads of this year!
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Haha I knew you would 😀
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I hope you love these when you get to them! I feel like I have so many I need to get to, still, too, and some of them are the same as you! I will say that The Dragon Republic was brilliant, though, so I am excited to see your thoughts when you get to it!
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I really need to read The Dragon Republic soon (which will probably be january) because it has been winking at me since I bought it (at release). I just couldn’t fit it in
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Crier’s War is SO worth it! It is also the only one on your list that I have managed to read myself, so let’s just say that I feel you SO much with this list!!
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It is arriving today!
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Ik heb dat dus ook hé met seizoensboeken en boeken rond bepaalde feestdagen. Met Halloween ben ik dit jaar speciaal voor het eerst specifieke boeken gaan zoeken in de bib waarvan ik vond dat ze er wel bij pasten. (Lockwood & Co!) Maar met kerst heb ik dat eigenlijk nog nooit gedaan. Er staat echter nog een ongelezen Jill Shalvis-boek in de kast met de titel Under the mistletoe dus misschien moet ik dat deze maand toch maar eens lezen. Kerstfilms lukt meestal ook niet. Nog iets waar ik misschien verandering in moet brengen vermits ik The Grinch nog steeds niet heb gezien.
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Ja met Halloween vind ik het nog makkelijker dan met kerst enzo. Fantasy kan vaak wel bij halloween maar met kerst is dat toch weer wat anders haha.
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