I thought I would catch up with last week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt and do books I bought purely because of the covers without knowing too much about what the books were actually about. Hype definitely played a lot into most of these decisions, if a book has been super hyped on booktube or bookstagram and I see the cover in a bookstore I will most likely buy the book straight away.
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is a freebie so I decided to go with a prompt from around this time last year which was opening lines. Just like last year I decided to go with the first line from 10 books on my physical TBR! These are all very high on my reading list and seeing some of these opening lines definitely makes me excited to get into a few of them!!
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
“It feels redundant to be at the pool on a rainy Saturday, even though it’s spring, and even though it’s Portland, but maybe I’m just more of a California snob than I want to be.”
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages comes and pass, leaving memories that become legend.”
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
“There’s no such thing as witches, but there used to be.”
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
“Lucie Herondale was ten years old when she first met the boy in the forest.”
Stormcaster by Cinda Williams Chima
“Evan of Tarvos stood at the stern rail, his eyes fixed on the ship that had been following them for the better part of a day.”
Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin
“Dark clouds gathered overhead.”
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
“They say there’s a fine line between love and hate.”
Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto
“Veronyka kicked as hard as she could at Tristan’s face.”
Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody
“It was early morning when Harvey Gabbiano dug the grave.”
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
“Of course the Parshendi wanted to play their drums.”
I haven’t actually been purchasing books lately, I’ve just been trying to get through my owned TBR. Though there are some new releases and still quite a few books I accumulated over the Christmas period that would technically count as being my most recent additions that I wanted to list and keep track of!
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
Malice by Heather Walter
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Shadowcaster by Cinder Williams Chima
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is once again our seasonal TBR. Here in Australia we are going into Autumn so these are the ten books that are currently the highest on my TBR that I am hopefully going to prioritise in the next 3 months!
My Autumn TBR consists of:
Chain of Gold & Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Jade City by Fonda Lee
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
Shadowcaster by Cinda Williams Chima
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
I did this tag last year and once again I figured it was the perfect tag to start off the new year!
Fonda Lee – There has been so much hype for Jade City and I want to see how I will feel about it!
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Again classic’s honestly don’t interest me, so probably none 🤷🏾♀️
I’d like to reread Crown of Feathers before I read Heart of Flames
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is haunting me at this point…
A big book I would like to read is The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Emily Henry – I’ve only read Beach Read so far and she has so many more books I’m interested in.
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
The Gentleman’s Bastard Series by Scott Lynch
The Shadow Game Series by Amanda Foody
I would like to read at least 100 books again this year!
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