Winter 2018 TBR | Top Ten Tuesday Blogmas Edition
Winter 2018 TBR | Top Ten Tuesday Blogmas Edition
For some reason I always think of Winter ending at the end of December, which I know makes NO sense, so when I saw today’s Ten Top Tuesday prompt I initially thought, huh, 10 books before the end of the year? YEAH RIGHT. Until I remembered. According to Google, Winter doesn’t even start until December 21 and ends March 20?! So yeah, I’m officially an idiot haha.
MOVING ON.
So today I’m bringing you my Winter TBR! I’ll be revisiting this in March to see if I actually read these and liked them. Knowing my track record, probably not!
Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy
Published by jimmy patterson on March 26th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Pages: 368
Goodreads
Some legends never die – they are reborn. Once & Future is King Arthur as you’ve never imagined!I’ve been chased my whole life. An illegal immigrant in Mercer-controlled territory, I’ve always had to hide who I am. Until now.When Ari crash lands on Old Earth, and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she becomes the forty-second reincarnation of King Arthur. Merlin awakes to find that having aged backward over the last forty-one Arthurs, he is now-wretchedly-a teenager. Ari may be Merlin’s final chance to complete the steps of the cycle: 1) Train Arthur 2) Defeat the greatest evil in the universe. 3) Unite all of mankind. No pressure. I don’t know about prophecies or kings, but I do know this: Mercer is evil. They’ve imprisoned my parents, enslaved worlds, and now they’re after my friends. I’m done hiding.
My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start.”Once & Future is an effortlessly fun, breathtakingly epic quest, featuring a queer immigrant teen pulling Excalibur and fighting to save the galaxy. There is nothing else in YA that can quite compare!” –Rachel Strolle, Glenside Public Librarian
I received Once & Future recently and I can’t wait to read it! It looks brilliant. A retelling that’s Sci-fi? I’m there.
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Published by Imprint on January 29th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 480
Goodreads
Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.
Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried—and some wounds aren’t meant to heal.
I am SO EXCITED for King of Scars, I only read the Shadow and Bone trilogy this year, which I reviewed here, but I LOVED Nikolai so I am PSYCHED he’s getting his own duology.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing on February 26th 2019
Genres: Fantasy
Pages: 848
Goodreads
A world divided.A queendom without an heir.An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
I don’t think I’m alone in saying I’m super PSYCHED to read Priory! I was one of the lucky ones who got a review copy, which has been daunting me with it’s size for a little while. I will pick it up soon though and I cannot WAIT.
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Published by Tor Books on February 5th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 560
Goodreads
There are the old stories. And then there’s what actually happens.
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn’t what the storybooks promised.
Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family’s power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things things, too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins.
Then again, maybe he’s not the hero, for Kihrin isn’t destined to save the empire.
He’s destined to destroy it . . .
Uniting the worldbuilding of a Brandon Sanderson with the storytelling verve of a Patrick Rothfuss, debut author Jenn Lyons delivers an entirely new and captivating fantasy epic. Prepare to meet the genre’s next star.
I’ve actually already started reading this but I’m also reading a few other books so it’s still on my TBR to really get into and finish. I’m really looking forward to settling down and reading it!
The Girl King by Mimi Yu
Published by Bloomsbury YA on January 8th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 432
Goodreads
Two sisters become unwitting rivals in a war to claim the title of Emperor in this sweeping tale of ambition, sacrifice and betrayal for readers of Sabaa Tahir and Alwyn Hamilton.
All hail the Girl King.
Sisters Lu and Min have always understood their places as princesses of the Empire. Lu knows she is destined to become the dynasty’s first female ruler, while Min is resigned to a life in her shadow. Then their father declares their male cousin Set the heir instead—a betrayal that sends the sisters down two very different paths.
Determined to reclaim her birthright, Lu goes on the run. She needs an ally—and an army—if she is to succeed. Her quest leads her to Nokhai, the last surviving wolf shapeshifter. Nok wants to keep his identity secret, but finds himself forced into an uneasy alliance with the girl whose family killed everyone he ever loved…
Alone in the volatile court, Min’s hidden power awakens—a forbidden, deadly magic that could secure Set’s reign…or allow Min to claim the throne herself. But there can only be one Emperor, and the sisters’ greatest enemy could turn out to be each other.
I’ve been looking forward to this one since YALC, where I entered to win a giveaway of it more times than I care to admit… anyway I managed to get an ARC and am opening the blog tour in Jan so I REALLY need to read this very soon.
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
Published by Walker Books on March 7th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Pages: 304
Goodreads
How far would you go to save those you love?
Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking for artefacts from history and looking for treasure in their once-opulent mansion.
Their idyllic life is torn apart when a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity’s entire existence. Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of the world, they must decide who to save and who to sacrifice . . .
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS. AHHH I loved The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, it was so well written so I am super excited to read another sci-fi book from Lauren.
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
Published by Titan on March 5th 2019
Goodreads
A stunning psychological thriller about loss, sisterhood, and the evil that men do, for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne
Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls.
Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie – who has returned to her home town to care for her ailing grandmother – suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.
I can’t wait to read After the Eclipse by my good friend Fran! It’s not my usual genre but I do love these kind of books and I’ve heard some great things! I can’t wait to read it, and I’m SO EXCITED FOR FRAN!
Evermore (Everless, #2) by Sara Holland
Published by HarperTeen on December 31st 2018
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 368
Goodreads
The highly anticipated sequel to New York Times bestseller, Everless!
Jules Ember was raised hearing legends of the ancient magic of the wicked Alchemist and the good Sorceress. But she has just learned the truth: not only are the stories true, but she herself is the Alchemist, and Caro—a woman who single-handedly murdered the Queen and Jules’s first love, Roan, in cold blood—is the Sorceress.
The whole kingdom believes that Jules is responsible for the murders, and a hefty bounty has been placed on her head. And Caro is intent on destroying Jules, who stole her heart twelve lifetimes ago. Jules must delve into the stories that she now recognizes are accounts of her own past. For it is only by piecing together the mysteries of her lives that Jules will be able to save the person who has captured her own heart in this one.
AHHHH I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for this sequel. Have you read Everless yet? If not you really need to. Here’s my review if you’re unsure.
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge Published by Berkley on January 1st 1970
Genres: Young Adult, Horror
Goodreads
Part ghost story, part Nordic thriller - this is a twisty, tense and spooky YA debut, perfect for fans of CORALINE and Michelle Paver.
Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions and memories have been absorbed into the material. It started the day she fell from the tree at her grandma's cabin and became blind in one eye.
Determined to understand her strange ability, Martha sets off to visit her grandmother, Mormor - only to discover Mormor is dead, a peculiar boy is in her cabin and a terrifying creature is on the loose.
Then the spinning wheel starts creaking, books move around and terror creeps in . . .
Set in the remote snows of contemporary Norway, THE TWISTED TREE is a ghost story that twists and turns - and never takes you quite where you'd expect.
The Twisted Tree has been on my list since Halloween, and I’m taking the plunge this month! I can’t wait to read this, I need a good horror to read.
The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett
Published by Berkley on June 13th 2017
Pages: 368
Goodreads
In a breathtakingly vivid and emotionally gripping debut novel, one woman must confront the emptiness in the universe—and in her own heart—when a devastating virus reduces most of humanity to dust and memories.
All Jamie Allenby ever wanted was space. Even though she wasn’t forced to emigrate from Earth, she willingly left the overpopulated, claustrophobic planet. And when a long relationship devolved into silence and suffocating sadness, she found work on a frontier world on the edges of civilization. Then the virus hit...
Now Jamie finds herself dreadfully alone, with all that’s left of the dead. Until a garbled message from Earth gives her hope that someone from her past might still be alive.
Soon Jamie finds other survivors, and their ragtag group will travel through the vast reaches of space, drawn to the promise of a new beginning on Earth. But their dream will pit them against those desperately clinging to the old ways. And Jamie’s own journey home will help her close the distance between who she has become and who she is meant to be...
So this one isn’t a review copy, I don’t HAVE to read it by a certain date, so I can’t wait to read it! I think it’s important to take time to read books just for yourself, and I was gifted this one for Christmas from a lovely Twitter friend for TBTBSanta!
So that’s my Winter TBR! Or 10 books from it, I hopefully will read more than 10 books between now and the end of March.
Are any of these on your TBR? Tell me what you think of them!
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Gah, I had to laugh when reading how you tried getting an ARC of The Girl King multiple times at YALC. I FEEL YOU! Every time I ran over there, hoping I’d finally have some luck. Eventually my boyfriend took some pity on me and HE ended up winning one? Happy me. :’) I swear I let him try getting ARC’s in my stead after that since he seemed to have way more luck than I did.
As for Evermore.. I read Everless but wasn’t overly wow-ed by it? I’m still curious about the sequel though. I’ve seen someone say it’s way better than the first installment so maybe some more reviews might win me over eventually!
Haha I know my boyfriend entered every time too and had no luck either 😂
I’m intrigued and excited for Evermore!
LOL, I did the same thing in my TTT. I thought I had until the end of December to finish reading the books. 😂😂
The Girl King sounds interesting. I’ve heard the story line kind-of-ish before but I hope there is a unique spin to it!
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I hope so too! I’m starting it soon!
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LOL, I said the same thing about finishing the books by the end of December in my TTT. 😂😂 Thanks for reminding me.
The Girl King sounds interesting. I think I’ve read the story line before, but I hope there is a unique spin to it.
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Once and Future is HIGH on my winter TBR! If I can actually make myself stick to a planned TBR for once, it’ll be my next book because it just sounds SO GOOD! Also, I’m with you on feeling like winter ends at the end of December. January – March isn’t winter to me, it’s just “the cold time” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It’s weird isn’t it?! Haha. I think because it’s a new year? I don’t know
Great list! I’m really excited for Once & Future and The Priory of the Orange Tree, and I love the sound of After the Eclipse. I’m so eager for King of Scars because I read and loved Six of Crows this year, so I’m trying to read the Grisha trilogy this winter so I can get to it in the new year.
Ahhh you’re going to love the grisha trilogy!!
King of Scars AHH SO EXCITED. And Priory looks really intimidating but I’ve also heard it’s amazing?
Yeah I’ve heard so too! I actually have it but it’s so big it’s daunting!
Ahh, I hope you love it whenever you end up reading it!
I’m so sure I will, I’ve heard so many great things. PLUS, it has dragons?!
The Girl King is one i’m SO excited to pick up! I’m hoping to read my copy of it before the release date since it sounds amazing!! What a great list, I hope you enjoy these 🙂
Here’s my TTT!
Thank you I hope so too!
Amazing selection! I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of Once & Future, it sounds brilliant.
I hadn’t before I got sent it! I’m excited!
I’ve been hearing so much about The Girl King and I think I’m gonna read it! Hope you enjoy them. My TTT!
Me too!!
Great TBR! I’m excited about quite a few of these as well… Especially King Of Scars.
It’s going to be amazing I’m certain!
The Girl King I’m really intrigued by! I hadn’t seen that one yet! Great list. 🙂
Ohhh I hope you enjoy it if you get it. Thank you!
Love this list and the formatting of this post! I hope you love all of these when/if you get to them! Happy reading, love!
Thank you!!! I hope so too 💜
I am so excited for King of Scars. It is one of the reasons I am so excited for January lol.
Haha honestly same!
I cannot wait for Once and Future that is one of my most anticipated books next year oh and also Girl King.
Great choices
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Thank you!
Definitely looking forward to The Quiet at the End of the World, her previous book was so good I was creeper out while reading it, lol. A great tbr! 🙂
Ahhhh Same I’m beyond excited!!
*creeper not creeper, haha
I didn’t add upcoming releases to mine but I can’t wait for King of Scars either.
It’s going to be so good!!!! I had to add it haha
I LOVED The Loneliest Girl in the Universe!!! I am super excited for The Quiet At The End of The World, I’m sure it’ll be amazing.
Same!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Don’t worry, I had the same thought! I always think winter ends at the end of December too! Good luck with your tbr 🙂
It seems to be a common misconception 💜
I hadn’t heard of many of these, but they sound awesome. I’m looking forward to your reviews!!
I hope they will be, I’ve heard good things! I’m very excited to read them. Thank you!