Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday! It’s hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic is “Books I Meant to Read in 2018 But Didn’t Get To”. I have way more than 10, but I’ll keep it at that.
The last three Throne of Glass Books: Empire of Storms/Tower of Dawn/Kingdom of Ash. These books are super long and even though I wanted to read them, I just didn’t get around to it. I finished reading all of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter’s books, and that was 12 really long books, and that was all I could handle last year. I’m reading these now. I have finished Empire of Storms now, but I still have the other two to get to.
I really wanted to read The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. I got the Kindle version of the book when it was on sale; I even scheduled the review in my blog schedule. Alas, a slew of library books showed up and I have to read those first. So, I never read it. It’s in my TBR jar for this month, but it hasn’t been picked yet.
A Thousand Perfect Notes is another book I bought on sale and haven’t read yet. Along with the remainder of the Throne of Glass series, this is another book that was on my Fall 2018 TBR that didn’t get read. It’s now on my Winter 2018/19 TBR and it’s the next book I’m supposed to read from my TBR jar, so I should get to it soon?
I still haven’t read Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman yet. This is another book that I bought on sale and wanted to read (I think there’s a trend here) but didn’t.
I pre-ordered The Light Between Worlds because Laura E. Weymouth is such a nice lady, and I wanted to read her book. Plus, this book is supposed to be about Susan from Narnia. I was in the middle of reading something else on the day it was uploaded to my Kindle, and I didn’t read it last year. I just finished reading this book last week because it was in my TBR jar and got picked.
Rora has been on my TBR for so long, it’s not even in print anymore. I did buy the book last year though. It was even on my TBR Wipeout Challenge. Still, never got around to it. This is another book in my TBR jar.
Isle of Blood and Stone is another book that I bought on sale that I didn’t get around to reading last year (again, in the TBR jar).
I got And I Darken and Now I Rise on sale at Amazon.com too. This is kinda like a retelling of the real story of Dracula? It sounds really interesting. Every time I see this I want to read it. I guess when the time is right, I will.
Every time I see a VE Schwab book on Top Ten Tuesday, I think “I have to read her books!” Yet I own two of her books (both purchased on sale) and haven’t read either. This Savage Song is one of the two I need to read. I will read some of her books this year.
Yes, I bought Three Dark Crowns on sale too. Maybe I’ll read it in time for the fourth book to come out? And maybe the other two will go on sale before it does? I read one of he short stories last year and it was good.
You would think that maybe I should stop buying books on sale? But I actually do eventually read many of these, and I’d rather get it on sale for $2 or $3 than wait for it at the library, or pay full price for it. I can get five books on sale for the price of one at full price, plus I’m supporting more authors. It’s kind of nice to have all of these books on my Kindle… like having a bookstore at my fingertips. So I’ll keep getting these books when they’re on sale, I’m sure.
Next week, we’ll talk about the ten most recent additions to my Want-To-Read list. Let’s see if I do any better with those than I did reading these in 2018.
I was so happy I made the time for Starfish, because it was wonderful. I can call myself a Bowman fan now. TDC and ToG are two of the few fantasy series I read. I am up to date on TDC, but still have ToD and KoA to read for ToG.
I’m glad you liked them. I really have to make time to read them this year.
So many of us TTT bloggers haven’t read The Poppy War yet. I was not expecting that!
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It looks like a book I would really enjoy too. Soon (I hope).
Hope you enjoy all these-I also have the final Throne of Glass book to finish, it’s just so huge, it’s taking me a while to get through.
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That’s a huge book, I agree. Although the Cassandra Clare books are ginormous too. I just need to make time for them.
And I Darken sounds interesting, and the cover is beautiful! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Her books sound good, yet why haven’t I read them yet? Hopefully this year.
I’ve bought many books on sale and then forget that they’re on my kindle until I see them on sale and I see I’ve own the book for like 2 years.
I’ve seen a lot of buzz on The Poppy War! I’m not sure if I want to read it but it does sound intriguing. I have read This Savage Song and Three Dark Crowns. I listened to the audiobooks and I didn’t care much for them but honestly, I think it was the narration not the story so I’d recommend actually reading them. I plan on giving them both another chance sometime in the future.
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Sometimes format matters. I think that was one of the reasons why I didn’t care so much for Illuminae, as an example. It just doesn’t work well on the Kindle, where the type is really small and the book is graphics intense.
Great list! The Light in the Worlds is amazing, it’s such a heartfelt story.
It was a nice sister book. It wasn’t what I expected, but I really liked it.
And I Darken has been on my radar for so long. Now the whole trilogy is out and I still haven’t picked it up. Hopefully we’ll both read it and love it this year.
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Hopefully!
I really like the Three Dark Crowns series- I hope you enjoy them also. And The Light Between Worlds is also one I wanted to read!
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I read one of Kendare Blake’s short stories in October and it was good. Hopefully I’ll get to this one sooner rather than later. But I say that for so many books!
I still have the last 2 books in the Throne of Glass series to go. And over this summer I’ve been reading the Cassandra Clare books. I finished TMI, I have Clockwork Princess to go from TID and then the 3 in The Dark Artifices. It’s definitely a big commitment! And then there’s another series coming later this year.
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I LOVED Clockwork Princess! Be warned, I ugly cried through the last two chapters. I’m glad I didn’t read it in public! I can’t wait for Chain of Gold to come out this fall now.
I really enjoyed The Light Between Worlds! I definitely got a big Narnia vibe from it.
Definitely. Although I think that I enjoyed the sister story rather than the Narnia part.
The audiobook of The Light Between Worlds has been languishing in my library ebook program for… a week or so, now… I really ought to get on that. It sounds like an interesting premise and I really like the cover (sometimes I’m shallow).
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Covers are important! I saw the cover for The Wicked Fox today and I thought “I don’t know what this book is about but I have to read it!”
I’m determined to get to Starfish this year. Hope we both end up enjoying that one.
It was in this month’s TBR Jar but I ended up picking The Light Between Worlds and A Thousand Perfect Notes instead. Soon, I hope.
This Savage Song is fantastic. I hope you enjoy it!
Glad to hear that!
There’s still quite a few Victoria Schwab books that I need to read. Hopefully we’ll both be able to get to them this year. 🙂
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She is a writing machine! The other day she mentioned how many books she had under contract… I’ll have a lot of reading to do.
I just finished up A Thousand Perfect Notes and I loved it. I hope you love it!
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I’m glad to hear that. I think I’ll read it next!
I absolutely love the cover of A Thousand Perfect Notes. Hope you get to enjoy these lovelies soon!
The hardback is gorgeous, with the butterfly that spreads out. Alas, I bought the Kindle version, but the book should still be good.
The Poppy War! This TTT is such a good reminder of so many great books from the past year.
I’m hoping that since last year I read a lot of older books (pre-2017) I’ll be able to get to more of them that came out last year, while still keeping up on the must-read books that are coming out this year.
haha If it makes you feel any better, I own 3 Victoria Schwab books and have yet to read anything by her. Maybe this year. 🙂
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Haha. Hopefully this year.
I need to get to And I Darken too. I got the trilogy after reading The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein but then never picked them up.
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It must have been good then if it prompted you to go out and buy another one of her series 🙂
I hope you get to read at least some of these this year. I also love buying books on sale and reading them at my leisure.
Thanks! One thing with posts like these, it reminds me of what books I should read soon!
I’ also need to get to Throne of Glass series! oh I hope you get to And I Darken and This Savage Song They are SO good! And I hope you love it as much as I did Brooke!
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Glad I have something to look forward to!