Books on My Summer 2019 TBR

By Brookelorren on 37 Comments

It’s that time of year again! Time to make up a new TBR for the new season. This is for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!

Before we get started, I’d like to review the books I read from my Spring 2019 TBR:

  • Kingdom of Ash – Sarah J. Maas: Read
  • Ruin and Rising – Leigh Bardugo: Read
  • Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon: Read
  • The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden: Read
  • Sky in the Deep – Adrienne Young – Read
  • King of Fools – Amanda Foody – Read
  • Spin the Dawn – Elizabeth Lim – Read
  • The Tiger at Midnight – Swati Teerdhala – Read
  • Ghosts of the Shadow Market – Cassandra Clare et al. – Read
  • The Poppy War – R.F. Kuang – Read

10/10! Yay! One of the reasons why I like making these seasonal TBRs is that I can see all the books I really want to read actually get read.

For this season’s TBR, I decided to do something different. There are no new releases that I just have to read right now coming out in the next three months (as opposed to my fall TBR which will have a ton of books I pre-ordered). So I decided to go through my books and find the ones I have been saying I’ve wanted to read for a while. Then I added books by authors I really wanted to read but didn’t own.

I came up with 25 books.

So I let fate decide the rest. I assigned each book a number and chose ten numbers from a random number generator. So these are the books I’m going to read this season:

Allegedly Cover

Allegedly – Every time I see this book I want to read it. A girl is blamed for the death of a baby when she’s nine. She suffers while growing up, and as an adult she has to confront her past.

Ash Princess cover

Ash Princess – I got this book on sale over Black Friday weekend last year. It’s one of those books I had been thinking about reading for a while, but never got around to it. Looking forward to reading this fantasy novel by Laura Sebastian.

Rora cover

Rora – I’ve probably wanted to read this book for about a decade now? A long time. I bought the book last year (I think it’s out of print, so I got it from a third party seller) and am looking forward to it. It’s a true story about Christians that were persecuted (by other “Christians”) a long time ago. I first read about this group of people in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.

Obsidian cover

Obsidian – I’ve been saying for a while that I need to read the Lux series. This is a book I don’t own, but I shouldn’t have trouble finding it at the library.

Truthwitch cover

Truthwitch – I got this book when it was on sale. I love reading Susan Dennard’s posts on Twitter and people seem to like her books, so I’m giving it a try. A lot of the books on my list this week, like this one, are books that I’ve purchased in the past, but haven’t gotten around to reading yet. I have the first three books in this series (all purchased on sale) so I hope I like them!

The Thousandth Floor cover

The Thousandth Floor – Another book that I got on sale that looked interesting. A story that takes place in New York City 100 years from now.

Isle of Blood and Stone cover

Isle of Blood and Stone – Another book I got on sale. Every time I hear about it I think “I really need to read that book.” Well, I’m reading the book this summer.

And I Darken cover

And I Darken – Another book I got on sale, another author that I always say “I really need to read something by her” about (although I have read one of her short stories), and another book I always want to read whenever I think about it. This summer.

Naughts and Crosses

Naughts and Crosses – This book was a Goodreads recommendation based on the fact that I liked Marie Lu’s The Midnight Star. It’s not a book I hear a lot about, but it looked interesting. I don’t own this one, so I’ll have to get it from the library.

Dive Smack cover

Dive Smack – This one looked interesting when I first read reviews for it last summer, but I never got around to reading it. It was on sale a couple of months ago, so I picked it up. Originally, the random number generator picked up A Court of Mist and Fury, but I ended up listening to that on audiobook, so this is a late addition to my summer TBR.

So these are the ten books that won the TBR lottery and are at the top of my summer TBR. Of course, I read more than 10 books in a three month period and will probably read more than these, but these are the books that I’ll be making a priority for in the upcoming months.

Next week we’re going to talk about books I enjoyed as a kid.

37 comments

  2. You have a really interesting list here!! Some books I wasn’t familiar with so I added those to my own to read list like Isle of Blood and Stone! I hope you’re going to love Obsidian, I love the LUX series! Truthwitch is still on my own tbr as well.

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    1. Yay! I hope you like Isle of Blood and Stone too. I found all three of the Witchlands books on sale at one point or another on Amazon so at least I’ll be able to read them all without having to chase them down at the library.

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    1. Yay! I don’t think I ever would have heard of it if it wasn’t for a Goodreads recommendation but I’m glad people seem to like it!

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  4. That’s amazing that you stayed on track with your spring TBR! congrats! I’ve been meaning to read the Tiffany Jackson book forever it feels like. I have it down as one I MUST READ this year. It sounds really good, but heartbreaking.

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    1. Thanks! I’ve started to refer to my seasonal TBR lists when I pick my next books to read, but this is the first time I read everything on the list. Hope we both like Allegedly.

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    1. I love it when people liked the books on my TBR; something to look forward to! That seemed to be another book that didn’t get a lot of publicity, but it sounded interesting and when Amazon had it on sale, I picked it up for $1.99.

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    1. It seems like one of those midlist titles that got a little promotion when it was released but nothing since. The reviews I’ve read seem to have been good though. I guess that’s why book bloggers are so important. We can write about all the hidden gems that the publishers don’t promote any more.

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    1. Well, you’re still getting good books read, right? It is pretty cool to get some of those books that you’re always saying “oh I need to read that someday” read. I already own all the books on this week’s list except two, so I’m going to be glad do ::gasp:: actually read some of the books that I bought!

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    1. Oh, wow, you must really love those books then! I’ll probably start Obsidian either tonight or tomorrow; as soon as I finish the Dragonslayer ARC I’m currently reading.

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  9. Good on you for reading all the books on your spring tbr! I’m never that good with my planned reading. Too much of a mood reader for that. Such a fun idea to let fate decide. I kind of went the same route with my list, choosing a bunch of books I have owned for quite some time. Good luck on the tbr and I hope you have another great season of reading!
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    1. You too! I think it’s the mood readers that have the most trouble tackling their seasonal TBRs. But you all still get lots of great books read too, just in different ways!

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    1. There’s always a balance between new books and old, right? I read one ARC per week, so that helps me get a lot of new books read at least.

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    1. Thanks! I got the idea from Destiny at Howling Libraries. She has something called a TBR Jar. I didn’t really want to write everything down on strips of paper and draw them out of a jar, so I figured a random number generator would be easier. I thought it was fun (and I didn’t feel bad for the books I left out because fate did it) so I think I’ll do it again. In the fall there are several “must-read” books coming out, but I figure I’ll randomly pick some books.

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  15. Wow, if I read a couple books off my seasonal TBRs, that’s good! You did awesome!

    I really liked The Thousandth Floor and have the second book out from the library right now!

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