Hello! It’s Tuesday again, and time for another edition of Top Ten Tuesday! I hope everybody is staying safe with that nasty virus going around. Today we’re talking about our Spring TBRs. Too soon! I didn’t get the chance to finish a lot of my Winter TBR, so a lot of the books on my list this quarter will be books that were on my list last time. But not all! There are several new books coming out and those are taking up most of the space made available from the books I did read.
So how did I do on my Winter TBR?
- The Kingdom of Back – Marie Lu: Read
- A Treason of Thorns – Laura E. Weymouth: Read
- Light From Distant Stars – Shawn Smucker: Read
- Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare: Read
- Descendant of the Crane – Joan He: Unread
- Keeper – Kim Chance: Unread
- 99 Percent Mine – Sally Thorne: Unread
- Tell Me Everything – Sarah Enni: Unread
- Disappearing Earth – Julia Phillips: Read
- Broken Throne – Victoria Aveyard: Read
Even though I didn’t get all of these books read, I still read enough that I’ll be able to read the spring books I’m getting, so there’s that.
I’ll start by going over the new books I’m adding to my TBR for this quarter.
I’m so excited for Between Burning Worlds, which is coming out on March 24th! Jessica Brody was supposed to be at The Tattered Cover on the 25th, but the bookstore has been temporarily closed for the coronavirus, so I’ll be reading this book at home and I’ll have to meet her some other time. I’m rereading Sky Without Stars, the first book in this duology, right now to get ready.
Veronica Roth is one of my favorite authors, and I’m looking forward to her adult debut, Chosen Ones, which comes out on April 7th! I pre-ordered this book back in August and can’t wait.
My friend Katerina King wrote a book, Malediction, and I haven’t had the chance to read it yet. I meant to read it in December, before I started reading books for my winter TBR, but I didn’t get around to it. I definitely want to read it, so I’m adding it to my spring TBR.
Another friend of mine, Celeste Harte, has also written a book, Conquest. I bought the electronic copy, then I won a paperback copy, but I plan on reading it over the next few months.
I wasn’t initially going to pre-order The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which is a Hunger Games prequel, because it was too expensive. I’m not interested enough in this book to pay $25 for it, but the price has gone down, and I’ve pre-ordered it. This book is supposed to come out on May 19th.
Because I didn’t finish all the books on my winter TBR, there’s only one new TBR lottery book this quarter: 1453 by Roger Crowley. It’s a nonfiction book about the fall of Constantinople.
Descendant of the Crane was on my Winter 2019/20 TBR, and since I didn’t get to it then, I’m going to try to get to it now. Hopefully I’ll have more reading time in this quarter. Perhaps I will with this coronavirus thing going on?
Keeper was another TBR lottery winner from the previous quarter that I didn’t read. I have this one on Kindle (like Descendant of the Crane) so hopefully I’ll get to this one.
Sally Thorne is a new-to-me author still, but I got 99 Percent Mine for $1.99 when it was on sale on Amazon.com. It was also a TBR lottery winner from the winter that I didn’t read. So onto the spring it goes.
I didn’t get the chance to read Tell Me Everything, and I requested this book from my library last week. The book was on the shelf in the library, but not one of the branches I normally go to. Well, the library is closed now, so I guess I have to wait for it to reopen again? Either that or buy a copy. I have other books on my shelf to read, so unless the coronavirus keeps things closed for months, I’ll probably just wait.
So what books are on your TBR for the spring? Were you able to read all your Winter TBR books? Are you staying inside and reading books? Next week is a genre freebie and I haven’t decided what to do with that yet.
I’m curious about The Ballad of Songbirds- like am I really going to get it right away or wait a bit til it’s discounted? I’m not sure. Although I guess Amazon will have it discounted right off the bat I suppose. The Constantinople one looks interesting too.
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Haha yeah. There are some authors that when they put out a book, I’m like “take my money!” and I practically don’t even look at the price when I pre-order it, a year in advance. I always get money back when they reduce the price. It’s been five years since I last read the Hunger Games and–even though I read it twice, once in Spanish–it’s been so long that I thought “Do I really want to spend $25 on this?” and the answer was no. But $16 seemed reasonable.
ohh, you did well with your winter TBR! And gosh is the cover for Conquest striking? Your eyes go right to it rightaway.
Yeah I love the cover too.
Good work on your winter list. Bet you can do even better by summer!
I just got an email that the church where our homeschool coop meet is shutting down for eight weeks… I don’t know if that means homeschool coop is done for the semester or not, but if that’s the case, I’ll have a LOT more time to read. Especially if other places start shutting down for eight weeks.
You did a good job on your winter TBR. I’m also looking forward to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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Great list! I want to get to Chosen Ones, too, and I need to cross Descendant of the Crane off my TBR. 1453 sounds really interesting!
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At least we have some good books coming out despite having to stay at home!
I know some people had trouble with the heroine in 99 Percent Mine, but I liked the book. She was complicated, but she grew on me. I have been wanting to read Tell Me Everything for a while. Once I am through my May and June books, I am going to hit up the library a LOT more.
Hopefully the library will be open by then!
Chosen Ones and Songbirds and Sorrows made my list too!! So excited for them both!
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Yay! I just hope shipping isn’t delayed because of coronavirus.
Can’t believe I forgot the ballad of songbirds and snakes!!
I’ve had Descendant on my TBR for so long too. Hope we can both pick it up soon.
Hopefully. I wanted to read the ARC, but still haven’t read the finished copy, even though I have it.
You read over half of your winter TBR so I think you did pretty well! I hope you will enjoy the books on your spring tbr. I am very curious to see what you will make of the upcoming Suzanne Collins book and also of 99% mine.
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I flew through 99 Percent Mine, but I’ll have to wait until May like everyone else to read the next Hunger Games book.