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Books With 10+ Words in Their Titles

By Brookelorren on October 13, 2020October 13, 202022 Comments

Hello, and welcome to Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) where we talk about books! Today we’re talking about books with really long titles. While I’m sure I can find books with longer titles, I decided to stick with books I’ve already read, and I figured 10 or more words was long enough. So… all of these are books I’ve read, and they all have 10 or more words. They’re all nonfiction–I think that there’s just something about nonfiction that makes authors want long titles. Or publishers, at least.

10 Words

Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History’s Greatest Buildings. Even though a book about buildings doesn’t sound like it’d be the most interesting, it actually was fascinating. Although it’s one of the shortest titles on today’s list, the alternate title of this book (from the 2015 edition) would be the longest, at 19 words: Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Twenty Lost Buildings from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers.

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. This is another book with a ten-word title, although it’s contents are a little more controversial than the previous book. I’d recommend Murray’s other book (coming in at 9 words), Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, which has more of the interesting parts, like how the wealthy have been segregating themselves into their own communities and don’t interact much with normal people, over this one.

12 Words

Hanger Management: Master Your Hunger and Improve Your Mood, Mind, and Relationships. I still need to review this book, which talks about how not getting the proper nutrition can have disastrous consequences on your state of mind.

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History. This book discusses the search for all the Nazis that fled after World War II. It’s amazing how so many got away with murder for so many years.

Father Of Lions: One Man’s Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo. Several of these books with really long titles are history books, and most of those deal with history that happened decades (or even centuries) ago. This book also deals with history, but it’s a very recent book. It talks about how ISIS took over and how one man tried to save some zoo animals, which happened less than a decade ago.

13 Words

The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself. I’ve read several of Boorstin’s books and they’ve all been fascinating. This one goes back to very early history all the way up to fairly recent times. I’ve reread this book, and might reread it again someday, even though it’s really long, just like its title.

Stop Missing Your Life: How to be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World. This is another book I should probably review someday. So many of us are distracted by various things. There’s so many different things to do, people are overworked, and our cell phones are a constant form of distraction. This book might help you learn to focus and pay more attention to the life going on around you. And it has a very long title.

14 Words

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West. One of the things I’ve found interesting over the last year-ish is that there are several authors whose fiction seems to be influenced by nonfiction. In the author’s note of And I Darken, Kiersten White mentions this book as one of the books she found helpful to write about the Ottoman Empire. I also don’t find it coincidental that Marie Lu has been talking about Fallen Glory for the past year and all these ruins of old buildings show up in Skyhunter. This book was on my radar for years before I read And I Darken, but I did think it was pretty cool seeing some of this book that had leeched into the Dracula book.

15 Words

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. I love these books. There are three of them, corresponding to the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance times. I just wish Ms. Bauer had written a fourth one corresponding to modern times, like her Story of the World books, which were written for homeschool children. This book has one of the longest titles I could find.

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Eric Larson is another author who writes books with really long titles. Another book of his is called In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin. He’s also written The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America, which I haven’t read but sounds amazing (and has 18 words). This book gives more insight into World War II.

So those are ten books with some really long titles. Do you have books with longer titles? It’ll be interesting to see what other people come up with. Next week, we’re going to talk about books I read because someone recommended them to me.

Book Covers I Love

By Brookelorren on September 15, 2020September 15, 202016 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, which means I’m stressed out because I start teaching classes via Zoom today! So I’m a little late, but I didn’t want to neglect Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re talking about book covers. I don’t always pay too much attention to book covers. A few stand out to me, and a few turn me off to the book completely. But today we’re going to talk about book covers I love.

I actually didn’t care for the title Wicked Fox, but I absolutely adored the cover! It was the primary reason why I wanted to read this book in the first place. I just love the expression on the girl’s face!

It is really hard to see the detail in this little image, but Of Curses and Kisses is so cute in real life! Jaya’s itty-bitty toenails are painted!

I’m a sucker for bling. I love the cover to Four Dead Queens because it is so sparkly! I originally got this book on the Kindle, but when Astrid Scholte came to Colorado in March, I bought a copy of the book so I can have it signed. Now I can admire it too!

Rebel is another cover that I love with a lot of bling to it. The title is in shiny silver and all the colorful dust is on the sparkly side too.

Chain of Gold isn’t as sparkly as the last two books, but it has such wonderful detail! I love those autumn leaves and Cordelia’s hair. I’m not as blown away by the Chain of Iron cover, but I’m dying to get my hands on that book because I know the story inside is going to be amazing.

The covers to the Flame in the Mist books were a little controversial (maybe because they changed them halfway through the duology?), but I prefer the newer covers to the older one.

Today Tonight Tomorrow is such a sweet book! And I just love the cover too. It so perfectly portrays the theme of the book. I love how they get closer together and they’ve got their cap and gowns on at the end.

I love the cover to A Spectacle of Souls. It has this creepy, magical vibe to it, which goes perfectly with what the book is about: a book about a creepy circus.

Start Here has such a fun summer vibe to its cover. It makes me sad that it’s already mid-September and summer is slipping away like water through my fingers.

Sky Without Stars is another book with a beautiful, shiny cover. This is a cover that is also difficult to see on the computer screen because it has so much detail to it. You really have to see it in person.

So there you go! Ten covers that I really love. Since today was a cover freebie topic, I’m sure there will be lots of different posts today. What did you write about? With my online classes starting today, I hope I’ll be able to visit a decent amount of pages today.

Next week is one of my favorite topics of the season: our seasonal TBRs. I didn’t do wonderfully with sticking to my TBR this summer, although I did read the Twilight books (which weren’t on my TBR). See you then!

Books for My Younger Self

By Brookelorren on September 8, 2020September 2, 202014 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, so it’s time again for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re going to talk about “Books for My Younger Self.” What were books you would have liked to have seen when you were much younger? I don’t really think about this one a lot, so this one might be a challenge. But I’m going to try anyway.

My boy loves Lauren Magaziner. She’s his favorite author; in fact, he likes Marie Lu books too, and calls her “the Lauren Magaziner of YA.” I think I would have loved her Case Closed books. We just convinced our library to buy Case Closed 3: Haunting at the Hotel, so I’m sure he’s going to be happy to read that.

P Is for Pterodactyl is a picture book, but I find it amusing even now. I probably would have liked it when I was younger also.

My daughter was a huge Percy Jackson reader when she was younger. I think she read all of this first series. I have never read them, however. I think I would have liked them though, because I like mythology and enjoyed reading myths in middle school.

Spirit Animals is another series I haven’t read, but my boy likes a lot. Okay, I did read the last book in the series because Marie Lu wrote it, but I haven’t read any of the other books. I’ve thought about reading the whole series, but there’s a lot of other books that take priority.

I worked at a day care for a couple years when my daughter was little, and I thought Click, Clack, Moo was a cute book. I’m sure that I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had been closer to 4 years old.

I haven’t read The Bridge yet (although I’d like to). This is one of those books that would be good for someone going through a dark time. It tells the story of two people who intend on jumping off the George Washington bridge. What happens if either one of them jumps, what happens if they both jump, what happens if neither jump. Assuming that the world doesn’t become a better place when they both jump (that would be pretty toxic), I’m guessing that this book will be a great read.

I can’t think of any other books that I would send to my younger self (as soon as I see all the other posts I’ll probably come up with more), however, if we’re going to actually send books back in time to our younger selves, I’d send back The Complete Book of the Olympics (2012 Edition). I’d take my butt down to Vegas and make some money. Olympics betting was made illegal in 2001, even in Vegas, but I’d have a small window to make some money.

And while we’re at it, I’ll make a killing off the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

That’s all I have for today! This week was harder than I thought it would be. What did you come up with? Hopefully you had some better ideas than I did.

Next week is a freebie week having something to do with book covers. I don’t know what I’m going to write about yet, but I’m sure I can come up with 10 next time. See you then!

Books with a Food Theme

By Brookelorren on September 1, 2020August 31, 202019 Comments

Hello! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl), where we talk books! Today’s topic is supposed to be “Books that Make Me Hungry,” but I have a confession: I am not a foodie. I see food as a vehicle to give you energy and (hopefully, if you make the right choices) keep you healthy. I believe in the Weston A. Price philosophy of nutrition, and “let food be your medicine and let medicine be your food.” My husband is the foodie; he’s always watching cooking shows and planning what he’s going to make on the weekends. Anyway, today’s books are themed on food. There’s a couple from the days I studied functional nutrition and was a regular listener to Sean Croxton’s old Underground Wellness podcast, along with a few newer books with food as the theme. Let’s get started!

I so wish that Sean Croxton was still doing his podcast! I’m happy that he’s doing well for himself, but I learned so much from his podcast and from the books he recommended. One of the books I got was Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. I’m not sure if I made many of the recipes in this book (other than the kombucha) but it does have a lot of useful information in it.

Deep Nutrition is another book I read back in the day (there is a newer edition that I’m linking to; the cover is from the edition I read). This isn’t a cookbook, but it does tell about how eating real food can make a difference in both your health and the health of your children.

In a way, it kind of bothers me when people talk about people doing “research” on Google and therefore insist that unless they have a nutrition degree they have no idea what they’re talking about. The author of this book is a doctor, and back in the day, I read a lot of books like this.

And now for something completely different (and, unlike the above two books, will probably be on several lists this week). Tweet Cute is an adorable story about two people whose parents own restaurants. And the girl in the story likes to make desserts. So unlike me (but a lot like my boy; he likes to cook). It might seem like this book is all about Twitter, but there’s a lot of food in this book.

Perhaps a book about a famine is the opposite of a book that makes you hungry, but since I’m doing a post about books with a food theme, and Red Famine is all about how Stalin took away food from people so they starved, this one counts. Makes me thankful I have food in my pantry, despite our family being on unemployment at the moment.

So, The Best Laid Plans isn’t a food-heavy book, but there’s a slice of pizza on the cover (and pizza does play a part in the book) so I’m including it here. Plus, they do go to Costco and buy a bunch of food for a party here.

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy is not going to make you hungry (in fact, quite the opposite). The food at the Shadowhunter Academy makes me look like a halfway competent chef (which I am not). But since the terrible food is mentioned many times in this book, I’m including it here. This is what you get when a non-foodie writes a food-related blog post.

There’s pumpkins on the cover of the graphic novel Pumpkinheads, there’s literally pumpkin in the title of the book, and they eat a lot in this book. So I’m going to say this counts.

Dimple is drinking coffee on the cover of When Dimple Met Rishi, and they do go to a restaurant in this book. That’s close enough for this blog.

There’s an apple on the cover of Twilight. And there are several scenes in the school cafeteria or in a restaurant. Plus Bella cooks (better than me).

Here’s another book from when I was learning a lot about functional nutrition. Beautiful Babies is a book on nutrition to help boost your fertility. Sadly, it didn’t work for me (I have secondary infertility), but it does have good information on nutrition in general.

So there are 10 books with a food-like theme to them (although I admit some of them are a stretch). What did you pick? Next week we’re going to talk about books for our younger self. There could be a whole bunch of books here.

Books that Should Be Adapted into Netflix Shows/Movies

By Brookelorren on August 18, 2020August 17, 202029 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, which means it’s time for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! Today we’re going to talk about books that should be made into Netflix movies or TV shows. I don’t watch a lot of TV (I started watching The Americans about 4 years ago and I’m still at the beginning of season 2) but I would see my favorite books as movies. Some of them, at least. Our family has this thing called “family fun night” where one of us picks two choices and everybody else votes on what to do; we rotate between who gets to pick. So even if I wouldn’t rush out to see all of these in the theaters (when we can), they would make good family fun night choices.

Of course I had to pick Legend as one of my choices. I don’t have plans to reread it this year, but it’s probably my favorite book series. Two different companies have already held the option to make this movie (I currently don’t know what the status of the latest option is) but I still want it. The whole series. And while Netflix is at it, maybe they can make Warcross and The Young Elites. They’re all in the same Luniverse, after all (Ms. Lu once said in an AMA that she imagined The Young Elites took place inside the Warcross video game). Take my money, I’d watch these as soon as they came out.

I know there’s already been a Dragonlance movie, but it wasn’t that good. I had been so looking forward to it–my kids are named Laurana and Tanis, after all–but was so disappointed when I saw it. We need a really good live action version of this. Or perhaps a TV series. There’s like 100 books in this universe, so the TV show could go on for years.

Maybe I’m a little biased, because I just finished reading A Spectacle of Souls and Jessica Julien is one of my #AuthorConfession friends on Twitter. But I really liked this book and I think it would make a fun movie. And who wouldn’t want to see their friends succeed?

I just finished reading The Bride Test today, and I think the whole The Kiss Quotient series should be made into Netflix movies. Even The Heart Principal, which I haven’t read and doesn’t come out until 2021. I just want these as movies.

Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour would make a great summer road trip movie. It’s got crazy destinations, new friends, a tragic backstory, and a budding romance.

Today Tonight Tomorrow would be such a fun movie! A scavenger hunt through Seattle on the last day of school, enemies-to-lovers, this movie would be a lot of fun.

Tweet Cute would be another cute movie. The children of two rival restaurants battle each other over Twitter and end up falling in love IRL. Why are movie studios making all these remakes again? There are so many new books out there that would make amazing movies.

It seems like there’s a theme for me tonight: high school seniors falling in love. The Best Laid Plans, about two best friends falling in love instead of enemies, but it’s a really sweet book that would make a really sweet movie.

I’m rereading the An Ember in the Ashes books in preparation for A Sky Beyond the Storm coming out in December, and I’d love to see these on my TV. I think there’s too much packed into these books to make proper movies, but the tetralogy would make a good TV series.

Yes, I know Gita Trelease renamed Enchantée to All That Glitters, but it will always be Enchantée to me, I think. I love this book and think this would make an excellent movie.

So there you have it. 10 books that I think would make great Netflix movies or TV shows. What did you pick this week?

Next week we’re going to talk about “Questions I would ask my favorite authors.” I may tweak it a little bit, but it will involve authors, questions, and maybe some of their advice.

Books I Loved But Never Reviewed

By Brookelorren on August 11, 2020August 10, 202028 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, so you know what that means! It’s Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl)! I have to apologize, I went on a last minute camping trip (I guess that’s one advantage to having everyone in your family unemployed) and I just got back today, so I haven’t been able to visit people’s sites and reply to comments. I hope to get back into our routine tomorrow.

But today, we’re talking about books I loved but never reviewed. I hate to admit it, but that’s most books these days. Maybe it’s having my dh around all the time that’s keeping me from getting all my reading/reviews done, but this year has been less productive than normal. So here are some I missed this year, and some I read before I started reviewing books:

Timeline – Michael Crichton

I read this book a very long time ago, long before I had a book blog, so I never had the chance to review it. But I remember liking it a lot. Maybe if I reread it at a future date, I’ll review it.

Jo & Laurie – Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz

I listened to Jo & Laurie on audiobook last month, but haven’t reviewed it yet. I still could? Let’s see if I get around to it. I’m so far behind in my reading though.

Rilla of Ingleside – L. M. Montgomery

Rilla of Ingleside is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables octalogy, but I think it’s my favorite. I think I read these last in high school, so it’s been a while. I really should read these again.

Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour – Morgan Matson

I listened to this on audiobook just a couple weeks ago, but haven’t reviewed it. It’s a great book though! Perfect for summer. Maybe I’ll review it still? Don’t know.

The History of the Ancient World – Susan Wise Bauer

I just finished rereading this book last month, but I’ve never reviewed it. Unless someone wants me to review this book, I probably won’t. Especially not right now, when there are many other books I’ve recently read but haven’t gotten around to reviewing.

Twilight – Stephanie Meyer

I just read these books in the last couple of months. I probably won’t review them, 1) because I have so many other books to review and 2) because I’m sure a billion people have already reviewed this story.

My niece told me that Stephanie Meyer was doing an appearance in Shelton, Washington, for her new book, Midnight Sun, last Friday. I actually was within driving distance of Shelton last Friday, since I was camping up in the Olympic National Forest in Washington state (I live in Colorado), but I didn’t go.

The Autobiography of Malcom X – Malcom X, Alex Haley

I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X in high school, but even though I did a book report on it for Honors English, I never reviewed it here. I really liked it though.

The bottom of this book says “As told to Alex Haley.” Alex Haley is famous for writing Roots. True story: when I was taking AP History, we were going to get to meet Alex Haley (I think he was coming to our classroom). Unfortunately, he died the night before we were supposed to meet him, so I never got the chance. I’m still kinda bummed about that.

King of Scars – Leigh Bardugo

King of Scars is another book that I’ve read during the pandemic that I’ve never reviewed. I really liked it though. At least I read it though. I’ve been wanting to read it for a while, and finally got around to it on audiobook.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy – Eric Metaxas

I really liked this book and would like to reread it at some point. Especially with the way the world is going.

The Weight of Feathers – Anna-Marie McLemore

I read this book shortly before I started book blogging. I never ended up getting around to reviewing this though. If I ever reread this story, I might review it, but there are so many books I want to read, I don’t know if it will ever get a reread. Especially if I keep reading at the slow-ass pace I have been.

What about you? What books have you read and loved but never reviewed? Next week we’re going to talk about books that should be adapted into Netflix shows/movies. I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I’m sure that there’d be a few books I’d be interested in seeing as movies. See you then!

Books with Colors In the Titles

By Brookelorren on August 4, 2020August 3, 20203 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, which means time for another Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today we’re talking about books with colors in the title. I thought there’d be more books that I’ve read with colors in the title, but I actually don’t have that many in my GoodReads account.

Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare

While gold is a metal, it’s also a color. I wasn’t able to come up with 10 books with colors that weren’t also something else (at least that I know I’ve read) so even though this chain is made out of the metal gold, since gold is a color too, I’m counting it.

The Rose & The Dagger – Renée Ahdieh

Rose is another color that is also an item. But again, I’ll take it.

Red Famine – Anne Applebaum

Red Famine is a nonfiction book about the Holodomor in Ukraine.

Of Silver and Shadow – Jennifer Gruenke

I had the chance to read an ARC of Of Silver and Shadow a couple months ago. Because of the coronavirus, the release date has been postponed until February 2021 though.

Song of the Crimson Flower – Julie C. Dao

I loved this book. Sadly, I heard that they’re not going to publish this book in paperback.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue – Maggie Stiefvater

This book is the third book in the Raven Boys tetralogy.

The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon

Here’s another book with a color that is also an item. It’s a brick of a book.

Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard

I’m guessing that I’ll see Red Queen a lot this week.

The Rose Society – Marie Lu

Again, rose is a flower as well as a color, but I’m using it here.

Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell

Island of the Blue Dolphins is based on a true story. My husband read this to my family several years ago.

So that’s this week’s Top Ten Tuesday! Next week we’re talking about books I loved but never reviewed. At the moment, since I’m having a difficult time finding time to review books, there’s a lot of those.

New to Me Authors

By Brookelorren on June 23, 2020June 23, 202017 Comments

Happy Birthday! Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) turned ten yesterday. I happen to share a birthday with Top Ten Tuesday. So to celebrate our birthdays, we’re having a special post! We have different options of what we want to post today. I’m choosing to update a post on New To Me Authors (original date January 14, 2019). Here is my original New-to-Me Author post. I thought I’d do this post again, with new to me authors from the first half of this year.

Stephanie Meyer – I might have gone my whole life without reading Twilight, but when Ms. Meyer decided to write Midnight Sun, I thought I’d check out the original books. They’re fairly entertaining. But she’s a new to me author this year.

Rachel Lynn Solomon – I adored Today Tonight Tomorrow! This isn’t her debut, but it’s the first book I’ve read by her. I would definitely read another book by her.

Cameron Lund – The Best Laid Plans was a cute book that I borrowed from the library this year. This is a best friends to lovers story that’s adorable. I may choose to read it again at some point.

Francesca Zappia – Eliza and her Monsters was a cute story too. It reminds me a little of Fangirl, which stars a creator with a large fanbase, but who is anonymous.

Emma Lord – One of the things that I love about the new-to-me authors topic is that there are always new authors out there to read. Tweet Cute was Emma Lord’s debut, and it’s also an adorable story.

Tessa Dare – Although there are plenty of new-to-me authors that are debuts, not all of the new authors are relatively new. Tessa Dare is a fairly prolific author, but I never read any of her stories before reading The Duchess Deal this year.

Andrew Fukuda – I don’t think I’ve read a lot of World War II fiction this year, but I did read This Light Between Us, which is the story of a Japanese boy in a concentration camp who has a Jewish pen pal. He was also a new-to-me author this year.

Eric Smith – I’ve seen Eric Smith on Twitter for quite a while, but Don’t Read the Comments was the first book I’ve read written by him.

Katerina King – Katerina is a friend of mine on Twitter and Malediction was her debut. There is supposed to be a second book in this series. Hopefully we’ll be able to see her second book at some point.

Rachael Allen – The Summer of Impossibilities is not Ms. Allen’s debut, but it’s the first book I’ve read by her. It’s a great book to read during the summer.

So there are a few new-to-me authors from this year! What did you choose to write about for Top Ten Tuesday’s 10th anniversary?

Next week we’re going to talk about books we’re anticipating in the future. I don’t know if I’ll limit my choices to the next six months or if I’ll go beyond that. It can be difficult for me to come up with ten books for the next six months.

Summer 2020 TBR

By Brookelorren on June 16, 2020June 16, 202027 Comments

Hello! Another week has snuck by… but it’s Tuesday again, which means Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today we’re talking about our TBRs! I love TBR week, although lately I haven’t been doing quite as well on my TBRs lately, but we’ll see that in a moment.

How did I do on my Spring TBR?

Between Burning Worlds – Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Read
Chosen Ones – Veronica Roth: Read
Malediction – Katerina King: Read
Conquest – Celeste Harte: Unread
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins: Read
1453 – Roger Crowley: Read
Descendent of the Crane – Joan He: Unread
Keeper – Kim Chance: Unread
99 Percent Mine – Sally Thorne: Read
Tell Me Everything – Sarah Enni: Read

So this quarter I had a 70% success rate. I might have finished a couple more, but I started reading the Twilight series.

So what do I hope to read this summer? There are no new must-read books for me, so the books listed here are: 1) the three I didn’t read in the spring and 2) books I picked from the TBR lottery.

Celeste Harte is one of the hosts of Character Chaos on Twitter. I’ve been wanting to read Conquest for a while. It was on my spring TBR, after all! I really want to get to this one first. I have a few ARCs to read that I need to get to, but this is probably the first book from my TBR I intend to conquer.

Descendant of the Crane has been on my list for quite a while too. I wanted to read this one since it was an ARC (I wasn’t approved). Let’s hope I can get to this one this summer.

Kim Chance used to host Chance2Connect on Twitter once a month. Sadly, June’s Chance2Connect was the last one, but I still want to read her book, Keeper. This was on my list of Spring 2020 books, but I didn’t get around to it.

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds has been on my radar for quite a while now. It sounds so interesting! He read some of his book at a Zoom event a couple months ago, and I liked what I heard so far!

Mirror Gate is the second book in The Harbinger series. I read Storm Glass last year, and I bought the rest of the series when it was on sale on Amazon.com (gotta love those $1.99 books) but I haven’t read past the first book yet.

The Bride Test has been on my radar for a while too. I liked The Kiss Quotient, and am looking forward to reading the second book in this series.

I first heard of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour from my fellow Top Ten Tuesday bloggers. It sounded good, so I added it to my TBR. It won the lottery for this summer, and it seems like such a summery book!

It’s been a very long time since I read The Third Target, which is the first book in the J.B. Collins series. The First Hostage is the second book, and it won the TBR lottery for this season. It’s definitely different than the other books on this list, but it should be a nice change of pace. I love Joel C. Rosenberg’s books.

I got A Curse So Dark and Lonely on sale quite a while ago, but I haven’t read it yet. This is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Hopefully it will be really good!

I never read Little Women (I have an antique copy and I think I read one page before I lost interest; I was really young at the time I tried to read it though). This was one of the books on Bookish First a month or so ago, and I liked the beginning (sadly, I was too late to use my points to get a copy). I do hope to read Jo & Laurie this summer though.

So these are the books I hope to read this summer! What books do you hope to read? Next week is Top Ten Tuesday’s 10th Anniversary! I don’t know what option I’m going to pick yet.

Most Recent TBR Adds

By Brookelorren on June 9, 2020June 9, 202026 Comments

Hello! It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means! Time for another Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today’s topic is supposed to be “Books I’ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why,” but I usually know why I add books to my TBR, so that wouldn’t be a very good list. Instead, I’ll talk about the most recent books to my TBR. There were a few books I recently added to Goodreads because I read them a long time ago, but I’m not going to include them here.

I’ve never read Twilight before (or seen any of the movies), and wasn’t planning to. After all the book came out 15 years ago and people have mixed feelings about it today. And to be honest? I’m reading it right now and I have to say, while it is entertaining, their relationship has some problems. But with Midnight Sun coming out, I figure, why not read the series? It’s kind of fun to be reading something that lots of your book friends are reading.

I’ve been making a point to read more nonfiction lately. So along with Twilight, I’ve been reading a couple chapters from The Bell Curve every day. It’s definitely an academic book. A few of the chapters are a little controversial, and I have to wonder what direction some of the trends they found went in after this book went to print about 25 years ago.

Of Silver and Shadow was an ARC I got from Netgalley. I was in a hurry to read it, thinking it was coming out at the end of May, and then I discovered that it wouldn’t come out until 2021 (likely because of Coronavirus).

My friend Katerina King wrote Malediction, which came out last fall. I’m not sure why I didn’t add it to my Goodreads TBR sooner than I did.

I read The Guinevere Deception last fall, and I’m looking forward to reading Kiersten White’s sequel, The Camelot Betrayal. This series has some great covers! I can’t wait to read this one.

There’s going to be a sequel to Veronica Roth’s Chosen Ones. It’s still untitled, but I plan to read it. So I added it to my TBR.

Forged in Fire and Stars was a book recommendation given to me. It has a beautiful cover, and it sounds interesting. This book came out last month, but I haven’t had the opportunity to read it yet.

I never read Little Women, but I had the opportunity to read the first few pages of Jo & Laurie and it was pretty good. I got to meet Melissa de la Cruz in March, and the book seemed interesting when she described it.

I got The Summer of Impossibilities as an ARC. I suppose I could have added this book to last week’s Top Ten Tuesday, which talked about books that give off summer vibes.

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare doesn’t have a cover yet, and it’s also not available for pre-order, but it’s already on my TBR. I like all the Shadowhunter books, so I’ll probably want to read this as soon as it comes out.

So these are my most recent TBR adds! Next week we’re talking about our summer TBRs!