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My TBR Shelves

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Lately I’ve been a lot better about buying books and instead reading something that I already have on my TBR shelves. I thought I would give a quick overview of what I have right now and if you spot anything here you have read and recommend let me know!

Books I want to get to soon:
In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire – The Wayward Children series is one of my favs and I can’t believe I havn’t read the 4th book yet with the 5th coming out early next year.
Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab – I really liked City of Ghosts last year and this sequel has just come out.
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling – This is apparently similar to Wilder Girls with creepy body horror but I have to be in the right mood for it.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – A book beloved by many and with her new book coming out soon I wanted to give this a shot.
Haruki Murakami and Yukio Mishima – Slowly making my way through both of their works (that have been translated).

Books I’m not sure about:
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
Viper by Bex Hogan
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Are there any books on my TBR shelves that you would highly recommend?
Or likewise not recommend? Let me know! 🙂

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I Joined Booktube

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I said a big F you to my anxiety and managed to film my first Booktube video, hurrah.

I really hope talking to a camera gets easier over time because this is something I’ve wanted to do for so long. I will still be posting book reviews and wrap ups e.t.c on my blog, nothing here is really going to change.

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Mid Year Book Freakout Tag

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1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.
Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin, I’ve a feeling this book might appear a few times in this tag 😀 Now one of my favourite books of all time, check it out if you enjoy witchy creepy magical realism, or if you don’t, just read it.

2. Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2019.
Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa, sequel to Shadow of the Fox. I know this series is hit or miss for most people but I just really love the Japanese and Anime inspiration and got quite attached to these characters. The sequel didn’t let me down and the end was brilliantly done, can’t wait for the next book!

3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to.
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He, this came out in April and is a Chinese inspired fantasy. I have it on my physical TBR but have yet to read it.

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
Ok, I can’t just pick 1 book for this. Wilder Girls by Rory Power (5 star prediction for me), The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (one of my favourite Japanese authors), Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan (sequel to Girls of Paper and Fire) and The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (last book in The Folk of the Air trilogy).

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5. Biggest disappointment.
I’d have to say The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco, I really wanted to love this but I just couldn’t properly get in to the story and I just started to get bored with it.

6. Biggest surprise.
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge, much better and creepier than I had anticipated.

7. Favourite new author.
OK, so I know I’ve only read 1 book by her but, Sarah Maria Griffin. I’m definitely reading whatever she publishes in the future.

8. Newest fictional crush.
Cardan from The Cruel Prince *cough*

9. Newest favourite character.
Celaena/Aelin from the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas, I just love her OK.

10. Book that made you cry.
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas, each of these books have made me cry so far.

11. Book that made you happy.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, all the feels.

12. Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, that cover is stunning!

13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
I’d like to read the last 3 books in the Throne of Glass series this year ready for the release of her new Adult fantasy series coming in January.

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Browsing Bookshelves: Lauren @ Northern Plunder
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Browsing Bookshelves: Lauren @ Northern Plunder

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I have known Lauren aka Sizzle aka the owner of Books and Tea discord server since I joined it back in August last year and she has been such a huge help in my blogging journey and is just an all-round awesome gal.

She started doing this series on her own blog and I decided it might be fun to do and she agreed, you can see her post browsing my book shelves here.

Basically we swap pictures of our book shelves and go through picking out books we have read, would recommend, want to read e.t.c. So let’s get started!

Let me know in the comments any books from her shelves that you have read and loved!

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