Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday #81

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Top Ten 2015 Releases I Forgot To Read In 2015

I think I did a really good job at keeping up with 2015 releases! Especially since my library had an excellent selection of them all, which surprised me a lot when I first visited. Yet even with saying this, there were some 2015 books that I so badly wanted to read on release day, but it never happened. Maybe I will get to them this year!


I read These Broken Stars, and also This Shattered World, and I was doing so well with reading them around their release date, but I didn't with Their Fractured Light! I even had it shipped on the day it came out! So I don't know what happened here, whoops.

WINTER. I just don't have the book yet, but I will try to get my hands on it! Then I will finally know how everything ends!

Yes Holly, yes I know. I will probably borrow The Heart of Betrayal from the library, as I did with The Kiss of Deception. I'm sure I will not regret reading it hahah. I heard this one was even better than than the first book.

I actually had Red Queen around the release date, but after mixed reviews, I held off on it. Maybe I should read this.

I started Ink & Bone, but then I couldn't finish it in time for Winter Break, meaning I had to go drop it back off at the library. I'm not even sure if I WANT to continue reading it, which isn't good!

I have been meaning to read The Weight of Feathers, but I wasn't able to get a copy until ALA! So I'll have to read that sometime this year!

Uprooted, the hype was strong in this one. Even so, I need it in my life. Maybe I will also read this in the library.

I had an eARC of The Immortal Heights. But did I read it? No. Bad Val. It will happen. Because I do like the series, and I have come so far already.
The Darkest Part of the Forest was all the way from January 2015 (so long ago!), that I almost forgot that I wanted to read it. Now? I'm not so sure. I might still give it a try, maybe.

Oh I almost forgot ACOTAR! Hype was big for this one too! I was planning to preorder it, but then it never happened (??) I think I made too many excuses for myself, oh well.

Is it common for you to preorder books than never read them? How many 2015 releases have you not read?

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You have seen my post about pre-orders I haven't read, right? I am the CHAMPION of it. This is not something I am proud of.

READ Heart of Betrayal! Had I known you hadn't read it, you would have gotten THAT for your birthday. GR. Anyway. Also, I really liked The Darkest Part of the Forest! Otherwise, we have a LOT of the same books that we need to read. I must read Uprooted (which ummm may be coming to my house from the UK with its far superior cover), Red Queen, Ink and Bone, The Weight of Feathers... UGH. Too much, Val. Too many books, too little time! Come watch my humans for me, okay? I will feed you :D
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I KNOW YOU ARE THE CHAMPION!

And I will come to your house to watch your humans so you can read, ok? And yes ok ok I will read Heart of Betrayal! I don't know when exactly, but I will read it! I PROMISE
SO MANY OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS HERE. I absolutely LOVED Ink and Bone and Uprooted and ACOTAR of course! Red Queen I could give a miss, it's just too much like other books. I never read Kiss of Deception because I heard the romance was kind of iffy, but if Shannon and everyone says Heart of Betrayal is good, I dunno I might pick it up!
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The Kiss of Deception was really good for me! I think the romance is much better than I thought it would be, especially since it was a love triangle, so I don't know! You should give it a go hahah!
I need to read ACOTAR and Red Queen too. I'm hoping to get around to reading them this year whilst completing a few challenges. So fingers crossed!

I've not even started The Lunar Chronicles yet... but one day I definitely will!
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You NEED to start The Lunar Chronicles! You will not regret it :)
I also had WInter on my list. I just got the audio so I will start it soonish. I totally forgot The Weight of Feathers. I really want to get to that. Sounds amazing. Hope you get to them all!!
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Thanks Grace! I hope you listen to Winter soon, and tell me what you think!
Winter, Their Fractured Light, Weight of Feathers, Uprooted and The Immprotal Heights are some of my favorites, so you should definitely get to those one of these days!
I need to read Ink & Bone myself! Red Queen is definitely one of those books people either love or hate. Hopefully you'll love it as I did! :)
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I hope I do love Red Queen, especially since I have a copy! And I'm glad that The Immortal Heights is one of your favorites, because I was scared it would not meet my expectations
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Tanya/GirlPlusBooks · 478 weeks ago

The only one on your like that I've read is A Court of Thorns and Roses. So outside my comfort zone but I ended up loving it! I think the only reason I got to it as soon as I did was because I just happened to see it at the library and I grabbed it. :)
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Oh that's great that you ended up loving it! Makes me want to read it even more :)
I have Winter on my list, too, and I need to know how the series ends!! I should just hurry up and order the book but I've been stalling. I need to read The Darkest Parts of the Forest - I just finished The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and I can't wait to read more of Holly Black's books :D And A Court of Thorns and Roses! Oh, I hope you love it! Oooh, and Ink and Bone and The Heart of Betrayal, too! Hope you love all these, Val!
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I DO TOO. I don't know why I keep putting it off! I just need to read more Holly Black, even though I have only read one of her books years ago. Thanks Alma!
Their Fractured Light and Winter are two of my favorite books of 2015, so I am so excited to see what you think of them Val. :) And Red Queen is pretty good too. :)
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Yay! I can't wait to get to them all!
Winter and the Heart of Betrayal are on my list too. I've read Red Queen and ACOTAR. I liked ACOTAR a bit more than Red Queen, so I'd put that higher up on the must read list.
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Yay that's good to know!
Court of Thorns and Roses, as well as Winter are two books on your list that I definitely have to read this year, after missing out last year! Great list :)
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Thanks! And I NEED WINTERRRRRR gah
I know The Red Queen has gotten a lot of negative reviews, but I actually enjoyed it. I thought it was a nice surprise and I'm looking for ward to the next book.
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I heard that one was either you liked it or didn't! I guess I'll have to see for myself!

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