2021-2022: Winter TBR List

The Bookshelf Corner’s Winter 2021-2022 TBR List

ARCs
Starlight by Olivia Wildenstein
Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon
Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter
Turning by Joy L. Smith
Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews
The Iron Sword by Julia Kagawa

MANGA
Snow White with the Red Hair (Vol. 14 & 15)
The Water Dragon’s Bride (Vol. 6-8)

MIDDLE GRADE
One Jar of Magic by Corey Ann Haydu
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Ten Thousand Tries by Amy Makechnie
Maya and the Return of the Godlings by Rena Barron

YA SCI-FI & FANTASY
Endure by Sara B. Larson
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Steelstriker by Marie Lu

PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Crave by Tracy Wolff
The Righteous by Renée Ahdieh
Inferno by Donna Grant

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Line Mates & Study Dates by Eden Finely & Saxon James
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams
Christmas from the Heart by Shelia Roberts
All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy by Jessica Clare

FANTASY ROMANCE
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna DeWylde
The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

TBR At A Glance – November 8, 2021

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CURRENTLY READING

• Getting His Game Back by Gia de Cadenet (ARC)

 

READING NEXT

• A Swift and Savage Tide by Chloe Neill (ARC)

• The Suite Spot by Trish Doller (ARC)

• Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

 

RECENT REVIEWS

• You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith

• Dragon Released by Terry Bolryder

• Wolves’ Queen by Jen L. Grey

 

REVIEWS COMING SOON

• NOV 9 – You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao (ARC)

• NOV 11 – A Flawed Scotsman by Hildie McQueen

• NOV 15 – At Summer’s End by Courtney Ellis

Currently Reading – October 11, 2021

Happy Monday!

What is the genre of your current read?

I’m stepping outside my comfort zone and am reading a speculative cli-fi novel, Trashlands by Alison Stine, that I was invited to participate in a blog tour for. Speculative fiction and dystopian aren’t genres I actively seek out. But I’m intrigued.

There’s something in the synopsis that draws me in. Perhaps it’s the main character able to make art in a despondent place (a light in the darkness). Perhaps it’s because the setting isn’t a not so impossible future. I also didn’t know cli-fi (climate fiction) was a thing, but totally worth exploring. All in all, I think it’ll be a good read.

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ABOUT: A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides. Global powers have agreed to not produce any new plastics, and what is left has become valuable: garbage is currency.

In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a “plucker,” pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. She’s stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge, where the local women dance for an endless loop of strangers and the club’s violent owner rules as unofficial mayor.

Amid the polluted landscape, Coral works desperately to save up enough to rescue her child from the recycling factories, where he is forced to work. In her stolen free hours, she does something that seems impossible in this place: Coral makes art.

When a reporter from a struggling city on the coast arrives in Trashlands, Coral is presented with an opportunity to change her life. But is it possible to choose a future for herself?

Told in shifting perspectives, Trashlands is a beautifully drawn and wildly imaginative tale of a parent’s journey, a story of community and humanity in a changed world.

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As Always, Happy Reading!!!

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TBR At A Glance – October 2, 2021

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CURRENTLY READING

• You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith (ARC)

• Haikyu!! (Vol. 4 & 5)

 

READING NEXT

• Trashlands by Alison Stine (ARC)

• Getting His Game Back by Gia De Cadenet (ARC)

• The Water Dragon’s Bride (Vol. 4 & 5)

 

RECENT REVIEWS

• Oddball by Sarah Andersen

 

REVIEWS COMING SOON

• OCT 5 – How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan (ARC)

• OCT 7 – The Highlander’s Pirate Lass by Heather McCollum

• OCT 19 – Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant (ARC)

Currently Reading – September 13, 2021

Happy Monday!

What are you currently reading?

Hello, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend! I spent most of the time reading and recharging and just doing whatever. I meant to post this reading update on Saturday, but I was so tired and mentally occupied from work I completely forgot about writing it.

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This week I’ll be reading an arc I received a couple months ago called How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan. I’m 38% through at the time I’m writing this post and, so far, it’s been a good read.

This is a fun enemies to lovers story. Grace and Noah have already clashed several times. Their “good neighborly” feud and attraction is really entertaining to watch unfold.

What I didn’t know was that Noah is one of Chris’s older brothers from Sullivan’s previous book, Ten Rules For Faking It, so that was a nice surprise connection. I really enjoyed that story, so I’m even more excited for this current one.

I’m also liking all the side characters, especially Morty (an elderly man Grace was living with at the start of the novel), Josh (who is Noah’s assistant), and Rosie, (Grace’s best friend and fellow student designer). And it’s been nice reuniting with Chris and Everly (other MC from previous book).

It’s gonna be a good reading week.

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ABOUT: Interior Design School? Check. Cute little house to fix up? Also check.

Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to get in the way of all your plans? Check. Unfortunately.

Grace Travis definitely has it all figured out. In between finishing interior design school and working a million odd jobs, she’ll get her degree. She’ll have her dream job. And most importantly, she’ll have a place to belong, something her cold, manipulative mother could never make for her. When an opportunity to fix up—and live in—an adorable little house on the beach comes along, Grace is all in. Until her biggest roadblock moves in next door.

Noah Jansen knows how to make a deal. A real estate developer with a knack for betting and winning big, he’s not one to let a good opportunity slip away. So when a beachside house with great bones is ripe for a remodel and flip, Noah doesn’t hesitate. Except in order to spruce it up properly (is it even a beach house if it doesn’t have a pool?), he’ll need to take over the house next door. The house with the willful and combative and way-too-intriguing woman living in it.

With the rules for being neighborly going out the window, Grace and Noah are in an all-out feud. But sometimes, your nemesis can turn out to be the person who shows you that home is always where the heart is.

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As Always, Happy Reading!!!

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First Read of September

Happy Saturday!

Although I don’t have a definite tbr planned for September, I’m deciding to start the month off by reading Servant of the Crown by Duncan M. Hamilton.

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Yes, it’s the third book I’m reading from him this summer but also the final book of a captivating fantasy trilogy.

Gill and Solène have come a long way since book 1. They gone through so much to reclaim and gain control over their lives (respectively), while at the same time facing off against dragons and whatever evil machinations the devious, and power-hunger Amaury sends their way.

It never gets easier saying farewell to a highly entertaining book or series. The author has taken readers on a wild ride and created such rich, multi-dimensional characters. I’m envisioning this final book will be as gloriously fantastical and dangerous as its predecessors.

What was or will be your first read of the month?

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As Always, Happy Reading!!!

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TBR At A Glance – 2/15/21

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CURRENTLY READING

• These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy (ARC)

 

READING NEXT

• Wednesday Wilson Gets Down to Business by Bree Galbraith (ARC)

• Tarnished Empire by Danielle L. Jensen

 

RECENT REVIEWS

• The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

• Brothersong by TJ Klune

• Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

• The Boss by Abigail Owen

• The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Illustrated by Oge Mora

 

REVIEWS COMING SOON

• FEB 18 – Bedtime Bonnet by Nancy Amanda Reed, Illustrated by Nneka Myers

• FEB 19 – Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story by Shana Keller, Illustrated by Kayla Stark

• FEB 25 – Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

• FEB 27 – Snapped by Alexa Martin

TBR At A Glance – 10/15/20

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CURRENTLY READING

• About A Vampire by Lynsay Sands

• The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill (ARC)

 

READING NEXT

• Trial By Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

• Secret Nights With A Cowboy by Caitlin Crews (ARC)

 

RECENT REVIEWS

• Muffled by Jennifer Gennari (ARC)

• Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford (ARC) (Blog Tour/Inkyard Press)

• Soul of the Crow by Jessaca Willis

• The Princess Knight by G. A. Aiken (ARC)

 

REVIEWS COMING SOON

• OCT 19 – Skyhunter by Marie Lu

• OCT 20 – About A Vampire by Lynsay Sands

• OCT 23 – The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill

 

 

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October Happenings!

It’s Hard To Say Goodbye, My Love…

My final #1 most anticipated release is being published, Brothersong by TJ Klune, on October 13. It is the last book of Klune’s Green Creek series. This series has been humorous, heartbreaking, and a gazillion feels. I feel ready to read but am also nervous.

I haven’t pre-ordered a copy because I don’t know if I want an e-copy of physical copy. And even though I have been waiting months to read Brothersong, I probably won’t read it until November. One, because there are other books that I’ve been putting off for too long. And, two, it’s 500+ pages. But it will happen before the year is over and it will be gloriously bittersweet!

Paranormal Takeover…

There are currently around 50 books on my Fall TBR. It’s been a bit of a rough start with okay-ish books but I’m not gonna let that stop me. Plenty of very promising reads still to come.

I normally don’t do a themed October list but I want to try. Instead of horror or thrillers, I’ll be reading mostly paranormal romances and fantasy (with a few exceptions). Below are what I hope to get throughout in October:

The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken (ARC) (currently reading)
Soul of the Crow by Jessaca Willis (currently reading)

About A Vampire by Lynsay Sands

Acca by Christina Bauer

Black Butler (Vol. 29) by Yana Toboso

The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill (ARC)

Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen

Inferno by Donna Grant

Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

Skyhunter by Marie Lu

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Trial By Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

This list is subject to change because I requested several of my top-tier anticipated reads that I’m hoping to get approved for as well as books on hold from the library. I have no shelf control! 😊

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As Always, Happy Reading!!!

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[Official] Fall 2020 TBR List & My 1000th Blog Post!!!

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Happy Friday, Bookworms!

Today I bring you the post I’ve been promising all month: my Official Fall 2020 TBR List! There are a total of 52 books, half of which are YAs. I’m starting several book 1s of series this season as well, so I’m very excited about all of this.

Today is also a special day because this post is also ….

MY 1000th BLOG POST!!!

I have been blogging about my books for 4 1/2+ years and it’s wild to think that I’ve written so many posts. I’m thinking a self-congratulatory book gift is in order…??? 😉

Once again thank you, readers, for stopping by and reading my posts. It really does mean a lot. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Here are all the awesome books on this season’s TBR list:

Manga

Snow White with the Red Hair (Volumes 8 & 9)

Yona of the Dawn (Volumes 7-10)

Ace of the Diamond (Volumes 1-8)

Black Butler (Volume 29)

 

Middle Grade

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Muffled by Jennifer Gennari (ARC) (currently reading)

 

Young Adult Fantasy

Of Wicked Blood by Olivia Wildenstein (ARC)

Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Roar by Cora Carmack

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Last Battle of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

Defy by Sara B. Larson

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

Forged In Fire And Stars by Andrea Robertson

 

Young Adult Contemporary Romance

Brave Enough by Kati Gardner

A Totally Awkward Love Story by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison

Recommend For You by Laura Silverman

 

Young Adult Paranormal Romance

Acca by Christina Bauer

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Trial By Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

 

Adult Contemporary Romance

Looking For A Cowboy by Donna Grant (ARC) (currently reading)

The Bridal Suite by Donna Grant

The Last Second Chance by Lucy Score

Secret Nights With A Cowboy by Caitlin Crews (ARC)

The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

 

Paranormal Romance

Inferno by Donna Grant

The Boss by Abigail Owen

About A Vampire by Lynsay Sands

 

Fantasy

The Princess Knight by G. A. Aiken (ARC)

Soul of the Crow by Jessaca Willis

The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

 

LGBTQ+ Contemporary/Paranormal/Romance

Brothersong by TJ Klune

I’ll Be The One by Lyla Lee