Welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday- the Winter TBR Edition! Usually in winter I like to read a few holiday reads, a few with a wintry theme, and then get started on one of my favorite reading challenges, Book Challenge by Erin since it runs January 1- April 30. (To learn more about this challenge, click here! The ones I'm reading for the challenge are marked with an asterisk.) Another "challenge" I'd like to complete in the new year is to work through my extremely backlogged Netgalley reads, starting with most recent first.
Christmas in Wine Country- Addison Westlake (Kindle Unlimited): Picked this up since nothing was really grabbing my attention, I wanted a light, holiday romance, and it was free!
My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (library hardback): Honestly I picked this up because it included a short story by Rainbow Rowell whom I adore, but I've heard of the other YA authors listed too and I just picked it up last night, so I'm excited to dive into this one on a snowy night!
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances- John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle (library hardback): I don't exactly love John Green (I know, gasp!), but I'm drawn to this because the description said the three stories were intertwined, and I love that. I also want to read it before watching the Netflix movie!
Children of Virtue and Vengeance- Tomi Adeyemi (library hardback): I have been wanting to read this since I read her first book, Children of Blood and Bone, last year, and then hearing her speak at BookCon! Honestly, I didn't think I would love it because I'm not really a fan of fantasy, but it drew me in and now I'm anxious to read this one! (Though to be completely honest, I'm going to need a refresher because I forget some parts of the last one- this is why I don't love reading series before they're all published!)
The Golden Principles of Feng Shui- Rinoie Yuchiku (Netgalley- due 12/27/19): I love the idea of feng shui and am familiar with some of the principles, but I wanted to incorporate a few more before the new year... can't hurt if doing something like putting a fountain near the doorway can increase wealth, amiright?! I started this one but am not loving it because instead of simple ideas and changes, it's very very specific. For example, I knew that getting rid of old pictures of an ex would promote healthy and positive relationships to blossom, but this book si saying that you shouldn't just "throw out" the pics... you must do it in the morning between 9-10AM on the day after a full moon, blah blah blah. We'll see how far I get with this one.
Holly Banks Full of Angst- Julie Valerie (Kindle Unlimited/Netgalley- due 12/29/19): This just sounded cute and I was looking for fluffy. Mom to a Kindergartener is having a rough time fitting in with the other moms- hilarious disasters ensure. Sign me up!
Saint X- Alexis Schaitkin (Netgalley- due 2/18/20)*: Though marketed as a thriller, one of my blogger friends mentioned that this was much more literary, and dealt more with family and trauma, and how one incident affects many lives (thanks, Dara!). I'm much more interested in that description than another thriller.
In The Dark- Loreth Anne White (Kindle Unlimited/Netgalley- due 12/15/19)*: I needed a book for the category "locked room mystery" and got access to this one- huzzah! 8 lucky guests are invited to a secluded wilderness spa but a storm rolls in and cuts off all communication and... it's a trap! I think I may have originally learned of this from a link-up, and the premise certainly sounds intriguing.
Sweetgirl- Travis Mulhauser (Netgalley- was due 1/17/17, oops!)*: Choosing to read this one now because it takes place during a blizzard. A girl goes looking for her missing mother in a cabin buried deep in the woods of Nothern Michigan and instead finds a newborn... dun dun dun! Will they make it through the storm alive? I have to know!
Little Women- Louisa May Alcott (Kindle Unlimited)
Ahh, a classic I've been meaning to read for years! Not sure if this one actually takes place around Christmas or if I'm just imagining it that way, but it always seemed like a "winter" read in my head.
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