Happy Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is a Bookish Meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and this week’s theme is WINTER #TBR!
I love making #TBRs. And then immediately reading something else and completely changing them. 😜 Today’s #TBR was fun to make, and I’m excited to see how long I can stick to it before I change it up! And now without any further ado, here’s this week’s Top Ten Tuesday!
Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller Published on February 1, 2020 by Sourcebooks Fire
Genres: Fantasy, YA, Queer, Aspec
Pages: 384
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Emilie des Marais is more at home holding scalpels than embroidery needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots to serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a noble lady cannot perform such gruesome wor.
Annette Boucher, overlooked and overworked by her family, wants more from life than her humble beginnings and is desperate to be trained in magic. So when a strange noble girl offers Annette the chance of a lifetime, she accepts.
Emilie and Annette swap lives—Annette attends finishing school as a noble lady to be trained in the ways of divination, while Emilie enrolls to be a physician’s assistant, using her natural magical talent to save lives.
But when their nation instigates a frivolous war, Emilie and Annette must work together to help the rebellion end a war that is based on lies.
Lucky Caller by Emma Mills Published on January 14, 2020 by Henry Holt & Company
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, YA
Pages: 336
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With the warmth, wit, intimate friendships, and heart-melting romance she brings to all her books, Emma Mills crafts a story about believing in yourself, owning your mistakes, and trusting in human connection in Lucky Caller.
When Nina decides to take a radio broadcasting class her senior year, she expects it to be a walk in the park. Instead, it’s a complete disaster.
The members of Nina's haphazardly formed radio team have approximately nothing in common. And to maximize the awkwardness her group includes Jamie, a childhood friend she'd hoped to basically avoid for the rest of her life.
The show is a mess, internet rumors threaten to bring the wrath of two fandoms down on their heads, and to top it all off Nina's family is on the brink of some major upheaval.
Everything feels like it's spiraling out of control―but maybe control is overrated?
How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian Published on January 28, 2020 by Algonquin Young Readers
Genres: Contemporary, YA
Pages: 352
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One young woman’s journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her life — family, money, school, and love — begin to overlap and tangle.
All sixteen-year-old Izzy Crawford wants is to feel like she really belongs somewhere. Her father, a marine, died in Iraq six years ago, and Izzy’s moved to a new town nearly every year since, far from the help of her extended family in North Carolina and Puerto Rico. When Izzy’s hardworking mom moves their small family to Virginia, all her dreams start clicking into place. She likes her new school—even if Izzy is careful to keep her scholarship-student status hidden from her well-to-do classmates and her new athletic and popular boyfriend. And best of all: Izzy’s family has been selected by Habitat for Humanity to build and move into a brand-new house. Izzy is this close to the community and permanence she’s been searching for, until all the secret pieces of her life begin to collide.
How to Build a Heart is the story of Izzy’s journey to find her place in the world and her discovery that the choices we make and the people we love ultimately define us and bring us home.
The Mall by Megan McCafferty Published on June 9, 2020 by Wednesday Books
Genres: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, YA
Pages: 320
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The year is 1991. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. Cassie Worthy is psyched to spend the summer after graduation working at the Parkway Center Mall. In six weeks, she and her boyfriend head off to college in NYC to fulfill The Plan: higher education and happily ever after.
But you know what they say about the best laid plans...
Set entirely in a classic “monument to consumerism,” the novel follows Cassie as she finds friendship, love, and ultimately herself, in the most unexpected of places. Megan McCafferty, beloved New York Times bestselling author of the Jessica Darling series, takes readers on an epic trip back in time to The Mall.
Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen Published on April 21, 2020 by Roaring Brook Press
Genres: Contemporary, YA, Queer
Pages: 304
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Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined.
She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out too late. She’s never even been kissed. And it’s not just because she’s gay. It’s because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world.
So when Maritza and JaKory suggest crashing a party, Codi is highly skeptical. Those parties aren’t for kids like them. They’re for cool kids. Straight kids.
But then Codi stumbles upon one of those cool kids, Ricky, kissing another boy in the dark, and an unexpected friendship is formed. In return for never talking about that kiss, Ricky takes Codi under his wing and draws her into a wild summer filled with late nights, new experiences, and one really cute girl named Lydia.
The only problem? Codi never tells Maritza or JaKory about any of it.
From author Kelly Quindlen comes a poignant and deeply relatable story about friendship, self-acceptance, what it means to be a Real Teenager. Late to the Party is an ode to late bloomers and wallflowers everywhere.
Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin Published on February 4, 2020 by Wednesday Books
Genres: Contemporary, Retellings, YA
Pages: 336
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Elle and her friends Mads, Jenny, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls only dream of. Every party is theirs and the world is at their feet. Until the night of Elle’s sweet sixteen, when they crash a St. Andrew’s Prep party. The night the golden boys choose Elle as their next target.
They picked the wrong girl.
Sworn to vengeance, Elle transfers to St. Andrew’s. She plots to destroy each boy, one by one. She’ll take their power, their lives, and their control of the prep school’s hierarchy. And she and her coven have the perfect way in: a boy named Mack, whose ambition could turn deadly.
Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Series: Dread Nation #1
Published on April 3, 2018 by Balzer + Bray
Genres: Alternate History, Historical Fiction, YA, Aspec, Queer
Pages: 455
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Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also opportunities—and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations.
But that’s not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston’s School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn’t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose. But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland Series: Dread Nation #2
Published on February 4, 2020 by Balzer + Bray
Genres: Alternate History, Historical Fiction, YA, Aspec, Queer
Pages: 336
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The sequel to Dread Nation is a journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.
After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.
But nothing is easy when you're a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodermus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880's America.
What's more, this safe haven is not what it appears - as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her.
But she won't be in it alone.
Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by - and that Jane needs her, too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not.
Watching Jane's back, however, is more than she bargained for, and when they both reach a breaking point, it's up to Katherine to keep hope alive - even as she begins to fear that there is no happily-ever-after for girls like her.
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci, Jim Rugg Published on January 7, 2020 by Brown Books for Young Readers, Little
Genres: Contemporary, Graphic Novels, YA
Pages: 496
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Meet the Plain Janes--artist activists on a mission to wake up their sleepy suburban town. This cult classic graphic novel is perfect for fans of The LumberJanes and Awkward.When artsy misfit Jane Beckles is forced to leave her beloved city life behind for the boring suburb of Kent Waters, she thinks her life is over. But then she finds where she belongs: at the reject table in the cafeteria, along with fellow misfits Brain Jayne, Theater Jane, and sporty Polly Jane. United by only two things-a shared name and frustration with the adults around them--the girls form a secret club dedicated to fighting suburban apathy with guerrilla works of art scattered around their small town.
But for Main Jane, the group is more than simple teenaged rebellion; it's an act of survival. She's determined not to let fear rule her life like it does her parents' and neighbors' lives. Armed with her sketchbook and a mission of resistance, the PLAIN Janes are out to prove that passion, bravery, and a group of great friends can save anyone from the hell that is high school.
With each installment printed in its own distinct color, this volume includes the original two stories--The Plain Janes and Janes in Love--plus a never-before-seen third story, Janes Attack Back. The Janes are back, and better than ever.
Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore Published on January 14, 2020 by Feiwel & Friends
Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Retellings, YA, Queer
Pages: 320
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Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves.
Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva’s feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever’s history better than anyone: Emil, whose family was blamed for the fever five hundred years ago. But there’s more to what happened in 1518 than even Emil knows, and discovering the truth may decide whether Rosella survives the red shoes.
With McLemore's signature lush prose, Dark and Deepest Red pairs the forbidding magic of a fairy tale with a modern story of passion and betrayal.
What books are on your Winter #TBR? Are you good at sticking to your #TBRs once you make them, or do you switch it up like me? Let me know in the comments below and have a splendiferous week!
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Oooh Dark and Deepest Red sounds interesting! I love these seasonal TBR posts too. I hope you get to read a lot of these!
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Thank you! Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
Belle Revolt, wow what a cover and tag line. Got to read that one. The Dread Nation books sent shivers up my spine. Thanks for the tip on them. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2019/12/ttt-winter-tbr-list.html
I know, the cover is so beautiful! And Dread Nation is one of my favorite books, so I’m hoping that I love Deathless Divide just as much! Happy Reading! 🙂
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I hope you enjoy all of these books!
My TTT.
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Thanks! Me too!
Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
I’m not very good at sticking to tbr lists either. I hope you enjoy these books when you get a chance to read them. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Maybe this #TBR will be the one we stick to then! Thank you!
Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
I read Lucky Caller. I LOVED it! I hope you do, too!
My TTT.
Oh good! I’m excited to start it soon!
Happy reading! 🙂
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I’m hoping to read Dark and Deepest Red this winter, too. Great TBR!
Thank you! I’m really excited for that one!
Happy reading! 🙂
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The Mall sounds pretty interesting, I’ll have to give it a look when it comes out 🙂
Louise recently posted…My Winter 2019/20 TBR ❄️
Have you read her Jessica Darling series? I loved them so I’m super excited to read The Mall!
Happy Reading! 🙂
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I’m excited for the sequel to Dread Nation. I also am tempted to give The Mall a read for nostalgic reasons alone.
When I read Dread Nation the first time I didn’t realize it was a series, so I’m ridiculously excited to find out what happens next! And The Mall just looks like such a fun read! Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
Belle Revolte sounds so good. I loved Miller’s Mask of Shadows. I’ll be looking forward to your thoughts on it! Great list. 🙂
Krystianna @ Volumes and Voyages
I started it a few days ago and so far it’s FANTASTIC! I’m listening to Mask of Shadows and Ruin of Stars on audio right now and I’m loving those as well! I don’t know what I’m going to do when I finish and there’s no more Linsey Miller books to read. 🤣
Happy Reading! 🙂
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I love the look of Belle Revolte. I hope you’ll like all of these. 🙂
The cover is AMAZING, and the book is just as good! Thank you!
Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
Ooh what a cover on Belle Revolte. Love it! The Mall looks amazing too! And haha I’m the same way- TBR’s are made to be broken lol.
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Isn’t it great?! I’ve got pictures of both of them on my instagram and they look just as pretty (if not prettier!) in person!
Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
The Mall and Lucky Caller look so good! All of these actually look good. 😉
Thank you for stopping by my TTT!
Dedra @ A Book Wanderer recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Winter (2020) TBR
Aren’t they beautiful?!? You’re welcome!
Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Books I Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
Wow, what an awesome list of so many books I haven’t heard of before but sound/look so good! 😍 I still have to read How to Build A Heart and I’m really looking forward to that one 🙂 I also need to finally read Dread Nation (I was so excited for that one and still it sits unread lol)! Late to the Party sounds like such a cute read. Hope you manage to read some of these!
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Thank you! Dread Nation is one of my all time favorite books, I hope you love it! Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
this is such a great selection of books – so much diversity
I hope you love them!
Thank you! Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
Almost put the plain Janes on mine! Hope you’ll like it!
Thank you! I’m looking forward to reading it! Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
all of these look so good! I hope you get around to reading them.
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Thank you! Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
I’m also bad about sticking to TBRs, mostly because they tend to be overambitious. But I’m relatively optimistic about this last one? Idk, we’ll see. 😅
Also, Late to the Party sounds intriguing! I hope you enjoy all these books when ya pick them up!
That’s how I feel too! Good luck at sticking to it!
Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
Lucky Caller was so cute! I hope you like it!
Thanks! I started reading it last night and so far I LOVE IT!
Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
I really like the sound of Dark and Deepest Red!
Plus the cover is so pretty 🙂
Pretty covers always get me. 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
Foul is Far and How to Build a Heart are two I’m planning to read this winter as well. I hope you enjoy all of these. 🙂
Thank you! You too!
Happy Reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
I haven’t read any of these, but I think I’ll have to now! These covers are beautiful and they sounds so interesting! Great list!
Happy reading!
Cate @ The Crime Scene Bookworm recently posted…My Winter TBR
Thank you! Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
I’m so looking forward to the new Emma Mills book!
I started it last night and so far I’m loving it! Happy reading! 🙂
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I’ve been dying to read Dread nation, too, especially with Deathless Divide coming out soon! Hope you’re able to check a few of these off your TBR. Happy reading.
Dread Nation is AMAZING!!! Thank you!
Happy reading! 🙂
Kait recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday | December 18, 2019
Great list! I’m really excited for most of these, especially Foul is Fair. Good luck & happy reading! 🙂
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Oooh so many good-looking books on this list and a lot of them weren’t on my radar 😀 Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment!