Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday- Spring TBR

A weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Today's topic is to list the books you are most excited about reading this spring. If you're a blog follower then you know I do themed months.

So, my April theme is dystopia. There's so much great dystopia out there and I have not read much of it. So next month my plan is to read a bunch of different books in the dystopia genre.

1.) The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
This book is being released on April 8th and I received an eARC via Netgalley. I'm a big fan of Ann Brashares' writing style and I'm interested to see her take on dystopia. I have already started it and I like it so far.

2.) Taken series by Erin Bowman
I won a free copy of Taken from Lynne Matson in the #NILtribe giveaway and the second book Frozen comes out this month so it's on the list.

3.) The Maze Runner by James Dashner
I noticed a lot of people like me want to read this series so I'm doing it this month and a few fellow bloggers and I ate doing a readalong. ALL ARE WELCOME! You should join us.

4.) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
This book has been in my TBR pile for the longest time. I even own a copy of the book but have not gotten around to reading it. I'm reading it as my classic dystopia.
5.) The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
This book is more Urban Fantasy and less dystopia but it's set in the future and I want to read it so I'm making it happen.







For May I've decided to take a break from the themed month. I wanted to do debuts but a few ARCs I have planned don't fit the theme so I'm throwing caution to the wind and read what I want. I'm not sure how I feel about this but sometimes you just have to be reckless.

6.) Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier
A few weeks ago when I said I had never read this book people lost their minds about how I had to drop everything and read it so there you go. I'm choosing this as my classic for May.

7.) We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
This is the very first eARC I received on Netgalley and I've been waiting to read it until it comes out in May. I've heard great things so I'm pretty excited.

8.) Sekret by Lindsay Smith
This book is one of my most anticipated books if the year and I want to read it ASAP. It is released on April 1st and sadly it does not fit into dystopia, I can't even pretend to make it work. It's one of the reasons that I'm not doing a themed month. I need to read this book, like, yesterday!

9.) Daughter of Chaos by Jenn McConnel
Ditto the above. This book comes out next week but it doesn't really fit into my themes. I may read it sooner but it's on the docket for May if I don't get to it yet.

10.) Half Bad by Sally Green
Ditto the above. This book already came out, I've been very excited to read it, and I haven't yet had the chance because it didn't fit my themes.







What are you reading this spring? Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Leave me a comment with your thoughts and as always... HAPPY READING!

19 comments:

  1. OOoh nice! I still need to read The Bone Season after finding a $7 hardcover copy at TJMaxx! Surprisingly it was in fairly good condition too! Sometimes I notice that their books get a little bent out of shape, but not this one!

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    1. Nice. Yeah I got a copy from Thriftbooks. It's in great condition but without a dust jacket. That's always the case, it makes no sense to me. Like everyone is thinking "I'll sell this book but I'm keeping the dust jacket!"

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  2. Great list! The Here and Now is actually my WoW tomorrow! The Handmaid's Tale is awesome, you will enjoy it!

    My TTT

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  3. Great List! I just finished Half Bad, I should have the review up on Thursday. I've been wanting to read The Handmaid's Tale for a while now and The Bone Season!!! Maze Runner just recently made my tbr list, it's sound intense! This top ten Tuesday was hard, only choosing ten books, I could of gone on and on. Hopefully I'll be able to mark the one's on my list completely of my tbr list and get them read! FINGERS CROSSED!!
    Check out what ten made my list @ Book Hangovers Blabs Books
    Happy Spring Cassi!! xoxo

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    1. Thanks Michelle! I can't wait to read your review. If you want to read The Maze Runner you should totally join our readalong. The more the merrier.

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  4. Ooh, your list is awesome! The Handmaid's Tale TERRIFIED me. It's so good and so chilling and so creepy and just phenomenally written. I'm looking forward to Sekret too. And, did you see that the trailer for The Maze Runner just got released? It looks promising!

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    1. I'm so excited to read The Handmaid's Tale especially if it's chilling. I love a good creepy dystopia. I did see The Maze Runner trailer. It makes me want to read the books even more!!

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  5. Wow, a lot of those are new to me. I hope you like The Maze Runner. It was just okay for me.

    Kristalyn @ The Sarcastic Palmtree
    My TTT

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    1. I hope I like it too. I've heard some mixed reviews but I'm still looking forward to it.

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  6. I am so in for The Maze Runner read along. UNLESS... I saw part of the trailer and it was kinda scary. Is this scary? Because I am a HUGE chicken and I don't wanna be scared!! Also, I read Sekret and liked it a lot. Like, a lot. The idea behind it is really just so cool. I hope you liked it too!

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    1. I don't think it's scary, I think there's just a lot of action. I think it's more of a thriller and mystery than a lot of other dystopia. Tanya (two comments down) says it's not scary.

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  7. I've heard so many great things about Sekret! The Here and Now looks amazing and it sounds so interesting! I wasn't a big fan of The Maze Runner trilogy; hopefully you enjoy it!

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    1. I'm liking The Here and Now so far. There's a lot of mystery and it's got that creepy dystopia vibe. I have high hopes for Sekret and The Maze Runner. I've seen some mixed reviews for both but I'm looking forward to them.

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  8. I loved The Maze Runner series so I hope you get to it soon.And to answer another comment - it's not a scary book, but it's suspenseful.

    Tanya Patrice
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    1. YEAH! I've seen some mixed reviews but I like the idea of it being a mysterious thriller and that's what it sounds like to me. I love a good suspenseful read!

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  9. I hope that you enjoy Rebecca. It is a great story.

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    1. I'm pretty excited! You were one of the people who convinced me to read it sooner rather than later.

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  10. Yes to The Maze Runner. It's none stop action. Plus you can read before the movie comes out in September. Thanks for stopping by my TTT :)

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