Good morning, all! Looks like Top Ten Tuesday is back, and the official theme is what’s coming up on your spring TBR. Well… ten books is far too few, plus when I make these lists I never end up following them. But let’s just say there’s a good chance I’ll read some of these soon. And to spice things up, I’ll give you two books I’m planning to reread, two review copies I need to get to, two books from my backlog I want to read, two books that everyone else wants me to read, and two books I don’t own yet but would rather like to read.
- To reread: Guy Gavriel Kay’s The Lions of Al-Rassan. I’ve been meaning to reread this for a while, and it’s one of my mother’s favourites. I don’t even remember it that well, so this should be good.
- To reread: V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic. It’s time to read the whole trilogy!
- To review: John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire. His books are always a good time, and this one’s been sat waiting for a while. Time to get to it.
- To review: Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Binding Thorns. Again, this one has been waiting for me a while. It’s high time, especially since the first book made me forget to eat my dinner.
- From the backlog: Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer. This is the Tor.com book club choice, which means it feels rather like a kick in the butt to actually go ahead and read these books… which have been waiting on my backlog for literally years.
- From the backlog: James Tiptree Jr.’s Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. It’s a classic, and I feel terrible that I haven’t read it — and now I’m here at my parents’ house for a while, there’s a copy staring me accusingly in the face…
- Please read it, Nikki: Scott Lynch’s Republic of Thieves. Um. I know. I have no excuse. I’m sorry.
- Please read it, Nikki: George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones. My sister really wants me to read this series sometime. Sometime.
- Wishlist: Melinda Salisbury’s The Scarecrow Queen. I haven’t uncritically loved this series, but I do want to know where it goes. There’s something very compulsive about it!
- Wishlist: Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer. Give. It. To. Me.
So there y’go: the TBR I almost certainly won’t complete in the spring… Heh. What about all of you? Can you stick to a TBR?
Game of Thrones is slowly becoming a must read for this year! I’ve been doing discussion posts on the TV series on the blog and Greg gives info from the books about each topic when he posts and it’s making me want to read them so much! I want to read them in April but there are other series I need to get to as well. Gah! Too many great sounding books! I’m pretty good at sticking to most books I select for each set of monthly reads but the odd mood one sneaks in or out sometimes…
I’ve been meaning to read them for at least ten years now! Oops…
Don’t feel bad – I still have to read Scott Lynch as well. 🙂
Bob @ Beauty in Ruins recently posted…#Fantasy Review: The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley
I’ve read the first two books! And I love them! But…
Yes!! Give Game of Thrones a go.
I love making these lists too but never read what I place on it.
I have the books! Just… need to find the time.
I need Strange the Dreamer – the sooner the better!
AGREED!
Yes, ten books is way too few, I usually have ten or more books I want to read each month let alone for a whole season 🙂 I wonder how I’ll fit them all in this spring…
And I agree with your sister, please read Game of Thones, Nikki!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Book Review: The Return by Joseph Helmreich
I often have way more than ten books I want to read… and end up reading none of them. I can be so contrary! Whoops.
Can’t wait for Collapsing Empire! I was finally going to read the Old Man’s War series this year, but may have to read the newest Scalzi first. 🙂
Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books on my Spring 2017 TBR List
Scalzi’s books are always fun, so I’m really looking forward to it! I’ve been meaning to reread all the Old Man’s War books, too.
Ooh, yes I’m so excited for Strange the Dreamer too!! I CAN’T WAIT FOR RELEASE! And Game of Thrones is awesome, but kind of problematic, so like I enjoyed it but ugh to some parts. ALSO YAAAS 500% TO A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC. And it’s perfect now because you won’t have to suffer any cliffhangers with all the books out!!
Cait @ Paper Fury recently posted…10 Books I Thought I’d Hate And Throw Into The Sun But Instead…I Actually Loved Them
I knooow, and we’ve been waiting so long, too!
Yes! I might have been very pleased when I realised that the whole series is before me and done.
Great list! I’d really like to read Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, too, and I really need to get to the Gentlemen Bastard books – I’ve heard nothing but good things!
Jess @ Curiouser and Curiouser recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday | My Spring TBR
I love Scott Lynch’s books! I just… need to catch up…