This week’s theme from The Broke and the Bookish is “top ten books on my TBR list this summer”. I don’t pick them for any particular summeryness, so it’s not especially topical: this is just a bunch of the books I really hope to get through this summer. I’ve split it into two sets of five, too; five new books, five rereads.
New books
- The Burning Dark, by Adam Christopher. I’ve been meaning to read this for a while, it keeps catching my eye, so hey, why not. And since it’s supposed to be creepy, maybe reading it in the bright sunshine will help avoid me getting too twitchy…
- Yendi, by Steven Brust. Because I’ve started it already and really should get on with it!
- Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell. I like her style, and this’ll give me something relatively breezy to read. I might end up reading it while I’m ‘on duty’ at the clinic, in the quiet moments: I think it might suit that sort of reading, for me.
- Tam Lin, by Pamela Dean. I’ve had this on the in-progress pile for a little while now, to my shame. And I could do with the nostalgia for college right now.
- The Islands of Chaldea, by Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Jones. I’ve been saving this for a rainy day, and there are plenty of those in Wales.
Rereads
- The Fire’s Stone, by Tanya Huff. I’ve been meaning to reread this for a while, and Tanya Huff is always fun.
- Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. This has been on my list of favourite books for quiiiite a long time, but I haven’t read it recently.
- Lifelode, by Jo Walton. I’m rereading a lot of Jo’s work at the moment, and Lifelode is pretty special. I’m looking forward to reading it again.
- Santa Olivia, by Jacqueline Carey. Because hey, werewolves! Sorta. And I still haven’t read the second book.
- The Drowning City, by Amanda Downum. I remember really liking this, and I first read it a few summers ago, so it seems like high time.
Great list! I hope you enjoy Fangirl, I pretty much read that book in one sitting xD I’ve been meaning to read more of Jo Walton’s works, I really enjoyed The Others 🙂
Happy reading! My TTT
Me too, I’ve enjoyed Rainbow Rowell’s other work so far. Jo Walton’s really great, I recommend pretty much all her work.
I loved Fangirl, I hope you’ll enjoy it, as well! I’ve never heard of The Islands of Chaldea before, but it’s by Diana Wynne Jones, so I’ll definitely check it out.
Thank you for stopping by my TTT!
Me too! I enjoyed Attachments a lot, and I’m enjoying Eleanor & Park, so I’m hopeful. The Islands of Chaldea wasn’t finished when DWJ was alive so her sister finished it off: I’m very curious about the job she’s done.
Fangirl is on my list too. I loved Eleanor and Park so I am looking forward to reading more Rowell.
Have you read Attachments? I really liked that!
I haven’t read that yet but I’ll give it a look. Thank you!
I really want to read Fangirl this summer too!
Great list! Here’s my TTT
It sounds like there’s a lot of us!
Fangirl’s fun, and it’s definitely perfect for the summer. I haven’t heard of that Dianne Wynne Jones book before, but hers are always fun.
Good to know! And yeah, this DWJ one was completed by her sister after her death, so I’m curious how it works out.
The Burning Dark looks interesting. I look forward to reading what you think of it. 🙂 Great list this week!
I do enjoy Adam Christopher’s work, so I’m hopeful!
I hope you love Tam Lin! I went to the same college as the author (many years later) and it’s so much fun to see how she used it in that book. I reviewed Islands of Chaldea last month; I also loved the setting there (a transformation of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England). Your other choices look great too.
I’m sure I will, it’s been recommended to me so many times. I should check out your review of the DWJ, too!
Fangirl, yay! I hope this suits well for you 🙂 Also, Santa Olivia’s cover looks so kick-a! Happy reading!
Thank you. And yeah, I remember Santa Olivia being reaaally kickass.
Fangirl is wonderful! I think I read it in about two days–couldn’t put it down.
I was that way with Attachments, so I’m very hopeful.
Looks like a very good list!
Thanks!
Fangirl is also on my list! I’ve heard such good things about Rainbow Rowell.
I enjoyed Attachments thoroughly, and I’m liking Eleanor & Park so far, so I have high hopes. I like her style.
I’m adding Fangirl to my list, been wanting to read. Happy reading!
There’s quite a few of us doing that, it seems!
Great picks. A lot of these are new to me and I will be looking them up on Goodreads. I hope you manage to get to them all 🙂
Me too, I’m having a terrible time keeping up with the books I intend to read! I just get distracted and read something else…
Totally interested to see you do a review of Fangirl. I couldn’t put it down, but I still don’t know how I feel about it either.
I started it a while ago and I’m in the same boat. I’m wondering if having read Attachments and loved it will encourage me to enjoy Fangirl.
Fangirl is great; I hope you enjoy it! Rereads is a great idea, I always forget about them through summer!
Thank you. And yeah, I love rereading!