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Top Ten 2014 Releases I’m Super Stoked For!

December 3, 2013 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 55 Comments

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Top Ten Tuesday, as  always, is hosted at my other blog — The Broke & the Bookish

This week’s topic: Top Ten 2014 Releases I’m Dying To Have

There are SOOOOOO MANY 2014 books I want. You can follow my Catalog Creepin’ adventures to see more! OH AND ALSO apparently there is an unnamed John Green novel coming out in 2014. I WANT THAT. If it had a name and a cover it would be on this list officially. BUT I WANT IT.

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2014 Books I’ve Already Read But Would Have Made This List FOR SURE!

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Ignite Me: I told myself I would only allow myself ONE sequel on this list because I just talked about my most anticipated sequels and lots of them were 2014 releases. But IGNITE ME HAD TO BE ON THIS LIST. I know Tahereh Mafi is going to be evil and rip my heart out but I will love it. I know it. I will love the pain she dishes out.

Isla & the Happily Ever After: I am a Stephanie Perkins fangirl and I have waited ever so patiently (errr as patiently as humanly possible) for this book. If you haven’t read her novels you still have time before this comes out — get on it and pick up Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door.

Landline Rainbow Rowell: I love all things Rainbow Rowell and I want this sooooo bad. Both of her releases this year (Eleanor & Park and Fangirl) have been favorites this year.

Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson: I’m two for two with Morgan Matson’s books and I would like very much to get my hands on this and continue that streak.

The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder: This just sounds like a me book and I’ve been wanting it since I’ve heard about it.

Lies My Girlfriend Told Me: I’ve read one book from this author and thought it was really strong and the premise for this one sounds excellent! I’ve just become more and more excited about it ever since I heard about it.

The Impossible Knife of Memory: Anytime there is a new LHA book coming out it is going to make my list!

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: Love Jenny Han and this sounds fantastic!

Searching For Sky by Jillian Cantor: Her recent release, Margot, is on my list but I haven’t read it yet but this sounds AWESOME and very different. The summary says it’s a “reverse dystopia” and I love dystopians and haven’t wanted to give them up yet despite a huge flux of mediocre ones. I THINK THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE FAB.

Dissonance by Erica O’Rourke: I’m rather obsessed by the idea of parallel lives sooo I’m DYING for this one!

 

 

 

So tell me…what are YOU dying for in 2014? I can’t even contain myself!! SO MANY GOOD BOOKS! This list easily could have been 50.

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  1. Anne says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:06 am

    Laurie Halse Anderson and Morgan Matson! Can’t wait. Wonderful list.

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  2. Bonnie @ A Backwards Story says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:12 am

    ISLAAAAAAAAAA, yes, me too!!! Oh, and yes, THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY! You also have books on there that I haven’t heard of yet! And others that I know I’ll read! Oh, LOVE LETTERS is a book that was a Top 5 Spotlight a couple weeks ago for me with a special mention now!

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  3. Lydia/The Lost Entwife says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:17 am

    Ooo. The new Rainbow Rowell looks good (and I didn’t know about the John Green! Ah!)

    Here is my list of books I’m excited for. Not a lot of crossover – but I have been leaning more toward adult releases lately.

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  4. Lucy @ The Reading Date says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:20 am

    I’m glad to hear you loved We Were Liars and Love Letters to the Dead. They look fantastic and I want to sneak those in very soon. To all the Boys, Museum, and Since you’ve been gone also look fantastic. And Isla and Landline of course. Basically, I love your taste in books and can’t wait to for 2014 to read these lovelies!

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  5. Angie F. says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:25 am

    I am dying for Lies My Girlfriend Told Me and Ignite Me! 😀

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  6. Nina says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:39 am

    Seeing Landline on your list makes me a bit ashamed that I still haven’t read Eleanor & Park or Fangirl. I had Fangirl at BEA and put it back down because I didn’t like the cover. Definitely time to read both of them!

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  7. Michelle @ The Passionate Bookworms says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:57 am

    We only have Ignite me on our list – very excited! .. though I am one behind haha. Gotta catch up! I’m definitely going to go check out more from your list though! I have FINALLY started really getting into contemporaries and some of those covers are seriously grabbing my attention 😀

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  8. Chrissi Reads says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:59 am

    Ahhhh! Amazing list Jamie. I could easily add all of these to my TBR list. I do have Ignite Me and the new LHA book!

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  9. Christianna says

    December 3, 2013 at 1:43 am

    This is a really amazing list! You put some of yours that I was thinking about putting on mine, but they just didn’t quite make it! I’m glad their getting face time over here!
    My TTT

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  10. Kate @ whYAnot says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:03 am

    So many books I want to read here that I didn’t even know existed before today!
    Very excited for Isla and the HEA. Love Letters to the Dead sounds beautiful.

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  11. Angie says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:17 am

    I am soooo excited for Landline. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about it till tonight!!!

    My Top Ten

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  12. Alice says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:36 am

    Isla! So hoping that it actually, definitely comes out next year. It’s been pushed back too many times! I’m so excited to finally devour it!
    And Ignite Me! Eeeeeep. Tahereh is my absolute fave and I know she’s going to rip my heart out tooooo. Gahhh!

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  13. Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:42 am

    Well, I think ALL of us cheated on this week’s top ten Tuesday post. Ha ha but yes, it makes me SO happy that you loved Love Letters to the Dead and We Were Liars both of which are on my list. Also, so cannot wait for Since You’ve Been Gone and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

    This is my first time coming across Searching for Sky. Must see what it is about.

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  14. Bekka @ Pretty Deadly Reviews says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:59 am

    With every mention of We Were Liars, I grow more and more envious of everyone who’s read it already! I am SO, SO excited for that one – I want to experience for myself this mind-blowing ending.

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  15. AmandaEmma says

    December 3, 2013 at 3:10 am

    I forgot Love Letters to the Dead!

    My TTT: http://little-missreader.blogspot.dk/2013/12/top-ten-tuesday-teaser-tuesday.html

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  16. Chene Sterckx says

    December 3, 2013 at 3:43 am

    Dissonance has a beautiful cover 🙂 I haven’t read any on your list yet, but will check some of them out! I want to read Love Letters to the Dead thouth (I’ve heard of that one) 🙂

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday. list if you want to check it out!

    Chanzie @ Mean Who You Are.

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  17. Jess @ Such A Novel Idea says

    December 3, 2013 at 4:09 am

    Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and YES!

    Even though they didn’t all make the list (grr to only having 10 spots!), those are all on my must read list!

    Here’s my TTT.

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  18. Jasprit says

    December 3, 2013 at 4:41 am

    I’m so glad to see Isla and the Happily Ever After, To All the Boys I’ve Ever Loved and Ignite Me on your list! I totally agree with you, I have a feeling my heart is totally going to suffer with Ignite Me! I don’t think I’ve heard of the rest of the books you’ve listed except for Since You’ve Been Gone, so I will definitely have to check the rest out! Brilliant list Jamie! 🙂

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  19. Kim says

    December 3, 2013 at 5:23 am

    Looking at your list I see now that I forgot so many!! Like Isla and Since You’ve Been Gone! I still have to read Shatter Me, but I’ll read that soon. Even better is that I can now read the whole Shatter Me series back to back, so no anxiously waiting on sequels with this series for me. We Were Liars is on my list too, and I’m totally going in blind when I’ll read that one.

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  20. Milka says

    December 3, 2013 at 6:28 am

    AMAZING LIST! I have so many of these on my wishlist already and after seeing this post, that list also grew by a couple of books. Super excited for Lauren Halse Andersen!

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  21. Allie @ Little Birdie Books says

    December 3, 2013 at 6:45 am

    So … yeah. I’ve literally added all of these that weren’t already on my TBR to my TBR haha.

    Also … JOHN GREEN? AAHHHHH *jumps up and down*

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  22. Sandra @ Tea Between Books says

    December 3, 2013 at 6:50 am

    A thousand yes about the John Green’s new book. That man is like a genius writing machine. I can’t help loving his books. All of the characters are so unique that if I don’t get all of them for friends as a Christmas present this year I will get seriously mad at the world. And the world doesn’t want to see me mad.

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  23. Nikki @ The Paper Sea says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:12 am

    Most of your list was on my TBR shelf already! So excited for all of these to release. You’re right — 2014 is shaping up to a great year for new book releases!

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  24. Amanda says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:16 am

    I’ll definitely need to be checking out some of these books from your list! They all sound amazing! 2014 looks like it’s going to be a great year for new books!

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  25. Andi says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Love this list. Some of them should have made my cut but I had to stop somewhere. 2014 looks to be a fantastic year for books.

    My TTT List

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  26. Melody says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Very much looking forward to Ignite Me! There are a few on this list I am unfamiliar with so looking into them now! Can’t wait to add some to my TBR list!

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  27. Ginger @ GReads! says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:51 am

    Great list Jamie! The two you’ve already read made my list as well.. can not wait! And look at all those contemps!! eeeeee!

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  28. Jacque says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:19 am

    Isla made my top ten list as well. I completely forgot about Landline. I loved Fangirl and added Landline to my TBR as soon as I heard about it. Great list!!

    Here is my TTT: http://jacquesbooknook.blogspot.com/2013/12/top-ten-tuesday-2014-releases-im-dying.html

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  29. Betty says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:20 am

    I can’t believe I still haven’t read a Rainbow book yet. I gotta do it. That cover is so freaking cool, but so are her others so that can’t be my excuse! Obviously I’m excited for Ignite Me… hoping for chapter sixty-betty. Also looking forward to We Were Liars and Love Letters to the Dead! Nice list, doyke!!

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  30. Rebecca @ The Library Canary says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Ignite Me!!!!! I just read Fangirl this year and loved it so I will basically read anything Rainbow Rowell writes now. I have E&P just have to read it and I’m sure I’ll be buying Attachments soon. I really want to read We Were Liars after your raving Save the Date post on it. 🙂 I really want to read Love Letters to the Dead. Glad to see that you liked it. 🙂

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  31. Cecelia says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:45 am

    I hadn’t heard of DISSONANCE, but it looks kind of great. Parallel universes/lives is an idea that can be done really well in YA, I think. Putting it on my wishlist… now! Thanks for sharing!

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  32. Anya says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:17 am

    I really love your second list of books that would be on the first one, I totally wish I’d done that! Also yey Dissonance! I put that on the wishlist ages ago and keep forgetting about it since it’s taking so long to hear anything about it *wants*

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  33. Ellen says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Jamie, the covers are so gorgeous! I like your idea of two lists – it opens a whole new world of books! I’m so excited for We Were Liars. I’m definitely going to check out some of the others on your list!

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  34. Dreams says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:45 am

    Lovely list. (Ignite Me for the WIN!) I haven’t heard of most of those, they seem like contemporary books based on the covers. But, I’ll have to check them out. And there goes my TBR list, ever expanding.

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  35. Ellie says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    I have some of these on my list as well! Thanks for sharing!

    My Top Ten this week!

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  36. kimberlybuggie says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    Awesome list! Isla and Love Letters to the Dead are really intriguing. I can’t wait! I think 2014 will have some awesome new releases! I’m so glad you included Rainbow Rowell. I really love her books. I am looking forward to reading her book Attachments this month. It’s an adult book and sounds wonderful!
    Happy Reading and great list!
    My TTT

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  37. Kaley @ Books Etc says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    I’m seeing ISLA and LANDLINE everywhere! (Including my own list) It’s interesting to see what YA books bloggers are losing their mind about 🙂

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  38. Rachel Patrick says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    IGNITE ME, ISLA, and LANDLINE–I need those! Oh, and I have LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD, so good to know that it’s good! I’m hearing really, really good things about WE WERE LIARS.

    Rachel @ Beauty and the Bookshelf

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  39. Miss Print says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    I’m pretty embarrassed Isla didn’t make my list. I hadn’t heard of quite a few of these and will definitely have to investigate further–especially The Museum of Intangible Things, what a great title.

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  40. Doris says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    Awesome list. I just added a few to my tbr.
    And I totally forgot about Dissonance, I love Erica <33
    Our TTT
    Doris @ OABR

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  41. Rissi says

    December 3, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Yay for Rainbow’s new book; so fun. 🙂

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  42. Brianna says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    I’m really excited for Love Letters For the Dead. It sounds like a fresh, exciting concept.

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  43. M @ Backlist Books says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    Well that just doubled my 2014 releases TBR list! Some great books here. And awesome covers, which I am a sucker for no matter how I try not to be!

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  44. Reviews From A Bookworm says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    Great list and so many great books that I am dying to read myself. I am especially excited for Jenny Han’s new book and Love Letters to the Dead; can’t wait for either of those! My TTT

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  45. tabithasbookblog says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Isla and Ignite Me!! I know that Tahereh Mafi is going to do something heartbreaking, and it’s going to be wonderful! AH. So excited for all of these books. Can’t wait!

    Great list!
    – My Top Ten

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  46. Kayla @ The Thousand Lives says

    December 3, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    Ignite Me and Since You’ve Been Gone are on mine as well, and Dissonance almost made it (but was displaced by Erased by Jennifer Rush :D). I can’t believe I forgot Love Letters To the Dead though! I was declined on NG so now I have to rely on everyone else to tell me if it’s good – and now I get to pick up my own copy when it’s released.

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  47. Mary @ Mary Had a Little Book Blog says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    I definitely didn’t take the same non-sequel challenge you did because I only have one non-sequel on my list today! Love your picks, Jamie! I’m especially looking forward to Since You’ve Been Gone and To All the Boys. I think they both look ah-mazing!

    Mary @ Mary Had a Little Book Blog

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  48. Anna says

    December 3, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    YES TO ALL OF THE ABOVE

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  49. Lisa Schensted says

    December 4, 2013 at 12:46 pm

    IGNITE ME.
    Jaime, HOW WILL IT ALL END?! My heart can scarcely take it!

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  50. Meg says

    December 4, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    ISLAAAAAAAA!!! I need that book, same with Landline because Stephanie Perkins and Rainbow Rowell are the best. Most of these weren’t on my radar, but several of them are now on my TBR 🙂 Great list.

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  51. Caroline @ Bon Bons and Reveries says

    December 11, 2013 at 1:59 am

    First of all, LOVE your blog! It’s so professional looking and yet has so much personality to it 🙂
    Now, onto the books lol:
    I still haven’t read Shatter Me. But your enthusisam for the third book in that series has me bumping it up on my list.
    Dissonance is on my TBR list at the moment. I’m also excited to read it!
    Quite a few of the books you mentioned piqued my interest 🙂
    Hope you have a great week!

    Caroline @ Bon Bons and Reveries

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A book recommendation for all my historical fictio A book recommendation for all my historical fiction readers - The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. My holy grail historical author came through for me again. I can’t express how much I cared for and was pulled into the lives of these women living in a boardinghouse in DC during the McCarthy era just as much as I was racing to find out what happened in this house. The tension mounted as we got to what actually happened?? Masterful. Truly. #historicalfiction #bookrec #bookrecommendation #historicalfictionbooks @williammorrowbooks
Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Made a fun family day out of Independent Bookstore Day and hit up new faves @maveybooks and what used to be my second home when I lived closer @childrensbookworld which was so nice to be back home 🥹🥹

Book shopping is great but I can’t express how incredible building community is and indie bookshops do just that. I always wanted my own version of Cheers and, while not a bar where everybody knows my name, CBW was that place for me for almost a decade when I built community by going to YA book events there and moderating events. And while I am not able to get there as often as I was before I became a mom and we moved further away, It’s been so special to be able to share this beloved space with Riley.

These indie bookshops are so vital to our communities and I know everyone’s situation is different so this isn’t to shame but That Website can’t replace what can be created in these book spaces. Shop local when you are able! #indiebookshop #bookshop #bookshopping #independentbookstore
Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technic Ok technically I’m lying. My last read was technically ATMOSPHERE but I feel like between my stories and my dedicated post to it, I’d rather talk about the book I read before it but didn’t update y’all on.

The Trouble With Anna — I enjoyed this delightful little historical romance about a heroine who is carving out her independence only to find out, when her grandfather dies, that he tied her inheritance/future to marrying her best friend’s brother — a not-so-happy surprise for both of them. I could understand why they both had some guardness/walls up and I enjoyed watching them slowly start to lower them.

Mayhem and the Mortal - I’m not too far into this romantic fantasy but it is one of my most anticipated that came out last month and I’m excited to dig in more.

Hamnet — I know, I know. For April I decided not to make a traditional TBR list of books I wanted to read but instead give myself some prompts to guide my reading (bc I’m overwhelmed with all my choices at hand) without feeling rigid. One of the prompts was to read a book I HAD TO BUY but is still unread. So going to finally get to it. Have you read this one or watched the movie?

What are you currently reading?
I had been waiting for the perfect time to read th I had been waiting for the perfect time to read this one after Random House sent me a finished copy as TJR is a longtime auto-buy author.  I found myself caught up in all the space joy and wonder and feeling quite parasocial about the Artemis crew...I decided now was the time.

I had no idea what I was getting into.

I hadn’t really known what it was about but I didn’t really need to given its TJR & the fact it was 1980s NASA & astronauts.

But this book was about love to me - romantic love, platonic love, familial love, love for something bigger than yourself, love for the person you are & are becoming, love in the face of obstacles, love for what lights you up.

Having been invested in real life astronauts & their journey lately really made this book even more vivid to me — seeing the bonds of the crew so deeply, feeling the fragility that exists while they are doing this wondrous & crazy thing that often still boggles my mind that we can do.

And, hardest to put into words, that feeling of awe in the expansive nature & capabilities of love & the universe that I felt when a husband named a crater after his late wife which doubly helped me understand how Joan & Vanessa felt looking back at earth.

It made me sob & feel everything about being a human so deeply basically from that Frances/Joan phone call at 86% of the way through until the final words. Like could not breathe.

*might be a tiny bit spoilery so beware:

I think the way she wrote this was so impactful bc we start out knowing something bad happens &it’s not even that far when we know that some of them def won’t make it back & some are alive in peril.

I was like “oof” when *it* happens early on. But each and every chapter where we learn more about these ppl & their relationships felt agonizing & I was retroactively grieving for them more deeply every turn of the page.

The hurt and grief just compounds from a moment that was sad from the jump to something that had dug in deep to me.

To know what happens right before this mission makes the mission control bits even more excruciating. Makes the peril a character is in hit even harder than just “oh that must be scary!”. 

I loved it. I needed it bad.
The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being m The theme of Q1 was “just go with it” — it being my reading whims, quirks and troubles.

Interesting things:

1. January started out rough. I only read 1 physical book and leaned very heavy into audiobooks only. At first it was distressing that my brain -thanks to current events and their effect on my mind - couldn’t work out how to sit down and read with my eyeballs but I was like…let’s just roll with it and wait for it to pass. So I waited and enjoyed a ton of audiobooks.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many thrillers and mysteries in a quarter. It’s a genre I love but I’m normally quite more balanced. However, it’s what I was craving and what my brain was tolerating so…I just went with it.

3. I have always been a reader led by my moods (both how I feel reading wise and personally). This quarter was FERAL. Like the most feral mood reading ever. I couldn’t even categorize it. I’d decide on one book enthusiastically and suddenly I was like…absolutely not that.

4. I read way less fantasy than normal which was WEIRD but I felt like I also wasn’t surprised given my brain space.

5. I really started to resent people even more who said “it’s a book account stop talking about politics etc”. Babe, I’m a human who gives a shit but ALSO this has and always been an account of MY reading life. And my reading life was profoundly affected by the things that were going on in this country. Like they have been before - whether it’s been current events or things like having a kid, being depressed, slumps, etc.

6. I return to the fact that, for me, I am happiest when I pay attention to my reading whims. The end of the month I had a very specific reading mood (wanted time travel element but not a heavy time travel book) and I decided to pick up A Rip Through Time at the end of the month and I’m now halfway through book 4. Having the best time ever!!! 

Anyways, tell me how your reading life was in Q1! Fave books? Biggest surprises??
New historical fiction books on my radar for April New historical fiction books on my radar for April and I feel like there is quite a bit of variety. Any of these on your TBR? #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #newbookrelease #newbookreleases
Being someone who reads based on their ever shifti Being someone who reads based on their ever shifting reading moods (sometimes very feral) makes library holds and tbrs very hard. It’s the worst when 5 weeks ago I would have gobbled the library hold up but now when the hold comes in I’m like…I think not. #readersofinstagram #readerproblems #librarylife #librarybooks #moodreader

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