Hello everyone! I’m pretty excited about this months TBR since I finally have time to read without any interruptions! No school or exams, just time to read and watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine! Sounds like a pretty legit summer to me. 😂
TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo
I’m a little too excited for this one especially since everyone in the blogging community has been telling me how awesome this book is! It’s a standalone book loosely based on The Little Mermaid, and I think it’ll be a great summer read! Now I’m just waiting for it to arrive in the mail!
MY LADY JANE by Cynthia Hand
I’ve been meaning to read this book for quite some time, and I’m really looking forward to getting to it this month! From what I’m hearing, it’s a retelling of Lady Jane Grey, but a comical version of it. It sounds like such a fun read, and I’m always in the mood for books like this!
THE BONE WITCH by Rin Chupeco
My current read! I told myself I would finish this in one day, but that clearly hasn’t happened since I’m including this in my list…This was actually kind of an impulse buy for me, I just saw it at my bookstore and grabbed it, but I’m glad I started reading it straight away instead of letting it sit on my shelf forever! Initial thoughts…I’m really hooked onto the story!
CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE by Cassandra Clare
I’m almost positive this has been on every single TBR I’ve had so far this year…which is a little embarrassing. I’m only now realizing that Queen of Air and Darkness comes out relatively soon (not really but whatever) and I know it’ll take me a good chunk of time to get through the remaining 3 books (THEY ARE MASSIVE).
ILLUMINAE by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
I don’t know why I’ve been wanting to reread this again….even though I’ve already read it 4 TIMES. I might have a little problem. I just love this first book so much, and hopefully it’ll give me motivation to finish Gemina. (It probably won’t because I love Kady and Ezra too much). A more reasonable strategy would be to just read Gemina, without rereading Illuminae so I won’t be that hung up on the old characters but I probably won’t do that because I’m dumb. 🤷♀️
I’m feeling pretty confident that I’ll be able to get through these 5 books this month, and I really need to get back to reading since I’m terribly behind on my goodreads challenge.
I find that it’s so hard to start reading again after taking a 2 month break! I just have zero motivation whatsoever, but reading The Bone Witch has been helping a lot!
Thanks for reading!
-Ashley
July 2, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Great books! To Kill a Kingdom and My Lady Jane are both on my TBR. I hope you enjoy them! I loved Illuminae! I can’t wait to see what you think!
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July 3, 2018 at 7:57 pm
They both sound like really fun reads!
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July 2, 2018 at 7:40 pm
I’m so excited about To Kill A Kingdom as well! Can’t wait to see what you think of it!
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July 3, 2018 at 7:57 pm
Thank you! 😄I can’t wait to start it!
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July 2, 2018 at 7:58 pm
I loved TKaK! I hope you enjoy it too! And I haven’t even started Gemina so maybe if I reread Illumae I’ll want to go do that. I hear the audiobook is amazing so if I reread it I might do that instead. And goodluck with your TBR!
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July 3, 2018 at 7:57 pm
Yes!! I hear amazing things about the audiobooks, but the number one thing I love about those books is the format, so I don’t think I’ll be able to listen to the audiobook!
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July 3, 2018 at 9:15 pm
Yeah I own the physical book so if I do listen to it, I would love to have the physical copy there with me because it’s definitely a visual novel. I think the audiobook would be interesting though because I hear it has a full cast and really cool sound effects.
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July 2, 2018 at 8:17 pm
II LOVE ILLUMINAE TOO!! And I also need to read TKAK thos month!! Happy reading love 💕
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July 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm
IT’S TOO GOOD. I manage to love it even more with every reread 😂
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July 2, 2018 at 8:30 pm
The more I see My Lady Jane around, the more I want to read it! I love that time period.
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July 2, 2018 at 11:13 pm
I’m on the waiting list for “To Kill A Kingdom” in my local library since April. I hope it’ll be available soon. I can’t wait to read it.
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July 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm
It sounds so good! Plus the hype for it is crazy!
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July 3, 2018 at 1:33 am
I hope you love all these reads!
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July 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm
Thank you!! ❤️
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July 3, 2018 at 5:13 am
I adore B99 so much! TKAK is so good! I love the darker feel to it! My Lady Jane is so so good. All the characters are so funny and charming. I actually didn’t enjoy Gemina as much as Illuminae, probably because nothing can beat the first book haha. Good luck with your TBR Ashley!
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July 3, 2018 at 7:54 pm
Thanks Cindy! I’m LOVING B99, I can’t seem to stop watching it (I literally finished s1 in like one sitting 😳) I remember hearing you say that you loved Obsidio, so hopefully I can just get through Gemina!
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July 3, 2018 at 6:39 am
im glad to hear the bone witch is helping u to gt back to reading!! i’ve been meaning to read it myself for ages now :>>>
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July 3, 2018 at 7:52 pm
I’m liking it so far! It kinda reads like a middle-grade novel to me, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing in this case!
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July 4, 2018 at 12:17 am
middle grade books are always MEGA interesting!!! so that sounds promising 😮
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July 3, 2018 at 9:06 am
Re-reading Illuminae AGAIN?? Ha ha! How do you find time with all the other amazing books out there??
I can’t wait to see your thoughts on “to kill a kingdom” I keep meaning to get to that one myself! … Until then, I enjoy it vicariously through others. 😉
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July 3, 2018 at 7:52 pm
IDK it’s just a book that I know will get me back in the reading vibe…plus it still manages to blow me away whenever I read it! 😂
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July 3, 2018 at 9:20 am
Ooh such great books here! I hope you enjoy TKAK, and I’ve been wanting to read all the other ones! Haha
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July 3, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Thank you! I’m super psyched to read it!
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July 7, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Oh oh oh!!! It’s so cool that you’re reading Bone Witch right now! I’ve been dying to read it for such a long time, but I’d heard negative things about it (like, that it has a slow plot) but I strangely think that I’m going to love it. I’m glad you’re enjoying it thus far! ❤
Also, I totally feel you on reading a book in a series multiple times. Some installments I haven't touched again, but other ones I've practically cracked the spine because I loved it so much. 😉 Excellent post!
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July 8, 2018 at 4:51 pm
This is a great TBR! I hope you enjoy reading all of these books! Happy reading! 🙂
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July 8, 2018 at 6:42 pm
Thanks Raven!
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July 10, 2018 at 2:29 pm
Awesome list… hope you love them all!!!
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July 10, 2018 at 2:37 pm
You can never reread Illuminae too many times!!
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July 10, 2018 at 8:04 pm
That’s definitely true! 😂☺️
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