Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books I’ve Added to my TBR and Forgotten Why (stolen from Louise @ Foxes & Fairy Tales)
Hello Readers! I hope today finds you well and safe. When I saw today’s topic, I fully expected that I would end up doing something else. It’s only been a few months since I did a sweeping un-haul of my physical and digital bookshelves. I figured I’d scan through my TBR (To-Be-Read) and recognize everything on it. But as I started scanning, I realized there were several books that I’d forgotten why I’d added them, after all. My list is based solely on the covers, because I do tend to create different shelves on Goodreads that will sometimes remind me of why I added them, or jot down things in the notes section, such as ‘Amazon-first-reads’ or ‘giveaway.’ Here they are in no particular order!
(Link to Goodreads synopsis through book title.)
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House Arrest by K.A. Holt
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.20]
2
The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 3.89]
3
Front Lines by Michael Grant
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.14]
4
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.18]
5
Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.26]
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Underwater by Marisa Reichardt
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.03]
7
Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 3.83]
8
The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.24]
9
Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 3.70]
10
Free Me by Laurelin Paige
Current Goodreads Rating: [usr 4.11]
Have you read any of these books? Are they sitting on your tbr, too? Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
I’ve heard of some of these, but can’t say I’ve read any of them. House Arrest was one I wanted to read, but I never got to it.
Thanks for sharing.
http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2020/06/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-ive-added.html
Thanks for stopping by! <3
I liked WE ARE THE ANTS. It gave me a lot to think about. Oh man. This is a tough week. I want my TBR to go down in size not up, but I’m afraid I’ll be adding books to my list tonight based on the books people list. My TTT list of books I don’t remember why I wanted to read
Oh good! It seems to have great reviews.
Right?? I have a feeling all of our TBRs will be growing this week. 😉
I did the same thing with my list this week. Having weeded out my collection earlier this year, I thought I’d recognize everything, but there were still a few that left me scratching my head. Where the heck did they come from? But, House Arrest is awesome, and I hope you end up loving it.
Oh, I’m happy to hear you liked House Arrest! That’s one I couldn’t remember at all. Even after looking at it more in depth. 🙂
Oh funny, I literally *just* read a K.A. Holt novel (From You to Me). The one on your list didn’t grab my attention, unfortunately. Glaciers looks really intriguing, though. (thrift store shopper + some kinda dream job fixing library books?? get outta town! by which i mean come into my town and bring this book with you)
Oh okay! I’ll have to look up From You to Me. So… I didn’t read the synopsis for any of mine yet, but if Glaciers is about a thrift store shopper who fixes library books??!! That’s why I added it. 😉 I love to thrift store shop. And I love books, obviously. Ha!
Happy Reading!
The Edge of Lost looks interesting. Is that Alcatraz in the picture?
Yes! It appears to be. I still haven’t read the synopsis on these yet. I wanted to wait and see what all of you thought of them first. 🙂
I haven’t read any of these, although I have heard of We are the Ants before. This week I’m seeing a lot of new-to-me books!
Oh okay! That’s the main one I “recognized” but I still couldn’t remember why I added it.
Yes, I bet this week’s TTT will be full of new-to-us books. Our TBRs will be growing. 😉
These are definitely some interesting, striking covers! I like Glaciers — I would definitely pick that up to take a look, and Frontlines and Before We were strangers.
Yes, I’m sure the covers were part of the reason I added them. If only I could remember. 😉
We Are the Ants does sound interesting!
My TTT .
Yes, and I’m very intrigued by the cover!
These are all new to me!
I do like the cover for The Edge of Lost!
I’m expecting to hear and see a lot of that today. 🙂
I haven’t heard of plenty of these but I am curious about We Are the Ants and as I’ve found out while making this post, I also have that Carlino book on my TBR ? I’m not sure if I’ve read any of her books before but her name does sound quite familiar! Great post, Dedra 🙂
Ha! Well, we must have added it for some reason! We Are the Ants seems to be the most well-known one on my list. I might need to move it up the tbr. 🙂 Thanks, Dini!
Underwater sounds intriguing! Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
Yes, and I love the cover. 🙂
The Edge of the Lost is the only one on my TBR. I was shocked when I started looking at my TBR and found so many books that I do not remember adding, or remember but they had gotten lost in the shuffle.
Right??!! Me, too. I thought for sure I would know them all. Especially after recently doing a Goodreads cleaning of my shelves. 🙂
The Edge of Never was like that for me last year, too. I ended up deciding to read it. I really liked it.
Oh yay! I’m happy to hear someone has read it and enjoyed it. <3
The Edge of Never looked really familiar to me turns out I read and enjoyed it in 2015. I vaguely remember seeing Before We Were Strangers but for some reason hadn’t added it to my TBR so thanks for the reminder!
Yay! I’m happy to hear people have enjoyed The Edge of Never. I knew it was on my tbr for a reason. 😉 Hopefully we both enjoy Before We Were Strangers when we get to it!
A few of these look familiar, but I haven’t read any of them! The Edge of Lost really grabs my eye in particular.
It does have a great cover! Thanks for stopping by. <3
I tried reading We are the ants a couple of months ago but couldn’t get into it. I hope you’ll love it though! 🙂
Oh okay! Good to know. I wouldn’t be surprised if it just continues to languish on my tbr, though. 😉
I have read The Edge of Never and I remember liking it!! I have so many books that I tried to win giveaways on Goodreads… they make you add it to your TBR but then I forget to go and delete them if I decide I don’t want to read them later (Ex. bad reviews). This week taught me that I really need to go through and clean it out, even the ones that I own on my Kindle/Nook!
Oh I’m happy to hear you enjoyed The Edge of Never. Sounds like that one needs to stay on my tbr. And yes! That’s exactly how I end up with so many on my tbr, too. I did recently do a clean and got it down to 800 from 1000. But it’s currently back up to 1000. Oops. 😉
I haven’t read any of these, but We Are the Ants is on my TBR, too. I remember very little about why I added it…
Yes! It seems to have good reviews, so I guess it was fairly popular at some point. 🙂
It’s smart to make specific TBRs – then you won’t forget why you added books. I just have three – adult fiction, children’s fiction, and non-fiction. Just glancing at a cover, I can’t always remember why I added a book, but if I read the plot summary, I’ll usually spot tropes and themes that interest me.
I remember liking FRONT LINES, but it’s been a long time since I read it.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I probably have way too many specific TBRs. 😉 I’m a list maker.
I’m happy to hear you remember liking Front Lines. I think you’re the only one so far. 🙂
I haven’t read any of these before, and I have to admit that the only one that I’ve heard of before is We Are The Ants 🙂
It seems to be the most well-known. 🙂
Happy Reading!
Great list. Here is my TTT.
https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/top-ten-tuesday-5/comment-page-1/#comments
Thanks!
I really need to start using Goodreads more and sorting my shelves on there so I can keep up with things like this. I think the only one I’ve even heard of here is We Are the Ants, although I haven’t read it. Some of the others caught my eye by their covers though, like Before We Were Strangers and Shuffle, Repeat, so I’ll have to look more into those!
I love the shelving system on Goodreads, but I do need to do a reorganizing of them. It’s been awhile. 🙂
I’ve never heard of any of these, but they’ve got such interesting covers! I do vaguely think I’ve seen Front Lines somewhere? But it’s not my type of book, so I probably immediately dismissed it. xD
Front Lines doesn’t look like a book I would normally be interested in either, but once I read the synopsis and learned it was an alternate history of WWII where women could be drafted, then I realized why I’d added it to my tbr. I’m still intrigued. 🙂