The Broke and the Bookish‘s Top Ten Tuesday prompt of the week: Top Ten Books I’ve Recently Added To My TBR (inspired by Jamie’s New To The Queue posts).
It’s usually top ten, but for myself I’m going just a liiiittle over.
I glanced at my latest books added to my To Be Read list on Goodreads, and there are quite a few intriguing morsels I’ve added lately!
They also have almost all been from recommendations or books people mentioned in blogs and such. This is the time of year when everyone’s posting their lists of favorite books of the year before, etc., so I’ve been gathering a lot more books on my forever growing TBR pile…
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
I’ve been wanting to perhaps read some of this famous mystery author, but I never know where to start, so I had once asked someone who mentioned she liked this author which was her favorite. She just got back to me and I promptly added this to my TBR. It sounds like an awesome mystery.
The Floating Admiral by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, etc.
Blogger and author Kelsey Bryant mentioned this to me recently: a mystery novel where each chapter is written by a different famous mystery author! How cool is that? Now THIS I have to see.
Blood Ties by Hazel B. West
When the author mentioned on Goodreads that she’s having a blogtour for this soon and I read the description, I couldn’t resist adding this to my list. The description starts with: “In an Ireland that mixes high kings, faeries, and modern warriors who drive fast cars, Ciran, a descendant from the famous warrior Fionn Mac Cool…” and that’s all I need to know. SIGN ME UP.
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
I noticed this in a summary of 2015 books post by Deborah Dunlevy, and it sounds like so much fun. Definitely want to try it out.
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett is another author who I hear good things about and never know where to START. So I asked Sarah and she recommended this one and the following one. They sound humorous. Count me in. I love humor and slightly crazy-sounding whimsical fantasy stories. Yes please.
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Same story on how I came to add it as above.
The Silent Songbird by Melanie Dickerson
BECAUSE MELANIE DICKERSON! And this one is coming out this November and will be the final Hagenheim book, and is a Little Mermaid retelling set between The Merchant’s Daughter and The Princess Spy. I saw on Goodreads Shantelle add this and went AAAHH IT’S ON GOODREADS! And instantly clicked “want to read”. Yes. (Because Melanie Dickerson.)
The Map Across Time by C. S. Lakin
Again, Kelsey Bryant listed this on her top reads of last year on her blog. It sounds like a delightful fantasy which I’m itching to get my hands on…
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Cait has been after me (and everyone) forever to read some Maggie Stiefvater… So when I finally saw a review by Lisa Pickle in which she mentioned it has Welsh-ish stuff (and then I read the summary on Goodreads)… yep, had to add it.
Black Spring by Alison Croggon
Jenifer Freitag mentioned this in her list of books she read last year, saying it was recommended her by Mirriam Neal and that it’s like Wuthering Heights but better and with fantasy. I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE. (No, I haven’t actually read Wuthering Heights yet. Shush. I just need it on principal because I like the sound of the “feel”. So. Just pretend I make sense.)
Playing With Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2) by Derek Landy
Because I recently read Scepter of the Ancients, the first Skulduggery Pleasant book, and I’m dying to read more. I need more of that humorous witty banter in my life. (Now I just need to FIND more of these books… Why don’t you have them, library mine??)
The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
Jenelle Schmidt mentioned this in her list of books she’d want on a deserted island. I’ve only read a few of Zahn’s books (Star Wars ones) and loved them… I promptly looked this up on Goodreads, and as soon as I’d read the summary I added it to my TBR so fast I think I got whiplash. It sounds like a Firefly-esque book, by Timothy Zahn, and basically I just need it right now, okay?
The Page Dreamer (Deborah O'Carroll) 
Yay! Icarus Hunt is a favorite!
Oooh, Jasper Fforde. Have you read anything by him? He’s fantastic, and hilarious. I love his Thursday Next series!
I definitely need to read more Terry Pratchett… I’ve only read one by him, but I enjoyed it, and loved his sense of humor.
Melanie Dickerson. I’ve heard this name a lot lately… will have to look her up.
Actually… all of these sound good. Library, here I come! (after I’ve made a dent in the to be read pile on my bookshelf, of course… I got a lot of books I’ve been wanting for my birthday…) 🙂
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Thanks for bringing it to my attention! I really must get my hands on it! 😀 Libraries… yes… And yet SO many books on the shelf already! *flail* I feel ya! 😉
I haven’t read Fforde before, no! Glad to hear another backing recommendation! 🙂
Humor is, I’ve decided, a glorious thing. If Pratchett has it, I’m in! 😀
My favorite Melanie Dickerson I’ve read so far is The Fairest Beauty (a Snow White retelling)… though I know she’s about to come out with a regency/spy tale in February: A Spy’s Devotion. Most of her stories are fairytale retellings set in historical-fiction type medieval Germany. 🙂
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Blood Ties sounds epic! *excitedly goes to put it on tbr shelf*
You’ll have to tell me how you like The Raven Boys…I’ve been wanting to read it myself, but I was always a little iffy… ??? 🙂
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Yesss, it sounds so epic! 😀
And okay, will do! Once I read it I’ll let you know what I think or write a review or… something. Whenever I manage to get it from the library… 😉
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Ah yes, the ever growing TBR list. Isn’t it great? xD This looks like a wonderful list!
I’ve been meaning to try some Agatha Christie for a while myself. It makes me sad I’ve never read her stuff before. If you do read any, let me know what you think!
Oh, The Last Dragonslayer! I’ve seen that around. In fact I ALMOST bought it in a bookstore one time but decided not to. Now I kind of regret it. It looks really awesome.
I’ve also never read any Terry Pratchett but have been curious about his stuff for a very long time. SOMEDAY I’m going to read something by him, I WILL.
The Raven Boys! I so want to read that. It just sounds amazing.
Basically this whole list looks amazing. If you do read any of these let me know what you thought. I’m intrigued by every single one of them!
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Ahaha. IT WILL NEVER STOP GROWING! XD
I just love how similar our book taste is. 😀 It’s fabulous. ^_^
I’ll definitely let you know what I think when I get around to reading them! 🙂
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I beta-read Blood Ties. It’s as good as it sounds.
Yes, my TBR is ever-growing 😉
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I think I first heard about it from your recommendation! So glad it’s good… I wanna read it. 😀
It’s a bookworm thing, isn’t it? XD
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I am an absent-minded person 😛
Yes 🙂
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Haha! Same. XD (But hey, I seem to trust your recommendations, absent-minded or not. ;))
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