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Most anticipated book releases for the first half of 2024 | Top Ten Tuesday [1-9-24]

Most anticipated book releases for the first half of 2024 | Top Ten Tuesday [1-9-24]

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Happy Tuesday! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl) is most anticipated releases for the first half of 2024! This is the first Top Ten Tuesday I’ve done since returning to book blogging, and I’m super excited about it. This is a good one for me because I’m just now throwing myself back into the bookish world after a long hiatus, so I need to catch myself up on everything releasing this year!

BRIDE BY ALI HAZELWOOD

Release date: February 6th

Oh my god. Ali Hazelwood and vampires???? When I learned about this one, I honest to god yelled. I have such high hopes for this one. Ali Hazelwood is my absolute favorite. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’ll read your grocery lists, Ali!!!

FUNNY STORY BY EMILY HENRY

Release date: April 23rd

Everyone knows by now that Emily Henry is the contemporary romance queen. I’ve read a lot of romance authors, tried to read their entire list of works, but no one has a portfolio as excellent as Emily Henry’s. Maybe Sarah Dessen, but Sarah Dessen is kind of a legend in that way. I digress. I have no doubts this book will be amazing.

A FRAGILE ENCHANTMENT BY ALLISON SAFT

Release date: January 2nd

This one is fortunately already out! I don’t know too much about it aside from what I’ve seen on others’ blogs, but give me a good fantasy romance and I’ll read it. I do not need to know anything else, thank you.

NOT IN LOVE BY ALI HAZELWOOD

Release date: June 11th

I don’t need to go on my Ali Hazelwood spiel again, but just know that this is coming out in June and when it comes out, I will be BUSY.

SO LET THEM BURN BY KAMILAH COLE

Release date: January 16th

I only learned about this one recently, but it’s a Jamaican-inspired queer fantasy with dragons. Guys. This sounds incredible. And that cover?? SO gorgeous.

FAEBOUND BY SAARA EL-ARIFI

Release date: January 18th

ANOTHER queer fantasy coming out!! I don’t know much about this one, but the vibes are there. And another sexy cover. Good work, team.

THE POISONS WE DRINK BY BETHANY BAPTISTE

Release date: March 5th

I haven’t read a good urban fantasy in a reeeeally long time. Witches and illegal love potions? Say less. I’m there.

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE BY S. T. GIBSON

Release date: February 13th

I’m not usually super into dark academia, but this one is lesbians in a Massachusetts college. It may as well be about my college experience, except just slightly more cult-y. This one sounds incredible.

A FATE INKED IN BLOOD BY DANIELLE L. JENSEN

Release date: February 27th

Forbidden fantasy romance. This one sounds so unbelievably hot. I don’t want to get my hopes up, but they’re already so high. Please don’t disappoint, Danielle!!

LORE OF THE WILDS BY ANALEIGH SBRANA

Release date: February 27th

I’m going to be honest, I saw the words romantasy, library, and fae in the synopsis for this one, and that was enough for me. It seems like it might also have a bit of enemies-to-lovers in it. I’m sold. I’m there.

What books are you looking forward to releasing in the first half of 2024?

January Wrap-Up

January Wrap-Up

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Books read this month: 12

Average rating: 4.25 stars

January was a good reading month for me. I went into 2022 wanting to really ramp up my reading habits for the year. Last year, I read a total of 76 books, a big increase from the 43 I read the year before. This year I want to go even bigger with my total if I can. So, January consisted of me trying to fit in time to read every day which I mostly succeeded at. Something that I’ve always wanted to make a good habit of is reading before bed so that I’m not on my phone right before I sleep.

My partner gave me a new Kindle for Christmas which I was over the moon about (my old one was from 2013). Reading on my Kindle has made it so much easier to read before bed while my partner sleeps and it motivates me to check more books out from the library through my Libby App, books I maybe would not have picked up at the bookstore for myself.

Now that my work and grad school have picked up again, my reading has slowed down. I still make sure to read before bed, even if it is just for a few minutes. I also have a few more shifts working at the library this semester, which gives me more time to read at the desk.

I feel good about my reading in January and hoping it sets a good precedent for February! 🙂

Favorite January reads:

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

So many people have raved about this romance, but I need to repeat what they’ve all been saying. This book is. SO. Good. Possibly one of my favorite romances of all time. Women in STEM and fake-dating trope are always a yes for me. So, so looking forward to Hazelwood’s next release!

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

I’ve been a little wary of Young Adult Fantasy recently, but this one was so much more than I could have ever expected. So many twists in the story and Shiori really took action–she was not a passive character in the least. This book had everything I need in a fantasy–good characters, brilliant plot, and a cute budding romance. Full review still to come on this one!

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

This is one of those epic tales I feel like everyone needs to experience. The story jumps back and forth in time from Marian, a pilot in the early 20th century, and Hadley, the girl who plays Marian in a new film. There is so much to this story that I can’t fully describe what it is or why it is so good. Mostly, I think it does an incredible job of capturing the human condition and life for queer women. It is a historical fiction novel, but Marian and Hadley’s lives really spoke to me. Definitely won’t forget this one for a while.