March 19: Books On My Spring 2019 TBR
Have you read any of these? Are you planning to?
There are also two readathons I’ve already decided to take part in next month: the OWLs readathon and the Unsolvedathon. You can read my seperate TBRs for those here.
Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire
This is the April book for the #ADayAMonth group. We’ll also be reading One Salt Sea in May and Ashes of Honor in June.
October “Toby” Daye, changeling knight in the service of Duke Sylvester Torquill, finds the delicate balance of her life shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended. Struggling to find a way to save Lily and her subjects, Toby must confront her own past as an enemy she thought was gone forever raises her head once more: Oleander de Merelands, one of the two people responsible for her fourteen-year exile.
Time is growing short and the stakes are getting higher, for the Queen of the Mists has her own agenda. With everything on the line, Toby will have to take the ultimate risk to save herself and the people she loves most—because if she can’t find the missing pieces of the puzzle in time, Toby will be forced to make the one choice she never thought she’d have to face again…
The Beholder by Anna Bright
Selah has waited her whole life for a happily ever after. As the only daughter of the leader of Potomac, she knows her duty is to find the perfect match, a partner who will help secure the future of her people. Now that day has finally come.
But after an excruciatingly public rejection from her closest childhood friend, Selah’s stepmother suggests an unthinkable solution: Selah must set sail across the Atlantic, where a series of potential suitors awaits—and if she doesn’t come home engaged, she shouldn’t come home at all.
From English castle gardens to the fjords of Norge, and under the eye of the dreaded Imperiya Yotne, Selah’s quest will be the journey of a lifetime. But her stepmother’s schemes aren’t the only secrets hiding belowdecks…and the stakes of her voyage may be higher than any happy ending.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug.
She never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po.
She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace—or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story.
Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math.
Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realise it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet.
Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own.
Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn’t attained.
Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
After the tempest, after the reunion, after her father drowned his books, Miranda was meant to enter a brave new world. Naples awaited her, and Ferdinand, and a throne. Instead she finds herself in Milan, in her father’s castle, surrounded by hostile servants who treat her like a ghost. Whispers cling to her like spiderwebs, whispers that carry her dead mother’s name. And though he promised to give away his power, Milan is once again contorting around Prospero’s dark arts.
With only Dorothea, her sole companion and confidant to aid her, Miranda must cut through the mystery and find the truth about her father, her mother, and herself.
A Modest Independence by Mimi Matthews
He Needed Peace…
Attorney Tom Finchley has spent his life using his devious intellect to solve the problems of others. As for his own problems, they’re nothing that a bit of calculated vengeance can’t remedy. But that’s all over now. He’s finally ready to put the past behind him and settle down to a quiet, uncomplicated life. If only he could find an equally uncomplicated woman.
She Wanted Adventure…
Former lady’s companion Jenny Holloway has just been given a modest independence. Now, all she wants is a bit of adventure. A chance to see the world and experience life far outside the restrictive limits of Victorian England. If she can discover the fate of the missing Earl of Castleton while she’s at it, so much the better.
From the gaslit streets of London to the lush tea gardens of colonial India, Jenny and Tom embark on an epic quest—and an equally epic romance. But even at the farthest edges of the British Empire, the past has a way of catching up with you…
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective.
This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them…
In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash . . .
The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all…
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life—she has an almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, and an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. It’s a great life and she doesn’t wish she was like her estranged sister, the magically gifted professor Tabitha.
But when Ivy is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at Tabitha’s private academy, the stalwart detective starts to lose herself in the case, the life she could have had, and the answer to the mystery that seems just out of her reach.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child.
Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life.
Is it a miracle?
Is it magic?
Or can it be explained by science?
I’ve been wanting to try the October daye series for a while. Maybe this year I’ll take the plunge. Magic for Liars sounds great too!
Happy reading this week!
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I’m really enjoying it so far! Book 3 seemed to really hit it’s stride. 🙂
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The Beholder has such a cool cover still!
I’m interested in Middlegame because Seanan McGuire and twins, but I don’t know much about it other than that 😀
Aaaand I know the Priory of the Orange Tree has F/F relationships and everyone says it’s really good but… 800 pages… I just… can’t. I’m weak.
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800 pages will be a real struggle for me. My attention span just doesn’t handle massively long books. (I’ve had The Name of the Wind TBR for ever). I bought a copy, but the more I look at it, the more I think I’ll spring for the audio too. XD
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Yeah, I’m just not even going to try 😀 Although it depends on the book, I just read Late Eclipses in a day and it’s almost 400.
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Definitely depends on the book. *nods*
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Hope you enjoy Once Upon a River. That one is on my list!
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Thank you! ❤
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Great list! The Priory of the Orange Tree made my list this week, too. Middlegame, Magic for Liars and Miranda in Milan are all books I’m hoping to read this year and I need to continue with the October Daye series, too. I hope you enjoy all of these!
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Thanks!
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I hope you like A Modest Independence.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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I’ve been seeing The Priory of The Orange Tree a lot all over Goodreads lately. I hope you enjoy it and good luck with your readathons!
My TTT
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Thank you!
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I’m so excited for Priory, can’t wait till I have time to dive into another massive book (I’m dipping in and out of Kingdom of Ash atm and can’t manage two massive books at once).
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/top-ten-tuesday-203/
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Its the size that’s caught me holding off at the moment too. I’ll have to save it for a quiet reading month with few arcs/ readathons.
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Yes I’ll probably do the same!
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Magic for Liars is on my list too. I also want to check out Middlegame!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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Hope you enjoy them both! 😊
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Graceling sounds like a great read.
My Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Late Eclipses and One Salt Sea are on my list too, since I’ll be joining the #ADayeAMonth group starting in April. 🙂
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Awesome! Remind me over on Twitter whenever you’re ready and I’ll make sure I add you to the group chat XD
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I’ll try to remember! I’ll first need to actually go on Twitter, LOL. I don’t tweet very often these days.
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I’ve been trying to cut my usage this month, I procrastinate on it far too much 😂
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Oh, I have plenty of other things I procrastinate on… 😉
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😂😂😂
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I’ve seen The Priory of the Orange Tree on a lot of TTTs today. It looks like it’s going to be the hot book of the year.
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Graceling is AMAZING! One of my favorites!! And I have the Beholder waiting for me too 😉
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I definitely need a copy of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. Been hearing great things about it. Here’s mine – http://kath-reads.com/2019/03/ten-books-on-my-spring-2019-tbr/
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It’s everywhere at the moment! I’m going to really try and get to it soon.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree is on my Spring TBR too.
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The Priory Of The Orange Tree is one I’ve seen around lately! It looks like a ton of people are anticipating it.
I hope you enjoy it!
Tina @ As Told By Tina
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Thanks! ❤
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I am such a fan of the Graceling series. I hope you like it!
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Thanks!
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I am kind of obsessed with the cover on The Beholder!
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It’s so beautiful! I can’t wait to see what it looks like in person.
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Great list! I have been meaning to read Graceling forever – I hope this year is the year! Happy reading!
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Me too! 😊 Finger crossed for us both!
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I’m a couple books behind with the October Daye series, but it’s a great series. I read and loved Graceling a few years ago and since I never read the next book I’ve thought I should reread it. You’ve got a good list of books!
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Thanks! I’m looking forward to them all 😊
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I haven’t heard of most of the books on your list but they sound like an interesting mix! I do have Once Upon A River and Middlegame on my wishlist and I’m hoping to read Priory soon..☺️🙂 Happy reading!
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Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
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ive started priory and im really enjoyin git. the beholder looks like a great reaed too
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Can’t wait to read what you think of it!
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I loved Once Upon a River and really hope you do too! Enjoy!
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Thank you! I’m looking forward to it!
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Ooo love the cover for the Priory. Happy reading!
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Thanks! 🙂
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