2018 definitely wasn't the greatest year but in terms of reading, it was nothing short of fantastic. It was my best reading year yet. I'm hoping to repeat at least some of that this upcoming year.
The first Goodreads challenge I actually participated in was in 2016. I had set it to 20 books in August or so. I barely reached it. The 20th book was finished about 10PM on New Year's Eve. And I'd had to read about a book a day for six days straight just to hit it. Since then, it's increased by 10 books each year. 2017 and 2018 were both ended at over my initial goal. This year, I'm setting it at 50 books. Which I am hoping to hit before the end of June. After that, we'll see how many I can get to.
One thing I want to start doing this upcoming year is to read at least one classic book a month. I've read a number of classics already outside of school and want to read more. I've technically already started this by listening to The Call of the Wild by Jack London as well as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I have my next ten classics already picked out. I doubt they'll last me until October. But if it takes me until then for those, that's fine.
My last main goal is to actually write more reviews. I've written a small handful over the last year or so. However, I want to write more and get better at it. I feel like I'm horrible at writing reviews, whether here or on Goodreads. So I want to write more and hopefully get better at it.
One thing I've been tossing around in my head is actually starting a YouTube channel. I just don't feel like I'm the most creative person in the world when it comes to possibly doing this. I do like the thought of becoming friends with other people who are readers, hence this blog. It just doesn't seem like too many people really interact with blogs, or at least this one. And I'd love to have that interaction with others. So that may be something that starts up later this year.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Sunday, December 30, 2018
End of 2018 Reading Year Review, Including Favorites of 2018
2018 has felt like such a long year. When I was looking through all of the books of my "favorites" shelf on Goodreads, I was surprised by some of the ones were from this year. I had honestly thought I had read a couple of these in 2017. It's been that long of a year.
Even though this year has felt like an eternity, I did read a number of really good books. I had added 11 favorites this year but I'm only going to list the top ten here. The eleventh one is one I'm actually debating on removing from my favorites shelf now that I've had several months between when I read it and now. I'm finding that I don't think of it as much as I did when I first read it.
I had set the goal of reading 40 books at the beginning of the year. I completed that challenge and then some. I ended up completing 141 books this year, which is probably my best reading year ever. Per the Goodreads stats page, it says that those books amount to 48,363 pages. Holy. Smokes. It also shows that the shortest book I read was Go the F*** to Sleep by Adam Mansbach and the longest was Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
I think the biggest reason why I had gotten so many books read this year was getting a library card the beginning of August. Which gave me access to not only to their physical books but also access to OverDrive. A friend had recommended The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck at that point. I didn't have a copy and wasn't so sure I had wanted to buy one. Which initiated my going to the library with a different friend. We both got cards that day and I've fallen in love with the library all over again.
The following is my list of favorite books from this year. They aren't in any particular order and will be linked, as always:
Obisidio by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Lifel1k3 (Likelike) by Jay Kristoff
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns Julie C Dao
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Robin by Dave Itzkoff
The Seven Husband's of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Two of these books, Robin and Not My Father's Son, aren't what I normally lean towards for reading. But they involve two of my absolute favorite people to watch in movies, Robin Williams and Alan Cumming.
Robin is a biography about Robin Williams. This book made me cry at the end for a good 45 minutes to an hour. I had borrowed it as an audio book from the library. If I had physically read this book, there would have been tears all over the last few pages. I didn't realize how close I was to the end when I went to the gym one evening and turned on this book to listen to it as I worked out. Got about halfway through my workout, realized roughly in his life I was, and left. I spent the rest of the book sitting in my vehicle crying as I listened to the end of this book. I grew up watching his movies from Hook to Flubber to Mrs. Doubtfire, just to name a few. This man will always have a place in my heart. Which is why, when I got to the part where he died, I started crying. It was as if he had just died again.
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming is an audio book I had bought on a whim earlier this year. I grew up with some of his movies as well, so I was willing to hear about more of his life. And to make it even better, Alan Cumming narrates the audio book himself. I could listen to him speak for hours, to be honest, and never get tired of his voice. This one goes back and forth in time, so you can see some of his childhood and some of the events that were more recent. The more recent events involved Alan having been approached about doing a celebrity genealogy show. I thought it was interesting to learn a bit about his childhood and how it related to what he had currently been doing.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was one that took me by surprise. I don't normally read books that are more contemporary but I had seen a lot of buzz online about it, so I borrowed it from the library as an ebook. Mostly because I wanted to find out why this woman had had seven different husbands. And fell in love. It's definitely worth checking out, even if a celebrity tell all isn't your kind of thing. I loved it so much that I had to buy a physical copy of it for myself.
I can't really say too much about Obsidio without possibly going into spoiler territory but this was definitely a fantastic ending to the Illuminae Files. I had pre ordered the physical book and have since bought the audio as well. The audio books for all three books in the series are all full cast of narrators and are very much worth the listen if you like audio books. If not, the physical books are all formatted in the way of emails, IMs, emails. If you like spaceships and explosions, this is an amazing series to go with.
Shadowsong is a sequel as well. So I can't really say too much about it. But it does pick up not too much longer after Wintersong. I will say that I was hoping for a touch more Goblin King, though.
I had pre ordered Lifel1k3 and the day it arrived in the mail, I read almost the whole thing in one sitting. And would have finished it, too, if the power hadn't gone out at 10 or 11PM. Pretty much everything Jay Kristoff writes is bound to be a favorite of mine. I loved Eve, Lemon Fresh, and Cricket so much. And it took me maybe half the book to realize that there were similarities to a point in history about 100 years ago. I'm so glad I picked up on that little correlation. It just made the book just that much better.
Muse of Nightmares is a sequel as well. So many sequels on this list, it feels like.This one picks up pretty much right after where Strange the Dreamer ends.
I was so excited when I found out that Forest of a Thousand Lanterns was a east Asian inspired retelling of the Evil Queen from Snow White. And it lived up to my expectation and exceeded them. The sequel, Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix, just came out in November. I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet but will as soon as I get the chance to do so.
The last two favorites, Red Sister and The Lies of Locke Lamora, are books I just read this month. And because of these books, I'm glad that I wait until I've finished my last book of the year before doing any kind of final favorites lists of the year. Red Sister I had heard described as a book about assassin nuns being trained at a convent. That was all I honestly needed to know. I can't wait to pick up the second book here soon. I had borrowed Red Sister from the library but they don't have book two. With The Lies of Locke Lamora, I knew even less about the book. All I knew about it was that it was the start of the Gentleman Bastard series. And once I got into it, I read this 700+ page book in two days. This was also a borrowed book from the library. Luckily, they have books two and three,. Which are both currently on hold.
Let me know if you want to hear about least favorite books of 2018. I have a couple of those. Or any other content that you would ant to see from me.
Even though this year has felt like an eternity, I did read a number of really good books. I had added 11 favorites this year but I'm only going to list the top ten here. The eleventh one is one I'm actually debating on removing from my favorites shelf now that I've had several months between when I read it and now. I'm finding that I don't think of it as much as I did when I first read it.
I had set the goal of reading 40 books at the beginning of the year. I completed that challenge and then some. I ended up completing 141 books this year, which is probably my best reading year ever. Per the Goodreads stats page, it says that those books amount to 48,363 pages. Holy. Smokes. It also shows that the shortest book I read was Go the F*** to Sleep by Adam Mansbach and the longest was Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
I think the biggest reason why I had gotten so many books read this year was getting a library card the beginning of August. Which gave me access to not only to their physical books but also access to OverDrive. A friend had recommended The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck at that point. I didn't have a copy and wasn't so sure I had wanted to buy one. Which initiated my going to the library with a different friend. We both got cards that day and I've fallen in love with the library all over again.
The following is my list of favorite books from this year. They aren't in any particular order and will be linked, as always:
Obisidio by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Lifel1k3 (Likelike) by Jay Kristoff
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns Julie C Dao
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
Robin by Dave Itzkoff
The Seven Husband's of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Two of these books, Robin and Not My Father's Son, aren't what I normally lean towards for reading. But they involve two of my absolute favorite people to watch in movies, Robin Williams and Alan Cumming.
Robin is a biography about Robin Williams. This book made me cry at the end for a good 45 minutes to an hour. I had borrowed it as an audio book from the library. If I had physically read this book, there would have been tears all over the last few pages. I didn't realize how close I was to the end when I went to the gym one evening and turned on this book to listen to it as I worked out. Got about halfway through my workout, realized roughly in his life I was, and left. I spent the rest of the book sitting in my vehicle crying as I listened to the end of this book. I grew up watching his movies from Hook to Flubber to Mrs. Doubtfire, just to name a few. This man will always have a place in my heart. Which is why, when I got to the part where he died, I started crying. It was as if he had just died again.
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming is an audio book I had bought on a whim earlier this year. I grew up with some of his movies as well, so I was willing to hear about more of his life. And to make it even better, Alan Cumming narrates the audio book himself. I could listen to him speak for hours, to be honest, and never get tired of his voice. This one goes back and forth in time, so you can see some of his childhood and some of the events that were more recent. The more recent events involved Alan having been approached about doing a celebrity genealogy show. I thought it was interesting to learn a bit about his childhood and how it related to what he had currently been doing.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was one that took me by surprise. I don't normally read books that are more contemporary but I had seen a lot of buzz online about it, so I borrowed it from the library as an ebook. Mostly because I wanted to find out why this woman had had seven different husbands. And fell in love. It's definitely worth checking out, even if a celebrity tell all isn't your kind of thing. I loved it so much that I had to buy a physical copy of it for myself.
I can't really say too much about Obsidio without possibly going into spoiler territory but this was definitely a fantastic ending to the Illuminae Files. I had pre ordered the physical book and have since bought the audio as well. The audio books for all three books in the series are all full cast of narrators and are very much worth the listen if you like audio books. If not, the physical books are all formatted in the way of emails, IMs, emails. If you like spaceships and explosions, this is an amazing series to go with.
Shadowsong is a sequel as well. So I can't really say too much about it. But it does pick up not too much longer after Wintersong. I will say that I was hoping for a touch more Goblin King, though.
I had pre ordered Lifel1k3 and the day it arrived in the mail, I read almost the whole thing in one sitting. And would have finished it, too, if the power hadn't gone out at 10 or 11PM. Pretty much everything Jay Kristoff writes is bound to be a favorite of mine. I loved Eve, Lemon Fresh, and Cricket so much. And it took me maybe half the book to realize that there were similarities to a point in history about 100 years ago. I'm so glad I picked up on that little correlation. It just made the book just that much better.
Muse of Nightmares is a sequel as well. So many sequels on this list, it feels like.This one picks up pretty much right after where Strange the Dreamer ends.
I was so excited when I found out that Forest of a Thousand Lanterns was a east Asian inspired retelling of the Evil Queen from Snow White. And it lived up to my expectation and exceeded them. The sequel, Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix, just came out in November. I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet but will as soon as I get the chance to do so.
The last two favorites, Red Sister and The Lies of Locke Lamora, are books I just read this month. And because of these books, I'm glad that I wait until I've finished my last book of the year before doing any kind of final favorites lists of the year. Red Sister I had heard described as a book about assassin nuns being trained at a convent. That was all I honestly needed to know. I can't wait to pick up the second book here soon. I had borrowed Red Sister from the library but they don't have book two. With The Lies of Locke Lamora, I knew even less about the book. All I knew about it was that it was the start of the Gentleman Bastard series. And once I got into it, I read this 700+ page book in two days. This was also a borrowed book from the library. Luckily, they have books two and three,. Which are both currently on hold.
Let me know if you want to hear about least favorite books of 2018. I have a couple of those. Or any other content that you would ant to see from me.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Last Minute Things to Finish Before 2018 Ends
Anyone else have any goals that they want to finish? I know I definitely do. Mostly bookish, so I thought I would share a couple of them with you.
I have a couple of physical books checked out from the library that I want to get read and returned by the end of the year. I've had one since the beginning of the month and have only made a small fraction of the way through. That book is The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, which I'm liking but I've had such a hard time picking up physical books lately. But I'm planning on sitting down with it tomorrow and finishing it, maybe with a mug of tea at hand. The other book I have checked out is A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos. I had initially heard about it from Regan at PeruseProject on YouTube. I thought it sounded interesting and saw it at the library, so I borrowed it.
Another thing I've been working on is finishing the Christmas books that I wanted to get read this year. I listed to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and narrated by Tim Curry yesterday. This one I liked, partly because of it being Tim Curry as the narrator. Stayed up way too late last night reading He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. I didn't like it much and found it way to predictable. I still have to finish The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. This one is roughly 100 years old and you can tell it's a dated story somewhat. I don't mind it so far. I'm loving Moppet, she's such a quick wit.
About a week ago, I was hopeful that I would be able to get to 150 read books by the end of the year. However, now that we're a week away from the new year, I will be most likely finishing the year out at 141. I can't complain about that since it will be just over 100 books over my initial goal of 40 books read. If I pick up anything else, it will be all the better. I probably won't until the new year since there's been a few shows and movies I want to watch on Netflix and Hulu.
I will have a goals post up soon as well as how well I did with my reading year this year. I just need to get these things done first. As well as get the goals figured out.
I have a couple of physical books checked out from the library that I want to get read and returned by the end of the year. I've had one since the beginning of the month and have only made a small fraction of the way through. That book is The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, which I'm liking but I've had such a hard time picking up physical books lately. But I'm planning on sitting down with it tomorrow and finishing it, maybe with a mug of tea at hand. The other book I have checked out is A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos. I had initially heard about it from Regan at PeruseProject on YouTube. I thought it sounded interesting and saw it at the library, so I borrowed it.
Another thing I've been working on is finishing the Christmas books that I wanted to get read this year. I listed to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and narrated by Tim Curry yesterday. This one I liked, partly because of it being Tim Curry as the narrator. Stayed up way too late last night reading He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. I didn't like it much and found it way to predictable. I still have to finish The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. This one is roughly 100 years old and you can tell it's a dated story somewhat. I don't mind it so far. I'm loving Moppet, she's such a quick wit.
About a week ago, I was hopeful that I would be able to get to 150 read books by the end of the year. However, now that we're a week away from the new year, I will be most likely finishing the year out at 141. I can't complain about that since it will be just over 100 books over my initial goal of 40 books read. If I pick up anything else, it will be all the better. I probably won't until the new year since there's been a few shows and movies I want to watch on Netflix and Hulu.
I will have a goals post up soon as well as how well I did with my reading year this year. I just need to get these things done first. As well as get the goals figured out.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Some 2019 Anticipated Releases
If feels like I just did this post this time last year, excited about books coming out this year. And 2018 has definitely been a really good reading year this year. I'm hoping to continue the reading pace that I've been at going into 2019. And I thought I'd share some of the books I'm anticipating coming out in the new year.
The Wicked King
Book 2 of The Air of the Folk
Holly Black
January 8, 2019
This is the sequel to The Cruel Prince that came out in January of this year. I got it in both OwlCrate and Fairyloot in January. It follows Jude, who lives in the fairy world with her twin sister, and older sister. When Jude and her twin were seven years old, their older sister's father, a faerie, came to the human world, came to their home and murders their parents. He sweeps them to the faerie world. 10 years later, we're following Jude as she fights for a place in the faerie court. There's faerie politics, intrigue, bloodshed. I really liked this book. This is supposed to follow after the events after The Cruel Prince. I'm not sure how soon after, though. OwlCrate is doing a special box just for The Wicked King and it's supposed to match their exclusive edition of the first book.
Sherwood
Meagan Spooner
March 19, 2019
This is a Robin Hood retelling and I am so excited for it. Retellings of Robin Hood have proved to be some of my favorite retellings. Especially the Disney version and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. This one follows Maid Marian, following the death of Robin at the King's side in the Holy Land. Marian and Robin had gotten engaged prior to his death. Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand man, wants to the place as Lord of Locksley and be her fiancé. Marian is having none of that and takes Robin's place and I am so ready for this.
Scorch Dragons
Elementals #2
Amie Kaufman
March 26, 2019
I borrowed the first book, Ice Wolves, from the library as an audio book through Overdrive and had a lot of fun listening to this book. The first book follows Anders, who is a twin. In his and his twin sister Rayna's world, ice wolves and scorch dragons hate each other and are sworn enemies. Anders takes one elemental form and Rayna takes another. Anders goes to rescue his sister. This one seems to pick up right after the first book.
Aurora Rising
The Aurora Cycle, Book 1
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
April 30, 2019/May 6, 2019
My favorite writing duo is back with another series and I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of this. I'm so excited about this that I have it already pre ordered. This is another scifi series from them following completely different from the Illuminae Files, taking place in the year 2380. This follows Tyler Jones, who is graduating from Aurora Academy, along with his friends. He rescues a girl, Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, who has been in a cryo sleep for over 2 centuries. She is potentially the catalyst for a lot of trouble. And I need this book in my hands as of yesterday.
Dev1at3 (Deviate)
Book 2 of the Lifel1k3 series
Jay Kristoff
May 1, 2019
This is going to be the second year in a row where we're gonna see a lot of this man's books on my anticipated reads list. This is book two in the Lifel1ke trilogy. I read almost the entirety of book one on the day it came out and would have completed it if it weren't for my electricity going out at about 10PM when I had maybe 50 pages left. And it left on a cliffhanger and I've been wanting book two since finishing it. Lifel1k3 follows Eve, who just wants to take care of her grandfather. She had spent the last 6 months building a robot that goes up in smoke when she fights with it. Her last few credits went to the bookies. At this fight, she finds that she can destroy metal with her mind. Because of that, the Brotherhood is now after her. After the fight, Eve, her best friend Lemon Fresh, and robotic conscience Cricket find an android boy, Ezekiel. This sets them off on an adventure. This book seems to pick up right after the cliffhanger that the first book gave us.
Sorcery of Thorns
Margaret Rogerson
June 4, 2019
I'm currently in the middle of reading Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens as an ebook from the library and I'm liking it enough to give this one a try, even though they both seem to be stand alones. This one involves libraries, sorcerers, and sabotage. And I don't want to know too much more than that going into the story.
Darkdawn
The Nevernight Chronicle, book 3
Jay Kristoff
September 3, 2019
This book is once again on this list. It was originally slated to come out in September of 2018 but got pushed back a year due to things running a little late with this specific book. I wasn't initially happy about the year long delay because of the cliffhanger that Godsgrave leaves us at. But with all of the books that he has coming out and had come out in 2018, I can completely understand the need to push it back a year to make the book as perfect as possible instead of giving us a book that isn't as good as it could be. And it looks like we're finally going to get answers in this book to thing that have been wanting to get answered since book one of the series. This is another book I needed yesterday.
Tunnel of Bones
Cassidy Blake, #2
Victoria Schwab
2019
The fact that I use my local library is going to become pretty apparent with this blog post because I borrowed the first book in this series, City of Ghosts, from the library as an audio book as well. And the CW is probably going to turn it into a show! Which is super exciting. We follow Cassidy Blake, whose parents are a ghost hunting team. But she can actually interact with ghosts and her best friend is a ghost as well, named Jacob. They go to Edinburgh, Scotland so her parents can film a show revolving around the ghosts there. And Cassidy has adventures of her own, with some not so friendly ghosts and another girl there she meets that can also see ghosts. There doesn't seem to be a description out yet for Tunnel of Bones. I think that the title of the book was also just released as of today. Either way, I'm still excited to read this.
Let me know in the comments if you're looking forward to any of these books and any other books you're looking forward to.
The Wicked King
Book 2 of The Air of the Folk
Holly Black
January 8, 2019
This is the sequel to The Cruel Prince that came out in January of this year. I got it in both OwlCrate and Fairyloot in January. It follows Jude, who lives in the fairy world with her twin sister, and older sister. When Jude and her twin were seven years old, their older sister's father, a faerie, came to the human world, came to their home and murders their parents. He sweeps them to the faerie world. 10 years later, we're following Jude as she fights for a place in the faerie court. There's faerie politics, intrigue, bloodshed. I really liked this book. This is supposed to follow after the events after The Cruel Prince. I'm not sure how soon after, though. OwlCrate is doing a special box just for The Wicked King and it's supposed to match their exclusive edition of the first book.
Sherwood
Meagan Spooner
March 19, 2019
This is a Robin Hood retelling and I am so excited for it. Retellings of Robin Hood have proved to be some of my favorite retellings. Especially the Disney version and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. This one follows Maid Marian, following the death of Robin at the King's side in the Holy Land. Marian and Robin had gotten engaged prior to his death. Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand man, wants to the place as Lord of Locksley and be her fiancé. Marian is having none of that and takes Robin's place and I am so ready for this.
Scorch Dragons
Elementals #2
Amie Kaufman
March 26, 2019
I borrowed the first book, Ice Wolves, from the library as an audio book through Overdrive and had a lot of fun listening to this book. The first book follows Anders, who is a twin. In his and his twin sister Rayna's world, ice wolves and scorch dragons hate each other and are sworn enemies. Anders takes one elemental form and Rayna takes another. Anders goes to rescue his sister. This one seems to pick up right after the first book.
Aurora Rising
The Aurora Cycle, Book 1
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
April 30, 2019/May 6, 2019
My favorite writing duo is back with another series and I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of this. I'm so excited about this that I have it already pre ordered. This is another scifi series from them following completely different from the Illuminae Files, taking place in the year 2380. This follows Tyler Jones, who is graduating from Aurora Academy, along with his friends. He rescues a girl, Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, who has been in a cryo sleep for over 2 centuries. She is potentially the catalyst for a lot of trouble. And I need this book in my hands as of yesterday.
Dev1at3 (Deviate)
Book 2 of the Lifel1k3 series
Jay Kristoff
May 1, 2019
This is going to be the second year in a row where we're gonna see a lot of this man's books on my anticipated reads list. This is book two in the Lifel1ke trilogy. I read almost the entirety of book one on the day it came out and would have completed it if it weren't for my electricity going out at about 10PM when I had maybe 50 pages left. And it left on a cliffhanger and I've been wanting book two since finishing it. Lifel1k3 follows Eve, who just wants to take care of her grandfather. She had spent the last 6 months building a robot that goes up in smoke when she fights with it. Her last few credits went to the bookies. At this fight, she finds that she can destroy metal with her mind. Because of that, the Brotherhood is now after her. After the fight, Eve, her best friend Lemon Fresh, and robotic conscience Cricket find an android boy, Ezekiel. This sets them off on an adventure. This book seems to pick up right after the cliffhanger that the first book gave us.
Sorcery of Thorns
Margaret Rogerson
June 4, 2019
I'm currently in the middle of reading Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens as an ebook from the library and I'm liking it enough to give this one a try, even though they both seem to be stand alones. This one involves libraries, sorcerers, and sabotage. And I don't want to know too much more than that going into the story.
Darkdawn
The Nevernight Chronicle, book 3
Jay Kristoff
September 3, 2019
This book is once again on this list. It was originally slated to come out in September of 2018 but got pushed back a year due to things running a little late with this specific book. I wasn't initially happy about the year long delay because of the cliffhanger that Godsgrave leaves us at. But with all of the books that he has coming out and had come out in 2018, I can completely understand the need to push it back a year to make the book as perfect as possible instead of giving us a book that isn't as good as it could be. And it looks like we're finally going to get answers in this book to thing that have been wanting to get answered since book one of the series. This is another book I needed yesterday.
Tunnel of Bones
Cassidy Blake, #2
Victoria Schwab
2019
The fact that I use my local library is going to become pretty apparent with this blog post because I borrowed the first book in this series, City of Ghosts, from the library as an audio book as well. And the CW is probably going to turn it into a show! Which is super exciting. We follow Cassidy Blake, whose parents are a ghost hunting team. But she can actually interact with ghosts and her best friend is a ghost as well, named Jacob. They go to Edinburgh, Scotland so her parents can film a show revolving around the ghosts there. And Cassidy has adventures of her own, with some not so friendly ghosts and another girl there she meets that can also see ghosts. There doesn't seem to be a description out yet for Tunnel of Bones. I think that the title of the book was also just released as of today. Either way, I'm still excited to read this.
Let me know in the comments if you're looking forward to any of these books and any other books you're looking forward to.
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