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Alexa, play The Final Countdown.
For some reason, publicly posting a TBR list makes me a little more motivated to get said books completed. There were maybe three books from my Spring 2022 TBR I posted earlier this year I didn’t get around to, and I think that’s a pretty decent record considering that I’m a mood reader. (Right now, I seem to be chomping on quite a bit of romance in between my usual meals of fantasy…)
It’s probably a good idea to post this in December and not November, but I know full well I’ll just never finish any of the books by then (maybe one or all; kind of at the mercy of my reading mood, really). Plus, I like to give myself some sort of flexibility. So two months (okay, a little less, but I did want to post it in late October…) it is!
Final Stretch of the Year TBR
Most of these are probably old ARCs because my goal in 2022 is to knock as many of those out as I can (and some are going to be from my Spring list because, yeah… I should get around to those*. Slowly but surely, I’ll make it!
*We’re not going to talk about how long I’ve pressed the “Deliver Later” button at my library. Two years for one book…
It was hard to choose exactly the number of books I wanted to get around to, but ten seemed like a pretty good amount since it’ll be about a book a week. Since I’m usually reading between 2-3 other novels, it’ll give me some flexibility with my mood reader self so I can pick up books for enjoyment outside of the list (I find that it works best over a set list after trying it out multiple times and failing).
When Night Breaks by Janella Angeles
I think last month marks two years (?!) since I first put this on hold, and I still haven’t gotten around to reading this. I mean, part of me is probably scared of picking this up because some friends just… didn’t like this book as much as they hoped they would, and since my tastes are kind of similar to theirs… well… it doesn’t really bode well? I also want closure and answers after reading Where Dreams Descend but also, why are decisions so hard to make? They should make themselves, truly.
All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman
Call it cheating if you want to, but I do have this checked out currently (and started it to an extent) because All of Us Villains is still sort of fresh in my mind, and I’m super excited to jump into All of Our Demise and back into the world Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman created. Definitely more excited than When Night Breaks because why else am I putting this one first when it should be the other way around? (Does it really matter as long as I have both on my list to finish before the year ends? Probably, because watch me finish this one and not the other one.)
RELATED: All of Our Demise review
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Dhonielle Clayton’s debut middle-grade novel is also one I keep pushing off on the hold list and utilizing the “Deliver Later” button a little too much because this one is heading toward a year old probably? I’ve also been wanting to read more middle-grade novels since they just bring me a lot of joy that middle-school me never got the chance to enjoy.
Also, I love books set in magical schools.
Babel by R.F. Kuang
So as much as everyone I know loves and shouts and recommends The Poppy War trilogy to me all the time, I really don’t think I’ll ever get around to reading it due to the content warnings. Maybe one day I’ll get to it when I’m in the right mindset, but I think it’s going to be a while yet before that happens. Until then, I’m still interested in Kuang’s works, and what better than Babel since that’s her newest after The Poppy War?
The Lies We Tell by Katie Zhao
I’m here for more Katie Zhao novels because The Dragon Warrior is one of my favorites, and I enjoyed How We Fell Apart (for the most part) along with Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend. And there are academic rivals in college??? The synopsis reminds me of Ace of Spades a bit, which was one of my favorites of 2021, so I’m holding out hope that while I did enjoy Zhao’s debut YA novel, I’ll enjoy this one even more.
Also, I know if I don’t put this on my TBR, I’m probably going to shove this under old ARCs really quick since it’s publishing in a few weeks (and this is my last ARC for 2022 before I focus on old ones, so maybe it’s cheating a little but I’m Committed™).
Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao
Fairy tales and family curses? Sign me right up. Broken Wish is the first in The Mirror quartet, which follows a family and their curse over the course of a few generations. Each book follows a different character from that family and is written by a different author, and the entire premise (plus I’m a sucker for fairy tales) drew me to the series in the first place.
I got accepted for an ARC of it back in 2020, but that year kicked my butt as much as it did with most people, so I never got around to it. I’m honestly hoping that I will get around to this, though, because I also liked Julie C. Dao’s Rise of the Empress duology (especially Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix).
On the bright side, I can at least binge most of the series after finishing this one.
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
The Atlas Six has been at the very unfortunate end of the stick where every time I change my “Deliver Later” settings to say that I’m ready for it to be delivered as soon as it’s available, I end up not having the time to read it when it’s available. Is there a curse involved, or is it just terrible timing?
Me @ book: I swear to god, you’re going to be read one day, even if that means putting you on every TBR list I make. T_T
Side note: I love how I said most of my list would be old ARCs, but we’re at book seven, and there are two ARCs, with only one being an older one. BRB while I put on my clown shoes.
RELATED: The Atlas Six review
Suns Will Rise by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell
The final book making up the trio of books I didn’t get around to this Spring (and the final book in the System Divine trilogy) has been on my Hold list for a decent amount of time, but it’s thankfully not subjected to the same amount of bad luck that seems to happen to the other two books. Or maybe just silently ignoring the book’s existence is its own sort of curse.
Or I’m scared of what might happen to them because it’s the end, and Les Mis isn’t exactly happy vibes considering the meaning of the word itself. We’ll go with that excuse.
The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon
I enjoyed both The Boyfriend Project and The Dating Playbook, especially the strong female friendship between Samiah, Taylor, and London. I jumped on The Hookup Plan as soon as I was able to because I’m super excited to see London getting her happy ending. Also, the enemies-to-lovers trope is involved, and as much as I think the friends-to-lovers trope is far superior (and childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers even more superior), I still love a good enemies-to-lovers novel.
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
When I say it took everything in me not to request If You Could See the Sun (because I’m trying to finish my old ARCs) or join the blog tour, I do mean it took everything. The internal struggle was absolutely real.
Ann Liang’s debut just sounds like a whole bundle of fun, and if this novel were a drama, I would somehow morph from a book dragon to a book goblin just to watch this. Also, I heard there are academic rivals, which makes it more fun. (As long as I’m not one being blackmailed, that is…)
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What do you hope to read or do before the end of the year?
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Well you have some very ineteresting (and big)reads there!
2 years. I…I thought I was bad for the way I start dramas and books and pause midway through. Your deliver later button rights should be removed. That poor book is crying because it feels like it’s never going to get read πIf You Could See The Sun is also on my tbr, the cover is pretty and it sounds interesting, although if there’s academic rivals to lovers π then count me in hehe.
My copies of The Poppy War are silently judging me too but I really want to be in the right mindset for them. Hence them sitting on my shelf, so maybe I’ll pick up Babel first? The Atlas Six is also on my tbr still…ahem I really have no excuse other than I haven’t been in the mood for it.
I’d love to finish rereading The Iron Daughter by the end of the year along with reading A Magic Steeped In Poison. It’s just you know, finding the energy to sit and lose myself between the pages I guess. Oh and I have several books I have borrowed I want to uhm try and read this year too. So we’ll see I guess.
NO NOT MY DELIVER LATER BUTTON RIGHTS.
I definitely get wanting to be in the right mindset for The Poppy War – I’m the same way, though I think more accurately I don’t think I ever will (we’re saying this nearly a year later…)
The Hook Up Plan is one I am interested in. I liked the first book in the series and would love to catch up with these ladies. Good luck! I hope you read and love them all.
Good luck with your end of the year TBR. I don’t know what all I’ll get to this month and next, but I do hope to get through more of the spooky season TBR I made, and then I have some holiday books to read.
Love this list! I hope you’ll be able to get to most of these before the year ends. I also hope to read If You Could See the Sun soon – in fact, I think I might read it next, it just sounds so good!! I’m also so curious about The Lies We Tell, which sounds EXCELLENT.
i LOVED babel and if you could see the sun so much- they’re definitely worth the read!! hope you adore them <3
excuse me but we need to ready all of our demise together or i will riot. RIOT.
WE REALLY DO. GET YOUR BOOK and let me know when you want to get around reading (although knowing my luck one of us won’t feel like reading and it’s just a terrible cycle of our lives as we pass our one brain cell back and forth).