Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week, we’re talking about the releases that hit the shelves last year that we were really pumped for and just never got around to actually reading. I like to give new releases a little time to settle, so these are the ones that I’m still the most hyped to read!
The Rain Heron: One of my best recommendation sources (Jacyln Day) gave this five stars so I will read this book about two lonely people coming together.
Intimacies: This book, about an interpreter getting lost in a world where meaning is increasingly in question, seems to attract strong opinions, but enough people have fallen on the “good” side of the ledger that I’m excited to read it.
The Babysitter: The reviews of this one haven’t been mind-blowing but I’m still just intrigued enough by the concept of this memoir (finding out as an adult that someone who babysat you as a child was a serial killer!) that I’m going to read it.
A Net for Small Fishes: I mean, frenemies at the British royal court is just something I have to read.
Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine: This is a book in translation, something I am trying to read more of, and it promises the kind of dual-timeline structure that I love so much when it’s done well.
Dava Shastri’s Last Day: If you knew you were going to die at a particular time, wouldn’t you be curious to see if you could finagle a way to find out how you’d be remembered? Reviews for this are mixed but I’m too curious about the angle to abandon my plans to read it.
Assembly: America is, of course, far from the only society that wrestles with the impact of racism and this book deals with the relationship between a Black woman and a wealthy white man in the UK. I don’t always love everything Maris Kriezman loves, but she has interesting taste and really liked this one.
Once There Were Wolves: This book, about a woman reintroducing wolves into Scotland and drama ensuing when they are blamed for a death, has gotten good word of mouth with people I know so I’m really excited to read it!
Ariadne: It’s a Greek myth retelling. I will read it.
What’s Mine and Yours: This book is a character-driven story about school integration, and it’s gotten good reviews so I definitely want to make sure I get to it.
