Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
This week’s prompt is books on my winter 2023-2024 to-read list and I’m actually kind of excited about this topic for a change. Why is that, you might ask? Because you might have noticed that while I work through an ever-growing backlog of ARCs, my list of pleasure reads and library books have been non-existent. But for this week, I’m going to act like my winter 2023-2024 to-read list will be made up exclusively of pleasure reads.
I’ve been collecting books for a few months now, and have a bunch I’m really excited for! Some are newer, and some aren’t as new, but they’re all new to me, so I’m juiced about them all. Here they are in no particular order:
- Light Bringer by Pierce Brown. I was immediately caught up in the series, and have been waiting for this book since finishing the last one. | Goodreads | Amazon
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. I got caught up in the hype, but dodging spoilers has been tough! | Goodreads | Amazon
- Season of Love by Helena Greer. This looks like such a cute holiday romance, and what better time to read one of these than now? | Goodreads | Amazon
- Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros. I had my eye on this one for so long, and finally had to buy it because Aden Polydoros is such an incredible writer. | Goodreads | Amazon
- Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer. Here’s another book I’ve been wanting to read for so long, and finally got myself a copy, especially since I love Jean Meltzer’s writing and chronic illness rep. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish. This one is a serious brick of a book, but the story sounds so interesting. | Goodreads | Amazon
- Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline. After reading one Dimaline book, I had to read more. Her unique combination of Métis folklore and culture combined with contemporary situations makes for incredible stories. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero. I’m a sucker for a novel in verse, especially one featuring Jewish folklore and history, which this promises to deliver. | Goodreads | Amazon
- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine. Books about books are nearly always a hit with me, and this starts a series called The Great Library, so how can it be bad? | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman. Bookish loner with her dream life experiences major change and is forced to people and get out of her comfort zone to find happiness and love? YES PLEASE! | Goodreads | Amazon
Have you read any of these? If so, let me know what you thought! If not, are any on your winter 2023-2024 (or summer 2023-2024, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere) TBR?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I read Abbi’s book a long time ago. It’s always fun when we can meet and discover bookworm characters. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all of your winter TBR hopefuls.
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Thank you! I love a good bookworm character.
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Happy reading! That’s why I don’t do ARCs, they bring too much pressure on me. Hope you’ll get to these books!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/12/12/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-winter-2023-tbr/
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Thank you! I just got in a bit over my head for a little, but I love ARCs because I get to read new books before they come out 😂
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Ink and Bone sounds super promising!! Great list!
My TTT: https://backshelfbooks.com/2023/12/12/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-winter-tbr/
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Thank you! It sounds so interesting to me too!
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Lovely post! I absolutely loved Fourth Wing and I remember The Bookish Life of Nina Hill being a very nice, cosy romance. Hope you’ll enjoy them 😉
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Ooooh, a nice, cozy romance sounds right up my alley! If I actually stick to this TBR, I’m in for a good winter!
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I hope you’ll enjoy your reads!
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Thank you! You too!
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Fourth Wing was one of those books I had no interest in and now everyone’s reading it so I’m probably going to end up reading it too.
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That was me – everyone was reading it and I wasn’t, and then a good friend I trust told me I *had* to read it and that was it. I got pulled into the hype.
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What a great list! Nina Hill has been on my mind for a while, but haven’t read it yet. Hope you enjoy all these.
https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2023/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-on-my.html
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Thank you! Let’s hope we both love our winter reading, and maybe we can both manage to read Nina Hill.
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Kissing Kosher looks adorable! Have fun with your TBR.
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Thanks! I’ve heard nothing but great things about Kissing Kosher, so I have high hopes for it.
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I hope you love Fourth Wing as much as I did.
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I have really high hopes for that one in particular!
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The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill is delightful. Here is my post-https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/12/12/top-ten-tuesday-2023-2024-winter-tbr/.
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I’ve heard that! I’m hoping it’s a winner for me.
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I read the Ghosts of Rose Hill last year and enjoyed it quite a lot. Enjoy your other selections, too.
My Winter reading goals
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Thank you – I love hearing that people loved books on my TBR! I’m looking forward to it even more now.
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I’ve seen Fourth Wing everywhere. It is quite the popular book. I hope you enjoy all the books on your list. They all sound really good! 😀
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I got sucked into the Fourth Wing hype. I’m looking forward to reading all of these, so I’ll have a busy winter – hoping for lots of snow so I get reading time!
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I pray you get that snow, so you get that reading time! 😀
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Thanks! It helps that I really love snow.
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I read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and really enjoyed it. A few of the others on your list I’ve heard of but haven’t read. I hope you enjoy these!
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So many people are saying that they liked that one, and it’s making me so excited to read it! Thank you, and I’m looking forward to my winter reading.
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I think I’m going to end up succumbing to the hype on Fourth Wing too!
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It was impossible to resist, especially when every single one of my friends has read it. I even saw some older woman reading Iron Flame in the doctor’s office waiting room today!
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I really enjoyed reading The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, so much so that I’ve been reading other books Abbi Waxman has written.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/winter-2024-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
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Those are the comments that get me so amped to read this book! Thank you so much for that!
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I think Fourth Wing is on a lot of TBRs.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday
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I agree. There’s all the people who read it right away, and then the people like me, who weren’t interested originally but got caught up with all the hype.
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I have Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine in tbr since forever, maybe its time. The Ghosts of Rose Hill is lovely, hope you enjoy it
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Yeah, it’s an older one – I feel like a lot of people have read it. And thank you! That’s another one that I’m very excited about.
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I read Fourth Wing and really enjoyed it, I wasn’t expecting that because I had heard mixed things, but it was really entertaining. I also read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and I liked it, the main character goes through a lot of character development which I appreciated.
Here’s my TTT
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I am super excited for both of those books after seeing all the responses to this post! And I can’t resist a book with great character development. Thanks for the encouragement.
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Great picks, Leah! Kissing Kosher sounds so good! I definitely have to check that out. And I’m super excited for Fourth Wing!!
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Thanks, Julie! I’m so glad to be able to recommend a romance to you for once, and Jean Meltzer writes great romance! Are we doing a Fourth Wing buddy read? Maybe as a reward for getting through The Mask of Mirrors series? lol
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Yes! We so need to buddy read it!!
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OMG that would be incredible!
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Looks like a fun line-up. Enjoy!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
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Thank you!
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Great list, Leah! I’ve only read Fourth Wing and, although I loved it, I do get why some others didn’t. It’s not the best written, but has exceptional vibes if that makes sense lol. I hope you end up enjoying it 🙂
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Thanks, Becky! You mean, I’ve amassed a list of books where you haven’t read the majority of them? It’s a modern miracle!! 😂 I’ve heard mixed things about Fourth Wing, but I do have pretty high hopes for it.
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Hahahaha I know right?!? It had to happen at some point right 😂😂
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Better late than … pregnant (as Susan would say)!
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😂😂
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If only I could send you the gif – but I know you’re already picturing it 🤣🤣
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