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.
Hello, and welcome back to reality. It doesn’t exactly feel like reality though, does it? This is the time of year where I just spend a week mostly wearing pajamas, eating cheese, and wondering what day of the week it is. And I’m not even a cheese person. But I do know that today is Tuesday, and this week’s prompt is the ten most recent additions to my bookshelf. And I’m excited, because I actually have some recent additions to share this year!
While I regret to inform you that my family has not quite hopped on the ‘buying books for Leah’ bandwagon, I’ve been obtaining some new books myself, and did receive a few book gifts from others. My friend introduced me to Pango Books, where you can buy used books from other readers, and I loved it so much I became an ambassador. If you’re interested in using Pango, you can use my link here. Unfortunately, all of the books I’ve gotten on Pango were featured in a recent TTT post (books on my winter 2023-2024 TBR), so I’m going to talk about some of the physical ARCs I’ve received lately. Without further ado, here are my ten most recent book acquisitions:
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- Ayuni by Sarah Ansbacher. This was gifted to me by Nicky @ The Bibliophibian. If you haven’t checked out her page, you seriously should. Thanks Nicky! Goodreads | Amazon
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb. This was gifted to me by YA Books Central, as a holiday gift for my work with them over the last year. You can check out their website here. Goodreads | Amazon
- The Boy with the Star Tattoo by Talia Corner. After seeing this book get review-bombed, I asked the publisher if they’d send me a copy to review. And they did! Goodreads | Amazon
- The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert. Here’s another one from YA Books Central, and I just couldn’t resist an Albert book on offer. Goodreads | Amazon
- Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan. Aside from the gorgeous cover, the story sounds amazing, so I was glad to be able to get an ARC of this one. Goodreads | Amazon
- Mirage by Somaiya Daud. I’ve had this one on my TBR forever, so when I came across an English copy in Germany at the right price, I had to get it. Goodreads | Amazon
- Confession with Blue Horses by Sophie Hardach. When I went to Europe earlier this year, I wanted to get a book that I wouldn’t be able to get easily in the US, and this looked like a good one, so it came home with me. Goodreads | Amazon
- The Door by Magda Szabó. When you come across a book written by Hungary’s foremost female novelist while you are in Hungary, you obviously get it, right? Well, that’s what I did. Plus, I figured it’s unlikely I’d ever find this book in my local bookstore. Goodreads | Amazon
- The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti. I dropped off a bunch of books at one of those ‘leave some books, take some books” kind of places, so I took this one because it looked really interesting. Goodreads | Amazon
- An Unorthodox Match by Naomi Ragen. To no one’s surprise, since October 7th, I find myself drawn to buying and reading more books by Jewish authors, so this one called to me. Goodreads | Amazon
Do we have any additions in common? Have you read any of these? Are you a cheese person?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I hope you enjoy all of these! I don’t think any of them are familiar to me, but that’s part of the fun of visiting these lists. Discovering some possible new reads. 🙂 Plus, it’s just fun to show off some recent additions.
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Absolutely! I love hopping around to all the other blogs and finding books I’ve never heard of before. That was part of the appeal of shopping for books in Europe – I knew that I was coming across books I wouldn’t easily find at home. And yes, showing off my pretty new acquisitions is always a plus!
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I have read Mirage years and years ago, and thought it was okay. However, I never got around to picking up the sequel. I hope you’ll enjoy all these books!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2023/12/26/top-ten-tuesday-first-books-in-series-i-have-read-in-2023/
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Mirage is an older one, but I was always curious about it. Fingers crossed that I enjoy all of them too! 🤞🏻
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I’ve heard good things about The Boy With the Star Tattoo.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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I’m really excited for that one in particular! I’m so glad to hear that you’ve seen good feedback about it.
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I can’t wait to read The Bad Ones and Mirage was a favorite. Enjoy!
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Thanks! It’s always a plus to find someone with similar book taste!
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I have to say, all these covers look so great and are so attention-getting! Even The Door, maybe because it stands out among the others. I hope you enjoy your books!
Haze @ The Book Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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Thank you! I always fall for an attention-grabbing cover. I think The Door stuck out to me because the cover is so stark, especially compared to the covers I’m usually drawn to.
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This looks like a really great mix of books to read! I hope they’re all good.
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Thanks, me too!
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I’m not familiar with any of these books but I hope you enjoy them when you read them. I like cheese but only in small amounts unless it’s used in a dish, then bring on all the cheese!
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Thank you! I’m actually pretty fussy about cheese – don’t usually eat it, or at least don’t go out of my way to eat it, but if it’s in a dish I’m like you, bring it on!
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I’m definitely a cheese person 😀 I haven’t read any of these, nor do I have any of them, but I’ve gotta say Pango sounds cool! I’ll check it out.
(My TTT is here.)
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Discovering Pango was one of the highlights of 2023 for me! I hope you like it as much as I do.
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Ooooh! The Fathom Folk’s cover is gorgeous. I’m definitely adding that to my TBR. I hope you enjoy reading all of these!
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Thank you! Yes, Fathomfolk has such a beautiful cover – that alone made me want a copy for my shelves, but I’m excited that the story seems just as good! Lets hope that we both enjoy it!
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Your family definitely needs to get on board! Until then, you’ll just have to take care of things yourself. That’s what I do. LOL. I hope you enjoy all these!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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That’s exactly what I do! 😂 And I’ve got my fingers crossed that all of these books turn out to be amazing.
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