Top Ten Tuesday

TTT – What I’ll Be Reading In Spring 2025 (Hopefully)

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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.

It’s Tuesday again! Hope you’re all doing well and had a wonderful weekend. New York has been getting a lot of rain, so I’ve been spending a lot of time inside. The good news is that I’ve managed to crochet nearly an entire baby blanket and get a lot of busywork done, while I can’t drive anywhere by myself and my mom is sick. Luckily, I don’t seem to have caught what she has, and she’s feeling a little bit better each day.

This week’s topic is books on my spring 2025 TBR. I don’t usually make a seasonal reading list to follow, outside of the ones that I create for this feature. I know some people are mood readers and others like to take a more structured approach. I kind of fall in the middle, with the only lists I create to read are of my ARCs, so I can keep track of them. On the first of every month, I always have my State of the ARC post ready to go. You can sneak a peek at the one from this month if you want to see the NetGalley titles I’ve been approved for. So I’m going to list ten of the most recent ARCs I’ve received from publishers or authors, that I am planning to read in the spring:

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  1. The Witches of Salix Pointe by Noelle Vella (published in 2020). The genre of urban fantasy has been growing on me, and this one sounds really good. Two women who have to return to the town of Salix Pointe for different reasons meet men they are overwhelmingly drawn to. I’m really looking forward to reading this one.
  2. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (released in 2024). I’m ashamed to say that I preordered this book and *still* haven’t even opened it. Mainly, I just don’t have the time to dive into a reread of the two former bricks books so that I’m ready for this.
  3. Where Love Lies by Raz Tal Schenirer (released in 2024). This is a romance set as the main character is forced to leave her comfortable existence in America because her parents are moving to Israel and she’s required to enlist for compulsory military service. I’m really intrigued by the story of Ella as she has to deal with the fact that the guy she is crushing on, turns out to be her commanding officer.
  4. A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene (published January 21). Relying on Irish mythology of the fair folk, this sequel is about our heroine and her husband battling a cunning king, and I’m psyched for it.
  5. Grave Empire by Richard Swan (published February 4). Seriously, for this one, all I needed to see was that it was by Richard Swan. Finding the time to read it is a whole other story.
  6. Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot (published February 4). I was so excited for this MG novel, and still haven’t had the time to read it. Fingers crossed that spring is reading szn.
  7. The Radiant King by David Dalglish (published March 4). Another author that I just adore, and hope to have this one read by the time spring rolls around. This is about 6 immortal siblings who have all agreed not to create a realm where one of them is crowned. When one sibling goes rogue to crown himself, the rest have to work together to stop him.
  8. Houses of Detention by Jean Ende (release April 1). This book sounds absolutely fascinating. It’s a Jewish story, about a family who escapes the Nazis and is able to move to New York, where drama causes cracks to appear in their perfectly curated life. Ende tells a coming of age story against the backdrop of post-Holocaust Jews struggling to come to terms with the direction their lives have taken, and it’s supposed to be darkly humorous. It also aligns with my own family history, so I’m psyched for this one. 
  9. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (release April 15). Scholars with magic, intrigue, and a vicious fight to win a competition? Sign me up. Think I can read this one by April 15? Hopefully, because I’ve heard such good things about this one.
  10. Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race (release June 10). This one is a historical fantasy, complete with sapphic yearning, spies, and court intrigue. The best part? It’s loosely modeled on the wives of King Henry VIII.

What books are on your spring TBR? Have you read any of these?

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  1. Apart from Sarah J. Maas, I don’t think I know any of these authors. I do recognize Sarah though as she’s someone so many readers enjoy. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all of these books!

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    • Thank you! I think everyone who reads fantasy, romance, and/or YA is at least aware of SJM 🤪 I usually don’t end up reading more than a couple of books from my seasonal TBR, but I’m hoping this spring will be the exception.

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  2. We have had rain, fog, sunshine, all in one day. Crazy! I hope that your mum gets better soon. Yay for a baby blanket. I create these lists for this too and generally only keep a list of ARC and Blog Tour deadlines (which for some reason keep getting longer 😂)

    These look good. I have the first 2 Crescent City books sitting on my shelves…

    Enjoy them when you get to them! 

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog 

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    Top Ten Tuesday – Books on My Spring 2025 To-Read List

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    • Mom is feeling better today, thank goodness. I always make baby blankets for new arrivals in the family rather than buying them something that doesn’t have the same personal meaning.

      I read the first 2 Crescent City books and preordered book 3, but haven’t had the time to do a reread of the first 2, which I have to do because I don’t remember so much of the story.

      I hope you have a great week as well, and enjoy your reading!

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      • That’s good.

        I love hand made stuff. It’s something that you can keep. I just wish that I had the skill to do it!

        They are so large aren’t they?! Good luck!

        Thank you. Enjoy your reading too!

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      • I’ve made a whole bunch of full-sized blankets for family members, but the baby blanket is so much smaller and faster to make. Plus, I use a really chunky chenille yarn so it doesn’t usually take that long to do. And the best part, is that when I went to Florida, my 5 year old great-nephew found the one I made for him, and it was the perfect size for him to cuddle under while watching TV.

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    • Ooooh, I haven’t heard anyone I actually know having read this, so hearing that it was a book you loved made me more excited to read it. Those two really do have gorgeous covers. Richard Swan always has really nice covers, and I’ve heard good things about The Raven Scholar.

      Enjoy your reading!

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  11. Just to let you know, I finished reading Andrew Vachss’ Mortal Lock, which is an anthology of short stories, mostly crime, set in the United States. As a Canadian reader, I’m used to reading about American settings, but I do wish more quality Canadian and Canadian-set fiction was out there. You have an ambitious list of reading material yourself, and you should be ruthless in your culling of sub-standard works. There’s a lot of them out there.

    Come visit my blog, and leave some comments, if you like

    http://www.dark.sport.blog

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    • I haven’t found many stories set in Canada, but LydiaSchoch.com always highlights Canadian books on her blog. I happen to like the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs, which is set in both Quebec and North Carolina.

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