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Fantasy TBR:Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Lost Track of Time by Paige Britt
My September TBR I am hoping to read new releases and other books I will be reading. Don’t have any specific books yet besides wild eyes by Elsie Silver and a couple others.
The August theme at Genreland has been Fantasy, and for September is Shipwrecks; so I'm searching for "Shipwreck Fantasy" 😁.🌊Plus September and October each, 3 Ray Bradbury and 2 Stephen King.🎠🎡🛸🚀🌪
TBR TBD: (partial)
The Terror. Shipwreck. Horror. Supernatural Fantasy. Ice!
The Last Cuentista Everand Virtual SF/Dystopian With Mexican Folklore/Fantasy
Alebrijes Everand Virtual SF/Dystopian With Mexican Folklore/Fantasy
Tender Is the Flesh Mount TBR. South American Horror/Fantasy
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird NetGalley ARC Mount TBR. South American Horror/Fantasy/Magical Realism.
Hadon of Ancient Opar own, Mount TBR, F
Gedlund
Bradbury: Dandelion Wine
Now and Forever.
King: The Tommyknockers Reread. Everand Virtual
Revival
Prompt TBR: The Cat Tender NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
The Terror
The Abominable (Everest)
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The Playground
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Hansberry Found Her Voice
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Fantasy/Native Mythology/Supernatural The Church Beneath the Roots KU Virtual
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43. 43. The Tide is Rising, So Are We. Edelweiss ARC Children.
44. Planets. Edelweiss ARC Children.
45. THE BRAVE LITTLE FIRE DRAGON. Hoopla Virtual Bonus borrow.
46. THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB. NG ARC MOUNT TBR.
47. GO SLOTH GO. EDELWEISS ARC CHILDREN.
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Currently reading:- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
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- Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
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- I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
- Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
- Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond
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- A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
- The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus
- This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
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My themed reads will be:
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams
- Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
- The Bewitching Hour: A Tara Prequel by Ashley Poston
- Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
- The Boo Hag Flex by Justina Ireland
- The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
- The Changeling by Victor LaValle
- The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-ye
- The Enchanted Hacienda by JC Cervantes
- From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
- The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
- The Ghosts of Nameless Island: Vol. 1 by Carly Anne West
- Grumbones by Jenn Bennett
- Happy Medium by Sarah Adler
- Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
- In Charm's Way by Lana Harper
- Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
- The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
- Moon Madness by Julie Murphy
- My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton
- Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk et. al
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
- Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Tiffany Schmidt
- Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
- Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
- The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury
- Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
- So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
- A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfishr
- The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
- The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi
- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
- This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
- VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
- The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
- What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
- Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey Lee
- Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
The rest will be:
- Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- After Oz by Gordon McAlpine
- Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
- Argylle by Elly Conway
- Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
- Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis
- The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson
- The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Better Must Come by Desmond Hall
- The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves
- By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
- Cake Eater by Allyson Dahlin
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
- Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Conclave by Robert Harris
- Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
- The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
- Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
- Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
- Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
- Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack
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- The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes
- Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
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- Four Eids and a Funeral by Farida Abike-Iyimide and Adiba Jaigirdar
- The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
- From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Saladin Ahmed et. al
- Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Gamora & Nebula: Sisters in Arms by Mackenzi Lee
- Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
- The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe
- Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
- Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio
- Grounded by Aisha Saeed
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- Harley Quinn: Ravenous by Rachael Allen
- Harley Quinn: Redemption by Rachael Allen
- Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
- Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley
- Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
- Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
- The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden
- The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
- I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
- I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
- Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
- The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
- Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
- The Living Force by John Jackson Miller
- Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo
- Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
- Love & War by Melissa de la Cruz
- Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
- Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
- The Many Lives of Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton
- Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
- Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear by Heidi LM Jacobs
- Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
- Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
- Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
- Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
- The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters
- The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
- Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
- One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
- The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life by Najwa Zebian
- Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn
- Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
- Rebel Robin by A.R. Capetta
- Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
- Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June
- Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren
- Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
- The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
- Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis
- An Unlikely Proposition by Rosalyn Eves
- The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- What's Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
- You Have a Match by Emma Lord
- Young Blood (An Umbrella Academy YA Novel) by Alyssa Sheinmel
- Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
Audiobook options:
- Big Bad by Lily Anderson
- The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- End of Watch by Stephen King
- The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- The Perfect Couple by Elin Hildebrand
- ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Ebook options:
- As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
- Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury
- Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
- My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino
- The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
- Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus by Caitlin Schneiderhan
Graphic novel options:
- Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson
- Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki
- Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe
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- The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln
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- Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle
- Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?!: by Sophie Escabasse
- Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden
anything fantasy:
other:
📚 MY TBR 📚➽ Top Books I want to read this month!
📚 PROGRESS 📚
➽ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ One Piece, Volume 41: Declaration of War ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ One Piece, Volume 42: Pirates vs. CP9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Spellshop ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I'm going to try to read the following, which I think fits the Sword and Shield prompt:
Then I will also try to read our September read:
Hmm....swords and shields aren't my first choice. Do wands and dragons count? Magical realism?TBR on theme:
- I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons, Peter S. Beagle
Currently reading:
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary by Virginia Woolf
Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore
Finished reading:
Girl in Cap and Gown by Harriet Levin, 4 stars, finished 9/7/24
Ordinary Life: Stories by Elizabeth Berg (library loan), 4 stars, finished 9/5/24
- The Lost Story, Meg Shaffer, 4 stars, finished 9/14/24
Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Banned Book Week), 4 stars, finished 9/25/24
For Banned Book Week (Sept 22 - 28)
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (reread)
Other Possible Non-theme TBR:
The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella (book club, library loan)
Husbands by Holly Gramazio (August theme)
Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet (August theme)
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises by Rebecca Solnit (audiobook)
The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (April theme)
Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weiden (March theme)
Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, in Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother by Betsy Robinson
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen (June theme)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (reread, June theme)
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Get your swords ready, friends: September is all about fantasy books! From the epic high fantasy journeys all the way to the chill paranormal romance novellas, if it’s fantasy, it counts.
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