Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is what books we’d like to read over the next few months. I love setting a vague TBR and then seeing whether or not I actually get to them any time soon. I really haven’t been reading much these last few months and I’ve come to terms with the fact I won’t be hitting my Goodreads goal but I’d still like to get some of these books read soon-ish.
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas
This is a pretty short book and I’ve already read the first few pages to get a feel of it and I like the writing style a lot so think it should be a quick read.
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
This is a book a got in a subscription box this summer I think and ever since I’ve heard nothing but good things. I think my “fear” with a lot of fantasy books is that they are the first in the series and sometimes I don’t have the commitment for that kind of thing. So, does anyone know if this is a standalone or not? I like to know going in whether or not a book will end on a cliffhanger or not.
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
My friends got me a three-month subscription to How Novel for my birthday and this is one of the books that I got. It seems to be a thriller set in a mansion in the mountains during winter so seems like the perfect time of year to read it.
Milena & Other Social Reforms by Olja Knežević
A young woman becomes the interpreter for the President of Montenegro but soon gets tangled up in the politics, greed, and corruption.
The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Wangrin is hustling both the colonial French and his own people. It seems like it’ll be a funny and maybe even outrageous story as while it is a novel, it’s also supposed to be an oral history of a figure who may have been real.
Making Peace & Nurturing Life: A Memoir of an African Woman about a Journey of Struggle and Hope by Julia Aker Duany
A memoir about life growing up in South Sudan during Civil War.
Clariel and Goldenhand by Garth Nix
I reread the original Old Kingdom trilogy a few months ago and I want to reread these two before reading the newest book, Terciel and Elinor. I love these books and their world and I know when I do pick them up, I’ll read them very quickly.
The Dark Child by Camara Laye
This is an autobiographical novel and would be my read for Guinea in my Read the World Project.
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
I hadn’t heard of this book until I got it in a subscription box and the edition is so pretty that that’s what’s made me want to read it more than anything. Though this is another book where I’d like to know if it’s a standalone or not before going into it.
What do you hope to read over the next few months?
Elena Square Eyes 
I need to read She Who Became the Sun asap. I hope we’ll both love it.
Same. I’ve heard such good things but equally I still don’t really know what it’s about so it’ll be fun diving into it.
I believe She Who Became the Sun is a duology but the first book is readable as a standalone if you don’t want to read more. My Illumicrate edition is one of the prettiest special editions I’ve got, but still haven’t read it yet either.
That’s good to know thanks. Duology’s I can cope with and I always like to know if I should expect a major cliffhanger.
I hope you enjoy reading these when the opportunity arises.
Thank you! 🙂
Pretty Things is right up my alley—I’ll check it out.
My list is here— https://fiftytwo.blog/2021/12/14/ttt-top-winter-picks/
Happy TTT!
Lori
It sounds great but I still haven’t read it!
I’ve heard good things about SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN, too. Fantasy really isn’t my genre, but I’m tempted by this one. I hope you enjoy it and all your other picks!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Thank you! Yeah it’s definitely one I’ve heard a lot of buzz about.
These sound like all great picks. I hope you enjoy them all. Happy reading.
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I’ve only read The Purple Violet of Oshaantu so far and I did like that so hopefully that trend continues 🙂
Pretty Things is on my eventual TBR as well. It’s gotten some good reviews!
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That’s good to hear, I hadn’t heard of it before 🙂
She Who Became the Sun sure sounds good. And, yeah, I have the same fear of fantasy series.
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Glad I’m not the only one. I don’t mind series/trilogies, I just need to be prepared that there may be a cliffhanger or something 😀
I’m reading She Who Became The Sun right now! It’s good, but I don’t think I like it enough to continue the series. I hope you love all these!
Thanks 🙂 ooh that’s interesting. Series definitely take a level of love/commitment that I don’t always have.
She Who Became The Sun is excellent! There is going to be another book but it also sort of feels like a complete story (although I think after reading it you might want more).
Great list! She Who Became the Sun is one of my most recent favourites – I adored it – and I think you could read it as a standalone if you wanted to. I believe it’s the first in a duology, so there should only be one more book!
Duo logins I can do! 😀 I hope I enjoy it half as much as you did, tbh hearing how much you liked it is what’s making me want to get to it soon.