Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Top Ten Tuesday: Best New 2021 Book Releases

 

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Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Today we’re talking about the new books for adults that are coming out in the first half of 2021. There are a lot of books in this post. Brace yourself. I also have giant lists of 2021 releases for young adults and 2021 releases for middlegrade readers.

 

 


Most-Anticipated 2021 Book Releases

 

 

 

 

January

 

 

 

 

The Art Of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin

 

Literary Fiction

January 5, 2021



Nessa McCormack's marriage is coming back together again after her husband's affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibition for a beloved artist, the renowned late sculptor Robert Locke. But the arrival of two enigmatic outsiders imperils both her personal and professional worlds: A chance encounter with an old friend threatens to expose a betrayal Nessa thought she had long put behind her; and at work, an odd woman comes forward with a mysterious connection to Robert Locke's life and his most famous work, the Chalk Sculpture.

As Nessa finds the past intruding on the present, she realizes she must decide what is the truth, whether she can continue to live with a lie, and what the consequences might be were she to fully unravel the mysteries in both the life of Robert Locke and her own.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: Years ago, I read Danielle McLaughlin’s short story collection and loved it. It’s one of my all-time-favorite collections. The stories are slow, realistic, slice-of-life tales set in Ireland. They’re beautifully written and quietly powerful. I’m hoping for more of the same with this novel.

 

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Life Among the Terranauts by Caitlin Horrocks

 

Short Story Collection

January 12, 2021



In “The Sleep,” residents of a town in the frigid Midwest decide to hibernate through the bitter winters. In the title story, half a dozen people move into an experimental biodome for a shot at a million dollars, if they can survive two years. And in “Sun City,” a young woman meets her grandmother’s roommate in the wake of her death and attempts to solve the mystery of whether the two women were lovers.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: This author is winning all the awards and being published in all the fancy journals. I need to see what the hype is about. The stories are supposedly satirical and perfect for fans of Karen Russell. That’s me! I love satire and Karen Russell.

 

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Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

 

Historical Horror

January 14, 2021



The devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin, to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a man who lives a dual life. But the real reason she's there is to bear him and his barren wife a child, the consequences of which curse the tenement building that is their home for a hundred years. As we travel through the nine floors of the building and the next eight decades, the resident's lives entwine over the ages and in unpredictable ways. Along the way we encounter the city's most infamous Madam, a séance, a civil rights lawyer, a bone mermaid, a famous Beat poet, a notorious Edinburgh gang, a spy, the literati, artists, thinkers, strippers, the spirit world—until a cosmic agent finally exposes the true horror of the building's longest kept secret.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: It seems to have a Dante’s Inferno thing going on, but instead of circles of Hell, there are floors of a haunted building. It sounds creative and brilliantly bizarre. A few of my bookish friends have already read this novel and given it glowing reviews.

 

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Proceed With Caution: Stories And A Novella by Patricia Ratto

 

Short Story Collection

January 19, 2021



Argentine writer Patricia Ratto’s English language debut collection, Proceed With Caution, offers an alternate reality that is both mysterious and familiar. Whether it’s a malevolent act born from the paranoia of living under a totalitarian regime, or the creeping sense of dread blanketing a small whaling town, the stories in Proceed With Caution linger in the memory, and make us question where the natural world ends and the supernatural begins. In “Rara Avis” a baby bird is rescued after dropping from the sky, only to transform from vulnerable creature to life-threatening menace. In the powerfully moving title story, an old woman lives out her final days accompanied by a mysterious doglike being that provides comfort even as it devours her memories. And in the novella “Submerged,” an Argentine submarine crew during the Falklands War of the early 1980s navigates its way through a claustrophobic nightmare of boredom and terror, where the very meaning of being alive is cast in doubt.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: One of my goals for 2021 is to read more translations. This one keeps popping up on other bookworms’ most-anticipated lists. I love weird short fiction. This book sounds both magical and dystopian. I think I can get into that.

 

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We Are All Birds Of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan

 

Literary Fiction

January 28, 2021



1960s Uganda. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built.

Present-day London. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: The synopsis is vague, but this novel is already getting award buzz. Book critics are speculating that it will be longlisted for the Women’s Prize and/or the Booker. Award lists always get my attention. Goodreads says: “Moving between two continents and several generations over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of love, loss, and what it means to find home.”

 

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Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

 

Fantasy

January 28, 2021



Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn’t met Death in person—a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen.

Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death’s scribe, and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced—or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated—their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans’ fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . .

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I’m slightly obsessed with novels that personify death. The Book Thief is one of my all-time favorites, and I really liked The Game of Love and Death, too. If a book has death as a character, I want to read it. Goodreads calls this book a “life-affirming fire-starter of a novel.”

 

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February

 

 

 

 

Annie And The Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax

 

Literary Fiction

February 2, 2021



Ruth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter, convinced that a scarring childhood event was the impetus for her crusade to arm every American woman. This fruitless search has cost Ruth her doctorate, a book deal, and her fiancé. But Ruth may finally have the evidence she is looking for. She has managed to hunt down what may be a journal of Oakley’s midlife struggles, including secret visits to a psychoanalyst and the desire for vengeance against the “Wolves,” or those who have wronged her.

With the help of Reece, a tech-savvy senior at the local high school, Ruth attempts to establish the journal’s provenance, but she’s begun to have jarring out-of-body episodes that are possibly parallel to Annie’s own lived experiences. As she solves Annie’s mysteries, she also confronts her own, from the reasons behind her teenage sister’s suicide to a tragedy in her Minnesota town that she may be able to prevent.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I love when the lives of present-day fictional characters collide with the lives of real historical figures. There’s a lot of potential for creativity. Supposedly, this is a revenge story, which I always appreciate. You know I love the morally gray characters.

 

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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

 

Historical Fiction

February 2, 2021



Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.

In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I read the author’s other novel—The Great Alone—a few years ago and still find myself thinking about it. The setting was beautifully described, and the characters were . . . intense. I want to pick up more of Kristin Hannah’s historical fiction.

 

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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

 

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

February 9, 2021



Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.

Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."

The more Jack and daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.

But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: C.J. Tudor is an author I see everywhere in the blogosphere. People rave about her books. I often see them on “Best” lists. I haven’t picked up any of them yet because I’m not a big fan of the thriller genre, but I’m very curious about this one. It has history, a town full of secrets and grudges, and a haunted chapel. That sounds like my brand of spooky.

 

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The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

 

Fantasy

February 16, 2021



In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It is a place where feasts never end, games of croquet have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of Masters, it's a decadent paradise where time stands still. For those who serve them, however, it's a slow torture where their lives can be ended in a blink.

In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle—best friends and confidants—set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I’m digging the dark Alice in Wonderland vibes. Karin Tidbeck’s short story collection has been on my must-read list since 2013, when it was longlisted for a bunch of awards. I haven’t read it yet because I can’t find it! It doesn’t seem to exist in my part of the world. I hope this novel is easier to find. It sounds just as dark and creative as the short stories. Goodreads says: “The Memory Theater takes the reader to a wondrous place where destiny has yet to be written, life is a performance, and magic can erupt at any moment.”

 

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Cowboy Graves: Three Novellas by Roberto Bolaño

 

Literary Fiction

February 16, 2021



In "Cowboy Graves," Arturo Belano—Bolaño's alter ego—returns to Chile after the coup to fight with his comrades for socialism. "French Comedy of Horrors" takes the reader to French Guiana on the night after an eclipse where a seventeen year old answers a pay phone and finds himself recruited into the Clandestine Surrealist Group, a secret society of artists based in the sewers of Paris. And in "Fatherland," a young poet reckons with the fascist overthrow of his country, as the woman he is obsessed with disappears in the ensuing violence and a Third Reich fighter plane mysteriously writes her poetry in the sky overhead.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: Another translated book I have my eye on. The author is dead, and his backlog of books is being translated to English. He was a well-respected writer in Spanish-speaking parts of the world. The first novella in this book is loosely based on his real life. His stories sound strange and poetic.

 

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March

 

 

 

 

Burning Girls And Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes

 

Short Story Collection

March 2, 2021



Emma Goldman—yes, that Emma Goldman—takes tea with the Baba Yaga and truths unfold inside of exquisitely crafted lies. In “Among the Thorns,” a young woman in seventeenth century Germany is intent on avenging the brutal murder of her peddler father, but discovers that vengeance may consume all that it touches. In the showstopping, awards finalist title story, “Burning Girls,” Schanoes invests the immigrant narrative with a fearsome fairytale quality that tells a story about America we may not want—but need—to hear.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: This is another author who is often compared to Karen Russell. Someday, I will find another Karen Russell! The real Karen Russell doesn’t write quickly enough to fulfill my cravings for weird, magical stories. Veronica Schanoes has won awards for her short fiction. Her stories are supposed to be genre-defying and focus on characters at the edges of society. I’m intrigued.

 

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The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

 

Historical Fiction

March 2, 2021



One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose—selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.

In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders” that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: Goodreads says this book has “crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight.” I hope so. It sounds promising! There’s a historical serial killer and a modern woman who may uncover her secrets. There’s a twist ending. Yeah, this is a “me” book for sure. The early reviews have been extremely positive. This novel is near the top of my must-read list.

 

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Later by Stephen King

 

Horror / Mystery

March 2, 2021



The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine—as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: It’s a Stephen King book. Of course I have to read it! I’m slowly working my way through everything he’s written. Someday I’ll catch up with him.

 

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April

 

 

 

 

Broken (In The Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson

 

Humor Essays

April 6, 2021



As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor. Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in “An Open Letter to My Insurance Company,” which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered. She tackles such timelessly debated questions as “How do dogs know they have penises?” We see how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor―the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball―is present throughout.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I love Jenny Lawson! We both have depression and a similar sense of humor. The lessons in her other memoir—Furiously Happy—have helped me survive many stressful work situations. Working with the public is challenging, people. You can’t let them drag you down. Her new memoir sounds just as hilarious as her previous books.

 

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Near The Bone by Christina Henry

 

Horror

April 13, 2021



Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. She must never make him upset. But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the woods, she realizes that they're not alone after all.

There's something in the woods that wasn't there before, something that makes strange cries in the night, something with sharp teeth and claws.

When three strangers appear on the mountaintop looking for the creature in the woods, Mattie knows their presence will anger William. Terrible things happen when William is angry.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: That cover! I’m always on the lookout for great horror. This one has a lot of elements I search for in spooky stories. It has a small cast of characters in an isolated setting. There are mysterious strangers and (potentially) a monster. Goodreads calls it “dread-inducing.” I hope so!

 

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May

 

 

 

 

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

 

Fantasy / Horror

May 4, 2021



Vern—seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised—flees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world.

But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes.

To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future—outside the woods. Finding the truth will mean uncovering the secrets of the compound she fled but also the violent history in America that produced it.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: This is my most-anticipated adult release of 2021. I can’t pass up a cult story or a character who lives in the woods. Goodreads calls this book “a genre-bending work of Gothic fiction.” Also, look at that cover. Is that a hand coming out of the ground? Yuck. I love it. I want this book right now.

 

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Madam by Phoebe Wynne

 

Historical Fiction

May 18, 2021



For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge “resilient and ready to serve society.”

Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae’s new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade. At first, Rose is overwhelmed to be invited into this institution, whose prestige is unrivaled. But she quickly discovers that behind the school’s elitist veneer lies an impenetrable, starkly traditional culture that she struggles to reconcile with her modernist beliefs—not to mention her commitment to educating “girls for the future.”

It also doesn’t take long for Rose to suspect that there’s more to the secret circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of her predecessor—a woman whose ghost lingers everywhere—than anyone is willing to let on. In her search for this mysterious former teacher, Rose instead uncovers the darkness that beats at the heart of Caldonbrae, forcing her to confront the true extent of the school’s nefarious purpose, and her own role in perpetuating it.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: It’s being compared to The Secret History and The Stepford Wives. A mash-up of two of my favorite murderous stories? YES, please. I love that it’s set in a castle and that there’s a mystery surrounding a former teacher. Usually boarding school books focus on the kids. I’m ready for some teacher drama.

 

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The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite

 

Mystery / Thriller

May 27, 2021



When his girlfriend throws him out during the pandemic, Bambi has to go to his Uncle's house in lock-down Lagos. He arrives during a blackout, and is surprised to find his Aunty Bidemi sitting in a candlelit room with another woman. They both claim to be the mother of the baby boy, fast asleep in his crib.

At night Bambi is kept awake by the baby's cries, and during the days he is disturbed by a cockerel that stalks the garden. There is sand in the rice. A blood stain appears on the wall. Someone scores tribal markings into the baby's cheeks. Who is lying and who is telling the truth?

 

Why I’m excited to read it: So . . . the Coronavirus pandemic books have arrived. You know life is difficult when the fiction gets here faster than the vaccine. The publishing industry is not famous for its quickness. Anyway, Oyinkan Braithwaite’s novel, My Sister, The Serial Killer, made a huge splash in the book community and with award committees. I still haven’t read it because the library waitlist is out of control. Everybody wants to get their hands on that book. Braithwaite’s work is supposed to be darkly funny. This book sounds like it has a compelling mystery and some unreliable characters.

 

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June

 

 

 

 

The Chosen And The Beautiful by Nghi Vo

 

Historical Fantasy

June 1, 2021



Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society―she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.

But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: Okay, the synopsis is weird and vague. I’m not actually sure what this book is about, but it’s fantasy set in the 1920s, so I’m intrigued. The main character is a magician? I think? And the plot is a reimagining of The Great Gatsby. I don’t need to know what it’s about. I’m ready for The Great Magical Gatsby. Bring it on.

 

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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

Historical Fiction

June 1, 2021



Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.

The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud—because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth.

Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there.

And Kit has a couple secrets of her own—including a guest she invited without consulting anyone.

By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family's generations will all come bubbling to the surface.

 

Why I’m excited to read it: I read the author’s novel, The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, last year and adored it. Evelyn Hugo is one of the best fictional characters ever. She’s so realistic that I can’t believe she’s not a real celebrity. She’s a complete badass. Now I want to read everything Taylor Jenkins Reid writes.

 

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Which 2021 book releases are you looking forward to reading?








20 comments:

  1. I would say that most of these are new to me, but I found some really interesting ones on the list. I still have not read a TJR book (I know!). Maybe this will be the year. Hope you get to read all of these (at some point)

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  2. I'm very excited about The Lost Apothecary, and Luckenbooth sounds fascinating. Totally adding Mrs. Death Misses Death to my to-read list.

    -lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  3. I really want to read The Four Winds, and I've already preordered a copy of Malibu Rising!

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  4. Oooh! All of these books sound interesting, especially Sorrowland!

    Here’s my TTT!

    Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog

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  5. amazing list!! (www.readingonastar.wordpress.com)

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  6. I'm really looking forward to the Jenny Lawson book! I've enjoyed both and if I can't sleep I listen to her book Let's Pretend This Never Happened. I've listened to it so many times that I can pretty much recite it!

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  7. So many books to look forward to! Enjoy:) I hope you can stop by:

    https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2021/01/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-meant-to-read.html

    Colletta

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  8. Wow I think I'm adding a few from this post! I love the sound of the Christina Henry one- spooky!!!- and CJ Tudor is another I've kinda wanted to try for a bit :)

    I love that King cover from Hard Case- I may have to use that for my pulp covers. :)

    New Taylor Jenkins- Reid is awesome also.

    Love that Lawson cover!

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  9. I really want Near The Bone and Broken! They are top of my list.

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  10. I love that you have many books with different genres, there's a bit of everything for everyone, and it breaks the routine :)

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  11. I am also excited for The Chosen and the Beautiful to come out this year! I had no idea that Taylor Jenkins Reid was releasing another book, but I'm so glad I stumbled upon this list. She was one of my favorite authors last year and I can't wait for what more she has in store :)
    claire @ clairefy

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  12. You have lots of great-sounding books ahead of you, AJ! They all sound unique and I hope you love them all.

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  13. Wow! "Brace yourself" wasn't enough warning for what this list was going to do to my TBR.

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  14. So many new to me books here... You've put together quite a comprehensive list here. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. a new Bolaño! great!
    I haven't done a post, but here is' the list of the 2021 titles I really want to read: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5215426-emma?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=tbr2021

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  16. The Four Winds book looks pretty good. There's also a new one by Fiona Mozley called Hot Stew coming in March ... that I hope to get to.

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  17. I have a copy of Burning Girls from around 2015. They must be re-releasing it. I'll have to read it! 😊

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