I... don't really have specific beach reads, by genre or anything, so this is more of just a TBR list.
1. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal: I recently went through Kowal's Shades of Milk and Honey series and really enjoyed how well she wrote in a historical context, and integrated magic into regency society. This one sounds even more up my alley- space travel! Historical ladies in STEM! Historical ladies in STEM doing SPACE THINGS.
2. Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine (The Great Library #4): I've been a fan of The Great Library series since reading the first book. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of this for review and I've been waiting for closer to the release date to actually read it.
3. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi: I've owned this since it came out... and I still haven't read it. It isn't that I don't want to it's just that... I haven't. I am looking forward to picking it up, though!
4. The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang: I feel like this list has a lot more adult speculative fiction on this list than would be representative of my usual reading habits, but perhaps I'm branching out.
5. Binti by Nnedi Okoraror: This is another one that I've had for a while and am looking forward to picking up. I've been in a sci-fi mood lately and I've also heard really fantastic things about the audiobook of this one.
6. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley: I don't know too much about this one but the cover is stunning and it comes highly recommended so I snagged it at the library.
7. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson: I have had this novella for an embarrassingly long time and still haven't read it.
8. City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty: I've got the audiobook on hold right now but I might see if the physical copy will take less time for me to get my hands on because it sounds great.
9. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and Elise Chapman: It's pretty and I've heard really good things about it.
10. Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin: if you say the words "Pride and Prejudice retelling/twist" I am there.
I'm intrigued by Ayesha At Last! Fab list, I hope you get around to these books. My TTT
ReplyDeleteIt sounds good, right? Realistic fiction tends not to be my cup of tea but tell me something has shades of Jane Austen and I'm intrigued.
DeleteI love the story of Pride and Prejudice. Hope the re-telling works out for you!
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P & P holds a special place for me, reading-wise. It was a total coincidence that I picked it up at all, but it wound up being one of the only classics that I've ever really enjoyed. As a result I'm just always drawn to anything with shades of Jane Austen.
DeleteI need to read Children of Blood and Bone and The Watchmaker of Filigree Street too (I own both of them).
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy all these fabulous looking books and have a great week. - Katie
Children of Blood and Bone is pretty high up on my priority list because a) I've heard it's really good and b) I have owned it since it came out and... still haven't read it.
DeleteCity of Brass is fantastic! I need to get back to the Great Library series, I hadn't realised it had got to book 4 already! I also want to read The Calculating Stars.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely give The Great Library a go when you get a chance! (Or I guess you could wait until the series is over then read them all without the suspense... both are good options.) I found out about The Calculating Stars late so I've been kind of dwelling on it for the past two weeks. I'm so excited to read it!
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Children of Blood and Bone is next up on my list! I can't wait to dive in :)
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I'm really looking forward to reading it which begs the question... why I haven't yet.
DeleteChildren of Blood and Bone is on my Summer TBR too!
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I'm glad I'm not the only whose still getting to it... Hopefully it works out well for both of us!
DeleteI loved both Children of Blood and Bone and A Thousand Beginnings and Ends! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
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I keep hearing such fantastic things about both, I'm really looking forward to whenever I wind up reading both!
DeleteSmoke and Iron looks really good, I' going to have to check that series out now.
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If you do wind up reading it, I hope you enjoy them! If you'd like to know more about the first book, my review is here.
DeleteWhat a lovely list! The covers! I hate to admit, I have but have not read Pride and Prejudice. YET! I keep meaning to get to it. It's even on the top of my bookshelf for easy access. Soon! Have a lovely summer. Looks like you're going to.
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Honestly picking up Pride and Prejudice was a bit of a fluke for me, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. (I went in without knowing the ending, if you can believe it. I had somehow managed to avoid all spoilers about a centuries old text, and was deeply worried that it would end in someone dying of consumption or something because I just assumed based on my school classics readings, that all classics were sad. I was pleasantly surprised.)
DeleteAnyway. I'd love to hear your thoughts if/when you do wind up picking it up!
A few of these are on my list, but I'll be adding some from yours! <3 I read Binti awhile back, but it didn't really work for me. I listened to the audiobook, too! I hope it's a better fit for you. Everyone else seems to really enjoy it. I must be the black sheep bahhhh (sheep sound, lol).
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Different stories work for different people, right? I think I was subconsciously deliberately waiting until the whole trilogy was out because the first novella is so short and I want to be able to marathon them... fingers crossed. I hope you have better luck with liking your summer reads!
DeleteThat makes sense! It's what I'm doing with The Lunar Chronicles. They're not novellas, but I wanted to be able to read them all at my own pace. I can't do that if I'm waiting on something to be released.
DeleteSpeaking as someone who was reading The Lunar Chronicles as they were release by the 3rd book... this was not a bad call. So. Much. Waiting.
DeleteRight? I feel like I need to re-read the entire series before the new book comes out, and there's not always time for that! I wish books in a series gave you a small recap at the beginning of every book that the reader has the option to read/not to read.
DeleteI've actually read a couple books that do this (Eragon comes to mind)... otherwise Recaptains provides summaries of a lot of popular books in series so you're able to familiarizing yourself with a story. They haven't covered every series but they've hit quite a few popular ones. (I compulsively reread so usually a story IS fresh in my mind but the Recaptains stuff is also just really fun to read.
DeleteI don't know how I'll feel about The Poppy War, but I want to try it out because everyone has been praising it. I added Ayesha at Last to my TBR as soon as I heard about it. I didn't realize it already came out. Hope you enjoy all the reads you pick up this summer!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many release dates it's hard to keep track! I'm not super huge on contemporaries but the moment I saw Ayesha at Last being related to P & P I was intrigued... and by the time I'd read the synopsis I was sold. I've got it on hold right now and I'm really excited to pick it up. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI have the second book in the Binti series on my TTT this week. And CBB is SOOOO good. Happy reading!
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I'm so excited to start both of them! I feel like all the feedback in the comments this week has given me a real push to finally pick up CBB.
DeleteI've heard the audio for Binti is great and my library has access but at the same time... I already own the paper copy of the novella. Dilemma dilemma. (Which is to say that it's the opposite of a problem. Probably what one would call an embarrassment of riches).
Anyway. Thanks for stopping by!
Children of Blood and Bone has been on my TBR for awhile and I'm really hoping to get around to it soon. I hope you enjoy all of these!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I should have already read it and yet... I have not. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI'm probably most interested in The Children of Blood and Bone and The Poppy War on that list.
ReplyDeleteThey both sound fantastic, don't they? If you get a chance to read either of them, I'd love to hear what you think.
Delete'Blood and Bone' has gotten a lot of hype, but it's not one I've really taken a second look at. Fantasy isn't really my genre, so I tend to stick with favorites like all the contemporaries. ;D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland, Kelly - happy summer TBR-ing!
I think the hype is part of why it's taken me so long to read it? I bought it as I was just starting to consider coming back to blogging and then things got busy and then there was so much hype and now I just keep waiting for the perfect time to read it... I don't know.
DeleteContemporaries aren't totally my genre but I definitely do have a few favourites. I hope you find some contemporaries you really love this summer!