Hello all,
I hope you’re all doing well, or as well as can be expected. I know I’ve been MIA yet again but work got busy and I’ve been finding it really difficult to balance everything. Add to that a laptop that’s probably nearing the end of its life and yep, blogging has definitely fallen by the wayside.
Anyway, I’ve had a week off work (a rare occurrence), so am determined to do this thang, starting with a Summer TBR. I do love a TBR post as it fills me with the optimism that I have some goals and a plan. My full TBR list is significantly bigger than this but I’ve tried to pull out a nice mix of genres and authors from the books at the top of my list. I will no doubt deviate (what can I say, I’m a mood reader) but this gives me a good starting point.
Book Club Books
I’ve somehow ended up in about four different book clubs which I have to confess is not going great in terms of me actually getting to all of the books I’m supposed to be reading for them. I do try however to prioritise the books for my RL work book club. This month’s read is Scabby Queen which I started around a week ago but parked because I wasn’t in the right mood and was losing focus. I will however pick it up again soon as I think it may turn out to be one I love. The Midnight Library and The End of Men are on our list of future picks and are ones I’ve been looking forward to reading so I may try to get a head start on them.
ARCS
I have soooo many ARCs, someone seriously needs to shut off my request button on Netgalley. I’ve not done too badly in terms of reading a lot of them but I am very behind in reviews. I think I probably need to make an effort to read as many as possible (and get those reviews written) over the next few months and I suspect I’ll pick up whichever appeals at that particular moment but the following are some recent approvals that I’m pretty excited about.
Bookshelf/Backlist
As there’s not a huge amount to spend money on at the moment I have been doing quite a bit of book shopping. All those special/signed editions have been calling to me. As a result I’ve got a little bit of a backlog of books I’ve bought but not had a chance to read as yet. I also have a few books I’ve been putting off reading till the full series is available (I’m looking at you King of Scars) so hoping to pick them up too.
Audiobooks
Finally, I have a few audio books lined up on audible. The inclusion of Project Hail Mary is possibly a bit of a cheat as I’ve already started it but it’s pretty long so will probably take me till the end of the month to finish it. I do love sci fi stories on audio for some reason.
So that’s my list. I’m pretty excited about it. There are soooo many good books around at the moment, I just hope I manage to read them all.
Have you read any of these? Any recommendations on where I should start? Let me know in the comments.
A Bookish Life 
You have some great reading ahead!
I have read and loved Project Hail Mary and Malibu Rising! I cannot wait for The Women of Troy. I really loved The Silence of the Girls by the same author!
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Yay, that is so good to hear. I’m only a couple of hours into Project Hail Mary but I am loving it. Very excited about The Women of Troy as well. I’ve read The Silence of the Girls and really enjoyed it. Not sure if this is a sort of sequel. I’ll read pretty much anything Troy related.
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Matt Haig is an author I always see around and have been wanting to try one of his books. Same with TJR. Hope these are all winners for you.
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Thank you. I’ve read a few Matt Haig books and have loved every one so am excited about The Midnight Library.
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Not exactly relevant, but did anyone else look at the man on the cover for A Rogue of One’s Own and think “the tenth doctor”, or just me? That hair, tho…
Anyway, these all look really interesting and I’m excited for you!
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I didn’t until now 😂 The hair is 100% the tenth doctor.
Thank you
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