Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Recent Additions to My TBR

Hosted each week by That Artsy Reader Girl, it's a meme for listing the top ten for everything bookish.
This week we are talking about recent additions to our bookshelves and I decided to focus on the ten books I recently discovered and added to my TBR!



When Andra wakes up, she’s drowning.
Not only that, but she’s in a hot, dirty cave, it’s the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists–including her family and friends–are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra’s a deity. She knows she’s nothing special, but she’ll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth.
Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddess’s glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Now he’s hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throne–if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn’t actually have the power to save their dying planet, they’ll kill her.
With a vicious monarch on the throne and a city tearing apart at the seams, Zhade and Andra might never be able to unlock the mystery of her fate, let alone find a way to unseat the king, especially since Zhade hasn’t exactly been forthcoming with Andra. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet she’s woken to?


Why I added it: I saw this when creating a cover reveal post and even though I read the synopsis, I didn't add it to my TBR, but I kept thinking about this premise and now I need to read it.


From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president's senior year of high school.
Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha (listed in alphabetical order out of fairness) have been friends since kindergarten. Now they're in their senior year, facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. But there's more than just college on the horizon. One of these girls is destined to become the president of the United States. The mystery, of course, is which girl gets the gig.
Is it Ava, the picture-perfect artist who's secretly struggling to figure out where she belongs? Or could it be CJ, the one who's got everything figured out...except how to fix her terrible SAT scores? Maybe it's Jordan, the group's resident journalist, who knows she's ready for more than their small Ohio suburb can offer. And don't overlook Martha, who will have to overcome all the obstacles that stand in the way of her dreams.
This is the story of four best friends who have one another's backs through every new love, breakup, stumble, and success--proving that great friendships can help young women achieve anything...even a seat in the Oval Office.
Why I added it: I like the premise, that this is a contemporary that shows four girls, one of which will be a future president (but we do not know who). I love books featuring positive female friendships and am always looking to add more of those to my TBR!

GOLDIE VANCE IS ON THE CASE
Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance has an insatiable curiosity. She lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and it's her dream to one day be the hotel's in-house detective. When Walter, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, together they utilize her smarts, skills, and connections to solve the mystery...even if it means getting into a drag race, solving puzzles, or chasing a helicopter to do it!





Why I added it: After reading Lumberjanes and Giant Days, I was looking into BOOM! Box's other titles and this one came highly recommended.







Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, she's learned to be tough. But she never expected a betrayal that would land her in a foster care. When she's placed with the Murphys, a lively family with three boys, she's blindsided. Do happy families really exist? Carley knows she could never belong in their world, so she keeps her distance.
It's easy to stay suspicious of Daniel, the brother who is almost her age and is resentful she's there. But Mrs. Murphy makes her feel heard and seen for the first time, and the two younger boys seem determinded to work their way into her heart. Before she knows it, Carley is protected the boys from a neighbourhood bullly and even teaching Daniel how to play basketball. Then just when she's feeling like she could truly be one of the Murphys, news from her mother shakes her world.

Why I added it: I read Fish in the Tree by the same author and wanted to give her first book a try.







From Barbara O'Connor, the beloved author of Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of friendship, the challenges of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog.
Mavis Jeeter is fearless and bold, but she has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend. Her flighty mother has uprooted them again to another new home and taken a job as a housekeeper for the Tully family. Mavis wants this home to be permanent--which means finding herself a best friend.
Rose Tully is a worrier who feels like she doesn't quite fit in with the other girls in her neighborhood. Her closest friend is Mr. Duffy, but he hasn't been himself since his dog died. Rose may have to break a few of her mother's many rules to help Mr. Duffy--and find someone who really understands her.
Henry has run away from home, but he craves kindness and comfort--and doesn't know where to look for them.
When Mavis and Rose hatch a scheme to find Mr. Duffy a new dog, their lives and Henry's intersect--and they all come to find friendship in places they never expected.

Why I added it: Honestly, I am just a sucker for dog books






The Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sharon Cameron.
A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws.
Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all.
Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives. Her mission is to learn the Commissioner's secrets at any cost -- even if it means betraying her own heart.
When these uneasy allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic -- before the Commissioner ends them first. 

Why I added it: I no idea what most of that synopsis says but I heard that there is ace rep, so now I need to read it.







Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. "I nearly missed you, Doctor August," she says. "I need to send a message." This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

Why I added it: This sounds like such a strange book and I am here for it. It is described as being reincarnation and time travel, which are both things I love reading!







GROUNDHOG DAY gets a hilarious French twist in this delightful upper middle grade novel about first crushes and friendship when an eighth-grade class trip to Paris goes horribly wrong and the worst day of one girl’s life keeps happening over and over.
Fourteen-year-old Eve Hollis is ready to push through her fears and finally let her crush know how she feels. And what better place to tell him than on top of the Eiffel Tower in the City of Love? But things don’t go as planned, and Eve is sure she’s had the worst day of her life— until she wakes up the next morning to realize the whole disaster of a day is happening again. She’s trapped in a time loop.
Desperate to make it stop, Eve will have to take some big risks and learn from her mistakes or she’s destined to live the most awkwardly painful day of her life over and over again, forever.

Why I added it: I actually wanted to add this to my TBR months ago, right after I saw the rights report for this on Publisher's Weekly, but it wasn't added to Goodreads until I was making this post! I love books with the repeating days trope! It is so much fun and I think it is interesting to see what kinds of shenanigans someone can get into while repeating the same day!





Ellen Cormier at Dial has acquired, at auction, world rights to Jake Maia Arlow's Almost Flying, which follows 13-year-old Dalia as she takes part in a summer road trip to several amusement parks and celebrates found family, first queer crushes, and the singular delight of roller coasters. Publication is scheduled for summer 2021; Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret negotiated the deal.

Why I added it: This is another book I saw on Publisher's Weekly. While all the information I have is from the rights report, it is enough to catch my attention. It just sounds like it has so many things I love, like road trips, amusement parks (I have been weirdly interested in amusement park history the past year), found family, and it overall just sounds adorable and fun. 







Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone...and more tormented.
As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident "bad seed," struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in response. Jane's mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her childhood home, but she won't reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the "storage room" her mom has kept locked isn't for storage at all -- it's a little girl's bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears...
Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more... horrid?

Why I added it: When I first started reading the synopsis it sounded like the typical ghosty YA book, complete with moving to a dilapidated house, but the last few lines really hooked me and now I am curious.


What are your recent additions to your TBR?

5 comments :

  1. I am a Katrina Leno fan, and will always add her books. I also added Most Likely, because, like you, I adore when female friendships take center stage.

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  2. It was really fun to read your reasoning for each book. I'm excited that you're interested in One For The Murphys; I thought that book was wonderful and had so much heart. I definitely need to look into the other book of hers you mentioned -- stories that involve a caring teacher are some of my favorites.

    Also, the cover of Horrid is off-putting, but every line in that synopsis had me more excited and now I'm SO very on board to read this. Glad you brought it to my attention!

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  3. These are all new to me except Tarnished are the Stars. I hope you like them!

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  4. I want to read Goldie Vance and Horrid! The First Fifteen Lives and Tarnished are the Stars both look awesome and they're new to me!
    Great list! :)

    Ash @ JennReneeRead

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  5. Goddess in the Machine sounds like it'll be awesome!

    Lauren @ Always Me

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