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This week’s theme has to do with your favorite books to read at the beach, but since I don’t really go to the beach that often, I’ve decided to list my top ten most anticipated books releasing this summer! I’m happy to say I have review copies of most of these and have requested copies of the others, so expect to see reviews up eventually:-) These books all have release dates of June, July and August, which are the months I count as “summer.” Take a look: (listed in order of release date)
City of Bastards (Royal Bastards #2) by Andrew Shvarts. Released on 6/5. I recently read and loved the first book in the series, Royal Bastards, and I’m hoping to get to this soon. Such a fun, readable series!
The Mermaid by Christina Henry. Releases today! 6/19. I’m in the middle of this (and might be finished by the time this post goes live). I’m a huge fan of Henry, and this fairy tale/historical story is wonderful so far:-)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse. Releases on 6/26. I’ve been looking forward to this for months, and even though I’ve seen some mixed reviews, I have a feeling I’m going to love it.
The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett. This will be the third book I’ve read by Liggett, an author who exemplifies the idea of “the more you write, the better you get.” I didn’t care for her first book, but I really enjoyed her second, so I have high hopes for this!
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #2) by Theodora Goss. Releases on 7/10. Wow, that is a mouthful! I’m beyond excited to read the sequel to The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Although this book clocks in at over 700 pages (intimidating to me!), I hope those pages fly by.
One of Us by Craig DiLouie. Releases on 7/17. This sounds like all kinds of amazing: kids in an orphanage who are…different from other kids.
Contagion (Contagion #1) by Erin Bowman. Releases on 7/24. Space thriller! YA space thriller! I’ve been loving this subgenre so much and I’m curious to see how this book stacks up.
Alternate Routes by Tim Powers. Releases on 8/7. I’m a huge Tim Powers fan from back in the day (or “before blogging”) but it’s been years since I’ve read anything new by him. I’m looking forward to seeing what he’s up to now!
Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett. Releases on 8/21. I fell in love with the cover, but the story sounds just as wonderful. New RJB, what could be better??
Bloody Rose (The Band #2) by Nicholas Eames. Releases on 8/28. The wait for this book is physically painful for me (and I’ll bet I’m not the only one who feels that way!). If you haven’t read Kings of the Wyld, you must go do that immediately!
All of these look very interesting. I’m also looking forward to Bennett’s newest book and your review of it. I’ve loved most of Tim Powers’ books so I’m also looking forward to your review of his newst book.
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It’s nice to meet another Tim Powers fan, I don’t know many:-)
Oooo, Contagion! I keep forgetting that I have an ARC of that book. I need to read it. I hope you enjoy all of these, Tammy!
Have a lovely day. =)
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I got that eARC a long time ago too, I am really looking forward to it!
Thank heavens most of these are already on my wishlist. I was afraid when I saw the theme that you would be adding more to my TBR. Trail of Lightning made my list this week as well. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on The Mermaid. I have it but am a tad afraid to read it because I loved Lost Boy so much and I’m afraid I’ll be disappointed.
The Mermaid was completely different from Lost Boy, so it’s hard to compare them. I think I missed some of the darkness that Lost Boy had, The Mermaid wasn’t quite as “supernatural” feeling, despite the fact that it’s about a mermaid. But I still enjoyed it.
Trail of Lighting is going to be awesome!
I agree, I’m pretty excited for it:-)
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Mermaid!
I’m hoping to get my review up Monday:-)
Bloody Rose will be one of the books I will take with me for a short break away from home soon, and I plan to enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed its predecessor 🙂
And Royal Bastards will be close behind, so I might be just in time to follow up with City of Bastards. Sounds like a plan, doesn’t it?
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It sounds like you have a copy of Bloody Rose already?? You are so lucky:-)
It’s on the Orbit newsletter, so I will request it before leaving – crossing my fingers… 🙂
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Oh yeah, me too! I hope we both get it soon:-)
So looking forward to Trail of Lightning also!
Me too, now I just need to find time to read it:-)
I’m so looking forward to most of these as well! Foundryside, Bloody Rose, Contagion, Theodora Goss’ book… so many great releases are coming, it’s hard to keep up. Hope you love all of these!
It is really hard to keep up! In fact it’s impossible:-)
I got a signed copy of Lost Boy by Christina Henry at Comic Con this weekend!! She was also promoting The Mermaid 😀 If I like Lost Boy I will definitely read The Mermaid too!
Oh cool! I really want to meet her. Lost Boy and The Mermaid are completely different, but I loved both of them. Lost Boy is very dark, and the Mermaid is much lighter.
I’m obsessed with The Mermaid already and I haven’t even read the book. But I definitely want to purchase it!
It’s a gorgeous cover, right? I loved it:-)
The Mermaid made my list this week too so I’m really glad to hear that you’re enjoying it!
I’m hoping my review will be up Monday, it was really good!
The Mermaid is on my summer TBR as well, the rest are new to me or sequals to books I have not read yet but they sound fantastic
I just finished The Mermaid and loved it!
I’m really thinking I might need to get Contagion. And Trail of Lightning as well- that one just sounds so unique, I really want to read it. City of Bastards also sounds good, I need to read the first one…
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I can’t wait to get to City of Bastards, but I’m so behind right now:-/
I’m still looking forward to Trail of Lightning, too. I haven’t seen any reviews yet. I’m curious to see what you think of it!
I’ve seen mostly positive reviews for it, and the Goodreads average is really high, so I have high hopes:-)
Ohhh oh my god those covers looks so good I’M SCREAMING. I really am having a problem with containing my excitement when seeing “potential” good books (haha).
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Ha ha me too Anne! Covers are the best:-)
Trail of Lightning is up for me next! And Alternate Routes looks good, I don’t think I’ve seen that one before!
I suddenly remembered I have a blog tour on Tuesday and I need to read that book, otherwise I’d probably be starting on Trail of Lightning.
I have The Mermaid but still need to read it! I had three review books that were being released on the same day, so I had to draw straws, haha. I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far! Hopefully I can start it soon. City of Bastards looks great, too! <3
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Oh my gosh, I hate when that happens!
Contagion sounds interesting. Or maybe The Mermaid. Some of these I hadn’t heard of before.
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I just finished the Mermaid and it was really good:-)
I’m looking forward to your review of Contagion. It sounds really interesting, but it’s YA classification worries me a little. I know it shouldn’t, but YA Science Fiction has let me down too many times to jump in blind.
I’ve been let down by YA in general lately, but I always keep trying, lol!
Such a lot of fantastic books to look forward to – and such a lot of catching up *groans*. I need to pull my socks up – I’m like a slow mo zombie at the moment.
lynn 😀
Ha ha it’s hard for me to get going with my review pile as well, my family is so busy this summer!
I love the sound of The Mermaid and Contagion is obviously piquing my interest – given that space opera adventure is my go-to genre… But I also have a HUGE stack of books I want to get through this summer holiday:).
I know, my stack of books is so daunting, I’m just doing the best I can:-)
The Mermaid sounds interesting. Mogsy just posted a review of it today at The Bibliosanctum, actually – have you checked it out?
I only have… maybe three new books I’ve truly got my eye on this summer? I’ve already read one (Side By Side by Jenni L. Walsh), and the second has also come out (Guardian by A.J. Hartley). The third one is Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, which comes out next month, I think. Other than that, summer reading will be dedicated mostly to catching up on the TBR pile – including ALLLLLLL the 2017 books I still have to read. *lol*
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I just finished The Mermaid and it was really good! I’m also excited about Spinning Silver, I’ve seen a few great reviews so far:-)
I’ve seen a lot of these around, and some of them sound really interesting! I still need to try a Christina Henry book. And so many of these have pretty covers, I especially love the last two!
Foundryside and Bloody Rose are at the top of the top OF the TOP of my priorities too! Soooo can’t wait to read those. Happy reading! 😀
I’m also looking forward to a TON of these! Foundryside, Contagion, Trail of Lightning… and especially looking forward to seeing what you thought of the Mermaid! Happy summer reading. 🙂
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