Hey Bibliofriends,

Happy Tuesday! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read. Not gonna lie, this list could be miles long as I have whole shelves full on unread books – a typical bookwyrm problem, I know! Here are ten of the ones, that I was most excited for but still haven’t clawed them from the TBR piles just yet! If you don’t already know, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly, list-themed book prompt hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

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Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read

1. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – This was literally on pre-order the moment that it dropped. I waxed lyrical about it for everyone who would listen, and even though it’s only been out about 1 month, I’m still shocked at myself for not having read it yet.
2. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff – As a huge Buffy fan, vampires are one of my favourite fantasy fiends. The fact that Jay Kristoff was writing about them too made this one of my anticipated books of 2021. Needless to say, as it’s on this list… my Illumicrate edition is still neatly wrapped inside its bubble wrap casing! 😬
3. Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy – It’s sadly, not that often that I go into a bookshop anymore and just pick up an unheard of book because I like the blurb. Once and Future was one of those books that just randomly spoke to me because of the King Arthur parallels. That was back in 2019 and it’s still stuck on the shelf of unread paperbacks.
4. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – Another book which I was so intrigued about because of the major hype. I managed to snag the Illumicrate editions of this trilogy but they still lie unread in their little yellow bags.
5. The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafôn – I’ve explained my meanings behind this one many, many times. I’m hoping to reread the rest of Zafôn’s works one day before embarking upon this final ever instalment.
6. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller – Pirates are another bookish theme that is going to make it 100% likely that I will buy the book. Still hasn’t made it 100% quicker for me to pick this novel up yet though!
7. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal – Does anyone remember ShelfLove Crate? This was the one and only box I ever purchased from them, specifically to get their edition of We Hunt the Flame. That was back in 2018… 🙈
8. Fierce Like A Firestorm by Lana Popović – This one is a little bit of a cheat as I don’t actually own a copy of this yet… however, I immediately added this sequel to my virtual TBR list as soon as I finished Wicked Like a Wildfire so it’s spent a long time on my TBR just waiting to be purchased!
9. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson – Despite being a huge SFF fan, I have not yet read anything by this juggernaut of the genre. The Final Empire was on my partner’s Christmas list so I bought him a copy and he already knows that I’m hoping to read it myself once he’s read it! 😂
10. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir – Another series that I have the entire collection of and just haven’t started yet. I see this on so many Fantasy recommendations that I know I have to get to it at some point in the not-so-distant future!

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Which books are still on your TBR pile? Have you read any of my picks this week? Any recommendations for which of these 10 I have to be picking up fast? Feel free to leave me your link so I can visit your own TTT post! As always, drop me a comment to chat!

T xx