Top Ten Tuesday: Top Books of 2017

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This week's Ten:

Top 10 11 Books of 2017
(+ 1 2016 Book)

The 2016 books is one I read at the end of 2016, but I didn't wan it to miss out on both the 2016 and 2017 lists, so I'm including it anyway.. Then, I have eleven 2017 books not ten because I just couldn't knock one off the list!

This Body Won't Break (#1) by Lea McKee

review

(This Body Won't Break is currently free for Kindle)

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

review

Girls Made of Snow & Glass by Melissa Bashardousht

review

 Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

review

The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown

review

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

review

Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson

review

The Girl Who Saved Christmas (Christmas #2) by Matt Haig

review

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Goodreads

Artemis by Andy Weir

review

Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie Pipkin

review

the 2016 Book:

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

review

Please leave a comment and let me know your top books of 2017 - and/or any recommendations you have based on my picks!

Top Ten Tuesday: Books to be Thankful For [j@uliebux @ChessieZappia @MyraMcEntire]

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This week's Ten:

10 Books for Which I'm Thankful

When I was just starting one of these books (Not Now, Not Ever - review coming in about an hour!) I got some Huh-Who-Wait-What-Hunh?! news that left me both upset and unsure about a lot of things but it made me realize just how thankful I really am for books that can take my mind off of things and make me happy. (There are definitely the emotional, painful, thought provoking ones, too but for this list I chose the happiness inducing ones.)

Oh, it's also technically more than ten books but some are serious/companions/the same author, so . . .

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

review + info

Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson
review (live later this morning)

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These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Goodreads

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Artemis by Andy Weir

review + info

The Martian by Andy Weir

review + info

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Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

review + info

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Lola & the Boy Next Door (Anna & the French Kiss #2) by Stephanie Perkins

review + info

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Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McEntire

review + info

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Blackhearts (#1) by Nicole Castroman

review + info

Blacksouls (#2) by Nicole Castroman

review + info

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These Vicious Masks (#1) by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

review + info

These Ruthless Deeds (#2) by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

review + info

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Love, Lies & Spies (#1) by Cindy Anstey

review + info

Duels & Deception (#2) by Cindy Anstey

review + info

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What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Goodreads

(I really should review this one)

Please leave a comment and let me know some of the books you're thankful for right now!

Waiting On Wednesday [@DelacortePress @juliebux]

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My pick for this week:

WHAT TO SAY NEXT by Julie Buxbaum

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a charming and poignant story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. For fans of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Niven, and Rainbow Rowell.

Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.

KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I’m going through. How could they? I don’t even understand.

DAVID: In the 622 days I’ve attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I’ve never once sat with someone until now. “So your dad is dead,” I say to Kit, because this is a fact I’ve recently learned about her.

When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David’s blunt honesty—in fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit’s attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad’s tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they’ll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?

published July 11th by Delacorte Press

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Why?

I love when something unexpected brings two characters together - and here I know there will be that added layer that the death of Kit's father precipitated everything. I am curious to see how their relationship develops, how the honesty works, their (and everyone else's) reaction to thier newfound friendship, and what it is about he truth of the accident that might end it all.

There's also the fact that David has been counting the number of days he's been in the high school. For whatever reason, I really love that he knows he's been attending Mapleview High for 622 days.

(And the cover is very cute.)


That's my pick for this week, what's yours? Tell me in the comments and/or link me to your own post!