Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday - 10 Books On My Spring TBR

This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic from The Broke and the Bookish is the Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR.  I love this topic because it gives me time to think about what I want to read in the next little while.  This is what I want to read this spring!

1.  The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - I've seen several modern interpretations of this story but have never read the actual book.  I've seen several Oscar Wilde plays and there's a certain wit to them while this story sounds much darker.  I'm curious to see how it all comes together.

2.  Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - I had zero interest in reading this one when it first came out.  The whole gamer science fiction thing just didn't catch my attention.  But then I started seeing the reviews and they were beyond glowing.  And THEN I discovered that Wil Wheaton reads the audio and that my library has a copy on audio on their digital site.  How can I pass that up?

3.  Three Fates by Nora Roberts - I love new and shiny books but lately I've been realizing that I miss my old favorites so I'm trying to throw in a reread every so often.  This book involving 2 countries, 2 time periods, 3 couples and a whole host of villains is the one I'm hoping to reread this spring.

4.  Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost - I've really enjoyed Troost's previous two books that chronicle his time spent on an atoll in the Pacific and then Tahiti so I'm super excited to read about his adventures in China.

5.  Tightening the Threads by Lea Waite - I've really been enjoying this cozy mystery series featuring a group of needlepointers and a former PI granddaughter.  They all have a historical element that always makes me happy and this newest one is supposed to solve the mystery of one of my favorite side characters who I'm really looking forward to getting to know better!

6.  Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen - Because what TBR would be complete without a thriller with an unreliable narrator?  I'm super excited about this one about a woman whose boyfriend has quite literally disappeared without a trace.

7.  Any Day Now by Robyn Carr - Robyn Carr is one of those authors that I'm always meaning to read more of but never quite manage to read as much as I'd like.  I'm really looking forward to this 2nd book in the Sullivan's Crossing series.

8.  Until You by Denise Grover Swank - I loved the first book in this contemporary romance series and am super excited about this second book!

9.  Death in the Abstract by Emily Barnes - This cozy series about a former police chief turned artist  has been on my radar for awhile and this one features a missing person mystery which is one of my favorite kinds of mysteries.

10. The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King - I'm woefully behind in this Sherlock Holmes?Mary Russell series.  I read the one right before this last year and there were a lot of things left unresolved.  I'm really looking forward to finding just how everything works out!

What are you looking forward to reading this spring?

16 comments:

  1. I think Wil wheaton narrating Ready Player One would be pretty good. :) I wasn't super crazy about the book but I think I'm in the minority, a lot of people like it. And it's definitely not bad. Lost on Planet China sounds pretty good too...

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  2. Gone Without a Trace is on my list too. You have quite a lineup!

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  3. I keep meaning to read READY PLAYER ONE. I should listen to it on audio - seems to be loved by one and all. I've read THREE FATES and though I don't remember much about the story, I'm sure I loved it. I should reread it too!

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  4. The RPO audio is amazing!! I loved that book so much. Hope you enjoy it!!

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  5. Ready Player One was so good! I didn't enjoy Armada, his second novel, quite as much, but still good!

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  6. I loved every one of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes books. I'm constantly looking for when the next one will be coming out but sadly, I have to wait... I also have Ready Player One in my pile but it's on hold for now. I'll probably read it over the summer. Have a lovely week!
    Laura :)
    My Top Ten Tuesday

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  7. I love LRK's series about Russell & Holmes! So much fun. This latest one, The Murder of Mary Russell, was especially good, I thought.

    My TTT is here :-)

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  8. I've been re-reading a lot of Nora Roberts books lately. But I've never read that one. It looks really interesting. Have you ever read her J.D. Robb books?

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  9. Ready Player One is so awesome! I hope you'll like it! :)

    Lauren @ Always Me

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  10. Oh, what a great list! A nice mix of genres and styles. God of the Hive is wonderful! I liked Any Day Now (which reminds me, I need to write the review!), and I'll be reading Tightening the Threads, though it didn't quite make my list (mostly because I have to read the one that comes right before it -- I'm behind.) And it sounds like I need to add The Three Fates to my Nora Roberts list. I'm not trying to read all her books, but that one definitely calls to me!

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  11. I've been meaning to read a book by Denise Grover Swank sometime soon - I've heard great things! My TTT

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  12. I bought Ready Player One a while ago but haven't read it yet. I keep looking at the audio for it just because of Wil Wheaton. I can't wait to read Gone Without a Trace as well.

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  13. Only one of those books on my list to read. :)

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  14. Hi! I feel better that you haven't read Ready Player One yet. lol I thought I was the only one who hadn't. It's still on my TBR list! Ahhh....
    My TTT
    Leslie

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  15. I loved Three Fates! Definitely worth a reread. I still can't decide if I want to read Ready Player One. I have a signed copy of Armada (that I still haven't read). Happy reading!

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  16. I had no interest in Ready Player One at first, either, but I want to read it now as well. I didn't play many video games, but my ex did and I watched him play, as well as being his navigator and puzzle solving buddy. I have seen a lot of reviews lately that have piqued my interest. :)

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