Notable Quotable: Melinda Salisbury (#224)

"That's the trouble with knowing things: you can't un-know them. Once you let yourself look at them, or say them aloud, they become real."
     --The Sleeping Prince

Notable Quotable: Brittany Cavallaro (#223)

"Reading took me away from myself, so I tried to be reading all the time."
     --The Case for Jamie

Notable Quotable: Tricia Levenseller (#222)

"'It seems the only way to have a conversation alone with you is to ambush you in the halls.' 'Most men would take that as a hint and back the hell off.'"
     --Daughter of the Siren Queen

Notable Quotable: Nicola Yoon (#221)

"Just because you can't experience everything doesn't mean you shouldn't experience anything."
     --Everything, Everything

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to my TBR

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1. Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller - I've just finished a book about vikings and I'm itching to read another viking book, this one seems on a similar thread. I really liked Levenseller's previous books and so I'm hopeful that this book will satisfy my viking desires.

2. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal - This book sounds amazing. I've been looking at it for a while now, but I haven't officially added it to my TBR until recently. It's inspired by ancient Arabia and follows a hunter and an assassin who are each legends, but don't want to be.

3. Rayne and Delilah's Midnight Matinee by Jeff Zentner - Two best friends host a TV show on their local cable channel and in their senior they have to make decisions about their future of their show, their lives, and their friendship. It sounds like the perfect contemporary read and I'm excited to read it when it comes out.

4. Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley - I'm missing Ireland a lot recently, and this book just spoke to me. It takes place in 1993, a Chicago teen is uprooted to a small town in Ireland. Tragedy strikes and a pilgrimage to Dublin might be the trick to processing the grief. Running around Ireland sounds like a book I'm ready to read.

5. Now a Major Motion Picture by Cori McCarthy - Set in Ireland again, this time on the movie set of a widely famous fantasy trilogy written by the main character's grandmother. I'm particularly excited to read this book.

6. Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan - It's about a girl who has a job as the hot dog girl in her local princess park. She's got plans to win a boy's heart and save the park all while dancing around as a hot dog. I mean that sounds so cute and I'm here for it.

7. #Prettyboy Must Die by Kimberly Reid - I'm getting some serious Digby vibes from this book and I LOVED Trouble Is A Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly, so I'm pretty interested in checking this book out.

8. The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan - The latest book in the Apollo series and I'll be really excited to read more about Apollo's mortal teenage self when it comes out later this year.

9. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - I've read several of her books and really enjoyed them. This one seemed to have slipped under the radar, but I've found it now and I'm keen on reading it. I mean there's a bookshop involved!

10. The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken - I binge-read the The Darkest Minds Trilogy last year just in time to learn about this book. I can't say that I'm sorry there's another one. I mean, Alexandra Bracken has a way with storytelling, I'm completely obsessed. I'm so excited that there's more for me to read.

Notable Quotable: Ryan Graudin (#220)

"Her self-reflection was no reflection at all. It was a shattered mirror. Something she had to piece together, over and over again. Memory by memory. Loss by loss. Wolf by wolf."
     --Wolf by Wolf

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2018 but Didn't

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1. Renegades by Marissa Meyer - This book was on all of my TBRs last year, and for some reason I just didn't pick it up. I'm nearly certain that I will love this story, I just need actually take the moment to read it.  2019 is the year!

2. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (and the rest of the series) - This was one of the series I wanted to finish in 2018, but I didn't make it that far. I'm hoping that 2019 will be the year that I put this series forward in my priorities, especially since the entire series is now out. I won't have to do any waiting for the final book.

3. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - I was saving this book for October because it felt like a great time to read it, but then I fell into a reading slump and I didn't do much reading in the last bit of 2018. I'd really like to get to it in 2019, so we shall see if I save it for this October.

4. To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han - I actually started reading this book, but I accidentally had it returned to the library before I could finish listening to it. The wait list is so long that I didn't get a chance to finish it.

5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - I really wanted to read this book, but somehow time got away from me this year. I've borrowed it from a friend and she'll want it back soon, so it's one I've got to get to very soon.