Top Ten Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023

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1. Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey: I'm always excited for a new Tessa Bailey book and this one is grumpy v sunshine trope. So it's gonna be adorable and also angsty! RELEASE DATE: FEB 7, 2023
   
2. Just My Type by Falon Ballard: This romance follows a 30 yr old woman who wants to stay single and finds herself crossing paths with her high school ex who happens to be her competitor in their journalism field. RELEASE DATE: FEB 7, 2023
3. Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah: This is a thriller and I love the cover and that's really all I want to know about it. RELEASE DATE: FEB 21, 2023
4. The Firefighter's Dilemma by Mariah Ankenman: The final book in the Mile High Firefighters trilogy. These are short, sweet, and steamy reads and I love them. RELEASE DATE: FEB 27, 2023
   
5. The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest: This story sounds so sweet with a shy bookworm falling for her neighbor who happens to be an author that goes by a pen name and happens to be her favorite author. RELEASE DATE: FEB 28, 2023
   
6. A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley: I've read an excerpt of this book and I think it will make my favorite reads of the year and I can only hope to read it this year after it releases. RELEASE DATE: MAR 7, 2023
   
7. The Love Wager by Lynn Painter: I am excited to get my hands on this. It's a fake dating book which is my FAVE. RELEASE DATE: MAR 14, 2023
   
8. The Only Game in Town by Lacie Waldon: I enjoyed The Layover and I'm excited to read more Lacie Waldon books. This one takes place in a small town where two strangers gotta work together to win a game with a huge fortune as a prize. RELEASE DATE: MAR 21, 2023
   
9. The Plus One by Mazey Eddings: I need to read book 2 in this trilogy but I have both book 2 and 3 from Netgalley and I plan to binge them. I was obsessed with A Brush With Love. RELEASE DATE: APR 4, 2023
   
10. Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez: I loved Part of Your World. I immediately connected with Abby's writing style. This story follows a doctor who has a terrible first impression of another doctor. I have read an excerpt and it did suck me in! RELEASE DATE: APR 11, 2023
    

What books are on your most anticipated list?Did any of mine make your list?

Top Ten Most Anticipated Books Releasing In the Second Half of 2022

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A belated Top Ten Tuesday because I just got back from a week in Minnesota and missed this prompt. I'm up to 163 books on my 2022 shelf, so I definitely have added some since the beginning of the year. Here's what I'm looking forward to:

Top Ten Most Anticipated Books Releases In the First Half of 2022

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I feel like I have less to pick from this year but I do know as time goes on, I will definitely have more books on my list. So let's talk about some of the book releases I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2022!

Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half 2021

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2020

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Top Ten Most Anticipated Book Releases for the First Half of 2020

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I always start the year with a pretty small number of books on my anticipated list and then by the end of the year there are just as many as the previous years. For example, for 2020, I have 34 books on my 2020 releases shelf. 2019 was very similar but is now sitting at 208 books - and that's not including the 2019 books I read during the year. So I know that (have no fear) I will end up with an insane amount of books added to my TBR that I definitely don't have time to read. But here we go!

Top Ten Tuesday Most Anticipated Releases of the Second Half of 2019

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1. The Toll by Neal Shusterman - Confession: I haven't read Thunderhead yet, although I do plan on it soon. I was putting it off until the third book had a release date. I'm so excited to finish out this trilogy because Scythe was one of the most unique and insanely incredible books I've ever read. I preordered it the second I saw it was available for preorder. Release date: November 5
2. Supernova by Marissa Meyer - I really enjoyed Archenemies and would love to know where Meyer is going with this story! Release date: November 5
3. Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston - the sequel to Heart of Iron! I have this one preordered as well. I thought it was meant to be a duology but the Goodreads blurb makes it seem like there may be more. The cover of this one is just as stunning as the first book and I am SO ready to read more of the story. Release date: July 23
4. Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg - All I really know for this one is that it takes place in Wisconsin (close enough to Minnesota to make me happy) and things aren't what they seem for the MC. It's pretty vague but definitely caught my interest. Release date: July 9
5. Wilder Girls by Rory Power - First of all, the cover - WOW. It's a horror book which isn't usually my go-to genre, but it sounds very dystopian like with a virus that is taking over an island with an all-girls school. Release date: July 9
6. Let's Call It a Doomsday by Katie Henry - I enjoyed Heretics Anonymous and am excited that Henry has another book coming out. It follows a girl named Ellis who has anxiety and has prepared for all the different possibilities of doomsday. Sounds right up my alley. Release date: August 6
7. Rebel Girls by Elizabeth Keenan - Literally it says in 1992. SOLD. It's a feminism book and it takes place in the 90s. Sign me up. Release date: September 10
8. The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen - The premise says "What if the X-Men, instead of becoming superheroes, decided to spend some time in therapy?" and doesn't that sound awesome?! Release date: September 24
9. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - This is Bardugo's first adult novel. I love the cover. The story follows Alex, a 20 year old woman who is tasked with keeping tabs on Yale's secret societies. It sounds like there is some paranormal/fantasy edge to it. Release date: October 1
10. Blood Heir by Amelie Wen Zhao - Another Anastasia retelling to make my list (Soul of Stars is the other), but this one is more fantasy than sci fi. It looks so dark! Release date: November 19

Tell me what books you're anticipating in the second half of 2019.

Are you looking forward to any on my list?

Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2019

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1. Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills | Small town, marching band, quiet guy - so basically I need this book asap. I loved Foolish Hearts and must read more Emma Mills this year. Publish date: January 19
2. The Birds and the Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh | A girl decides to act out against the abstinence-only sex education by handing out condoms and wisdom in the girls' bathroom. Publish date: January 22
3. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Bridget Kemmerer | Beauty and the Beast retelling with a MC with cerebral palsy. Publish date: January 29
4. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo | Honestly, I need to read book 2 and 3 in the Grisha trilogy and also read the Six of Crows duology but I'm so excited about this book. Publish date: January 29
5. 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne | I adore(d) The Hating Game and will ready anything by Thorne. Publish date: January 29
6. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas | After the success of T.H.U.G. and as topical as it was wonderful and well-written, I'm excited for her sophomore novel. That's a term, right? Publish date: February 5
7. Warrior Wild by Trisha Levenseller | Okay, so DoaPK was one of my favorite reads of 2018. I need to read the sequel asap, as I preordered it and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since. But this is a Viking-inspired tale, so SIGN. ME. UP. SIS. Publish date: February 26
8. Meet Me in Outer Space by Melinda Grace | An #Ownvoices novel about a college student with central auditory processing disorder. Really excited for this debut and to learn more about this disorder. Publish date: March 12
9. The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston | This is a separate novel in the Once Upon a Con series with Geekerella being book 1. It's a retelling of the Prince and the Pauper. Also it's Ashley Poston. I read two of her books last year and loved them both. Publish date: April 2
10. Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff | It's a sci fi. It's Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. They could write the back of a cereal box and I would give it five stars and all the praise. SO READY. Publish Date: May 7

What are you excited for in the first half of 2019?

My Most Anticipated Releases for December

The new releases are short and sweet for me this month. I'm only looking forward to two! But I'm not getting too comfortable because January releases are insane and I want them all :)

DECEMBER 4

Paper Girl

DECEMBER 18

The Cursed Sea (The Glass Spare #2)

What releases are you looking forward to?

My Most Anticipated Releases for November

My anticipated releases are diminishing with time, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing :) This month, I have two sequels I'm really excited for and I already have a copy of River Bodies and Little White Lies. I also have read an excerpt of Mammoth and really enjoyed it.

NOVEMBER 1

River Bodies

My Most Anticipated Releases for October

I started out getting this post ready with only four or five books and then boom, hello tons of books I want to read. This is how TBRs get out of control!

OCTOBER 1

The Rule of One

My Most Anticipated Releases for September

I feel like this is a less exciting month for releases for me. There are a few that I'm really excited for, but the rest are more or less...whenever I get around to reading them, cool. I'm in no rush.

SEPTEMBER 1

I Will Never Leave You

My Most Anticipated Releases for August

 

AUGUST 1

A Killer's Mind

AUGUST 7

This Story is a Lie // #MURDERTRENDING // Heretics Anonymous

AUGUST 14

Mystery in the Mansion

AUGUST 21

The State of Grace // Brave Enough

AUGUST 28

City of Ghosts // Seafire // That's Not What Happened

What new releases are you looking forward to?

My Most Anticipated Releases for July

JULY 1

The Thinnest Air

My Most Anticipated Releases for June

Only a few sequels are on this list but I am definitely most excited about them. I have My Plain Jane preordered and it cannot come soon enough. I appreciate the softness of most of these covers too.

JUNE 5

Mariam Sharma Hits the Road // Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) 

My Most Anticipated Releases for May

I have 4 of these books already and 1 preordered. It looks to be a contemporary month - just in time for the summer :)

MAY 1

Blink // Brightly Burning // Everywhere You Want to Be // If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say // Ship It // Dating Disasters of Emma Nash // It Ends With Her

My Most Anticipated Releases for April

It's time for another new month of book releases to look forward to! Three of these I already have (True Fiction, Black Chuck, and Sky in the Deep) and hope to read very soon. :)

APRIL 1

Troublemakers // True Fiction

APRIL 3

Maggie and Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort // Following Baxter // The Frontman // Black Chuck

My Most Anticipated Releases for March

There are so many gorgeous covers this month! I have quite a few middle grade books on this list and a couple of sequels too.

MARCH 6

More Than We Can Tell // The Sky At Our Feet // Restore Me // Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World

Big Water // The Final Six // To Kill a Kingdom // The Wicked Deep // Our Dark Stars