Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Top Ten Books on Daisy's TBR List for Summer 2013!


Hi guys! It's time for another Top Ten Tuesday and this week we're talking about the books on your summer TBR list! Are you as excited for long sunny days and barbecues and lazing by the pool as I am?
As usual, I'll be featuring books that are actually released this summer, between June 21st and September 22nd.

More information about TTT and future topics can be found here

The Sequels


The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson: Ok, this is slightly cheating, because I've already read and LOVED it, but I do plan on rereading it when I get my shiny finished copy. Seriously, if you're not reading this series yet, WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? GO READ IT! NOW!

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas: So, all of you guys who got it at BEA or somewhere else need to stop tormenting me with your gushing, because I am PINING for this book!! I've been pining for it since I finished Throne of Glass, or maybe since I first read this story on Fictionpress, but I NEED IT RIGHT NOW! Everything shall be dropped when this lands in my mailbox!

False Sight by Dan Krokos: I LOVED False Memory and I cannot wait to see what happens next with Miranda and Peter and EVERYONE!

Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier: Shadowfell was so, SO good! I don't know why I hadn't picked up a book by this author before, but I'm definitely excited for the next book in this series!

The Books By Authors Who've Stolen My Heart Before


The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black: LOVE Holly Black's writing and this sounds all kinds of exciting!

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales: I adored Past Perfect, I'm pretty sure this will be awesome as well!

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein: I cannot gush enough about Code Name Verity! That book just ripped my heart out and stomped on it and it was GLORIOUS! So obviously I'll be ALL OVER Rose Under Fire. I even have a finished copy of the UK edition already staring me down :)

How To Lose A Bride in One Night by Sophie Jordan: Sophie Jordan's historical romances are among the absolute best in my humble opinion and this one sounds like a winner to me!

The Debuts


The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas: YA debut, I found out she writes historical romance! Must check out! But seriously, this book just sounds all kinds of awesome and I think it'll make my fantasy/paranormal loving heart happy :)

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrell: It sounds majorly creepy! I'm hoping to just finish this in one go, because I can't imagine being able to put it down!

The 100 by Kass Morgan: another book I have BEA envy over ;) CANNOT WAIT!

The Mythology Fix


The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White: EEEE! EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY! All of the flailing excitement!!

Antigoddess by Kendare Blake: Greek mythology geeks unite! Seriously, a GODDESS WAR! I cannot imagine anything more epic!



So that's it for me, what's on you Summer TBR list? Recommendations for mine? I'll be unemployed this summer and have lots of reading time available :)


129 comments:

  1. Daisy...your list is why we are book blogging soul mates :)

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  2. Ahh how could I forget the bitter kingdom?!! I've got a digital arc, must add that to my list too.

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    1. It is seriously SO GOOD! What are you waiting for??? GO READ IT! I need to talk about this book with other booklovers!

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  3. Always good to have a mix of authors that you love to look forward to and debuts to get excited about.

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    1. I love the safety of diving into a book by an author whose work I've loved before as well as discovering new-to-me authors :)

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  4. Great list!! I have several on my TBR list. Chaos of the Stars is on my soon TBR list--I am itching to read it!

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    1. It sounds so good! I can't wait to read it either! :D

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  5. I LOVE Juliet Marillier - Raven Flight definitely made my list. Surprisingly a lot of these I've not heard of, or like with Holly Black (who I also love) I didn't know were coming out. They all sound so interesting!

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    1. I know right?? Holly Black is awesome, I don't think this book has gotten a lot of buzz before, but it sounds amazing! :)

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  6. This is such a great topic! I need to do more reading this summer, the TBR stack is getting HUGE...

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    1. Haha, tell me about it! Mine really needs some intense reading as well :)

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  7. It's so hot here in Houston that I should have plenty of reading time as I'll be indoors for the next few months. Egyptian mythology sounds good.

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    1. I love mythology and I haven't read many books yet with Egyptian mythology in it, so I'm very excited! :)

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  8. You have picked some AWESOME books!! I cannot wait till "Crown of Midnight" is out for everyone to read - I hear it is just AAAAMAZING! And I am not reading the series by Rae Carson yet but I feel like I am missing out on something 100% epic - So I will have to check it out!

    Great list! :)

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    1. Thanks! :)
      I am DYING to read Crown of Midnight!! Everyone keeps gushing about it on twitter and I WAAAAAANNNT IT!
      Oh, you'll LOVE Rae Carson's series, like you said, it's 100% epic!

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  9. I haven't heard of The Burning Sky or Antigoddess until this post, and I can definitely see why they're at the top of your list. They look really awesome! I just added them to my Goodreads TBR. :)

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    1. Yay! :D Always glad to bring more attention to books I'm excited about :)

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  10. I haven't read any of Sophie Jordan's historical romances yet, but I absolutely loved her Firelight series, so I know that I would love basically anything she writes!

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    1. She really knows how to bring the romance :D

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  11. Oooh a lot of these are on my general TBR list but deadlines and other obligations kept them from my immediate top ten. So many tough choices!

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    1. I know! It feels like I'm picking favourites when I just want to read ALL THE BOOKS!

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  12. Yay TTT! You have some great books on your list! My TBR pile runneth over...

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  13. If I were you, I would immediately dive into The Coldest Girl in Coldtown once I got ahold of it... sounds so good! Great list!

    I still need to read the girl of fire and thorns series! I am so ashamed :)

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    1. I will definitely make it a priority! I'm just waiting for my pre-order :)
      Haha, don't be ashamed! Be happy you have this whole amazing series to discover and characters to fall in love with! :)

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  14. Yay TTT! My TBR pile runneth over.

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  15. I LOVE Sherry Thomas. My favorite of hers is Not Quite a Husband, His At Night, and Ravishing the Heiress. Her debut historical was Private Arrangements and I was living abroad at the time and remember calling my parents to buy it because I was DYING to read it.

    I'm glad she's getting a lot of buzz for The Burning Sky, but at the same time, I'm a little jealous because I have to share her. LOL!

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    1. Ooh, I'm definitely checking her historical romance out as well! it sounds REALLY good! :D
      And lol, I totally get the jealousy ;)

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  16. Great top ten! I still need to read Throne of Glass! I got The coldest girl in coldtown from BEA so I'm pretty excited to read that one as well =)

    Happy Tuesday!
    Becky @ Book Bite Reviews

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    1. Ooh, you HAVE to read Throne of Glass! I can fangirl about that book ALL DAY LONG! And eee! I'm so jealous you got The Coldest Girl in Coldtown! And just of the fact that you were at BEA! ;)

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  17. I want to read This Song Will Save Your Life SO bad! Good list :) http://www.the-novel-life.blogspot.ca/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday-3-summer-tbr.html

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  18. Fun! I'm not a book blogger, but I am a big reader, and I do have a Tumblr :P

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  19. Great list. I have read Crown of Midnight, and it's as brilliant as Throne of Glass, if not more. And I have All Our Yesterdays sitting on my shelf as well, it looks really good.

    Sarah

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    1. So glad you liked it!! :D
      All Our Yesterdays does look great! And the cover is gorgeous! :)

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  20. CROWN OF MIDNIGHT!!!
    But alas, I should probably read Throne of Glass before I read the sequel.. right? Right :)

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  21. So many good books on your list! I want to read Crown of Midnight, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Rose Under Fire and Antigoddess!

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  22. I am dying to get my hands on Rose Under Fire! Code Name Verity was one of the very best books I read last year. The Holly Black book sounds terrific -- just finished Doll Bones and loved it!

    Lisa

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    1. Ooh, I really want to read Doll Bones! And YES, Code Name Verity definitely ranks among the best books of 2012!

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  23. Hi Daisy,

    So glad to see Holly Black on your list. I have Rags and Bones on mine -- I just got the ARC -- it features Black's re-vision of Carmilla, one of my favourite vampire stories (a story that happens to predate Bram Stoker).
    Oh, and Neil Gaiman is also a contributor. How can I not be excited?

    Cate

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    1. Rags and Bones sounds really exciting!! And Neil Gaiman tends to get the excitement flowing :)

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  24. Hi Daisy,

    So glad to see Holly Black on your list. I have Rags and Bones on mine -- I just got the ARC -- it features Black's re-vision of Carmilla, one of my favourite vampire stories (a story that happens to predate Bram Stoker).
    Oh, and Neil Gaiman is also a contributor. How can I not be excited?

    Cate

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  25. Awesome reads on this list :D

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  26. Love your picks! I have Crown of Midnight but also can't wait to read The Bitter Kingdom and The Chaos of Stars sounds amazing.

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    1. The Bitter Kingdom = love. I cannot wait till I can discuss it with everybody!

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  27. Great top ten! I love mythology books:)

    My TTT:
    http://evelinesbooks.blogspot.nl/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday-4.html

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  28. I really should have included some sequels on my list given how many I need to read *oops* I have Code Name Verity on mine so hopefully if I like that then I'll get round to Rose Under Fire too :)

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    1. Haha, I kinda take the sequels for granted at times either ;) You should just drop everything and read Code Name Verity, it is THAT awesome.

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  29. What a great list! Adding a couple of your choices to my own TBR list!

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  30. Great list! Am adding a couple of your choices to my own TBR list!

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  31. I enjoy Kiersten White's writing so thanks for highlighting The Chaos of Stars, as I hadn't heard of it before now.

    P.S. this is my first time participating in Top ten Tuesday, what a wonderful idea!

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    1. Welcome!! I actually haven't read any of her books yet, but I pretty much own all of them :) Another project for the summer?

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  32. I'm so excited to read The Chaos of Stars too! I haven't read anything with Egyptian Mythology yet, but it sounds awesome! The Coldest Girl in Coldtown sounds amazing too!
    Great list :)

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  33. I am jealous that you have already read The Bitter Kingdom. I wish! It would be at the top of my summer TBR if I had it :-)

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    1. I dropped everything to read it and it was GLORIOUS! :D

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  34. I'm so behind o ln new books I haven't even heard of your choices. Have fun burying yourself in books this summer though, I envy you.

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    1. Thanks, I think it'll be one last epic summer! :)

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  35. This is a great Top Ten... and yeah, it makes me realize I need to get crackin' on reading things. XD

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    1. Haha, yeah, it kinda made me realize the same thing ;)

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  36. I participated this week :) http://thebibliophilebooks.blogspot.com/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday-summer-tbr.html

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  37. I am so behind on new books that I don't know any of the ones on your list but have fun burying yourself in books. I am extremely envious!

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  38. I was all over the place with this week's list...

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    1. As long as you're excited about the books on your list!

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  39. So excited for The 100, All Our Yesterdays, and This Song will Change Your Life. So many good books coming out this summer!

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    1. I know!! How will I manage to read all of them??

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  40. I'm embarrassed to say I still need to read Code Name Verity. But it's on my list for this summer!

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    1. Aww, don't be embarassed! I haven't read lots of popular books ;) Hope you enjoy it!

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  41. I hadn't heard of The 100 or The Burning Sky - they sound A-MAZING!! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  42. Hey I love your list.. I have to check them out. :)

    Mine @Booklok Coffee

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    Ankita

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  43. So many summer releases to look forward to! :)

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    1. SO MANY! I want to read each and every one of them!

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  44. Antigoddess made my list, too. Loved Kendare Blake's "Anna" horror books, so I'm really looking forward to this one!

    Erin @ YA Book Crush

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    1. I haven't read her Anna books, but I've heard really good things about them! Mythology is more my kind of thing though ;)

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  45. I've got Crown of Midnight on my tbr too (who doesn't right?) Also I am excited for The Burning Sky, The Chaos of Stars & Antigoddess although they didn't make it into my top ten.
    Great list!
    Here's Top Ten Books At The Top Of My Summer TBR List

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    1. I know, EVERYONE is pretty much doing flailing excitement dances over it! :D Isn't it wonderful??

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  46. I love your whole list! I'm so excited for Raven Flight too, and I never heard of The Chaos of Stars before, but I'm excited for it now!

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    1. :D I can't wait to read Raven Flight!! And yay for Egyptian mythology!

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  47. This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales - I can't wait to read this! I loved Past Perfect too.
    I have been waiting and waiting to read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. I hope we both enjoy it!
    All Our Yesterdays is at the top of my tbr.

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    1. Let me know how you like them!! I'm SO excited to read these books!

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  48. Wow! You have some good sounding books on your list. I didn't know Sherry Thomas was writing YA these days. I've read some of her historical romance and they're good.

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    1. Ooh, good to know! I'm always excited when an author crosses genres/age groups! :)

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  49. ROSE UNDER FIRE made my list, too! It should be fantastic and heart-breaking.

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  50. Great list! Several of those are on my TBR list as well, though I don't think I'll get to any of them over the summer. :D
    My TTT

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    1. Oh well, the books will wait for you to have time for them ;)

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  51. Awesome list Mine are more books I haven't read but plan to this summer, but there are some great picks on your list.

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    1. Thanks! If I had to pick from my general TBR pile, it would go on for MILES! ;)

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  52. I just started The Girl of Fire and Thorns earlier this week! I am really enjoying it so far, so I can't wait to get to The Bitter Kingdom sometime soon! :)

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    1. YAYYYYY!!! It makes my heart happy that you're reading this series!! :D

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  53. Such good pics!! I can't wait to read CROWN OF MIDNIGHT and and THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN!!!

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  54. I need Crown of Midnight too.. gah, Throne of lass was too amazing! The wait is killing me!

    I have Antigoddess for review as well, I'm excited to get to it!

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    1. The wait is killing me so much!!
      And EE! Jealous of you having Antigoddess!!

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  55. I love your categories! I haven't heard of a lot of the books on your list, but I do have an ARC of THIS SONG MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE. The author's new to me, but the book looks like a good one.

    Happy TTT!

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    1. Thank you :)
      Leila Sales is AWESOME! I hope you'll enjoy This Song Might Save Your Life!

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  56. I don't think I've heard of any of these haha. Will have to check them out! Here's mine: http://unravelingbooks.blogspot.com/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday_2995.html

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    1. I love that TTT always makes me discover new books to get excited about! :)

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  57. I needed to make a TBR list anyway so this was really helpful! I decided to do a bit of a mix - most books are new but there are a couple that are older. I heart summer reading!

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  58. Great list! There were a few I haven't heard of yet and I added a bunch to my TBR. I like the different categories :-)

    Vyki @ On The Shelf

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  59. I love this topic because making this list is going to encourage me to fit more reading in this summer, thanks!! :)

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  60. I'm so excited for The Chaos of Stars!

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  61. I'm excited for the first three on your list, as well as A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard!

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  62. Chaos of Stars looks AMAZING!!! Great list!!!!

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  63. Ooh, lots of new books to read! Especially jealous that you have already read The Bitter Kingdom - cannot wait!!! Glad to hear good things :)

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  64. Really great summer reads! I just joined the TTT bookish meme and I love it! Thank you so much <3

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  65. Writing this one was very useful to get my reading plans in order. Though I fear that looking through other people's lists is going to end up with mine tripling. I'm already liking the sound of the Antigoddess one from your list. Georgiana

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  66. I love the books by authors who've stolen my heart before category! I can't wait to read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. I've only read one Holly Black book (I know its terrible *hides*) but this one looks SO good. Code Name Verity was unbelievable and I think I died when I found out about Rose Under Fire. This Song Will Save Your Life looks really interesting too! Awesome books :D

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  67. I love this link-up! Hopefully, I will be more successful finishing my summer list than I was with my spring list! :-)

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  68. I love your books by authors who've stolen my heart before category! I have only read one Holly Black book (I know its terrible *hides*)but The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black looks SO good! Code Name Verity was absolutely incredible and I think I died when I found out about Rose Under Fire. This Song Will Save Your Life looks really good too!

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  69. I love your books by authors who've stolen my heart before category! I have only read one Holly Black book (I know its terrible *hides*)but The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black looks SO good! Code Name Verity was absolutely incredible and I think I died when I found out about Rose Under Fire. This Song Will Save Your Life looks really good too!

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  70. I'm so jealous you've already read The Bitter Kingdom! (but happy to hear it's good) Can't wait for that to come out. :)

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  71. So excited for this! I only recently started blogging, and this is a GREAT way for book bloggers to connect, and to get recommendations from others!

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  72. A copy of The Bitter Kingdom appeared in my mailbox on Saturday, so I guess considering how excited you (and many others) are about The Bitter Kingdom, I need to add that whole series to my summer TBR!

    Leslie @ Working for the Mandroid

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  73. I split mine into 5 I'm excited for this summer, and 5 great summer reads of years past. http://reading-in-bed.com/2013/06/19/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-books-at-the-top-of-my-summer-tbr-list/

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  74. My first time doing Top Ten Tuesday! ...except it's not actually Tuesday. Oh well! I'll be sure to participate in this every week! It's such a great idea. I can't wait to go compile my list! :)

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  75. Love this site and your list are awesome... thanks for letting me be included!!!

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