Top Ten Tuesday Anticipated Releases for the first half of 2021 (with two honorable mentions!)

 

Hi! Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday. This is a weekly meme created by Jana @thatartsyreadergirl The purpose of this meme is to make a list and bring the book blogging community together. Each week, Jana posts a topic, and we book bloggers make a list based on that prompt, or a different one if we want to do a different topic that week.

1- You Have A Match by Emma Lord

Genre: YA Contemporary

Expected Publication: January 12, 2021

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53138158-you-have-a-match

Why: I enjoyed Tweet Cute by this author, and I can’t wait to see what she has in store. I love family plots, and this one includes one I can’t wait to read.

2- Kate In Waiting by Becky Albertalli

Genre: YA Contemporary

Expected Publication:  April 20, 2021

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48579405-kate-in-waiting

Why: I love Becky Albertalli, and she is one of my favorite authors. I love theatre, and I can’t wait to see where this story goes.

 

3- Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Genre: YA Fantasy

Expected Publication:  March 26^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36307674-rule-of-wolves

Why: I have loved reading The Grisha Verse and I can’t wait to read this. I know it will be the end, and that is sad, but I can’t wait to read this.

 

4- Fearless by Mandy Gonzalez

Genre: Middle Grade

Expected Publication: April 6^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304076-fearless

Why: I enjoy Mandy Gonzalez from the musical In the Heights, and I can’t wait to read this. This is a Middle Grade and has a theatre plot, along with a ghost subplot and mystery.

 

5- Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

Genre: YA Contemporary,

Expected Publication: May 18^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53802072-some-girls-do

Why: This just seems so cute and I can’t wait to see what the story is.

 

6- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Genre: Adult

Expected Publication: May 25, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55404546-malibu-rising

Why: I loved the two other books I’ve read by this author. This book just seems like a great and fun ride.

7- 10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston

Genre: YA Contemporary

Expected Publication: May 4^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48896143-10-truths-and-a-dare

Why: I flew thorugh10 Blind Dates last month, and I can’t wait to read Oliva’s story.

8- A Court of Sliver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

Genre: YA Fantasy

Expected Publication: February 16^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31050237-a-court-of-silver-flames?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hT8xcP1XJ6&rank=5

Why: I have loved this series and I can’t wait to see where the plot and the story goes.

9- Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting by Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy

Genre: Non-Fiction, How-To

Expected Publication:  January 26^th, 2021

Why: I love their podcast and I can’t wait to read this! Also, this book might get me started on doing the podcast I’ve always talked about.

 

10- Why She Wrote: A Graphic History of the Lives, Inspiration, and Influence Behind the Pens of Classic Women Writers by Lauren Burke, Hannah K. Chapman,   and Kaley Bales (illustrations)

Genre: Non-Fiction, Graphic Novel

Expected Publication: April   20^th, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55104100-why-she-wrote

Why: This is kind of cheating in a way because I have an E-Arc of this book from Net Galley. I have started it and it’s fantastic, so far. So far, it’s a very fun book about the women and has a comic about each of the authors at a moment in each of their lives.

Honorable Mentions

11-One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Genre: NA/ Adult

Expected Publication Date: June 1^st, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49882806-one-last-stop

Why: I loved Red, White, and Royal Blue last year, and I can’t wait to see what this book has in store. I just can’t wait to meet these new characters.

 

12- My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows (Mary’s # 1)

Genre: YA, Historical Fiction, Alternate History

Expected Publication: June 22^nd, 2021

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43604047-my-contrary-mary?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6Th7B3bxLy&rank=1

Why: I am loving My Lady Jane and I can’t wait to see what the Mary series has in store for us.