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Top Ten Tuesday + one Honorable Mention Books I should have read in 2021






Hi! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @.thatartsyreadergirl. Every week, Jana will post a prompt and we book bloggers will make a list as a reply to the prompt, or a past one if we’re not feeling the current one. This bookish meme was born out of a love of lists and bringing the book blogging community together. This week, our prompt is books we wanted to read in 2020, but for some reason or other, we never got around to reading them. This year, I plan on reading a few of these as a part of my reading challenges.

Classics

1- The Secret Garden

2- A Little Princess

3- Anne of Green Gables

 

I tell myself every year I will read more classics. I’ve been telling myself for years that I need to read these three books, and this will finally be the year. I can’t wait to read these and see what I think about them.

Fantasy

 4- A Curse So Dark and Lonely

5- The Ten Thousand Doors of January

6- A Starless Sea

 

Fantasy is a genre I read a lot of last year. I never got to these three. At least one of them is one of my challenges prompts this year, and I hope to maybe work the other two in later on in the year. A Curse So Dark and Lonely is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, and I can’t wait to read this one.

  Contemporary

6- The Summer of Jordi Perez

7- Well Met

8- Don’t Read the Comments

 

All of these books sound so good! I love contemporary, but I just never got around to reading these three books last year. The Summer of Jordi Perez is on my TBR, and I hope to work the other two books into my tbr for the rest of the year.

Historical Fiction

9-In The Neighborhood of True

I love Historical Fiction, and I can’t wait to read this one for one of my challenges this year! This book sounds so good.

Theater related

10: Working on A Song

 

I love the musical Hadestown, and I went to a virtual talk last year with the composer and lyricist Anais Mitchell. This book sounds so good, and it talks you through all the incarnations of   Hadestown.

 

Honorable Mention

11: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

 

I recently ordered a copy of this book. I can’t wait to read it because it was loved among the bookish community.    




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  1. Sammie @ The Bookwyrm's DenJanuary 19, 2021 at 8:41 AM

    The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Starless Sea are books I definitely need to get to, also! I loved A Curse So Dark and Lonely, though! Definitely worth the read. I actually *just* finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue this weekend, and it's sooo worth the read! Just prepare your feels ahead of time. ;)

    Here's my TTT post.

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  2. LydiaJanuary 19, 2021 at 8:44 AM

    Anne of Green Gables was so good. Hope you like it.

    My post.

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  3. collettakayJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    All three of the "classics" category are amazing! I hope you can stop by:

    https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2021/01/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-meant-to-read.html

    Colletta

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  4. Deanna @ A Novel GlimpseJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:07 AM

    I adored Well Met. I hope you read it soon.

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  5. Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)January 19, 2021 at 1:44 PM

    Great list! I've read Anne of Green Gables and I loved it!

    Here’s my TTT!

    Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog

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  6. GregJanuary 19, 2021 at 5:20 PM

    I want to get back to fantasy, and some classics too in '21.

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  7. Lectrice VoraceJanuary 19, 2021 at 5:37 PM

    The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Anne of Green Gables are some of my favourite classics. I hope you enjoy them! Here's my Top Ten Tuesday list.

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  8. UnknownJanuary 20, 2021 at 9:43 AM

    I hope you love A Curse So Dark and Lonely! It's one of my favorites!

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  9. Priya @ Tabula RasaJanuary 20, 2021 at 11:25 AM

    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue seems to be on most lists! Checking it out now.

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  10. Suzanne @ The Bookish LibraJanuary 21, 2021 at 3:12 PM

    Looks like you have some great reads coming up. I loved Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Starless Sea, Addie LaRue, and A Curse So Dark and Lonely.

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