2016 has
almost already reached ist halfway-point. (Ahhhhh who can believe that? It
passed by so fast!) And as now summer is finally upon us, school is out. This
means that there will also be more than enough time for friends, ice cream,
summer adventures and the most important: lying in the grass on a nice summer day
READING. So to get us ready, I decided to make my first real blog post about my
Top 10 summer releases, just in case you are still hesitant which books you
need to pick up to have the best Summer you could possibly have.
As a disclaimer I want to add, that I
personally define summer as the beginning of May until the end September, so
not the “official” definition, but who cares? I also want to claim that, of
course, dates can change. I am writing this post on May 22nd so
maybe the date that a certain book is supposed to come out will change.
Number 10:
The Raven
King, by Maggie Stiefvater
Yes, this
is lower than most people would expect, especially because most of the books I
read are YA and this is one HECK of a popular series. I have only read the
first two books “The Raven Boys” and “The Dream Thieves” and honestly I just
found them to be….Nice. I do want to continue on so I am happy all the books
are out now, so I can read the last two books in a row if I desire to do so.
Published
April 26th.
Number 9:
Crooked
Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo
Have I read
“Six of Crows”? No. Have I finished the Grisha Trilogy? No. Have I at least
started the series? Yes! And I absolutely adored the first two books “Shadow
and Bone” and “Siege and Storm”. I just ordered the last book “Ruin and Rising”
and already own “Six of Crows” and since I am very excited to read those, I
found it appropriate to make “Crooked Kingdom” my number nine.
Published September 27th
Number 8:
This Savage
Song, by Victoria Schwab
I haven´t
read something by Victoria Schwab (but I own “Vicious” though!) Still this book
intrigues me. With Urban Fantasy, conflicted main characters and all the hype
that is around Vicoria Schwab´s writing style this book sounds right up my
alley.
I also talked about this book in my June Releases so if you would like
to read more about it please click here. (coming Sunday)
Published
July 5th
Number 7:
Strange the
Dreamer, by Laini Taylor
Two
confessions: First, as it seems to be a trend, I haven´t read the “Daughter of
Smoke and Bones” trilogy yet. Ugh, bad reader I know, but what can you do?
Second, I don´t really know what this is about. Just something about a conflict
between gods and mankind, alchemy and perhaps love? As I said, I don´t know
what this is about, but that doesn´t mellow my excitement on bit.
Published
September 27th
Number 6:
The Crown´s
Game, by Evelyn Skye
Remember
when I just told you about how much I liked the first two books in the Grisha Trilogy?
Believe it or not I was quite hesitant to pick it up. The reviews I had heard
were mixed and I wasn´t sure whether or not I would like the Russian inspired
setting. At the end the Russian aspects turned out to be my favourite part,
hence why I am excited about the crown´s game (and the author studied Russian
History in collage, so she probably knows her stuff). The story takes place in
19th century Russia, where Nikolaj and Vika have to battle each
other’s magic to see who will become the emperor’s enchanter. So not only has
this book a Russian setting, it also has a love triangle, which I am a huge fan
of, when done right, and magic. MAGIC!
Published
May 17th
Number 5:
Summer Day
and Summer Nights, edited by Stephanie Perkins
When I
think of a perfect summer read, it either is a fun, fast paced fantasy story or
a light, cute and fluffy contemporary. And Stephanie Perkins is surely the
queen of the latter. The “Anna and the French Kiss” companions introduced me to
her fabulous writing and since then I have been hooked and will read whatever
the Queen of Contemporary chooses to publish. This is the second anthology she
did, the first one set around Christmas, this one now takes place in the
summer. There are 12 Love stories in this, including ones from authors like
Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo (another reason to buy this!) and
queen Perkins herself.
Published
May 17th
Number 4:
The
Unexpected Everything, by Morgan Matson
But behold
Stephanie Perkins! There is another Queen of Contemproray: Morgan Matson. Ok, I
haven´t particularly read anything by her yet, but believe me “Since You´ve
Been Gone” is one of the top contenders on my Summer TBR this year. “The
Unexpected Everything” is about this girl Andie, who has her whole life mapped
out. But then stuff happens and all these plans fly out the window and it just
sounds like a really fun book, with all the themes Matson is supposedly so good
at (family, finding oneself, and a little bit of love in-between)
Published
May 5th
Number 3:
Three Dark
Crowns, by Kendare Blake
I haven´t
really heard anything about this book until this week, when everybody came back
from BEA. This is about this island, on
which every generation of the royal family there are triplets being born. So to
determine, who becomes queen the three siblings have to fight each other. And
the best part: They have MAGIC! (as by now it should´ve become clear that I
really really like magic :P) It just sounds like a fun action packed YA Book,
which is exactly the type of book I enjoy reading in the summertime.
Published
September 20th
Number 2:
A Court Of
Mist And Fury, by Sarah J. Maas
This one is
the only book on this list, which I have already read (watch out for my review
to come). This is the second book in the “A Court Of Thorns and Roses” Trilogy
and I was not a big fan of the first book. I had a lot of issues with it, found
it very slow moving, except for the last 150 pages or so, and found it just ok.
So I was hesitant whether to to continue on with this series or not. But boy am
I happy I did! I don´t want to take away too many things from my review, but
just know that if you didn´t like ACOTAR, this is a much better book, as this
was everything I wanted from the first book and more.
Published
May 3rd
Number 1:
Harry
Potter and the Cursed Child, by J.K.Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
How can
this one not be at the top of anyone´s anticipated releases! It´s Harry Potter!
I don´t even really know what this book is about, but do I care? Hell no! Harry
Potter is my All-Time-Favourite of every category ever, so of course I am going
to devour it as soon as I get my hands on it.
Published July
31st
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29056083-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child?ac=1&from_search=true
So, that is
my list. What about you guys? What summer releases are you excited about? Have
you already read any of the books on my list, and if so what did you think of
them? Let me know in the comments down below!
Read on
Lena
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