Monday, February 03, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday: My Top Ten 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven't Gotten to

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana at The Artsy Reader Girl.


This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is the Top Ten 2024 Releases I Was Excited to Read but Still Haven't Gotten to. And I still want to get to them. Will it be this year? I make no promises, but I hope so!
American Flygirl by Susan Tate Ankeny
American Flygirl is the untold account of a spirted fighter and an indomitable hidden figure in American history. She broke every common belief about women. She challenged every social restriction to endure and to succeed. And against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Hazel Ying Lee reached for the skies and made her mark as a universal and unsung hero whose time has come.
The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera
A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal dictator, El Gran Pendejo, and their flight from genocide, which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to cannery row, each followed by a chorus of furies, the ghosts of their murdered friends, who aren’t yet done telling their stories.
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives.

The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood
A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.
Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu
A heartbreaking novel about loss, family and exile. 
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change, brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything.
Double Lives by Mary Monroe
Award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns with an outrageous new tale of Depression-era Southern drama starring identical twin sisters with a talent for switching lives and hiding the scandalous results—until one risk too many changes the game forever . . .

Have you read any of these, and if so, what did you think? Which do you think I should prioritize?

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48 comments:

  1. Ghost Station and The Poisons We Drink are 2 I also still need to read

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    1. Annemieke - I hope we both enjoy them when we read them! Thank you for stopping by!

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  2. Ooh nice ones! These are all new to me ones. I hope you're able to read some of these soon!


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  3. I am very, very curious about The Love of My After Life. I hope you will read this soon and report back to us!

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    1. Deb - I hope I will be able to also! Thank you for stopping by!

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  4. Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes looks so good - Great list!

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  5. Wendy, you've got some interesting books here! I have not seen American Fly Girl before. That would probably be the one I'd pick up. However, a couple of the others are 'calling' as well. Enjoy!

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    1. Kay - I hope I can add American Fly Girl to my nonfiction reading this year. Thank you for visiting!

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  6. Ooh I'm going to have to add The Volcano Daughters to my TBR, it sounds really interesting. The Poisons We Drink is already on it but I somehow forgot all about that one 🙈 and I'm majorly hoping to read something by T. Kingfisher this year as I somehow haven't tried anything by them yet. A Sorceress Comes To Calls is one of the few I'm likely to pick up first.

    You have a lovely mixture of books on your list and I hope you manage to check them all out soon 🥰

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    1. Charlotte - I hope you are able to read all of these too! Thank you for stopping by!

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  7. Double Lives sounds amazing! I hope you'll be able to read all these books this year :)

    If you'd like to visit, here's my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2025/02/top-ten-tuesday-high-priority-reads-for-2025.html

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  8. A Sorceress Comes to Call is also one I still need to read. I'm a little behind on T. Kingfisher's books.

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    1. Stephanie - I still haven't read any by T. Kingfisher--but I will one of these days! Thank you for visiting!

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  9. Ooh, I love the sound of The Poisons We Drink. And that cover! 😅

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    1. Siobhán - Isn't that cover great? I hope I can fit it in this year. Thank you for stopping by!

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  10. I haven't read any of these, and had only come across a few of them before. (Yay for book discovery!) I'd like to read A Sorceress Comes to Call (the only one I actually knew much about), but I'll wait until someone who knows me well reads it first, because some of T. Kingfisher's work is too dark for me. I really like the sound of American Fly Girl andThe Poisons We Drink!

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    1. Lark - I haven't red anything by T. Kingfisher yet, but I do want to. Hopefully if we read it, we will both like it. Thank you for stopping by!

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  11. Well I haven't read any of these either Wendy. I love the theme of these posts but it's a little disheartening. There are so many I want to read.

    Anne - Books of My Heart

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    1. Anne - There are just too many books out there that are books I would like to read. I know I won't be able to get to them all. Thank you for visiting!

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  12. Always seems like there are never enough hours in a day or days in a month to finish all the books we want to read.

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    1. Mary - You are very right about that! Thank you for stopping by!

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  13. I'm terrible at keeping up with new releases! The Love of My After Life sounds interesting. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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    1. Poinsettia - I am too. I feel this way every year--I can't keep up with all the books I want to read, old and new. Thank you for visiting!

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  14. These look good. And a good mix too.

    Fingers crossed you get to read them soon!

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/top-ten-tuesday-2024-releases-i-was-excited-to-read-but-still-havent-gotten-to/

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  15. The Love of my After Life looks like a good one for Valentine's day! I
    hope you enjoy all of these when you get to them. Have a great week!

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    1. Cindy - Doesn't it? It's too bad I am drowning in books I need to read this month for book clubs. LOL Hopefully I can get to that one soon. Thank you for stopping by!

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  16. None of these were really on my radar but they all look so good! American Fly Girl sounds especially interesting.

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    1. Katherine - I think so too. Since I am determined to read more nonfiction this year, I would really like to add that one to my must read list this year. Thank you for visiting!

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  17. Oh, I had forgotten about American Fly Girl. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books also caught my eye. They sound wonderful. Hope you get a chance to read these this year.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2025/02/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-2024-releases-i.html

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    1. Cheryl - I sure hope so! Making this post reminded me how much I want to read all of them so hopefully I can make them a priority. Thank you for stopping by!

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  18. I read two of your list, and I highly recommend The Love of My Afterlife! I hope you get a chance to read some of these soon!
    https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2025/02/04/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-that-make-me-sing/

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    1. Lisa - I am glad to hear you liked The Love of My Afterlife. I really hope to read that one this year. Thank you for visiting!

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  19. I haven't read any of these, hope you'll enjoy them!

    My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/02/04/top-ten-tuesday-backlist-books-i-hope-to-read-in-2025/

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  20. I have only read Kingfisher and I did enjoy that one

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    1. Blodeuedd - I am looking forward to it! Thank you for visiting!

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  21. American Flygirl was excellent. I hope you enjoy all of these.

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    1. Lauren - I am glad to hear you enjoyed American Flygirl. I can't wait to read it! Thank you for stopping by!

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  22. I’m not familiar with these books. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books sounds like it will be a good read.

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    1. Carla - I am looking forward to finally reading Lulu Dean's Little Library of Banned Books. Hopefully this year. Thank you for visiting!

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  23. I don't read a lot of ghost type stories, but Volcano Girls is one I also want to read. I read Lula Dean's Library of Banned Books and I highly recommend it, Wendy. It will really make you think about life right now, but it is a great read as well. I just finished The Love of my Afterlife yesterday and it was a good one. One twist that I loved. I hope you get to all of these sooner rather than later.

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    1. Carla - I hope I can get to all of these this year, but we'll see. I am so glad you enjoyed Lula Dean's Library of Banned Books! Thank you for stopping by!

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