TTT: Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To
19 January 2021
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Books I meant to read in 2020, That Artsy Reader Girl, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic. Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here. This week’s topic :
Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To
Ten books that I meant to read – add another zero to this and it’s probably closer to the mark. Okay, maybe slight over exaggeration but not much of one. I didn’t read nearly as many books as I would usually do last year. I’m going to choose a selection of books that got beyond me during the course of the year which includes bought and review titles:
The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk
A Chorus of Fire by Brian D Anderson
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Feathertide by Beth Cartwright
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
The Island Child by Molly Aitken
Circe by Madeline Miller
Owl and the Tiger Thieves by Kristi Charish
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Haha got to love your honesty, Lynn! 😍I haven’t read any of these, but have heard great things quite a few of them, including Circe in particular. I hope you are able to read these soon and will enjoy them. 🙂
Yes, Circe is high on the list. I hope it’s as good as it sounds.
Lynn 😀
I hope it is too! 🤞
I was really excited about The Midnight Bargain, but my e-ARC wouldn’t load past the TOC. I’m behind on Brian D Anderson (The Bard’s Blade is still sitting in the review pile), and I have a finished copy of The Mercies to get to as well.
Owl and the Tiger Thieves was fantastic – I love Owl to death!
Ooh, pleased to hear Owl was good – bumped up the list.
Lynn 😀
“Ten books that I meant to read – add another zero to this and it’s probably closer to the mark…” LOL! Same here, Lynn, same here. Except it’s not an exaggeration here, I have wayyy too many books on my tbr 😀
Yeah, to be fair, it’s probably not an exaggeration on my part either. I stupidly keep buying books and I already have so many that are sat gathering dust. I have no idea how you cope with the amount of books you receive. It literally boggles my mind.
Lynn 😀
I hope you can getto all of these this year! I also really want to read The Sun Down Motel!
(www.evelynreads.com)
Well, not to be defeatist but it’s probably unlikely – I’d like to give it a try though.
Lynn:D
So relatable, the many many books that remain unread 😀 The Midnight Bargain is one I’d like to read but every time I’ve looked for the e-book so far it hasn’t been available. I want to read a bit more horror so keep feeling a little tempted to read The Only Good Indians. I did read The Sun Down Motel and really enjoyed it :).
I want to get to the Sun Down Motel soon.
Lynn 😀
Circe is on my “missed in 2020” list as well, and both The Only Good Indians and The Sundown Motel are among the books on my virtual wishlist. But I know what you mean about adding a zero and getting closer to the mark! 😀 😀
Yep, I know that I’m not alone at least.
Lynn 😀
Circe is AMAZING, I hope you enjoy it once you read it!! 😍✨❤️
I hope so too 😀 Happy to know that you loved it.
Lynn 😀
I want to read ‘The Only Good Indians’ this year too- Stephen Graham Jones is awesome! 🙂
Fingers crossed that we both manage to get to that one.
Lynn 😀
Oh, I hope you can get to The Midnight Bargain–I enjoyed that one. Mostly for the feminism. LOL
I also loooooove Circe! It was my favorite book the year I read it.
Okay, well maybe I should bump those two up to the top.
Lynn 😀
Well, I do highly recommend them. 🙂
I’ve been meaning to read Circe FOREVER. Hope you enjoy these 🙂
I hope I get a chance to read some of these soon.
Lynn 😀
Same here for Midnight Bargain and Simone St. James. And for Circe, if you still want to try it out, I’d suggest the audiobook version. But what’s Owl and the Tiger Thieves about? Looks really interesting.
The Owl series is fantasy adventure, kind of an Indiana Jones meets fantasy but with a female pov. It’s good fun, over the top adventure with lots of exotic locations and treasure hunting.
Lynn 😀
The Only Good Indians was great—It’s the sort of book that makes you feel a bit ill with its creepiness, but not necessarily in a bad way.
Yes, I did start it last year but put it down. I need to get back onto it.
Lynn 😀