July TBR: Lizzie

Hey everyone! Lizzie here! So, sorry about no comic updates on Sunday. It was a holiday, Christine and I were skyping, and I hadn’t read any comics so yeah. Hopefully I’ll finish my Flash New 52 by Sunday for a review.

So the main reason I wanted to blog was for book reviews. I wanted to be a booktuber but decided putting my face on the web probably wasn’t the best idea, so I started this blog. A little late, but here none the less, is this month’s tbr.

Now I’m currently in a play right now that will last all month, so the amount of reading I will do is a toss-up. I’m hoping to read at least one book a week, but we’ll see how this goes.

The first book on my June tbr is Hollow City by Ransom Riggs. This is my number one must read of the month mostly because I’m borrowing it from a friend in exchange of the Way of Kings (fabulous book btw). I’ve only got three weeks to procrastinate so I’ve got to go ahead and read this bad boy.

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If you’ve been following our posts you know I’ve finished Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children and I have a glowing review of it here. I’m super excited to get into Hollow City, and I don’t really think I need a reason to be excited. Just go look at my review, and you’ll see I’m super siked for this book.

The next book on my tbr is Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. All I know is that it’s supposed to be really good, the covers are gorgeous, and it’s about time travel. Sold. I’ve seen it around booktube, not as much as I used to but still. I originally thought that it was a retelling of fairy tales because of the color schemes, but that was very far off. That’s okay; the Lunar Chronicles are there for that.

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 Next up? Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. I read the first two books in this series this spring, and kind of got off of a reading spree because of my spring play and school reading (Great Expectations wheeee). A lot of my favorite booktubers have given The Throne of Glass glowing reviews, but I didn’t find it nearly as good as everyone else I guess. It was good, but I think it could have been longer. Crown of Midnight on the other hand? Oh yesss, give me. Chaol is perfect. The set up for Heir of Fire is really interesting, and I really like that Maas is taking us away from the love triangle and instead towards female protagonist development. Can we applaud this? Not only is it rare for women in YA to get character development time away from their SO, but everyone and their cat hates love triangles.

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This fourth book I’ve been meaning to read for an entire year. I got it last year at a wonderful used book store while visiting Christine for 1.50$, and tbh I’ve been dying to read it ever since. I Gave my Heart to Know This by Ellen Baker is a historical fiction novel that follows two timelines- three women struggling with the anxieties of WWII, and five decades later when one of the women’s grandchildren finds the remnants of the past. It sounds gorgeous, I’m a sucker for history, and the cover is freaking gorgeous. ‘Nough said.

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Lastly, I have Anna and the French Kiss by Stephenie Perkins. After reading We Were Liars and If I Stay this year, I’ve actually rediscovered an enjoyment of realistic fiction that had left me once I picked up the Percy Jackson and Olympians series in fourth grade. Oops. In the mindset of PolandBananasBooks fantasy and sci-fi can be somewhat tiring, and I actually do enjoy a fluffy, heartbreaking story after finishing a five hundred page high fantasy novel. Just saying. I’ve heard miss Christine Riccio rant endlessly about how amazing Stephenie Perkins, and how cute this little trilogy is, so here we go, Imma pick it up.

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Runner up: aka if I end up on a reading spree.

·         Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

(I made myself a promise that I must fulfill.)

What’s on you guys’ June TBR’s? Let us know in the comments, and remember to follow via email, blogger, and tumblr!

-Lizzie xoxox