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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes

Hello everyone! Iโ€™ve been having a hard start of the week. Some health stuff but hey, books are something we can still celebrate together with, right?

Todayโ€™s TTT is an interesting topic. I always have a lot on my TBR but I rarely have a list of books I actually want to own. I guess it takes certain factors aligning to be put on this list. A trusted author, an intriguing synopsis or (letโ€™s be real) a super pretty cover, or the largest factor being a lack of access at my local library. Do some of these factors impact your reasons for buying books? Iโ€™d love to hear your thoughts!

With that being said, you can find my wish list of ebooks here.


  1. Youโ€™re So Dead by Ash Parsons
  2. Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
  3. The Serpentโ€™s Curse by Lisa Maxwell
  4. Heartbreakers and Fakers by Cameron Lund
  5. Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Any feedback on these books for me? Worth buying in your opinion? Also, do you prefer hardcovers, paperback, or ebooks when buying books?

2.5 star, YA

ARC Review: My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows

Series: Mary #1

Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . . . queens?โ €
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Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she’s a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is an Eรฐian (shapeshifter) in a kingdom where Verities rule. It’s a secret that could cost her a headโ€”or a tail.โ €
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Luckily, Mary has a confidant in her betrothed, Francis. But after the king meets a suspicious end, things at the gilded court take a treacherous turn. Thrust onto the throne, Mary and Francis are forced to navigate a viper’s nest of conspiracies, traps, and treason. And if Mary’s secret is revealed, heads are bound to roll.



**My Contrary Mary comes out June 22, 2021**

Thank you Edelweiss and HarperCollins for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Iโ€™ve been a fan of the Lady Janies since their first collaborative work, My Lady Jane, came out. With humor and plenty of witty asides to us readers, these ladies can really draw you into their version of history full of the miraculous and happy endings. My Contrary Mary follows this same line of storytelling, the first in Iโ€™m assuming a series of ladies named Mary instead of Jane. However, sometimes like a joke that repeats itself a bit too much in a comedic routine, it just loses its initial appeal.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my Summer 2021 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.


Good morning everyone! I hope the sun is shining brightly on you all today and youโ€™re not as weary eyed as I am struggling to get up and continue my training. But aside from the tiredness, I hope you have all been excited for summer (if it is summer in your hemisphere, otherwise winter if thatโ€™s the case!). I most look forward to a slower pace generally, and some time to catch up on great reading.

Which is coincidentally perfect as always to highlight some of the upcoming books in the summer that I am looking forward to in todayโ€™s TTT.

Are you ready?

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