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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in First Half of 2023

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.


It’s a brand new year and new books are coming out! I’m so excited for a bunch of titles I feel I’ve been waiting for forever, and some new titles I’ve more recently found but feel just as amped up about. It’s hard to pick sometimes but hopefully these first half of 2023 releases live up to expectation.

In no particular order (because that’d be even harder to figure out), let’s begin!

1. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell in #1 New York Timesbestselling author Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent.

Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.

Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls.

Thick with history and packed with Bardugo’s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Favourite Books of 2022

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.


Hello friends and a happy new year to us all! 2022 ended off with a bang. While it was a complicated year that had a lot of downs but some ups too, I’m very glad we’re onto 2023 now where hopefully things are looking up more.

To reflect on some of the good that came from 2022, let’s dig into the best books I’ve read last year. I managed to meet my reading goal of 80 books (been slowing down in reading but that’s okay!) and these were the ones I adored, ranging in ratings of 4.5 to 5/5. I will also link my reviews if you wanna know more!

In no particular order, let’s begin!

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings in 2022

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.


It’s almost Christmas and I’m more stressed than I thought I’d be, friends 🥲 Work has been insane at times and the wedding planning (and managing of people!!) has been less than stellar. All this to say it’s manifested into physiological anxiety symptoms this last few weeks with my heart that I fervently hope will go away (and stay away) soon.

This week’s TTT is about gift giving. I always found the kindness of absolute strangers but bonded through the love of reading is the most wonderful thing. I was fortunate enough to have experienced it once and it made my week.

I’m not feeling the best at the moment so I’ll post my Amazon wishlist here in case you wanted to take a look. Otherwise, here are the highlights of my list.

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