Top Five Wednesday: Most Anticipated Releases

Most Anticipated Releases

Top 5 Wednesday is a group challenge created by Lainey and run by Sam that includes a new book-related topic every week. Check out the goodreads group for topics and to interact with the community.

This month, Top Five Wednesday is doing rewind topics, so you can choose any topic from previous months/years. To be honest, I'm actually just assuming that "most anticipated releases" has been a topic in the past, because I wanted to talk about some books that are coming out and here's a good reason to do so. So without further ado, some books coming out in 2018 that I really want to read.

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Bioshock: Rapture by John Shirley

Title: Bioshock: Rapture 

Author: John Shirley

Date Read: May 13th 2018 

Published: July 19th 2011 @ Tor Books

Genre: Adult Science Fiction 

Rating: ⭐⭐

"I believe in no God, no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more powerful than each of us, a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that unites us. But it is only when we struggle in our own interest that the chain pulls society in the right direction. The chain is too powerful and too mysterious for any government to guide. Any man who tells you different either has his hand in your pocket, or a pistol to your neck."

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Devils & Thieves by Jennifer Rush

Title: Devils & Thieves (Devils & Thieves #1)

Author: Jennifer Rush

Date Read: March 15th 2018

Published: October 3rd 2017 @ Little, Brown

Genre: YA Urban Fantasy

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Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

Title: Last Night in Montreal 

Author: Emily St. John Mandel

Date Read: March 11th 2018

Published: January 1st 2009 @ Vintage

Genre: Literary Fiction/Mystery

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“By now there were over a hundred pages of documents relating to the case: photographs, police reports, possible sightings. Memory reduced to manila envelopes and typed documents, stills from surveillance videos, early childhood photographs.”

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Title: The Song of Achilles

Author: Madeline Miller

Date Read: January 29th 2018

Published: September 20th 2011 @ Bloomsbury

Genre: Mythology Retelling/Historical Fiction

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Name one hero who was happy... You can't. They never let you be famous and happy... I'm going to be the first. Swear it."  

"Why me?"  

"Because you're the reason. Swear it." 

"I swear it."

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Top Five Wednesday: Forgettable Books

Forgettable Books

Top 5 Wednesday is a group challenge created by Lainey and run by Sam that includes a new book-related topic every week. Check out the goodreads group for topics and to interact with the community.

This week's Top Five Wednesday, we're talking about books we've read, whether we liked or disliked them at the time, that just haven't stayed with us.

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The Girls of Murder City by Douglas Perry

Title: The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago

Author: Douglas Perry

Date Read: January 6th 2017 

Published: August 5 2010 @ Viking

Genre: Historical Non-Fiction

Rating: ⭐

"If it were sensational enough, whether a scientific breakthrough, a rousing new style of music, or an underworld murder, it would be celebrated."

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2018 Reading Challenge

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” 

― Voltaire

These are just a few challenges I set for myself throughout the year in the hopes of diversifying my reading. I think that sometimes we get comfortable picking up titles that don't challenge us because it's easier and because it makes us feel good about how many books we've read by the end of the year, etc, etc, but I wanted to be more mindful about what I'm picking up. There are also a couple of just-for-fun challenges, so that this doesn't feel like a big chore. Some ideas were taken from the PopSugar challenge, some from the BookRiot challenge, and some were just personal goals for me. 

If you'd like to join me, feel absolutely free. I will (hopefully) be updating this list throughout the year with the review associated with the challenge here if you want to follow along.

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