Hello everyone and welcome to 2021! I hope you all had a lovely holiday period and that the new year is going well. We all know 2021 isn’t a magical reset button but hopefully things can slowly improve! Today it’s time for another Top 10 Tuesday post. Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and features a different bookish-themed topic each week. This week is a fun topic….we are talking:
Top 10 Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half Of 2021
These are in no particular order, just as I thought of them or came across them as I searched lists and posts for up and coming releases.
1. Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm, #4)
Okay so I remembered hearing at some stage that there was another Graceling book coming out but then I got an email from Goodreads about books out soon by authors I had rated highly and this was on it and it is out, like super soon. In fact it’s in just a couple of weeks! I’m so excited, I have to go and pre-order it or something so that I can read it right away. I adored all of the books in the Graceling series and I remember the way Bitterblue, book 3 ended and how it felt like there was more to be said.
2. Rescue Me by Sarra Manning.
I love Sarra Manning’s books! She writes a lot of really unusual romances, tapping in to some things that not a lot of people could make work. This one, about two people who after a misunderstanding, end up both sharing custody of a foster dog. I just love the sound of this and I think it’ll give all the feels.
3. Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert.
I really loved Get A Life, Chloe Brown and I have Take A Hint, Dani Brown which is ready for me to read and I can just tell from the description of it, that it’s 100% my sort of read. So I’m definitely excited for the third in the Brown Sisters trilogy.
4. The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton.
I loved Alwyn Hamilton’s Rebel Of The Sands trilogy so I’m keen to read something new from her and I absolutely love this cover. It’s the sort of cover where there’s so much going on it feels like it’s impossible to see it all. And probably however wonderful it looks in a picture, it’s probably much better in person. This sounds full of murder and mystery and intrigue and toxic family and probably some romance. Can’t wait.
5. Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne.
Sally Thorne’s first novel, The Hating Game is one of my favourites and I’ve re-read it so many times! Her second novel wasn’t personally to my taste but I’m definitely hoping that I enjoy her third one as much as I did her debut so this still makes my list of most-anticipated.
6. Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane.
I love Mhairi McFarlane. Absolutely love her and her books. Anything from her is an automatic buy and so I cannot wait for this.
7. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston.
I loved Red, White & Royal Blue it basically put Casey McQuiston onto my auto-read list. This sounds a little bit different – I think there’s some time travel involved? Or something? I’m interested to see how this plays out but I do feel like I’m probably going to love this also.
8. People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry.
I adored Beach Read so you can just go ahead and inject this right into my veins.
9. The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary.
Beth O’Leary is for me, a bit like Sally Thorne. Absolutely loved The Flatshare so much….but I didn’t really love The Switch. However I know that she can put out a book I’ll love and I am a big fan of road trip books, they’re one of my favourite types of plots. And this is a character being forced to road trip to a wedding with her ex-boyfriend, so there’s so much potential. I hope I love this.
10. The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni.
I thought that Lynette Noni’s debut series, The Medoran Chronicles, grew in strength with each instalment. This sounds really interesting and I love the cover!
These are just some of the books I am really excited about seeing released in the first half of 2021 – anything here you’re excited for too? If so, let me know!