Four Books to Read First in 2019

Are you looking for something to read first in 2019? Are you trying to set a specific tone for the new year in your reading life? I have some suggestions for that!

Top Ten Tuesday -Books I Hope I Find Under My Christmas Tree This Morning

Good Morning & Merry Christmas!

If you celebrate Christmas I hope you have a wonderful holiday and if not, I hope you have a lovely day in general. Today I hope one of these books was under my Christmas tree, but my family doesn't buy me books very often since I buy a lot of books for myself!

These are all titles I'm very excited about and hope to pick up sometime in the future. Thank you to That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting Top Ten Tuesday as always and please visit her blog for more topics.

  

  

  

My Last Top Ten ---> Top Ten Books on my Winter TBR

T5W - Anticipated Releases of 2019

Personally, I do not make these type of lists too often. If I do, I end up pre-ordering all the books because I get so excited and I honestly do not need to order that many books!

Winter 2018 TBR

Here we go again! Another seasonal TBR I probably won't stick to, but I want to try to make the list anyway. In 2019 I seriously want to focus on reading my back list and books I already own. I say this all the time. Next year though I've set up a challenge for myself (because I am nothing if not competitive) to try to make more progress.

Anyway, check out my Winter TBR! Thank you to That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting Top Ten Tuesday. Please check out her blog for more topics!

    

    

My Last Top Ten Tuesday ---> Top Ten Cozy Winter Reads

2018 TBR Results

This year I've made a lot of TBRs. I am not very good at sticking to them. Instead, I make a TBR and get into a different reading mood then abandon all those books! It is a struggle, but I keep trying! Here is me looking back on the TBRs I've made for different seasons and different readathons throughout 2018.

Top Ten Cozy Winter Reads

As we move into winter I usually pick up fantasy or books set in Victorian times. Though this isn't very different than what I normally read, I reach for these types of books even more often since I don't want to leave my house. These are ones I think fit the winter season the most and make me want to sit under a blanket with tea for hours.

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My Last TTT ---> Top Ten Backlist Books I Want to Read

Tome Topple Reading Vlog

Tome Topple is a really chill readathon. I really enjoy participating even though things don't always turn out the way I would hope. Enjoy this vlog of me reading for Tome Topple!

October and November Book Haul

These past few months have really shown me I don't have self control. I've barely read anything from my physical TBR, but I continue to buy books like I'm not trying to reduce the number of books on that list. It is a struggle for me. I'll just keep hoping I'll do better next month. Anyway, I have quite a few things to show you from the past couple of months.

Top Ten Tuesday - Backlist Books I Want to Read

There are so many books on my backlist that I want to read. That's probably what happens to you when you own over 100 books you haven't read. (Yikes I know) Anyway these are the ones on the top of my list and I've had the longest. Hopefully I read these soon!

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My Last Top Ten Tuesday--> Seven Spooky Books I Forget to Recommend 

Favorite Audiobook Narrators

If you listen to audiobooks, you know the narrator is just as big a factor as the story in determining if you are going to like, love, or hate a book. Over the past few years I've listened to quite a few audiobooks and found some amazing narrators. Today I wanted to share five of my favorites with you. If you have any audiobook narrators that you love and want to recommend me, I'd love to hear from you. Audiobooks are one thing I cannot seem to get enough of.

1) Katherine Kellgren - The late great Katherine Kellgren was an amazing narrator. Each time I listen to one of her readings, I am drawn into the story so deeply and completely. She had a way of bringing characters to life and giving each one a distinct voice that always amazed me. I remember the first book I listened to with her was the narrator was Queen of the Tearling and I tore through that aubioook faster than I had ever read one before. Her voice captured me. I often look at the body of work she complied and try to borrow one from my library. They are often checked out and I have been  on wait lists for ages. She had a true gift for audiobook narration.

2) Will Patton - Though I've only listened to Patton read The Raven Cycle, I count his performance as one of the reasons the series is one of my favorites. His voices for each character are fantastic and I really enjoy how creepy he makes some of the characters sound. His sound effects (pow, wham, whoosh) are also very good. 

 

3) Moira Quirk - I don't think you can go wrong having Quirk as your narrator. She is talented and always delivers great accents and inflection. I really enjoy her works and I've actually made a list of books I want to read just because she reads the audiobook. I'm very thankful to Gail Carriger for promoting her own books as audiobooks so often and am thankful Quirk was the narrator of those books!

 

4) January LaVoy - Though I've only listened to one of her book thus far, I don't think I could make any kind of audiobook recommendations list without recommending The Diviners. LaVoy contributes so many accents and voices to this narration as well as singing several sections. She and her performance are the reason I love The Diviners as much as I do.

 

5)  Renée Raudman-  Renée narrates nearly all of Ilona Andrews books and I really enjoy the sarcasm she flavors each one of the heroines with. Andrews writes them like that, but Raudman really gets the tone right. She has a large collection of works you can check out, but I'm still working my way through her paranormal books.