Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic was supposed to be about books I meant to read in 2018 but didn’t, but I wanted to narrow it down to debut novels released in 2018 that I meant to read, but didn’t (and will try to read this year!).
1. A Thousand Perfect Notes — C. G. Drews
YA contemporary
I honestly can’t believe I haven’t read this! I pre-ordered it months before it released and was so excited to support Cait (or Paperfury, for some of you!), and yet I know this is gonna wreck my heart so I haven’t read it yet?! Dammit, I am prioritizing this ASAP, tears or no tears.
2. The Beauty That Remains — Ashley Woodfolk
YA contemporary
3. Sea Witch — Sarah Henning
YA fantasy
4. Nothing Left to Burn — Heather Ezell
YA contemporary
5. Always Never Yours — Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
YA contemporary
(Emily wasn’t a 2018 debut, but Austin was!)
6. Not Even Bones — Rebecca Schaeffer
YA fantasy/paranormal/horror
7. Heart of Thorns — Bree Barton
YA fantasy
8. You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone — Rachel Lynn Solomon
YA contemporary
9. The Wicked Deep — Shea Ernshaw
YA fantasy/paranormal
10. American Panda — Gloria Chao
YA contemporary
✩ Ashley ✩
January 22, 2019Circe, Starry Eye’s, and Lifel1k3!! My post is going up tomo but those are the 2018 pubs! From your list, I can’t wait to get to Sea Witch or Wicked Deep!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Circe and Lifel1k3 were both excellent. I recently got Starry Eyes and I’m hoping to read it soon. It’ll be my first book of hers!
✩ Ashley ✩
January 22, 2019Mine too! I just have this feeling though about Jenn Bennett??! So of course I have a couple other titles of hers on my TBR ?
Anne Bennett
January 22, 2019A Thousand Perfect Notes is on my TBR, too. I hope we both get to it in 2019. My TTT Books I meant to read last year
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I hope we do, too! Happy reading!
ChrissiReads
January 22, 2019Cait’s book is incredible. It is intense though. Great list!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019That’s what I’ve heard!! I’m looking forward to it — maybe I’ll put it right at the top of my list for the next time I’m in the mood for a tearjerker.
Kay Wisteria
January 22, 2019A thousand perfect notes was on my list too!! Ahh hopefully we can both enjoy it this year:)
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I hope so, too! Just in time for her new book, too 🙂
Annemieke
January 22, 2019Ugh yes I need to read A Thousand Perfect Notes still as well. I had it on pre order and then it got cancelled on the day of release. OHMYGOSHWHY and then had to reorder and got a faulty cover edition. -_- And now I still haven’t read it. Hopefully soon though.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Oh nooooo! That’s really crappy. 🙁 What’s faulty about the cover on the one you ended up getting? I hope we both get to read it soon!
Annemieke
January 23, 2019The spine is on the backcover. The cover got misprinted so I have a white line on the cover then the cover start and continues onto the spine and the actual spine is mostly on the back cover.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019That is so weird! I’ve never heard of that. What a bummer. 🙁
Jolien @ The Fictional Reader
January 22, 2019I really want to read Not Even Bones too! And I’ve had a copy of A Thousand Perfect Notes on my Kindle for ages because I really wanted to support Cait, but I haven’t read it either. Something to rectify this year for sure.
Happy reading, Destiny!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Hopefully we both pick them up very soon! 🙂 Thank you Jolien, happy reading ♥
lydiaschoch
January 22, 2019I started Sea Witch last year but never finished it. I really should reread it this year and finish it this time.
This is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I hope you enjoy it when you pick it back up! 🙂 I really adore the cover on it.
Aoife
January 22, 2019I also still haven’t gotten around to A Thousand Perfect Notes. What have we been *doing*!?
Aoife | https://prettypurplepolkadots.wordpress.com/
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I know! Hopefully we’ll both get to it ASAP haha!
Sara @ The Bibliophagist
January 22, 2019I meant to read You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone and Sea Witch too! I even checked both out from the library, but never got around to actually reading them.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Oh no! Been there with the library loans haha. Hopefully we’ll get around to them sooner rather than later. 🙂
iloveheartlandx
January 22, 2019Not Even Bones was on my list this week too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/top-ten-tuesday-195/
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019It sounds so fun and unique! It’s rare now, with how much I read, that a story sounds REALLY 100% unique, but that one does. 🙂
iloveheartlandx
January 23, 2019Yes that was what drew me to it-it does sound so different!
Poinsettia
January 22, 2019The Sea Witch and The Wicked Deep sound intriguing! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019They both do sound really good, and what lovely covers, too 🙂
pinotandpages247
January 22, 2019I absolutely loved The Wicked Deep ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Excellent! I think I’m saving it for this summer, as I believe I heard it takes place in late summer?
What's She Reading?
January 22, 2019Never Always Yours and Not Even Bones are definitely both on my list as well!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I feel like I hear nobody talking about Never Always Yours but it really sounds SO good!
What's She Reading?
January 22, 2019I agree!!!
Marti (Bookish Treats)
January 22, 2019I’ve had Always Never Yours on my TBR for the longest time too.
I hope you have fun reading all of these in 2019!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Thank you so much, Marti! You too! 🙂
Malka @ Paper Procrastinators
January 22, 2019I have the same shame for A Thousand Perfect Notes. I really wanted to get to it this month, but so far I haven’t had the chance and it’s eating me alive.
I have read Always Never Yours on the other hand and it was a super cute read! I hope you enjoy it!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Oh no! Hopefully next month, then. 🙂 And I’m glad you enjoyed Always Never Yours!!
lalafulton
January 22, 2019A Thousand Perfect Notes should be on my list too! I don’t usually read contemporaries, but I really wanted to support Cait! It just kept getting pushed down my TBR. Hopefully we can both get to it this year! Happy reading!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I hope so! 😀 Happy reading to you too!
KateMonroeSeries (@rachel_troyer93)
January 22, 2019I really enjoyed A Thousand Perfect Notes — C. G. Drews and American Panda.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Awesome! They both sound really lovely 🙂
Marie
January 22, 2019Ahhhhh. I really liked A Thousand Perfect Notes and I loved The Beauty That Remains, Always Never Yours and Nothing Left To Burn (favorite read of 2018)! I hope you’ll get to read these books at some point 😀 <3
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019Oooohhhh good! 😀 Haha this makes me super happy and even more excited to read them!
kindkonfetti
January 22, 2019I’ve read A Thousand Perfect Notes and The Wicked Deep and didn’t think they were spectacular, but always am interested to hear your thoughts.
For me, the debut books from 2018 I hope to read this year are ‘Children of Blood and Bone’, ‘Seven and a half deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle’, ‘The Poppy War’ and ‘The Poet X’. There were also lots of non-debut books I want to read. 2019 was supposed to be about the backlist but I keep going to the library!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I wasn’t personally a big fan of CoBaB, but I was majorly in the minority there, so I’m crossing my fingers for you! And The Poppy War was one I almost put on this list. It sounds so good. 🙂
anovelglimpse
January 22, 2019You are not alone. I didn’t read any of these either. It’s so hard to keep up with all the debut releases.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019It really is, especially when amazing books keep coming out all the time!
CJR The Brit
January 22, 2019Heart Of Thorns is on my list too….along with many, many others!!!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 22, 2019I know it got some mixed reviews, but I have pretty high hopes for it!
CJR The Brit
January 23, 2019Lets hope we enjoy it!!
Brooke Lorren
January 22, 2019A Thousand Perfect Notes is on my list as well… and I picked it out of the TBR jar, so I’ll be reading it soon! I have to finish The Last Year of the War and an ARC to put on my blog on February 4th first though. And I also want to read American Panda.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019Oh good, I hope you like it! 🙂
Meredith @ Pandora's Books
January 22, 2019Sea Witch was really good! I also desperately have to read Not Even Bones and The Wicked Deep – both look amazing!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019They really do look amazing! So glad you enjoyed Sea Witch. 😀
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
January 22, 2019Eek, I have not read any of these, but Sea Witch, Heart of Thorns, and The Wicked Deep are all on my to-read list!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019They all sound really enjoyable! I hope we’ll both like them whenever we get around to them… you know, *eventually*. ?
Kelly | Another Book in the Wall
January 23, 2019I need to read A Thousand Perfect Noted ASAP!!! I keep telling myself to read it and just … haven’t? What’s wrong with me!? Definitely need to prioritize it! I also have to pick up The Wicked Deep and Sea Witch as well!
American Panda is the sweetest, fluffiest book ever! I adore it to pieces! ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019Oh my gosh, right?! I feel like maybe we’re just subconsciously postponing the heartache of ATPN. ? And yay, I’m so glad you loved American Panda so much!!
theboundlessbookshelfx
January 23, 2019Sea Witch and The Wicked Deep we’re both really good!!! I apparently enjoy those types of themes haha. I hope you love them!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019Haha excellent! Thank you 🙂
Lauren @ Always Me
January 23, 2019Not Even Bones was fantastic! Happy reading!
Check out my TTT and my ARC review of Enchantée by Gita Trelease
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 23, 2019Thank you!
Jessica at Booked J
January 25, 2019So many good books!! I loved the heartbreaking brilliance that is A Thousand Perfect Notes and you definitely need to get to that, ASAP! I hope you enjoy all of these.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 28, 2019Thank you! Oh my gosh, I really do—I especially want to read it before her second book comes out, too! Thank you! ♥
Michelle
January 28, 2019I read Always Never Yours last year and I really liked it. Meg the main character is really cool and kickass and overall I enjoy the story and romance. I also recently read American Panda and it was so cute! The Taiwanese representation was really good and I loved Mei and her complicated family dynamics.
I hope you get to read most of these books soonish and I hope you enjoy them all ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 28, 2019Awww, good! They both sound so cute and I really hope to find the time for them soon. 😀 Thank you!