TBR Lows & Highs #58

The WINNER of last week’s “lows” vote was… *drumroll*

THRALL by Avon Gale & Roan Parrish!

Sadly, nobody voted last week! 🙁 So, this was the result of me setting Google’s RNG (random number generator) to choose between 1 and 5.

As promised, I’ll now add this book to my “top-TBR” shelf on Goodreads to remind me to read it within the next 18 months.

Rules:

• Link back to the original post at Howling Libraries
• Sort your Goodreads TBR shelf by date added, ascending
• Find 5 titles to purge from your TBR (the “lows”) OR find 5 titles that are at the BOTTOM of your TBR—books you want to read someday, just not right now!
• Post those 5 books in the list, with a brief explanation
• Next, sort your Goodreads TBR shelf by date added, descending
• List the last 5 (or more!) books you added to your TBR, with a synopsis or your brief summary of why you added it (the “highs”)

(books that are LOW on my TBR (BUT NOT BEING REMOVED)—vote in the comments for which one I should move UP on my list and I’ll read it within 18 months!)

• The Gladiator’s Downfall — Kristen Banet [adult fantasy/romance]
  • A 1,000+ old winged/horned/tailed former-slave-turned-gladiator Champion MC… she sounds so badass, I can’t help but need to read this.
• Kings of the Wyld — Nicholas Eames [adult fantasy]
  • I swear, I’ve heard so many rave reviews for this series and it sounds SO GOOD! I don’t think I’ve ever really gotten to read about older, washed-up former warriors getting back together like this, and it just sounds awesome.
• The Creeping — Alexandra Sirowy [YA horror]
  • I’ve been meaning to read this for ages and keep forgetting I have it. I just really dig creepy kid stories, you know?
• Pestilence — Laura Thalassa [new adult fantasy/romance]
  • This series has reached the point of “I’ve hyped myself up so much for this that I’m terrified to actually READ it”. PLEASE MAKE ME READ THIS.
• The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James — Ashley Herring Blake [MG contemporary]
  • I actually can’t believe I haven’t read this, given how much I love AHB’s queer girl stories?!

• What I Like About You — Marisa Kanter [YA romance]
  • I love online dating tropes in books ?
• Brown Girl Ghosted — Mintie Das [YA thriller]
  • A YA #MeToo-inspired thriller with a supernatural twist… and murder ?
• Dig — A.S. King [YA contemporary]
  • I really don’t have a clue what this is about, but I’ve been wanting to check out something else by King after liking Please Ignore Vera Dietz a few years back.
• Black Leviathan — Bernd Perplies [adult fantasy]
  • DRAGONS ????? Massive freakin’ dragons.
• The Oddmire, Book 2: The Unready Queen — William Ritter [MG fantasy]
  • The first book was SO PRECIOUS and I can’t wait for the second one!
• A Very Scalzi Christmas — John Scalzi [adult SFF short stories]
  • Fifteen short Christmas-themed stories!
• Midnight in the Graveyard — edited by Kenneth W. Cain [adult horror anthology]
  • Lots of authors I already like in this one!

Descriptions for all additions or “highs” below this point can be found in the latest Stacking the Shelves post!

• Dreams of Lake Drukka / Exhumation — Mike Thorn [adult horror short story duo; eARC]
• Idle Days — Thomas Desaulniers-Brousseau [adult hist-fic graphic novel; physical library loan]
• The Unsound — Cullen Bunn [adult horror graphic novel; physical library loan]
• Farmhand, Vol. 1 — Rob Guillory [adult horror graphic novel; physical library loan]
• Dead Meat: Day 1 — Nick Clausen [YA horror novella; eARC]

Which book from my “lows” do you think I should add to my “top-TBR” shelf?

— destiny ♥

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