{"id":7583,"date":"2017-12-19T00:45:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T05:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2017-12-19T04:33:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:33:24","slug":"7583","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7583","title":{"rendered":"top ten tuesday: winter tbr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brokeandbookish.com\/2017\/12\/top-ten-books-i-hope-santa-brings.html\">today&#8217;s post<\/a>, The Broke and the Bookish will be ceasing publication in 2018 and since I basically just ask Santa for &#8220;Books! Please bring me books!&#8221; I thought I&#8217;d do another off-week post for Top Ten Tuesday (which will continue, but elsewhere). <\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t ready to think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brokeandbookish.com\/2017\/11\/top-ten-books-on-our-winter-tbrs.html\">about winter last month, when the topic of what&#8217;s<\/a> on our winter to-be-read lists ran, but since the seasons change later this week, I guess it&#8217;s time to look ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catriona Lally&#8217;s <em>Eggshells<\/em>, about a woman looking to make a friend named Penelope (NOT Penny!), definitely did not work as poolside reading, but I suspect it will lend itself well to a weekend curled up under blankets with a pot of tea next to me.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I was lucky enough to snag a copy of John Green&#8217;s <em>Turtles All the Way Down<\/em> on opening day at the West End branch of the library. My dad has already read it and is waiting impatiently for me to be able to discuss it with him.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>Far from the Tree<\/em> by Robin Benway, this year&#8217;s young people&#8217;s National Book Award winner, is overdue to the library, so I&#8217;m hoping to finish it before the end of the year.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><em>Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker<\/em> by Gregory Maguire is waiting for me at the library and is part of the selection of books I hope to read this Christmas season.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I cannot seem to get around to Susan Dennard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Truthwitch<\/em>, which has been sitting on my shelf for over a year. This winter could be the time!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>I&#8217;m thinking Frederick Backman&#8217;s <em>My Grandmother Asked Me to Say She&#8217;s Sorry<\/em> should lend itself to a winter reading.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Mysteries are a solid choice for winter and <em>The Manual of Detection<\/em> by Jedediah Berry seems like a fun choice from my shelf.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>John David Anderson&#8217;s <em>Ms. Bixby&#8217;s Last Day<\/em> is a middle-grade novel that&#8217;s been on my shelf for a year.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sherry Thomas&#8217; <em>A Conspiracy in Belgravia<\/em> came out this fall.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Also in catching up with series, Maia Chance&#8217;s <em>Teetotaled<\/em> is next up in the Discreet Retrieval Agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How about you? 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