Hi hello and welcome to day 13 of #Project14Lists! If you're not sure what this is, be sure and go check out Shealea's post for more information about it and you can also find all of the other participants on her post if you're interested in seeing everyone else's lists (which you should really go check them all out because they're all awesome!). Today, I am going to be talking about five books that I wish I had read in 2018. There are definitely more than five books that I wish I had read this year, but I wanted to keep it to a minimum and really talk about the ones that I feel like I really should have read. Let's get started!
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1. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
I read Six of Crows in January this year and absolutely loved it! I was so happy that I finally got around to it and understood the hype around the first book in this duology. I had totally intended to read the sequel but something happened and I just...didn't. I think it's because I really want this in hardback and I only have the ebook but I really want the pretty sprayed pages to match Six of Crows. I know, it sounds silly, but I need to be able to have the matching set!



2. Strange the Dreamer by Lani Taylor
If you haven't heard of this book, you've probably been living under a rock or something. This has been such a hyped and popular book and I can't watch a Booktube video or read a blog post without hearing about this book. But for some reason, I just haven't picked it up. The sequel, Muse of Nightmares, came out this year and boy oh boy has there been so much buzz around it. I don't think I've heard a single bad thing about either of these books and I really wish I had gotten around to Strange the Dreamer so that I could understand why everyone loves it so much! 2019 is definitely going to be a good reading year for me, I can already tell.



3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Another book that you can't turn a corner without someone screaming at you to read this. But I don't feel like the hype is unwarranted with this! I've heard so many people say that this is one of their favorite books of both the year and of all-time so it really has me interested in just what the heck this book is about. I know, I'll say that I'll get to it and then just completely forget. But I don't think I'll be able to do that with this one.



4. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Okay, I think there's a trend with the books on this list because again, another book that the community is screaming about. I do wish I had read this final book in the Throne of Glass series this year but...I can't. Not because I don't want to, but because I haven't even read the first book yet. But I really want to get to it next year because everyone talks about this series and how good it is (along with the A Court of Thorns and Roses series) and I really want to read it and see for myself.

Hi hello and welcome to day 12 of #Project14Lists! Today, I am going to be talking about six authors that I want to read in 2019. Some of these authors, I have read a book or part of a book from, but I really want to get to some more of their books because I've heard such good things about all of them. I know a lot of them are pretty popular in the bookish community so of course I have to hop on the hype train! Let's get started!
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1. Leigh Bardugo

I've only read one book by Leigh Bardugo, which is Six of Crows, but I absolutely loved it. In 2019, I plan to participate in a readathon of the Grisha trilogy so that I can finally read these books and see why everyone talks about them so much. I also plan to read Crooked Kingdom because apparently it's really good and, well, it's the sequel to Six of Crows so obviously I need to read it. Also, I want to be caught up and prepared for King of Scars when it comes out!

2. Brandon Sanderson

Okay, so technically I have read approximately one and a half Brandon Sanderson books. I read the first Mistborn book and half of the second but for some reason, I just never continued? I still don't know why because I absolutely LOVED the first book. But I really want to finish the series and pick up some of his other books like Skyward and The Way of Kings!

3. John Gwynne

I've heard two of my favorite Booktubers/bookish people (Caz from Little Book Owl and Piera from Piera Forde) rave about this author and the series, The Faithful and the Fallen, a lot recently and I've really been looking for a new long fantasy series to get lost in. These books sound so great and I really want to get to any of John Gwynne's books in the new year!

4. Amanda Foody

I've heard some really great things about Daughter of the Burning City and Ace of Shades so I'd really like to pick up at the very least Daughter of the Burning City in the new year. I think it sounds right up my alley in terms of what I like to read and also, that UK cover is just beautiful.

5. Amie Kaufman

Illuminae is one of my favorite books so it just makes sense to me to want to read more from both authors. I already love Jay Kristoff's books so I'd like to read more from Amie Kaufman next year! I know, both of the books shown are co-written with Meagan Spooner, but I think I'd still get a good sense of Amie Kaufman's writing with these books!

6. Rick Riordan

It's no secret that Rick Riordan is a very popular author in the book community. My younger brother read all of his books when he was little and somehow I just never got a chance to pick them up. But seriously, I see people talking about his books everywhere I look so I'd really like to take the plunge and read at the very least the Percy Jackson series in 2019.

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And that's it for day twelve of #Project14Lists! Hopefully, I talked about some authors that I haven't already gushed over a ton and maybe even introduced someone to a new author they haven't thought of checking out before. Highly unlikely as all of these authors are pretty well-known, but hey, who knows! I'd love to know some of the authors that you would like to read in 2019 so be sure to leave me a comment and let me know! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!

Hi hello and welcome to day 10 of #Project14Lists! Today, I am going to be talking about some 2019 diverse books that are on my TBR. One of my reading goals for 2019 is to read more diversely, so I wanted to make a list of some of the books that I really want to read in the new year. Most of these are books that I've already spoken about so I'm not going to go into detail about any of these. Really, I just want the beautiful covers and their Goodreads pages (click on the title and author below the cover to check out the Goodreads information) to speak for themselves. Let's get started!
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1. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

12. Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen

And that's it for day ten of #Project14Lists! I know most of these are books that I've already talked about but I really am excited about all of these. I'm also really excited to have a list of diverse books to read next year because, as I said, my goal is to open up my reading experiences and try to read outside of what I normally read. I've seen so many amazing diverse books that are coming out in 2019 and I just can't wait to read them! I'm always looking for more recommendations so please let me know some of the diverse books that you're looking forward to reading in 2019. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!

Hi hello and welcome to day 9 of #Project14Lists! Today, I am going to be talking about some of the standalone books releasing next year that are on my TBR! These are books without sequels or continuations in a series (as far as I can tell) that I really want to read next year. It really seems like my aesthetic is pretty consistent throughout this post if you look at the covers and then read the synopsis of each book. There may be some books in here that I've already talked about in previous posts but there are only so many books that I'm excited about and a lot of them are the same ones! Let's get started!
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1. Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Quarantine. Island boarding school. A virus that's killed most everyone. It's like this book was written for me, I swear. Also, this cover is so...creepy. I love it.

2. Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich

I was initially interested in this because of the title (hello creepy) but then I read the synopsis and the words "a genre-bending epic horror-fantasy" ensured my demise because that is right up my alley, oh my goodness. 

3. To Best the Boys by Mary Weber

The reminds me slightly of The Hunger Games with a dash of Mulan (as in the female disguising herself to basically infiltrate a male-dominated world) so of course, I'm interested. But the fact that the main character is also a scientist in a world where she's basically not allowed to be a scientist? Instant TBR addition. Also, I just got an eARC of this so I know what I'll be reading soon!

4. The Haunted by Danielle Vega

Anything by Danielle Vega is something that I want to read. She is my queen of horror and is incapable of writing a bad book, I swear. The Merciless series stole my heart and satisfied my need for a cheesy, gory story and Survive the Night made my heart race and made me feel as if the walls had hands and teeth and were closing in on me all at the same time. So yeah, anything by her is a must-read for me.

5. Crown of Coral and Pearl by Mara Rutherford

Murdered queens and sinister secret societies were really all that it took to make me interested in this book. But honestly, those are some of my buzz words so it's not hard to get me interested in a book if those things are in the synopsis. But both the cover and synopsis have me super interested in this book and I'm super excited to read it!

6. Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter

Just please give me this book already. Please. After reading The Cruel Prince, I am trash for anything involving faeries and I feel I need to point this out again so LOOK AT THE COVER. Just, yes.

9. Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

It's a book about a kpop star, do I really need to explain anything else? It's also by Maurene Goo so, you should definitely also want to read this book.

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And that's it for day nine! Unfortunately, I'm far too lazy to talk about all 13 of these books in more detail, but I think I did an alright job at conveying my feelings on each of them. Although honestly, most of them are just 'I love this cover give me the book' but it really doesn't take too much to get me interested in a book. Not even ashamed, either. But I'd love to know some of the standalone books that you want to read in 2019! Let me know in the comments! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for another day of #Project14Lists!