Top Ten Tuesday: top books on my Fall TBR list

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week they post a new topic that the participants come up with a top ten list for.



This week's topic is about the top ten books on our Fall to-be-read lists

Honestly? I don't really make lists like that, I just pick up something I've got on my shelf/kindle when I feel like it (review books are obviously different). However, all the ARCs I've currently got on my Kindle are Winter releases, so there's that. So the ten following books are ones I already own and really hope to get to this Fall. They're listed in no particular order.



Between the Spark and the Burn, by April Genevieve Tucholke
I really enjoyed the first book! I'll have to do a partial re-read and get to the second. I hope it continues the gothic mood :)

Angelfall, by Susan Ee
It's been on my shelf for close to a year and it's supposed to be fantastic.

Game, by Barry Lyga
I loved I Hunt Killers, and now that I've finally got Game, I want to read it soon. Also, the first one creeped me out so it's perfect for Fall. That season always makes me feel like reading moody, dark books.



Mortal Heart, by Robin LaFevers
I've got a shiny ARC of this one and look forward to reading it in a month or so :) I'm very curious about Annith's story! She's been a quite shadowy figure so far and she really surprised me at the end of the second book.

Hood, by Stephen R. Lawhead
I'd never heard of this book before last Spring, but then kept coming across it in the summer as an influence on books by author's I've read. So when I saw it at the second hand bookstore, I knew it was waiting for me. I've always been fascinated with Robin Hood, and I think this one's themed perfectly for the Fall season :)

Sabriel, by Garth Nix
I've been looking at this series for at least 10 years, I kid you not. I've owned a huge 1000+ pages omnibus edition for three years. So I'll be damned if I don't finally read at least the first book this Fall!



The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson
I've been hearing so much about this series and the cover and name make me think of Fall, so I hope I'll get to it!

The Lovely and the Lost, by Page Morgan
Another sequel I've been itching to read! Gargoyles. Paris. History. Yes, please!

Up From the Grave, by Jeaniene Frost
I'm so sad that this is the last Cat & Bones novel! But I need to read at least one vampire novel this Fall, and this series has never disappointed me.

The last pick: recommend me something dark and creepy! If it has faeries in it, cool. If not, that's also okay. But it has to be moody and horror-ish. Surprise me :)


Have you read or are you planning to read any of the books on my list? Does the season influence your taste in books? I noticed that I feel like reading a lot of high fantasy or creepy stuff this Fall. I could also have put Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder or Fire by Kristin Cashore on this list, they're both on my shelf. What about you?

From the Review Pile: Blacker than Black & The Abhorsen Chronicles

From the Review Pile is a meme hosted by Stepping Out of the Page every Thursday. 

The aim of this meme is to showcase books that you've received for review (or if you don't receive review books, any book that you own and really want to read/review) but haven't yet got around to reading, in order to give the book some extra publicity. It is also inspired by 'A While on the Pile', a post by Rachel from Fiktshun / My Reading Pile.

 

 

I haven't done one of these posts in a long while but since it motivated me to actually go and read the book last time, I thought I'd give it another shot.

The first book that's been on my pile for a few months (July, I think) is Blacker than Black by Rhi Etzweiler. It was one of the first books I requested from NetGalley (it might have been a 'download now' one) and since it was already out, I kept pushing it back on the pile.

Release date: January 23, 2012
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Format: ebook, 360 pages

Apparently, my twin and I are two of York’s most notorious criminals. We’ve been Nightwalkers in the blue-light district since the vamps took over the world. Don’t know how many years it’s been. Long enough that a stream of fellow ’walkers have come and gone. Most don’t last long selling their chi. End up face-down in the gutter, or worse.

For us, one night and one sale change everything.

Monsieur Garthelle is the first john to hunt me down. He calls me a chi thief in one breath and offers absolution—servitude—in the next. Maybe I’m a sucker, but I like living and breathing. Strange that such a powerful vamp would show leniency to a mere human. And something’s not right with the chi I took from him. It won’t go away.

Neither will he, and he’s forcing us to spy on his peers. Then a vamp turns up dead, and we go from playing eyes and ears to investigating a murder. This isn’t what I signed up for. All I ever wanted was to sell a little chi, maybe steal some in return. I should’ve kept my damn hands to myself.

This is my story. Look through my eyes.

I don't know why exactly I've kept pushing this one back. I love Urban Fantasy and vampires and the world building seems promising. At the moment I have too many galley titles with 'expiration dates' on them though to get to it immediately. But I'm determiend to read it at some point.

The next one is a book I bought about a year ago. Actually, I first noticed this series at a bookstore when I was like 15... eight years ago. I loved the (German) covers. So it's kind of ironic that I ended up buying it with a cover I don't much care for. Having the whole trilogy in one book (omnibus) for a very reasonable price was a convincing argument though...



The Abhorsen Chronicles, by Gath Nix (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen)

Release date: December 30, 2008
Publisher: Harper Teen
Format: Paperback, 1232 pages

Sabriel

Every step brings Sabriel closer to a battle that will pit her against the true forces of life and death--and bring her face-to-face with her own destiny.

Lirael

With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil, which threatens the fate of the Old Kingdom.

Abhorsen

The Abhorsen Sabriel and King Touchstone are missing, and Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the evil Destroyer--before it is too late.


I think the book I'd picked up was Lirael, which was one reason why I didn't buy it - they didn't stock Sabriel. I remember the description including something about everyone having mind powers (reading thoughts?) apart form Lirael, which alienated her. Not sure though... it was a long time ago. But I've heard so much about Garth Nix and really want to read one of his books. It's just... it looks so big and heavy ^^'' Hard to carry around. Takes long to get through. So many other books on the shelf. Yeah...

If any one has motivation to offer for starting to read either of these books, go ahead :) Have you read them? And what's gathering dust on your pile?