Today is Saturday, my book friends, which means it’s time for me to tackle my TBR! Every Saturday I tackle my TBR by taking part in Down the TBR Hole, a weekly meme created by Lia from Lost in a Story.
I haven’t done one of these posts in a few weeks due to not having the motivation and just being busy with Camp NaNo prep. But I decided that I wanted to make sure to do a post this week for you guys to stray away from all the posts about writing.
Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy by Ameriie
I know that a lot of people don’t like it when BookTubers get published but this collection of anthologies just sounds so cool!
Final Verdict: KEEP
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordon
I said before (or at least I think I have…) that I’ll just remove all the Rick Riordon books from my TBR until I finish the Percy Jackson series.
Final Verdict: GO
Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
I think this book deals with racism or maybe a future society where the white people don’t have rights but the black people do? I don’t really know and I haven’t heard that many things about it but what I have heard has all been positive!
Final Verdict: KEEP
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
I was anticipating this book so much last year and I got it right after it came out but just haven’t read it yet… I don’t know why!! I still really want to.
Final Verdict: KEEP
Rook by Sharon Cameron
I was anticipating this so much because it was said to be a dystopian Paris but the reviews from some of the reviewers I trust the most didn’t seem to enjoy it and I always forget it even exists.
Final Verdict: GO
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
I consider The Selection series to be done and over with for me but I haven’t read this novella?? WHY?? This would probably take me like an hour to read!
Final Verdict: KEEP
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
I was interested in this a while back and it does sound interesting, but I’ve heard it isn’t very original and honestly I just forgot it exists.
Final Verdict: GO
The Shadowhunter’s Codex by Cassandra Clare
I REALLY NEED THIS BOOK YOU HAVE NO IDEA!! Once I buy it I know that I’ll read it.
Final Verdict: KEEP
Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp
Of course I’m keeping this!
Final Verdict: KEEP
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Same as the last one, of course!
Final Verdict: KEEP
The Book Prophet 
My sister loves the Noughts and Crosses books. You’re right about them not being talked about much (I guess they’re a bit ‘old’?) – she’s the only one I know who likes them, haha, but they do sound good.
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Awesome how your sister likes them! I don’t know when they came out… sucks that they aren’t more popular
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I totally agree with BYLTHM. But even though it says that booktuber wrote some of it, it’s only a little bit. But I am still excited for it!
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Yeah, they only gave the authors the prompts and then wrote an essay thing afterwards describing and analyzing it.
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If you like audiobooks, you might want to try Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in that format – Eddie Redmayne narrates it in character as Newt! 🙂
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I don’t like audiobooks – but, if I were one day willing to try it, that would be the one!
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I NEED Because You Love to Hate Me in my life!!! I want it so bad, I’ll probably go and buy the actual physical copy even though I really shouldn’t.
As for the Shadowhunter Codex. It’s not really something to read in my opinion. Not that you shouldn’t get it, you totally should! But it’s not a story, so it’s more like something to look at?
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Haha I’m friends with Whitney from WhittyNovels so I might have to just ask her if I can borrow it. Ah so it’s just one of those fun books with lots of pictures?
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It has like all the runes and a little bit of Shadowhunter history and general info on them in it.
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Ooh cool! Thanks 🙂
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I listened to Rook and enjoyed it. It read very much like a historical fiction. There were so many twists and turns. I thought it was good but I can see where it wouldn’t be a lot of people’s style.
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Although others didn’t seem to enjoy it. it’s good to hear that you did!
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I like Sharon Cameron bc she wrote The Forgetting and I met her, but I haven’t read her books. And The Girl of Midnight just has a pretty cover. So those two I’m torn on but I agree with your list!!
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The Girl of Midnight does have a pretty cover, doesn’t it?? I think I mainly added it to my list because of that…
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Good choice with Rook. I thought I would love it and sadly it didn’t do anything for me. It was meh. And seeing a Rick Riordon book on your list reminded me that I really need to finish the Percy Jackson series as well. I’m only 2 books in!
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Glad to hear I made the right call with Rook! I’m one book away from being done with the Percy Jackson series! It gets sooo good
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I don’t really understand the controversy around Because You Love to Hate Me. The booktubers didn’t actually write the stories, right? It’s just their prompts?
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The booktubers talk about the story that the author wrote based on the prompt they gave them. I guess people are angry about it because the booktubers are still being published cause they’re ‘popular’ or whatever and not because they ‘earned’ it.
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Ohh okay. I do think that’s a bit stupid, because those booktubers have worked hard for their success. Ah well, haters gonna hate 😛
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Yeah. The thing is most people don’t know just how hard it is to run a channel and whatnot
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