Welcome to my July 2017 edition of My To Be Read List, hosted by
Michelle @ Because Reading. This is a monthly meme where we offer up 3 choices from our TBR pile for our readers to pick from to help us make the super hard decision of "what do I read next?" a little easier and to whittle away at the ever growing TBR Mountain!
Theme: Books I've received in my Subscription Boxes (and which I also put on my COYER Summer Reading List). I've tried out Uppercase, Owlcrate and Fairy Loot, but haven't managed to read any of the books yet!
The poll will stay open through Friday 7/8, and I'll update this post with the winning book on Saturday 7/9, then post a review on the last Saturday of the month, 7/29.
If you think this sounds fun and would like to join (the more the merrier, because we love voting!) please head on over to
Because Reading where Michelle lays out the rules for us!
And the choices are...
Book Synopsis:
She’s a soldier.
Noemi
Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect her planet, Genesis.
She’s willing to risk anything—including her own life. To their enemies
on Earth, she’s a rebel.
He’s a machine.
Abandoned
in space for years, utterly alone, Abel has advanced programming that’s
begun to evolve. He wants only to protect his creator, and to be free.
To the people of Genesis, he’s an abomination.
Noemi and Abel are
enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as
they embark on a daring journey through the stars. Their efforts would
end the fighting for good, but they’re not without sacrifice. The stakes
are even higher than either of them first realized, and the more time
they spend together, the more they’re forced to question everything
they’d been taught was true. |
Book Synopsis:
Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.
In
the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s
LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic
Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.
Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea’s
biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks
Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she
begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile.
But when
Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s
built—her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her
sanity—begins to fall apart. |
Book Synopsis:
The only daughter of a
prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one
purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which
rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an
accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was
sealed the moment she drew her first breath.
So, at just
seventeen years old, Mariko is sent to the imperial palace to meet her
betrothed, a man she did not choose, for the very first time. But the
journey is cut short when Mariko’s convoy is viciously attacked by the
Black Clan, a dangerous group of bandits who’ve been hired to kill
Mariko before she reaches the palace.
The lone survivor, Mariko
narrowly escapes to the woods, where she plots her revenge. Dressed as a
peasant boy, she sets out to infiltrate the Black Clan and hunt down
those responsible for the target on her back. Once she’s within their
ranks, though, Mariko finds for the first time she’s appreciated for her
intellect and abilities. She even finds herself falling in love—a love
that will force her to question everything she’s ever known about her
family, her purpose, and her deepest desires.
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#MyTBRL
I went with Flame in the Mist because I just love that cover--and I've heard such good thing about Ahdieh's book. I love the sound of this one very much. I hope you enjoy whichever wins!
ReplyDeleteSubscription boxes are so much fun, aren't they? I only subscribe to one (My Lit Box) and I love it. Like you though, I haven't read all the books I've received yet. I have read some, but I need to make time to read the rest.
Have a great weekend and the week ahead!
I went with Eliza and her monsters because I've seen everyone raving about it! I hope you enjoy the winner.
ReplyDeleteTina @ As Told By Tina
I am going with Defy the Stars because I got that one too in a box and I would LOVE to see what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteI went with Eliza and her Monsters although I think Defy the Stars looks good too. I hope you enjoy whichever wins!
ReplyDeleteI loved Defy the Stars!
ReplyDeleteThis is the very same exact i was thinking of using this month too!
ReplyDeleteIt was hard to choose between your books, since I've hear so many good things about all of these, but I picked Eliza and her Monsters for you.
Can't wait to see what you think of whichever you read =)