Many thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for coming up with the Top Ten Tuesday topics! Here’s the full list of topics if you are interested. Today’s (January 8th) topic is: Most Anticipated Releases for 2019 (the first half).

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children #4
Published by Tor.com on January 8, 2019
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 208
Format: ARC, Paperback
ISBN: 0765399296
Source: Publisher
Goodreads

This is the story of a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should.

When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.

For anyone . . .

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children #2
Published by Tor.com on June 13, 2017
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 187
Format: Audiobook
Length: 4h
ISBN: 0765392038
Source: Scribd
Goodreads

Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.

This is the story of what happened first…

Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.

Jillian was her father’s perfect daughter—adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got.

They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted.

They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices.

January is always an exciting month as we think of fresh starts and goals for the year. We also feel like there’s more accountability when we write down our goals, so here’s to us keeping each other motivated, and to you for making sure we stay on track! 😘

Making a list of my favourite books of the year is one of the things I’ve come to love about December. I get to gush about the best books I’ve read and share them with you, and because I’ve read many fantastic ones this year, I decided not to limit myself with a number. (Who thought that was a good idea anyway?) Each of the books I mention here deserve the attention, so here we go!