#TopTenTuesday My Bookish Resolutions/Hopes For 2021

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Resolutions/Hopes for 2021. My list contains nine book-related resolutions with a common theme of getting up-to-date, and one hope that I expect a lot of you will share.

  • Read the remaining 7 books on my Classics Club list
  • Complete the What’s In A Name and When Are You Reading? challenges
  • Take part in the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge
  • Read and review the 24 books (oh dear!) on my NetGalley shelf with publication dates prior to 31st December 2020
  • Retain my 80% plus feedback ratio on NetGalley
  • Read the books on The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2021 shortlist before the winner is announced
  • Read and review the 7 books won from Readers First that were published prior to 31st December 2020
  • Reduce the number of titles on my To Read shelf on Goodreads from 857 to 500 – or fewer!
  • Read and review the remaining 6 books received from authors before I stopped accepting new review requests
  • Attend a literary festival, ideally Henley Literary Festival, in person

What are your resolutions (if any) or hopes for 2021?

#TopTenTuesday Most Anticipated 2021 Releases

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post. Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

This week’s topic is Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021. My list includes only books I’m lucky enough to have received an advance review copy of, either digital or physical. (Links from the titles will take you the book description on Goodreads.)

The Prophets by James Jones, Jr. (published by Quercus on 5th January)
A Prince and a Spy by Rory Clements (published by Zaffre on 21st January)
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (published by Mantle on 18th February)
Madam by Phoebe Wynne (published by Quercus on 18th February)
Nick by Michael Farris Smith (published by No Exit Press on 25th February)

The Garden of Angels by David Hewson (published by Severn House on 1st March)
Dangerous Women by Hope Adams (published by Michael Joseph on 4th March)
The Drowned City by K. J. Maitland (published by Headline on 1st April)
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton (published by Quercus on 20th April)
The Metal Heart by Caroline Lea (published by Michael Joseph on 29th April)

Are any of my anticipated books on your list?