We Love Lists: Most Anticipated 2020 Releases

Is there anything more exciting finally getting your hands on that book you've been waiting for for months? We're expecting to get that feeling a few times next year.
 Here are our Top Ten(ish) Most Anticipated 2020 Releases:

Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle #2) by C.L. Polk
Releases February 11

The Worst of All Possible Worlds (The Salvagers #3) by Alex White
Releases March 3


Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) by Patricia Briggs
Releases March 10

Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones
Releases April 7

Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells
Releases May 5

Chasing Lucky by Jenn Bennett
Releases May 5


Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion #3) by Jessie Mihalik
Releases May 19


Deal With the Devil (Mercenary Librarians #1) by Kit Rocha 
Releases May 19


Daring and the Duke (Bareknuckle Bastards #3) by Sarah MacLean
Releases June 30

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks (Montague Siblings #3) by Mackenzi Lee
Releases August 18

Return of the Thief (The Queen's Thief #6) by Megan Whalen Turner
Releases August 25

Honorable Mentions Without Covers and Release Dates

Alpha Night (Psy-Changeling: Trinity #4) by Nalini Singh
Releases June 20

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab
Releases Fall 2020

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
Releases Fall 2020



We're joining the ladies at Books of My Heart for a Top 10 of 2019 link up.
Check out their site for everyone's lists.

We Love Lists: Best Debuts of 2019

We've discovered so many great new authors this year! (Thanks Romanceopoly!) We've been particularly impressed with 2019's crop of debuts. 

Here are our Top Ten Debut Authors of the year:

Gretl

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

Well Met by Jen Deluca

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

Rose Red

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

You can also check out our list of Favorite New-to-Us Authors here. 

We're joining the ladies at Books of My Heart for a Top 10 of 2019 linkup.
Check out their site for everyone's lists.

We Love Lists: Best Books of 2019

We read so many great books and really broadened our reading horizons in 2019. It was fun putting together this Best Books We Read in 2019 list. It just happened to also become our Best Books of 2019 list on accident because all of our favorite books were published this year. What can we say? 2019 has been a really excellent book year!

Archangel's War by Nalini Singh

Read Rose Red's review here.

Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

Read our review here.

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

Check out Gretl's review here.

Polaris Rising and Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

Read our review of Polaris Rising here

and Rose Red's review of Aurora Blazing here.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Check out Rose Red's review here.

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

Read Rose Red's review here.

Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh

Check out Rose Red's review here.

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell 

Read Rose Red's review here.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

 Check out Rose Red's review here.

We're joining the ladies of Books of My Heart for a Top 10 of 2019 linkup.
Check out their site to see everyone's lists.

We Love Lists: Best New-To-Me Authors of 2019

2019 was a great year for debut authors and we'll be sharing a list of our fave debuts next week, but we also wanted to talk about some of the authors that have been around for a while that we read for the first time in 2019. Here are ten of our faves:

Gretl
 
Anna Hackett


Emma Jameson


Tessa Dare


G.A. Aiken


Rebekah Weatherspoon

Rose Red

Sarah MacLean

Gail Z. Martin/Morgan Brice

K.B. Wagers

Thea Harrison

Diana Wynne Jones

Cat Sebastian

What new authors did you discover this year?