Choose My Next TBR Read #4

Welcome to my feature where you get to choose my next tbr book I read. I currently have 410 books on my tbr list. I wanted to get down to 425 books by the end of March so I'm definitely there already. I want to ultimately be down to 100 books on my tbr list. My new goal is 375 books by the end of the Summer. The last tbr read you picked was The Trouble with Twins which I finished but still need to review. I gave my short summary of thoughts on my March reading wrap-up. 

I'm changing up the way I pick books for this feature. It'll be either new, backlisted, royal reads, books that I own or a combination. This month I randomly selected new books for you all to choose from. By new books I mean books on my list that came out in 2019. 

Below are the options.

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured. As Ronan and Delsie traipse around Cape Cod on their adventures, they both learn what it means to be angry versus sad, broken versus whole, and abandoned versus loved. And that, together, they can weather any storm. 

Shouting at the Rain's cover is what drew me in. Middle grade novels that tug at your heartstrings is something I'm always in the market for.

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Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians...

When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

With dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into the ‘Baroness de la Fontaine’ and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for la magie. There, she gambles at cards, desperate to have enough to keep herself and her sister safe. Yet the longer she stays at court, the more difficult it becomes to reconcile her resentment of the nobles with the enchantments of Versailles. And when she returns to Paris, Camille meets a handsome young balloonist—who dares her to hope that love and liberty may both be possible.

But la magie has its costs. And when Camille loses control of her secrets, the game she's playing turns deadly. Then revolution erupts, and she must choose—love or loyalty, democracy or aristocracy, freedom or magic—before Paris burns…

I never thought I would be into a historical fiction novel set in Paris but Enchantée's cover! There's also the magic that intrigues me but really it's that cover. Is it bad that I want to read a book based solely on the cover?

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Emily Lonergan's best friend died last year.

And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie Porter was lively, loud, and fun -- Emily's better half. Emily can't accept that she's gone.

When Lizzie's parents and her sister come back to town to visit, Emily's heartened to see them. The Porters understand her pain. They miss Lizzie desperately, too.

Desperately enough to do something crazy.

Something unthinkable.

Suddenly, Emily's life is hurtling toward a very dark place -- and she's not sure she'll ever be able to return to what she once knew was real.

A grief story - we meet again. Pretend She's Here is something I'm sure I'll love without really knowing tht much about it. It's by Luanne Rice who I read for the first time last year. I didn't love that first book but I really enjoyed the writing. Here's hoping this one is even better.

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A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up.

Dino doesn’t mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He’s just not used to them talking back. Until Dino’s ex-best friend July dies suddenly—and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead.

As Dino and July attempt to figure out what’s happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life.

Zombies aren't really my thing but keeping up with my trend of just wanting to read books based on their covers is The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried. Friendship stories and that opening summary line are also reasons I want to read this book.

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