Top Ten Tuesday (18)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love making and sharing lists. Well that's just one thing that I have in common with them because list making is essential to my life.

Every week, there is a new topic for Top Ten Tuesday, and all you have to do is create your top ten list (or somewhere around ten if you can't think of ten) based on it. Oh, and be sure to link back to The Broke and the Bookish! Then you can add your name to the link up tool that they include in their post!

Please don't hate me... this is my first TTT since January! I've really been meaning to participate more often. I just had so many ARCs to read, and since I post ARC reviews a week before the book is released, I felt like I'd be overloading you with posts.

Now... it's time to list those books!

Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR List:

I used this list to compile my choices for this week's TTT. These are the books that I really want to read this spring, but realistically, I know I will probably only get to half of them. I still have winter releases to get to!
I do have ARCs for a few of these titles (and other June titles), so look out for reviews.

1. The Heir by Kiera Cass
2. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
3. The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
4. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
5. The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver
6. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno
7. Love, Fortunes, and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius
8. Immaculate by Katelyn Detweiler
9. Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby
10. Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu

Waiting on Wednesday (13)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme created and hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each week, meme participants create a post about a book that they cannot wait to get their hands on. It could be a book that is being released soon or it could be a book that is still months away from publication - as long as it's not published and you're waiting on it, you're good!

For the third week in a row, I'm featuring a book by an author I've never read. But that's okay with me because it means that I'm really starting to explore the many different books and authors in YA.

Waiting On...

 

Title: Things We Know by Heart

Author: Jessi Kirby

Publisher: HarperTeen

Publication Date: April 21, 2015

Synopsis:
When Quinn Sullivan meets the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated heart, the two form an unexpected connection.

After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received Trent’s heart has remained silent. The essence of a person, she has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent’s, then maybe she can have peace once and for all.

Risking everything in order to finally lay her memories to rest, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas—a guy whose life has been forever changed by this priceless gift. But what starts as an accidental run-in quickly develops into more, sparking an undeniable attraction. She doesn't want to give in to it—especially since he has no idea how they're connected—but their time together has made Quinn feel alive again. No matter how hard she’s falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she’s lost…and all that remains at stake.

Why I'm Waiting...

I'm kind of a sucker for emotional reads, especially if they are done well. This book's synopsis kind of reminds me of a movie I remember watching as a child - Searching for David's Heart but with more of a romantic feel. I also read another book about a heart transplant a while ago, and liked it, so I'd like to see how Kirby tackles it.

Feel free to let me know what you're waiting on this week in the comments.