Celeste Ng – meltotheany

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had an amazing day! Okay, so on top of my November TBR and all of the things I’m planning to read in December, I wanted to make a list of the top five books I want to read and review before the year is over. I picked these five, because I truly believe with my whole heart that they have the potential to make my “best of 2017” list at the end of the year.

You guys for sure should let me know if you’ve read any of these, or if you just feel like I should read one of these before the others! Seriously, feedback on reading order would be much appreciated! And without further ado, here are the five books I have to read before the end of 2017:

➽ The Book of Etta (The Road to Nowhere, #2) by Meg Elison:
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife was my absolute favorite book of 2016. This is just such a hard-hitting mirror of our society, but I haven’t felt like I’m in the right headspace thanks to the garbage fire that is 2017.

➽ Age of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom #1) by R.J. Barker:
I’m 99% sure that I’m going to bloody love this! I just received my ARC kind of on the late side, and since I wasn’t able to review it upon release I just let it fall to the wayside. But this is a high fantasy debut that features a disabled MC and I know I’m going to love it.

➽ Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado:
I totally know how privileged and blessed I am with all of the ARCs I receive, but the reason I didn’t immediately buy and read this one was because the publicist said I was going to be receiving a finished copy in the mail upon publication to review. Well, it’s been well over a month now, so I just decided to purchase it myself because I knew I couldn’t not read this after being completely mesmerized by The Husband Stitch, my favorite short story of all time which is also featured in this collection.

➽ Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng:
This I just know is going to be perfection. Celeste Ng’s sophomore novel and I know it’s just going to end up changing my life. So many people that I love and trust have hailed this book as their favorite book of 2017, and I feel like I won’t feel too differently. Also, I subscribed to Book of the Month just for this book!

➽ Godsgrave (The Nevernight Chronicle, #2) by Jay Kristoff:
I recently read and completely loved Nevernight, and it felt like an adult, dark version of Harry Potter to me. Plus, all I truly want in this life is to read all the fantasy stories about queer assassins! I truly believe this sequel could make my best of 2017 list.

What do you guys think I should read first? I mean, I only have a month and a half left, while also trying to balance all my January ARCs! Thank you in advance for your input, I honestly love you all, and happy reading, lovelies!