Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week the theme is Books on my Fall 2019 TBR.
Unlike other book bloggers, I don´t read books that are specially related to Fall by the cover, story or something else. I just read. Good, you might find the one or the other book below that will fit into the genre ghosts or spooky, but not on purpose. And I am only displaying six books. Not on purpose either, but these titles are the ones that came to my mind when I first read the theme for the TTT this week.
Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
Goodreads One thousand years ago, the great Kami dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish – and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos.Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only be her penchant for mischief. Until the day her home is burned to the ground, her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temple´s greatest treasure – one part of the ancient scroll. There are many who would claim the dragon´s wish for their own. Kage Tatsumi, a mysterious samurai of the Shadow Clan, is one such hunter, under orders to retrieve the scroll … at any cost. Fate brings Kage and Yumeko together. With a promise to lead him to the scroll, an uneasy alliance is formed, offering Yumeko her best hope for survival. But the seeks what she has hidden away, and her deception could ultimately tear them both apart. With an army of demons at her heels and the unlikeliest of allies at her side, Yumeko´s secrets are more than a matter of life or death. They are the key to the fate of the world itself.
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
It looks like an ordinary life, an everyday family: chores to be done, squabbling at the dinner table, a basketball game or a swim in the nearby stream But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, the world has changed. Fallon Swift has two loving parents, but her true father died long ago, in what was known as the New Hope Massacre. The distant city where her mother once dabbled casually in the craft has been in ruins for years, reclaimed by nature, desolate since the Doom descended and billions grew sick and died. Traveling anywhere now is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called “Purity Warriors” search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted – and as her thirteenth birthday looms, her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden. Now the time has come for Fallon to walk away from her home, into a mysterious shelter in the forest where her training can begin. Under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries, she will complete three quests: She will learn to old ways of healing and find powers within herself that she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again. The people of New Hope are still standing, clinging to survival – but under constant threat from the darkness. In the fragments of her visions, she can see them, trying to defeat the suffering and injustice. She cannot yet join the battle. For two years, in the idyllic hideaway of their cottage, she must study and spar with her mentor, and come to understand for forces of the light, the magicks of faerie and elf and shifter. But the time is coming when she must face the darkness, too – for the sake of the family she left behind, and all those who have placed their hope and faith in The One.
The Wicked King by Holly Black
GoodreadsJude has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were biddable. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a faerie world.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
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And what do you plan to read this Fall?
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Kell is one of the last travelers – magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel universes connected by one magical city. There´s Grey London, without magic and ruled by the mad King George III. Red London – where magic is revered, and where Kell was raised alongside the heir to the empire. White London – where people fight to control the remaining magic and magic fights back. And once there was Black London …
Schlüssel 17 by Marc Raabe
GoodreadsIn the dome of the Berlin Cathedral hangs a cruelly torn dead with black wings. It is the prominent Cathedral Priest Dr. Brigitte Riss. She wears a key around her neck. In the handle, the number 17 is carved. Tom Babylon of the LKA wants this case at any price. Because with this key disappeared many years ago his little sister Viola. But Tom gets an unpleasant partner for the investigation. The psychologist Sita Johanns soon wonders who has more to hide in this case: Tom or the murderer, who drives them both mercilessly before him. (personal translation by ©Vi at Inkvotary).
Zimmer 19 by Marc Raabe
GoodreadsAt the opening event of the Berlinale, a snuff film will be shown to everyone´s horror. The victim: the daughter of the mayor Otto Keller. Tom Babylon from the LKA and the psychologist Sita Johanns investigate under pressure. But a group of celebrities around Keller walls. What does the mayor have to hide? And who is the witness who looks like Tom Babylon´s since years missing sister? The events turn over when another murder happens. Sita Johanns suddenly finds that there is a connection between her and the victims: a terrible event in her youth – and the number nineteen. (personal translation by ©Vi at Inkvotary).
And what do you plan to read this Fall?
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I've heard good things about Blood and Bone. Enjoy!
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I hope that I will be able to read it soon. Thanks for stopping by.
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