Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book meme run by That Artsy Reader Girl. This topic is actually from a couple weeks ago. I meant to post about it then, but work has been a little busier lately and I believe that kept me from remembering to do it. At any rate, this week’s topic is a freebie for any previous topic, so I’m taking advantage of that now. I actually finished 7/10 books from my Spring TBR list this year, so I’m hoping this will be a good way to help cement what I want to be reading this season too.

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

This book has been included far too many times on these lists, but one of these days I swear I’m going to actually continue this series. I’ve actually been very good about making myself finish up series this year! Honest!

On Book Banning by Ira Wells

This one is carried over from my to-read list last season; I’d still really like to read it soon, so I’m posting it here as a reminder to keep on that. It’s the sort of book I’m less excited to read, generally speaking, but the topic still matters to me, so I hope I can make myself get to it.

Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson

A few months ago I read Trickster Drift, the middle book in this trilogy, and like I’ve said, I’m pushing myself to finish series up, so I’m going to read this third and final novel very soon. It’s going to be my next read, in fact. I just haven’t started it yet because work has been a lot busier than normal. I’ve been really enjoying this series, and I’m excited to see how things will change now that the more fantastical elements that have hung more around the fringes have leapt to the forefront.

Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones

Continuing my trend of finishing up series I started years ago, this book is part of a duo. I read the first book back in summer of 2022, and worse yet, I bought this very book back in 2018. What the heck is wrong with me? Well, better late than never. I will make this yet another series finished properly this year.

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Simply put, this is the next Discworld book I need to read, the 28th to be specific. I think I’ve actually been very good at reading this series with some consistency over the last nine years, it’s just that there are over 40 books. Won’t be long now!

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

After finally reading Moby-Dick this year and some gentle nudging from bookish spaces online, I’ve decided I want to make myself read another classic novel. I’ve only read a bit of Austen’s work, but it’s been a long time since I read any Victorian literature and this one feels like the quintessential Victorian novel, at least in terms of modern popularity, so I decided what the hell and picked myself up an inexpensive copy. I will add a caveat here, however, that I may push this one to the Fall. We’ll see.

Strange Houses by Uketsu

This author caught my eye with a different yet similar-looking novel, but I came across this in a store recently and impulsively picked it up. It’s a mystery/horror story about anomalous spaces in the floor plans of buildings (somebody in the walls???), and I’d really like to check it out soon rather than waiting seven years.

BPRD: Plague of Frogs Vol. 1 by Mike Mignola and Various

I have been meaning to read through omnibus versions of this series for a long time now, but I only recently acquired every omnibus volume that I needed. So, I’d like to start this series, maybe I’ll even read the whole thing over the summer, but at the very least I’d like to finally start with completing this one.

Ew, It’s Beautiful by Joshua Barkman

This was an easy choice; it’s a new False Knees comic collection and I really love this artist’s work, so I’m going to devour soon in very short order.

The Mutations by Jorge Comensal

This is a novel I picked up at a library book sale last summer. It was only a dollar for the hardcover, so I decided this was a good opportunity to expand my horizons by reading something almost completely random and unknown to me. Turns out it’s Mexican literature as well, so it’s a nice opportunity to read something from a country I don’t usually read books from too.

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Until next time, thank you for reading! Feel free to share your own list down below.