Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf
Top Ten Tuesday [15]

 
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together!

This week's topic: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

I'm interpreting this as physical additions to my bookshelf. As luck would have it, I have exactly 10. ❤️ The only exception is Of Swine and Roses. It's only available digitally and I bought it for my Kindle.

The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #2.5) by Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
Bloodsinger (The Fire That Binds, #2) by Juliette Cross

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle
Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews
The Innkeeper Chronicles: Clean Sweep the Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Ilona Andrews, Shinju Ageha (Illustrator), ChrossxXxRodes (Adaptor)
The Inheritance (Breach Wars, #1) by Ilona Andrews
Of Swine and Roses (World of Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews

I finally found original covers for Assassin's Blade and Tower of Dawn! I've been trying to track them down for years (people want to charge entirely too much for those). The only one I'm missing now is Kingdom of Ash

I was waiting to read the Clean Sweep graphic novel until I finished the book, but my son has already read it and said it was really good. (They've started stealing my books! Nothing is safe!) I am beyond excited to read all of the Ilona Andrews books! They've never let me down.

The others are books I received for review and will be reading soon.

PS: Sam, if you want my copy of Once and Again when I'm finished, just let me know! I know how much you love Serle's books and I'm happy to pass it along. I even found a sloth sticker I'm using as a bookmark (which you can also have). 😁

26 comments:

  1. Ooh nice! Wishing you luck on finding your OG TOG covers! Glad you're down to one! That can be so challenging! Hope you enjoy reading all of these as well!

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    1. They came in yesterday and one of them was the wrong cover! I'll be returning it this week. πŸ˜” Unfortunately, that means I still need original covers for The Assassin's Blade AND Kingdom of Ash. I wish they'd advertised correctly to save me the hassle and disappointment.

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  2. OMG, you must have an arc of Bloodsinger!! I am JEALOUS!

    My TTT: https://www.romantasylife.com/2025/12/december-25-book-haul.html

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    1. I do!! It's the reason I read Firebird a few weeks ago. I can't wait to see what happens next!

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  3. Thank you for the offer. I do have a digital copy of Once and Again. You know my eyes are garbage and I can't comfortably read a physical book. Sloth's are the best! Kudos for finding original covers of the TOG books. I don't like the new ones.

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    1. Oh, bummer. I'm sorry! Yeah, the new covers aren't my favorite, which is why I've been trying to track down the originals. Unfortunately, the copy of The Assassin's Blade wasn't advertised correctly, so it wasn't the right cover I received. I'll be sending it back and continuing my search.

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  4. I also prefer the original Throne of Glass book covers - hope you'll find the Kingdom of Ash one soon to complete the collection :) Already wishing you a happy New Year!

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    1. Happy New Year, Lindsey! I know why they come out with new covers (branding, marketing, something fresh, etc.), but I almost always prefer the originals and wish they didn't stop making them just because something new and shiny comes along.

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  5. Awesome! I loved Clean Sweep! I still need to read the graphic novel though. Happy New Year! :D

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    1. My son is already asking my when the next one is supposed to come out. :)

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  6. Looks like a good list. Happy New Year.

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    1. Thank you! I'm looking forward to it. Happy New Year, Mary!

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  7. Nice book haul, I've been wanting to read Ilona Andrews. Enjoy and happy new year!

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    1. You really should! I absolutely love their books. Happy New Year!

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  8. Great list! I love Rebecca Serle! Happy New Year!

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    1. Her books have been hit or miss for me, so I'm hoping this one is great! Happy New Year!

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  9. The Poet Empress is my most anticipated Jan release!

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    1. It sounds amazing! I can't wait to read it. :)

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  10. I am starting The Poet Empress next week and I'm so excited! I have Red Winter and my first Ilona Andrews coming up too. This is great!!

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    1. Your first Ilona Andrews book?? I'm so excited for you!! I can't wait to see how you like it and see your thoughts. I'm really looking forward to starting Red Winter. :)

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  11. I keep forgetting to check out Inheritance!

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  12. I've heard about Rebecca's books, and even seen them on lists often, but haven't really taken a closer look at the style/type of books they are. They may be ones I'd enjoy though, which I am basing solely off the pretty cover art! :) Thanks so much for visting my Top Ten list last week!

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    1. They've been hit or miss for me, so I'm hoping this one is a hit!

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