Hi guys! How are y’all? This seems to be a very slow month for new releases, but that’s not gonna stop me from getting excited. Cause even though there’s only a few new books I’m interested, there’s some really good ones. So here’s my very short list of anticipated November releases:
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan – November 6th
This is my most anticipated November release. It’s a YA fantasy story about a girl who’s chosen to be one of the kings consorts, then falls in love with one of the other chosen girls. I’m so excited to see a f/f relationship in a YA fantasy book and I know we’re all in love with this cover.
Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao – November 6th
I really enjoyed the first book in this dulogy, which is an Asian-inspired Snow White retelling. Book one is told from the perspective of the evil queen and focuses on what happened before the fairytale. In the second book we follow her step-daughter and I’m so excited to see this well known story play out in a new setting.
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson – November 6th
Skyward’s set on a planet where humans are under constant attack by mysterious alien starfighters and follows a teenage girl who wants to be a pilot. She discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, which appears to have a soul. I’m always here for sentient space ships, and if this book has world-building as good as Sanderson’s fantasy novels – it’s going to be awesome.
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri – November 13th
Empire of Sand is an Indian-inspired fantasy novel about a woman who’s magical powers make her a coveted pawn in imperial court politics. I think the synopsis is pretty vague, but the fact that it’s inspired by Mughal India is enough to spark my curiosity.
I have been seeing Girls of Paper and Fire everywhere! And yes, we are all in love with the cover ❤ I hope it is everything you want it to be!!
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Thank you so much! I hope so too 😊
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November really is a slow month for releases and December I don’t think looks more promising, all the books I’m looking forward to now only come out in 2019. I’m also super excited about Girls of Paper and Fire, the rave reviews are pretty much unanimous but that also scares me, I have such high expectation now that it’s easy to end up disappointed.
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You’re right, December looks even slower. I haven’t looked that much at 2019 releases yet, I get too impatient for them to come out already. So many rave review can definitley lead to disappointment, but with a book like this one I’m so happy it’s getting so much hype! I hope we both love it as much as everyone else 😊
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Empire of Sand, Girls of Paper and Fire (which maybe I’ll start reading very soon) and Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix would be on my “most anticipated” list too! I loved Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, I can’t wait to see what will happen to Xifeng’s world. Some other new releases I’m anticipating for November are Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield (it should be f/f time travel?) and This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow (f/f contemporary!)
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I hope they all live up to our anticipation! I didn’t know This Is What It Feels Like had an f/f relationship, I’ll definitley add it to my TBR then.
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I am so excited for Girls of Paper and Fire and the f/f relationship! I just grabbed it from the library! 🙂
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So am I and I’ve heard nothing but amazing things! I hope you love it! 😊
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I think the only November release I’m interested in for now is PULP by Robin Talley, which has two narrators from different time periods and is about 1950s lesbian pulp fiction. November and December are generally pretty slow publishing months, so I’ve decided to use them for rereads and catching up on books I missed throughout the year. Hopefully I can knock some books off my TBR list.
I hope you enjoy these 🙂
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I am actually currently listening to the audiobook for Girls of Paper and Fire, and it’s going amazing. I am still at the first few chapters but it’s setting up pretty nicely. 🙂 I can’t wait to get more deeply into it.
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I’m so happy to hear that, it makes me even more excited to pick it up 😊
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It’s going very good so far 🙂
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OMG I didn’t realize that Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix was out yesterday! I’m going to have to find it. I really loved the first in the series and met the author, Julie C. Dao, at a book festival last month. She’s such a lovely person 🙂
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I hadn’t realized either, it’s so exciting. I loved the first book too! Ah, you’re so lucky! She seems wonderful 😊
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I’ve read none of those and have only heard of Girls of Paper and Fire but it is blowing up everywhere so I definitely want to read it. I hope you manage to read it and let me know how it is!
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I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things about Girls of Paper and Fire, so I’m very excited to try it 😊
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Lovely post!!
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Thank you! 😊
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Yay to all of these! I read a bit of Skyward and am liking it so far. I haven’t read Sanderson’s YA books before, so this will be interesting! I’ve heard mixed things about Empire of Sand, but the fact that it’s 1) a desert fantasy 2) has an India-inspired setting makes me want to read it.
And I am so NOT READY for Girls of Paper and Fire. 😀
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I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying Skyward so far! I haven’t read a Sanderson YA or SF, so I’m very curious. I’m trash for fantasy set in/inspired by India, so that’s pretty much all I need to know to add it to my TBR!
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I can’t wait for Skyward. The only Sanderson booked I’ve read is Warbringer (which I loved). So I’m excited to begin this series, it sounds fascinating.
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Warbringer is my favorite Sanderson! And it’s so underrated. I hope you love Skyward just as much 😊
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I’ve been meaning to read forest of a thousand lanterns for a while now, but I never get to it haha I guess I’ll have to add it to my 2019 tbr along with some of Brandon Sandersons books.
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Forest of a Thousand Lanterns is amazing, I hope you enjoy it whenever you get to it! 😊
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Thank you, I hope it’s soon. I’m really up for asian inspired stories (or retelling in this case).
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