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Happy Tuesday y’all! I hope your week is going well. For this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl wants us to share the 2021 Releases I Was Excited to Read But Didn’t Get Around to Reading. Let me start by saying I read a lot more new releases in 2021 than I usually do. Thirty out of the 100 books I read last year were new releases. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a bunch I still really want to read. Let’s look at ten 2021 Releases I Hope to Read in 2022.

2021 Releases I Hope to Read in 2022

Book 1: Lore by Alexandra Bracken

I added this book to my TBR around its release, which was over a year ago now! The premise sounds so interesting, but I think I haven’t picked it up yet because I keep hearing mixed reviews.

Book 2: Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink

I added this book to my TBR last summer after hearing about it. The book covers a part of history that doesn’t get discussed a lot, the Greenwood Massacre in Tulsa in 1921. I received a copy of it for Christmas, so I have no excuse not to read it this year.

Book 3: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

This is another book I added to my TBR around its release. When I first saw the book in the store, I thought it was just another travel memoir. It is, in a way, but it also seems like so much more.

Book 4: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

I’m not sure if I added The Rose Code to my TBR because of all the hype around The Alice Network or not. I know that I don’t want to read The Rose Code until I finally read The Alice Network, which I’m nervous about doing because I’m afraid it won’t live up to the hype.

Book 5: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Fantasy books intimidate me for some reason. So why did I add this to my TBR? Because the premise sounds so interesting! Maybe if I can get my hands, I mean ears, on an audiobook, then I may give this a shot. Why an audiobook? Because that format seems to work better for me with fantasy.

Book 6: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

I have had Great Circle on my TBR for quite a while now. I have also had a request at my local library for AGES to read this, I am number one in the queue, but it just hasn’t arrived yet! Dang delays!

Book 7: The Siren by Katherine St. John

A movie star is on an island filming with his ex-wife and a couple of other mysterious women when a storm blows in and shuffles everything! It sounds like a great summer read. Can I please get a copy in my hands already?

Book 8: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

If she put as much love and passion into The Woman They Could Not Silence as she did in Radium Girls, how could I not want to read this book by Kate Moore? Plus, I’ve always been intrigued by the battles our ancestors had to fight that were forgotten in the history books.

Book 9: Big Boned by Jo Watson

A book like Big Boned sounds like the book I wish I had when I was growing up. A plus-sized main character who struggles to find her place in a new school, yup, that was me!

Book 10: The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

A food-centric book? Yes, please! This book has been on my TBR since April 2021 and was released in October 2021. I have no excuses for not reading it yet. Other than the fact I haven’t seen it in the store yet!

And that is 10 2021 Releases I Hope to Read in 2022. Have you read any of these? What books were released in 2021 you still need to read?

2021 Releases I Hope to Read in 2022

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33 thoughts on “2021 Releases I Hope to Read in 2022

  1. Witches Steeped in Gold in on my list too this week. I’m kinda the opposite with fantasy, I really struggle with it on audio, but love reading it. I loved The Radium Girls so The Woman They Could Not Silence is on my radar too.

  2. Witches Steeped in Gold is another one I really wanted to get to this past year but didn’t. I hope you do read The Rose Code and enjoy it. I really liked it. I hope you enjoy all of these when you read them!

  3. Lore is also a book I was really excited about and then never picked up, so I hope to change that soon πŸ™‚ Hope you’ll enjoy all of these!

  4. Oh, great list! I’ve only scene/heard anything about Lore, but they all sound interesting! I hope you are able to enjoy them soon!

  5. I read Lore early this year, and it was an interesting read, but I completely understand where the mixed reviews came from now. But I’m glad that I read it. Witches Steeped in Gold is also on my TBR list for this year – the copy on my shelf is calling to me! Happy reading.

  6. I’m excited to read Lore, The Rose Code, and The Siren as well. Hopefully, we’ll both like them when we get to them. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

  7. I also want to read the Rose Code. I’ve heard such good things about it. The Great Circle sounds good, too. I’m always behind when it comes to read the current best books. We have time!

  8. I have The Rose Code on my bookshelf. I didn’t get a chance to read it last year either. Hope we both find time this year to get to it!

  9. The Rose Code was one of my favourite books last year. Big Boned and The Siren sound good and I will be checking them out. I have The Woman They Could Not Silence on my TBR and really hope to read or listen to it soon. Great List, Pam.

  10. Great list! I hope to read Witches Steeped in Gold this year as well although I’m a little nervous about going into it after seeing several very mixed reviews. Capetta’s book looks really good tooβ€”I love food-centric books πŸ˜ƒ I hope you enjoy all these books!

  11. We all do that, as we can see this week on everyone’s blog. “Between Two Kingdoms” sounds very interesting.

    Thanks for visiting my TTT this week.

  12. I read Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert last fall. It’s nonfiction about the Tulsa/Greenwood race massacre. It was infuriating! But still important to know that history. I hadn’t heard of Angel of Greenwood.

    All of these sound great. I’ve been looking at Lore too, but I also keep hearing mixed reviews.

    I hope you enjoy these when you get to them!

  13. What a great-looking list! I want to read Lore as well. Big Boned is one I hadn’t really heard anyone talk about, but I feel you on wishing I’d had that rep as a kid, so I’ll have to add that to my TBR!

  14. I feel as though I saw Kate’s on many lists throughout the year. Maybe a sign I should take a closer look there. πŸ™‚ Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland on this week! I appreciate it.

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