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My list of answers is short this week, but I did have more than two books this time which is a nice change from the winter TBR theme from a few weeks ago that was a struggle for me.
Here’s hoping some of you mention some other books that will help flesh it out. That has happened for me on multiple occasions in the past!
If not, there are always plenty of older library books to look forward to.
This isn’t my cat or my photo. (It is a public domain image, though).
I simply like the thought of a cat feeling comfortable enough to rest or maybe even snooze a little while humans hunt for new books to read. It’s so wholesome.
Aren’t animals the best?
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
Release Date: January 23
Why I’m Interested: The world-building sounds fantastic. My fingers are crossed it will be.
My Side of the River: A Memoir by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
Release Date: February 13
Why I’m Interested: This memoir sounds super interesting. I can’t imagine being responsible for raising a younger sibling as a teenager. Wow, that’s a lot to ask of someone that age! One of the benefits of reading is learning about the lives of people whose life experiences can be wildly different from your own in all sorts of ways.
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Release Date: February 14
Why I’m Interested: I love ghost stories, and I haven’t read many of them set during World War I. This could be good.
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Release Date: March 19
Why I’m Interested: I’m curious to learn more about the link between transphobia and authoritarianism as I am completely confused and dismayed by the hatred of and vitriol against transgender people that is being stirred up by some folks. Why not love and accept everyone for who they are instead? That seems like such a better option to me.
I look forward to reading all of your responses.
Fab list hope you enjoy them when you get to them!
Thank you!
I’ve added Womb City to 2024’s TBR.
Who’s Afraid of Gender? sounds like something my hubby and I could listen to together. There does seem to be a direct link between the two.
May you enjoy them both! And, yeah, my thoughts exactly.
I didn’t put Womb City on my list because I was trying not to just duplicate my winter TBR, but I’m looking forward to it!
That makes total sense. 🙂
I’ve only heard of who’s afraid of gender and that one seems to be on a lot of lists!
Interesting! I don’t think I’ve seen it on anyone else’s list yet. But cool. 🙂
Womb city looks….interesting. The cover makes me think of transhumanist themes.
Yes, exactly!
Warm Hands of Ghosts sounds like the perfect October read!! Well for me anyways, haha. I hope you enjoy all of these!
Heh, agreed. And thanks.
I really want to read My Side of the River, too. And Womb City looks really intriguing. Happy TTT! 😀
Cool. Happy TTT to you as well.
Great list! I haven’t seen Womb City on many lists (so far) today but I have seen it around the blogosphere and bird app. It looks really interesting! I hope you enjoy all of these releases 🙂
Thank you, Dini! Yeah, it hasn’t been on many lists from what I’ve seen either. Here’s hoping it’s good.
I would love to read Womb City at some point, plus I’m in love with the cover!
Cool. 🙂
Honestly, if I came across a cat on a bookcase, I don’t think I’d ever be able to leave. There are books, there is cat, what more do you need?! Happy reading!
Exactly. 😀
I’m very curious about Who’s Afraid of Gender?
Doesn’t it sound great?! 🙂
The Warm Hands of Ghosts seem to be on ALL the lists this week! I’m excited to read it — hope you enjoy!
I noticed that, too. 🙂 Thanks.
I’ve seen Katherine’s make a few lists this week, and while I don’t normally read ghost stories, it is making my curious! One to add to the “look into” mental TBR. 😉 Thanks so much for visiting my website today.
You’re welcome. May you enjoy it if you decide to give a ghost story a try.
Can’t wait to see what you think of ghosts! Thanks for dropping by my post!
You’re welcome. And thanks.
Lots of good sounding books on here! And I’m adding Who’s Afraid of Gender to my TBR as well. I know two young people who have transitioned (one AFAB, the other AMAB) so trans rights is important to me.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Oh, that’s awesome! I’m glad we share this in common. Happy reading, Cholla.
It looks like you have some fun reads to look forward to!
For sure. 🙂
Who’s Afraid of Gender sounds like a very important book right now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! I hadn’t heard of it before.
My TTT this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/01/09/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-first-half-of-2024/
You’re welcome. I hope you like it!
Ooh, Womb City sounds fascinating! And I should pick up that Judith Butler book for sure.
Enjoy. 🙂
I hope you’ll love all of these!
Thank you!
Great list. I added the non-fiction book to my TBR.
Nice! And thank you.
Womb City looks interesting.
Glad you think so. 🙂
I’m excited for The Warm Hands of Ghosts for the same reason, plus i love the author’s style, its very vivid
Sweet! And I totally agree there.
The Warm Hands of Ghosts sounds spooky! Hope you love all on your list!
Thank you. 🙂
My side of the River sounds interesting. I’ll wait on your review.
Thanks. 🙂
I’m really excited for Katherine Arden’s new book too. It sounds so good!
Woohoo! Yeah, she’s written some fun stuff in the past.
I love the cat photo. (Public domain or not, it’s definitely a wholesome thought to have a cat who happily snoozes among the shelves as we seek out next read, and I heartily approve!)
Wow, Womb City, just the title and cover are a disturbing thought, that something like that could be possible, but it does sound like an interesting read.
Aww, thanks.
And, yeah, that was my reaction to Womb City, too.
What a great list! The Warm of Ghosts sounds amazing. Hope you get to read these.
Thank you. 🙂
I love it whenever I see a bookstore cat. 🙂
Womb City definitely looks interesting!
Glad to hear it. 🙂
An interesting bunch of books. I hope you enjoy them.
Thank you.
This is another interesting list from you. I know you enjoy ghost stories, but I’m not sure if you read YA books. If so, have you read The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze? It was a really interesting book about psychic mediums around the turn of the 20th century. Another interesting one was The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White about a trans man who isn’t viewed as his preferred gender in a similar time period, but in a fantasy-type setting, written by a trans author. I figured it dovetailed nicely with your last statement, which I agree with. Why are people so worried about what is in other people’s pants? It’s obnoxious. Treat people like people and you have a lot fewer problems in life.
Thank you for the recommendations. I’m checking to see if my local library has them! They sound interesting.
And I totally agree with you there.
I need to look into Who’s Afraid of Gender? Transphobia is something that hits close to home for me, and I can’t understand why people feel the need to hate other people over things that do not concern them.
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I hope you like it!
These all look really interesting! I hope you enjoy them.
Thanks. 🙂
I hope you enjoy all of these and you found some more from the lists. I am just not getting to blog hopping and I am sure my TBR will grow as well 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
I’m looking forward to The Warm Hands of Ghosts too. I hope you get to read it and all the other books.
Thanks! I hope you like it.
all new to me and will be adding My Side of the River to my TBR..
Thanks for visiting
You’re welcome. Happy reading.
I haven’t heard of these but they sound smart and worth reading!
Thank you. 🙂
The Warm Hands of Ghosts definitely looks interesting! I hope you enjoy reading these 🙂
Thanks, Jaime!
This is a great list of books, and I hope you get to them and enjoy them! I haven’t heard a lot of talk about them, but they sound interesting, especially the non-fiction books as I’ve been reading more of them the past couple of years than I have in the past.
Thank you, Erin.
I love nonfiction, too. It covers such a wide variety of topics.
Womb city looks intriguing and strange
Hope you enjoy your TTT
Thank you.
And, yes, it sure does.
Ooh, the Judith Butler looks intriguing!
🙂
My Side of the River sounds interesting. I’ve always loved YA novels about teens raising siblings, but I definitely haven’t read one that stemmed from parents being forced to leave the country, let alone a real-life example. I’m already impressed with the part of the summary about her “not wanting to become a statistic.”
My thoughts exactly. It sounds so well done.