Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR

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Ostrich looking over the shoulder of a man reading the newspaperHere are ten books that will be published during the winter of 2020 that I hope my local library gets copies of soon.

As always, my TBR list is heavily influenced by which books my library orders and how long the wait lists are for them.

The photo in today’s post was included mostly because it made me chuckle. To the best of my knowledge, there are no ostriches  in Toronto who expect winter bedtime stories.

1. Born in the Wrong Time: Female Husbands and the Transgender Past by Jen Manion

Publication Date: January (no book cover photo or precise publication date currently available.)

Why I Want to Read It: I know very little about this topic and would like to learn more.

Cold Fusion Presents: New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World by Dagogo Altraide book cover. There is an abstract picture of circles connected by lines as the image on the book cover.

2. Cold Fusion Presents: New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology that Transformed Our World by Dagogo Altraide

Publication Date: January 15

Why I Want to Read It: Cold fusion is a fascinating topic that I do not understand well enough to discuss in this post. With that being said, I like reading about science and technology in general.

The Seep by Chana Porter book cover. There is a bouquet of flowers on the cover.

3. The Seep by Chana Porter

Publication Date: January 21

Why I Want to Read It: It’s been too long since I read anything about alien invasions. The fact that the protagonist is a middle-aged woman only entices me more. Will she have more common sense than the typical teen hero in these tales? I hope so!

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi book cover. Cover image is of a woman's face.

4. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Publication Date: January 21

Why I Want to Read It: There’s nothing like the bond between siblings. The characters in this book sound like they’re going to go through a lot of hard times together. I want to see them come out triumphant at the end.

Remembrance by Rita Woods book cover. Image is of the profile of a woman's bowed head. her eyes are closed.

5. Remembrance by Rita Woods

Publication Date: January 21

Why I Want to Read It: There’s something I really like about books that jump between the past and present, especially when the timelines seem like they might somehow intersect.

Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond by Lydia Denworth book cover. The only images on the cover are of stylized DNA strands lying on their sides at the top and bottom. They are behind green or blue backgrounds.

6. Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond by Lydia Denworth

Publication Date: January 28

Why I Want to Read It: Friendship is a fascinating topic.

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper book cover. Image on the cover is of eight of the athletes who defied Adolf Hitler.

7. Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper

Publication Date: February 4

Why I Want to Read It: I know only a few scraps of information about the 1936 Olympic Games and would like to read more about it.

Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump book cover. Image on cover is of a young person wearing a hoodie whose face is obscured by an orange dot.

8. Everywhere You Don’t Belong by Gabriel Bump

Publication Date: February 4
Why I Want to Read It: I’ve never thought of terms “funny” and “riot” in the same thought before. Only time will tell how this author finds the humour in such a serious topic.

9. Common Bonds: An Aromantic Speculative Anthology by Claudie Arseneault

Publication Date: February (no cover photo or precise publication date currently available.)

Why I Want to Read It: I’m demisexual and curious to compare my experiences to theirs.

Finna by Nino Cipri book cover. Cover image is of bent tubes and screws scattered around.

10. Finna by Nino Cipri

Publication Date: February 25

Why I Want to Read It: Of course there would be a portal to a different dimension that just so happened to open up in a retail store. If anyone deserves an adventure, it’s two people who work for minimum wage! We honestly need many more books about characters like these.

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74 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR

  1. Wow! I did NOT expect a cold fusion book on your list and now I want to read it too just because you made me think about it. 🙂 My comment to it would be the same as yours. Looking forward to your review!

  2. Ooh thank you for bringing Common Bonds to my attention, that one’s going straight on my TBR! I hope you enjoy all of these. =) Great list!

  3. I’m going to have to share that cold fusion book with my husband – he loves all the science of energy stuff and watches documentaries and YouTube videos on it all the time. Thanks for sharing!

  4. Adding Finna to my list for sure! Of course it’s already like a hundred titles long. 🙂

  5. I had a friend who was a physics professor at UNM. He gave me the idea for Vander’s Magic Carpet. I proofread a speech he gave on cold fusion. This as back in the 80’s. I’ve been waiting for this to happen a long time. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2019/12/ttt-winter-tbr-list.html

  6. Fascinating selections. I’m going to look for Olympic Pride. I’ve read a few other books on that Olympics–one I recently reviewed was Berlin 1936.

  7. There’s something about the Remembrance cover that’s really beautiful. It has so much emotion in it.

  8. Interesting list! I haven’t heard of any of these, but I hope you love them all when you get to them.

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  9. Christine @LifeWithAllTheBooks

    Great list! Riot Baby in particular sounds really interesting 😊

  10. Finna sounds like so much fun! I’ll be looking that one up now. 🙂

    Thanks for stopping by my TTT. Happy Reading!

  11. That Friendship book sounds like it would be really interesting. I hope it is!

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  12. Great list! None of these were on my radar before, but I’ll be curious to see what you think of them!

  13. I hope you will enjoy all of them!

    (www.evelynreads.com)

  14. Love your list! You chose some great unique reads for this. I look forward to your review of Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. It looks like a great read.

  15. I’d love to read Riot Baby as well and this is the first time I’m seeing The Seep. It sounds interesting as well. Hope you find some new favorites!

  16. These are all new to me except Remembrance. I hope you like them, and may the library waiting lists be short and not hit you all at once.

  17. These are all quite unfamiliar to me, but I hope you enjoy ALL Of these once you’re able to read them, Lydia. Always fun to have some new books to anticipate. 🙂 Happy winter TBR-ing – and thanks for the visit to Finding Wonderland.

  18. Looks like you are in for quite an informative winter! Cold fusion certainly feels apt 🙂

  19. Great unusual and refreshing list! I’m intrigued by your last book

  20. I hadn’t heard about the transgender book you have listed. I’ll have to see if I can get my hands on that one. Like you, I’d like to learn more. I only hope the author is a good researcher.

  21. I don’t think I’m smart enough for those science books. I hope you enjoy all these!

  22. Sarah

    This looks like a wonderful list. I read The Seep recently- hoping to get a review up soon. It’s pretty quick and an interesting take on alien invasion. I think it’s really more of a satire than anything else, but I mostly enjoyed it. Finna sounds like fun too!

  23. The Sleep and Born in the Wrong Time sound really interesting. Definitely going to check them out.

    Hope you enjoy these!

  24. Finna is on my wishlist, and The Seep sounds great!

  25. What a great and varied list of interesting books!!! Cold fusion to alien invasions it’s certainly diverse!

  26. I haven’t heard of any of the books on your list but The Seep looks amazing! What a beautiful cover and I actually don’t think I’ve ever read anything alien invasion related so my interest is piqued! Hopefully the MC has more sense than a teen 😉 Haha I hope you enjoy all of these reads, Lydia!

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  27. Interesting list. I have not heard about any of these books. I hope that you will enjoy them!

  28. Ohh, The Seep sounds really interesting. I haven’t heard of it before but now I’m curious! Great list 😀

  29. I hadn’t heard of The Seep at all but that sounds really good! I hope you will enjoy it.

  30. The Seep’s cover looks so amazing!

  31. I don’t know any of these but happy reading!!

  32. Very interesting list Lydia. Remembrance appeals to me, off to Goodreads to check it out.

  33. The Seep has such a creepy cover! I love the idea of a middle-aged protagonist, though! There’s not enough of those, especially in sci-fi and fantasy.

  34. Great list! I’m so excited for Riot Baby. I hope we both love it! Good luck and happy reading 🙂

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