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Itâs Tuesday and itâs time for my very first Top 10 Tuesday meme post. If you donât know about Top 10 Tuesday, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl over at That Artsy Reader Girl â A Book Blog in January of 2018. It was born out of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. You can find the list of topics for this month and past months Here
So this weekâs topic asks us about our Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2021. I usually donât have books on my radar that arenât releasing soon enough. So, these books are from January through May. Picking only 10 books is too difficult when you have so many anticipated releases đ so I might decide to make a separate anticipated book post for each month. Also, I feel like this year the number of book releases for April are low…or is it just me? Anyway, These books are in the order of publishing dates as per Goodreads. And all this books make me go –
So without further ado let’s get started!
I see algorithms in the blurb I add it đ€Ł This seems like itâs will be a good rivals to lovers romance and I canât let it get past my TBR. No, no! This has already been released on Jan 1, and I canât wait to get my hands on it!
About This Book
Synopsis
In Brooke Burroughsâs endearing debut novel set in vibrant India, enemies turned allies encounter obstacles in an unexpected multicultural romance only to discover that in the end, love is love.
Emma has always lived her life according to a plan. But after turning down her boyfriendâs proposal, everything starts to crumble. In an effort to save the one thing she cares aboutâher jobâshe must recruit her colleague, Rishi, to be on her development teamâŠonly she may or may not have received the position he was promised. (She did.)
Rishi cannot believe that he got passed over for promotion. To make matters worse, not only does his job require him to return home to Bangalore with his nemesis, Emma, but his parents now expect him to choose a bride and get married. So, when Emma makes him an offerâjoin her team, and sheâll write an algorithm to find him the perfect brideâhe reluctantly accepts.
Neither of them expect her marriage code to work so wellâor to fall for one anotherâwhich leads Emma and Rishi to wonder if leaving fate up to formulas is really an equation for lasting love.
2. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
People we have another hate to love romance. The thing that caught my attention the most is the podcast part. I canât wait for this one and I know itâll be a fun read!
About This Book
Synopsis
Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s sparkling romantic comedy debut.
Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can’t imagine working anywhere else. But lately it’s been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who’s fresh off a journalism master’s program and convinced he knows everything about public radio.
When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. On The Ex Talk, two exes will deliver relationship advice live, on air. Their boss decides Shay and Dominic are the perfect co-hosts, given how much they already despise each other. Neither loves the idea of lying to listeners, but it’s this or unemployment. Their audience gets invested fast, and it’s not long before The Ex Talk becomes a must-listen in Seattle and climbs podcast charts.
As the show gets bigger, so does their deception, especially when Shay and Dominic start to fall for each other. In an industry that values truth, getting caught could mean the end of more than just their careers.
3. Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
Is it weird that most of the books in this list are either set in a bookstore or somehow related to it? Because this is another one with a bookstore as the setting. This seems like it will be a light and cute read. This will be releasing on Feb 2 and I canât wait!
About This Book
Synopsis
The cozy comforts of an English village bookstore open up a world of new possibilities for Evie Starling in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.
At thirty-three-years old Evangeline Starling’s life in Chicago is missing that special something. And when she’s passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Some time away to regain perspective might be just the thing. In a burst of impulsivity, she plans a holiday in a quaint English village. The holiday package comes with a temporary position at Much Ado About Books, the bookstore located beneath her rental apartment. There’s no better dream vacation for the bookish Evie, a life-long Shakespeare lover.
Not only is Evie swept up in running the delightful store as soon as she arrives, she’s drawn into the lives, loves and drama of the friendly villagers. Including Roane Robson, the charismatic and sexy farmer who tempts Evie every day with his friendly flirtations. Evie is determined to keep him at bay because a holiday romance can only end in heartbreak, right? But Evie can’t deny their connection and longs to trust in her handsome farmer that their whirlwind romance could turn in to the forever kind of love.
4. The Future Is Yours by Dan Frey
Another interesting book premise! This one is told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts which makes me super curious to read it. Also, this one is a little different from the rest of the books on this list but I am very very excited about this one! This book will be releasing on Feb 9.
About This Book
Synopsis
Two best friends create a computer that can predict the future. But what they canât predict is how it will tear their friendshipâand societyâapart.
If you had the chance to look one year into the future, would you?
For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And theyâre betting everything that youâll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the internet one year from now, so you can see who youâll be dating, where youâll be working, even whether or not youâll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impossible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, theyâre now its hottest commodity.
The device can predict everything perfectlyâfrom stock market spikes and sports scores to political scandals and corporate takeoversâallowing them to chase down success and fame while staying one step ahead of the competition. But the future their device foretells is not the bright one they imagined.
Ambition. Greed. Jealousy. And, perhaps, an apocalypse. The question is . . . can they stop it?
Told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts, this bleeding-edge tech thriller chronicles the costs of innovation and asks how far youâd go to protect the ones you loveâeven from themselves.
5. Love at First by Kate Clayborn
I fell in love with this book at the first glimpse. I mean just look at the cover! The blurb is very intriguing. This is a second chance story about Nora and Will and while I don’t really like second chance romances this seems so interesting!
About This Book
Synopsis
Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling saw–or rather, heard–the girl of his dreams. Standing beneath an apartment building balcony, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely, warm-voiced stranger. It’s a memory that’s never faded, though he’s put so much of his past behind him. Now an unexpected inheritance has brought Will back to that same address, where he plans to offload his new property and get back to his regular life as an overworked doctor. Instead, he encounters a woman, two balconies above, who’s uncannily familiar…
No matter how surprised Nora Clarke is by her reaction to handsome, curious Will, or the whispered pre-dawn conversations they share, she won’t let his plans ruin her quirky, close-knit building. Bound by her loyalty to her adored grandmother, she sets out to foil his efforts with a little light sabotage. But beneath the surface of their feud is an undeniable connection. A balcony, a star-crossed couple, a fateful meeting–maybe it’s the kind of story that can’t work out in the end. Or maybe, it’s the perfect second chance.
From Kate Clayborn, the acclaimed author of Love Lettering, comes a sparkling, tender novel about bickering neighbors, surprise reunions, and the mysterious power of love.
6. The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman
This is a thriller I had my eyes on ever since Gabby from gabbyreads YouTube channel talked about it. This book sounds amazing. It is based on True Crime and I love True Crime a lot! It will be releasing on March 2 and I seriously canât wait.
About This Book
Synopsis
A chilling true storyâpart memoir, part crime investigationâreminiscent of Ann Ruleâs classic The Stranger Beside Me, about a little girl longing for love and how she found friendship with her charismatic babysitterâwho was also a vicious serial killer.
Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, while her mother worked days in a local motel and danced most nights in the Provincetown bars, her babysitterâthe kind, handsome handyman at the motel where her mother workedâtook her and her sister on adventures in his truck. He bought them popsicles and together, they visited his âsecret gardenâ in the Truro woods. To Liza, he was one of the few kind and understanding adults in her life. Everyone thought he was just a âgreat guy.â
But there was one thing she didnât know; their babysitter was a serial killer.
Some of his victims were buriedâin piecesâright there, in his garden in the woods. Though Tony Costaâs gruesome case made screaming headlines in 1969 and beyond, Liza never made the connection between her friendly babysitter and the infamous killer of numerous women, including four in Massachusetts, until decades later.
Haunted by nightmares and horrified by what she learned, Liza became obsessed with the case. Now, she and cowriter Jennifer Jordan reveal the chilling and unforgettable true story of a charming but brutal psychopath through the eyes of a young girl who once called him her friend.
7. The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
The first three lines of this book are enough for me to know that this is something I will be looking forward to reading! Romantic comedies are my favorites so yeah…plus the fake fiancĂ© trope! But I am more excited to read a book with a software engineering female lead! This book will be out on March 19…so longđ
About This Book
Synopsis
Even with a step-by-step plan, these fake fiances might accidentally fall for each other in this hilarious, heartfelt romantic comedy from the author of The Marriage Game.
Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. With her life all planned out, and no interest in love, the one thing she can’t give her family is the marriage they expect. Left with few options, she asks her childhood crush to be her decoy fiancĂ©.
Liam Murphy is a venture capitalist with something to prove. When he learns that his inheritance is contingent on being married, he realizes his best friend’s little sister has the perfect solution to his problem. A marriage of convenience will get Daisy’s matchmaking relatives off her back and fulfill the terms of his late grandfather’s will. If only he hadn’t broken her tender teenage heart nine years ago…
Sparks fly when Daisy and Liam go on a series of dates to legitimize their fake relationship. Too late, they realize that very little is convenient about their arrangement. History and chemistry aren’t about to follow the rules of this engagement.
Twice Shy is the only book I have on my April anticipated list as of now. We have our hero and heroine sharing an inheritance and the hero seems grumpy? YES YES! I want to read this one like right now! (along with all the others mentioned here tbh)
About This Book
Synopsis
From the author of You Deserve Each Other comes a charming and unconventional romantic comedy about a woman who inherits a sprawling estate with a groundskeeper whose stoic exterior masks a surprising vulnerability.
Maybell Parrish has always been a dreamer and hopeless romantic. But living with her head in the clouds has long been preferable to dealing with reality, whether itâs navigating the wild world of dating apps or getting her coworkers to show her a little respect. So when Maybell inherits a stately old Tennessee manor from her Great Aunt Violet, she seizes the opportunity to make a fresh start.
But when she arrives at her new home, it seems her troubles have only just begun. Not only is the manor practically falling apart around her, but she isnât the only inheritor: she has to share everything with Wesley Koehler, the groundskeeper whoâs just as grouchy as he is gorgeousâand it turns out he has a very different vision for the propertyâs future.
Convincing the taciturn Wesley to stop avoiding her and compromise is a task more formidable than any of the many other dying wishes Great Aunt Violet left behind. But when Maybell uncovers something unexpectedly sweet beneath Wesleyâs scowls and silences, she realizes they might have more in common than she ever dreamed. And as the two slowly begin to let their guards down, they just might learn that sometimes the smallest steps outside oneâs comfort zone can lead to the greatest rewards.
9. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
This one sounds just so cuteeee and cute and cute! This is a queer romance and a fake dating (again *sweats* wellâŠI love a good fake dating romance). The cover and the blurb…tell me if you can resist this one đ, oh and itâs a rom-com!đ€©đ€©Plus we have a blogging element!
About This Book
Synopsis
Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transgender teenâs first love challenges his ideas about perfect relationships.
Noah Ramirez thinks heâs an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. Thereâs just one problemâall the stories are fake. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe.
When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noahâs world unravels. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesnât have any proof. Then Drew walks into Noahâs life, and the pieces fall into place: Drew is willing to fake-date Noah to save the Diary. But when Noahâs feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realizes that dating in real life isnât quite the same as finding love on the page.
In this charming novel by Emery Lee, Noah will have to choose between following his own rules for love or discovering that the most romantic endings are the ones that go off script.
10. Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
This book! I cannot ignore a book that has a bookstore as its setting đđ This sounds SOO cute and again it has a little similar trope as marriage code except they work at rival bookstores. This book will be releasing on May 18 and itâs going to be too long a wait for međš The cover is fabulous!
About This Book
Synopsis
Donât you just love the smell of old books in the morning?
Madeline Moore does. Books & Moore, the musty bookstore her family has owned for generations, is where she feels most herself. Nothing is going to stop her from coming back after college to take over the store from her beloved aunt.
Nothing, that isâuntil a chain bookstore called Prologue opens across the street and threatens to shut them down.
Madeline sets out to demolish the competition, but Jasper, the guy who works over at Prologue, seems intent on ruining her life. Not only is he taking her customers, he has the unbelievable audacity to be⊠extremely cute.
But that doesnât matter. Jasper is the enemy and he will be destroyed. After allâallâs fair in love and (book) wars.
These are all the books Iâll be found making grabby hands for every time I see them
That’s me!
I hope youâll like this post as much as I loved making this.
What are your most anticipated book releases for the year?
Are you wanting to pick any of the mentioned books above?
thebookishkitten 
oh my, I had seen a couple of these books on other lists as well, and now thinking of adding all the books on your list to my TBR (groan…)
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Let that TBR grow đ Thank you so much for reading! â€ïžđ
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The Marriage Code looks like a good read!
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Ex-Talk sounds brilliant and I could be adding The Babysitter to my TBR too!
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Yes it does! I am glad it was useful. And thank you so much for reading! â€ïžđ
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