{"id":1007,"date":"2015-10-10T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T12:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2015-10-09T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T22:16:02","slug":"most-anticipated-tbr-books-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Most Anticipated TBR Books of 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/romantic2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/romantic2.png\" alt=\"romantic2\" width=\"488\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With only only a little under three months left of the 2015 year I have been unwittingly developing my 2016 To Be Read List. My TBR List for the first few months of 2016 are as follows:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22663629-shallow-graves\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1057\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/22663629.jpg\" alt=\"Shallow Graves\" width=\"312\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Kali Wallace<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>January 26th, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">For fans of Holly Black and Nova Ren Suma, a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric novel about murder, revenge, and a world where monsters\u2014human and otherwise\u2014lurk at the fringes.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">When seventeen-year-old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn\u2019t remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she\u2019s somehow conscious\u2014and not only that, she\u2019s able to sense who around her is hiding a murderous past. In life, Breezy was always drawn to the elegance of the universe and the mystery of the stars. Now she must set out to find answers and discover what is to become of her in the gritty, dangerous world to which she now belongs\u2014where killers hide in plain sight and a sinister cult is hunting for strange creatures like her. What she finds is at once empowering, redemptive, and dangerous.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21936937-blackhearts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/21936937.jpg\" alt=\"Blackhearts\" width=\"312\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nicole Castroman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> Launching February 9th, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Nothing could stop him\u2014until he met the one girl who would change everything. This is their story.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Edward &#8220;Teach&#8221; Drummond, son of one of Bristol&#8217;s richest merchants, has just returned from a year-long journey on the high seas to find his life in shambles. Betrothed to a girl he doesn\u2019t love and sick of the high society he was born into, Teach dreams only of returning to the vast ocean he\u2019d begun to call home. There&#8217;s just one problem: convincing his father to let him leave and never come back.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following her parents&#8217; deaths, Anne Barrett is left penniless and soon to be homeless. Though she\u2019s barely worked a day in her life, Anne is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. Lonely days stretch into weeks, and Anne longs for escape. How will she ever realize her dream of sailing to Cura\u00e7ao\u2014where her mother was born\u2014when she&#8217;s stuck in England?<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Drawn to each other, they\u2019re trapped by society and their own circumstances. Faced with an impossible choice, they must decide to chase their dreams and go, or follow their hearts and stay.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21979832-the-girl-from-everywhere\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1058\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/21979832.jpg\" alt=\"The Girl From Everywhere\" width=\"312\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>Heidi Heilig<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Launching February 16th, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"freeText15563283189965735784\">Nix\u2019s life began in Honolulu in 1868. Since then she has traveled to mythic Scandinavia, a land from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, modern-day New York City, and many more places both real and imagined. As long as he has a map, Nix\u2019s father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now he\u2019s uncovered the one map he\u2019s always sought\u20141868 Honolulu, before Nix\u2019s mother died in childbirth. Nix\u2019s life\u2014her entire existence\u2014is at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nix\u2019s future, her dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persian thief, Kash, who\u2019s been part of their crew for two years. If Nix helps her father reunite with the love of his life, it will cost her her own.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22428707-the-great-hunt?search_version=service\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1062\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/22428707.jpg\" alt=\"The Great Hunt\" width=\"314\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong>Wendy Higgins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Launching March 8th 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A strange beast stirs fear in the kingdom of Lochlanach, terrorizing towns with its brutality and hunger. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona\u2014kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson\u2019s hand in marriage.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Princess Aerity understands her duty to the kingdom though it pains her to imagine marrying a stranger. It would be foolish to set her sights on any particular man in the great hunt, but when a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention, there\u2019s no denying the unspoken lure between them\u2026or his mysterious resentment.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paxton is not keen on marriage. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He\u2019s determined to keep his focus on the task at hand\u2014ridding the kingdom of the beast and protecting his family\u2014yet Princess Aerity continues to challenge his notions with her unpredictability and charm. But as past secrets collide with present desires, dire choices threaten everything Paxton holds dear.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25733990-sleeping-giants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1059\" src=\"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/25733990.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeping Giants\" width=\"312\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Sylvain Neuvel<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Launching April 26th, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"freeText13398823451515724654\">17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. Today: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. A swift and spellbinding tale told almost exclusively through transcriptions of interviews conducted by a mysterious and unnamed character, this is a unique debut that describes a hunt for truth, power, and giant body parts.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>So, what&#8217;s on your To Be Read List of 2016?<\/h2>\n<p>It really looks like 2016 will be a year of young adult masterpieces and fantastical paranormal tales with plenty of spectacular plots! There&#8217;s going to be quite a bit of nautical and piracy related releases, too! I can honestly say 2016 cannot get here fast enough so I can read these beauties!<\/p>\n<table class=\"rating-report\">\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Rating Report<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Plot<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\">\n<div class=\"rr-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Characters<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\">\n<div class=\"rr-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Writing<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\">\n<div class=\"rr-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Pacing<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\">\n<div class=\"rr-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Cover<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\">\n<div class=\"rr-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ubb-rr-overall\">\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-title\">Overall:<\/td>\n<td class=\"ubb-rr-section-rating\"><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-regular fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With only only a little under three months left of the 2015 year I have been unwittingly developing my 2016 To Be Read List. My TBR List for the first few months of 2016 are as follows: \u00a0Kali Wallace January 26th, 2016 For fans of Holly Black and Nova Ren Suma, a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1253,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}