<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Meghan Griffin]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://megggriffin.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Megg Griffin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://megggriffin.com/author/lafoiaveugle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Top Ten Tuesday: 2016&nbsp;Books]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="225" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/09/15/top-ten-tuesday-i-secretly-write-in-my-books/3743c-toptentuesday/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg" data-orig-size="320,178" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="3743c-toptentuesday" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg?w=320" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-225" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg?w=320&#038;h=178" alt="3743c-toptentuesday" width="320" height="178" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg 320w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg?w=150&amp;h=83 150w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/3743c-toptentuesday.jpg?w=300&amp;h=167 300w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly listed hosted by <a href="http://www.brokeandbookish.com/p/top-ten-tuesday-other-features.html" target="_blank">The Broke and the Bookish</a>. This week top is 2016 &#8220;debut&#8221; novels, but I&#8217;m going to ignore the debut part of that&#8230;.so here are the top ten books I&#8217;m looking forward to in 2016!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">1)<em> A Gathering of Shadows </em>by V.E. Schwab</span></strong></p>
<p>The sequel to <em>A Darker Shade of Magic</em>. I&#8217;ve read a small portion that she&#8217;s put out, and it&#8217;s fabulous. And again the cover is gorgeous AGAIN:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="573" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/a-gathering-of-shadows-final/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg" data-orig-size="314,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Gathering of Shadows Final&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="A Gathering of Shadows Final" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=198" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=314" class="alignnone  wp-image-573" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=146&#038;h=221" alt="A Gathering of Shadows Final" width="146" height="221" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=146&amp;h=221 146w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=292&amp;h=442 292w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=99&amp;h=150 99w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20764879.jpg?w=198&amp;h=300 198w" sizes="(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">BLACK LONDON IS BACK. WHAT&#8217;S GOING TO HAPPEN?! Eeeeeeee. If you haven&#8217;t figured it out, <em>A Darker Shade of Magic</em> is probably the best book I read this year.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">2) <em>Glass Sword</em> by Victoria Aveyard</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">So I haven&#8217;t posted my review for book one, <em>The Red Queen</em> yet, but it was definitely a good one. I enjoyed it immensely, and I like that the cover theme is similar to the first book (and no teen model in a fancy dress. I&#8217;m looking at you, <em>The Selection</em><em> </em>series. And speaking of&#8230;.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"> <img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="582" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/23174274/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg" data-orig-size="317,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="23174274" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=317" class="  wp-image-582 aligncenter" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=129&#038;h=193" alt="23174274" width="129" height="193" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=129&amp;h=193 129w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=258&amp;h=386 258w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=100&amp;h=150 100w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23174274.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300 200w" sizes="(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>3) <em>The Crown</em> by Kiera Cass</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I&#8217;m going to be honest, I&#8217;m not a huge fan of this series, and I&#8217;m even less of a fan of the author. It should have ended at book 3. But this is apparently the last one, and dammit, I&#8217;m all about finishing series. And I kind of just want to know who she ends up with. But if it doesn&#8217;t end with this one, then I&#8217;m done. No <em>True Blood</em> series for me. Look, these books are easy and light to read. But mostly, I&#8217;m ready for them to be done.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="594" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/26074181/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg" data-orig-size="315,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="26074181" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=199" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=315" class="alignnone  wp-image-594" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=122&#038;h=184" alt="26074181" width="122" height="184" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=122&amp;h=184 122w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=244&amp;h=368 244w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=99&amp;h=150 99w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/26074181.jpg?w=199&amp;h=300 199w" sizes="(max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>4) <em>Remembrance</em> by Meg Cabot</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">There is going to be a book 7 of <em>The Mediator</em> series?! What the hell?! I&#8217;m game for this! I&#8217;ll be rereading the series in either January or February, because it&#8217;s been a few years (re: 2009) since I read the other 6 books. Unless someone has a lengthy synopsis for the first 6? But seriously, I loved this series.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="603" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/17302879/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg" data-orig-size="316,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="17302879" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=316" class="alignnone  wp-image-603" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=151&#038;h=227" alt="17302879" width="151" height="227" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=151&amp;h=227 151w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=302&amp;h=454 302w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=100&amp;h=150 100w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/17302879.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300 200w" sizes="(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>5) <em>The Shadow Queen</em> by C.J. Redwine</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Okay, you can&#8217;t judge a book, but the cover, but this cover is so pretty! I&#8217;ve seen some ARC reviews that seem positive, plus it&#8217;s a fairy tale re-telling. I&#8217;m game. But seriously, LOOK AT THIS COVER:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="609" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/23299513/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg" data-orig-size="317,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="23299513" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=317" class="alignnone  wp-image-609" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=162&#038;h=243" alt="23299513" width="162" height="243" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=162&amp;h=243 162w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=100&amp;h=150 100w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300 200w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/23299513.jpg 317w" sizes="(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>6) <em>Heartless</em> by Marissa Meyer</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I love that YA is big in fairy tale re-telling. This is an <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>, Queen of Hearts background story. I haven&#8217;t read anything by Marissa Meyer yet, but I respect her work and it&#8217;s on my forever TBR list. This may be the first book. (Cover isn&#8217;t out yet, but I love her Lunar Chronicles series covers).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>7) <em>Fool Me Once</em> by Harlan Coben</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Look My. Coben. I love your books. I have since I was in high school. <em>Tell No One</em> is forever on my top ten list, and Myron Bolitar helped change my want list in a man. So&#8230;..can you release a new Bolitar novel? Please? Either way, I&#8217;m excited to read the next stand-alone book.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">8) <em>Passenger</em> by Alexander Bracken</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I can&#8217;t figure out exactly what categories this book falls into, but I like the idea of it. While I haven&#8217;t read any of her other books, this one sounds fascinating.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="622" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/20983362/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg" data-orig-size="313,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="20983362" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=198" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=313" class="alignnone  wp-image-622" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=143&#038;h=217" alt="20983362" width="143" height="217" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=143&amp;h=217 143w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=286&amp;h=434 286w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=99&amp;h=150 99w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/20983362.jpg?w=198&amp;h=300 198w" sizes="(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>9) <em>And I Darken </em>by Kiersten White</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">GoT (which I don&#8217;t watch or read) but in the Ottoman empire, with Vlad the Impaler. Look, <em>Twilight</em> ruined vampires, but I still love them. And if this can make them freaky and good again, I&#8217;ll try it.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="629" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/25324111/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg" data-orig-size="314,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="25324111" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=198" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=314" class="  wp-image-629 aligncenter" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=133&#038;h=201" alt="25324111" width="133" height="201" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=133&amp;h=201 133w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=266&amp;h=402 266w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=99&amp;h=150 99w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/25324111.jpg?w=198&amp;h=300 198w" sizes="(max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>10) <em>See How They Run</em> by Ally Carter</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Okay, so I haven&#8217;t read the first book of this series. But I loved her spy book series, and I&#8217;ve got her first book. And if they&#8217;re anything alike, I&#8217;ll enjoy it.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="636" data-permalink="https://megggriffin.com/2015/12/01/top-ten-tuesday-2016-books/attachment/246448141/" data-orig-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg" data-orig-size="317,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="246448141" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=317" class="  wp-image-636 aligncenter" src="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=132&#038;h=198" alt="246448141" width="132" height="198" srcset="https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=132&amp;h=198 132w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=264&amp;h=396 264w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=100&amp;h=150 100w, https://lafoiaveugle.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/246448141.jpg?w=200&amp;h=300 200w" sizes="(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I&#8217;m looking forward to 2016 reads! The subway is definitely going to need some distractions&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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