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This week's Top Ten Tuesday is a perpetual topic for me and most of the book lovers I know. The literal and the proverbial TBR shelf. I have both, but today, I'll stick to the ones on my literal shelves, and I'll try to go for the bonus points if I can. Looking forward to reading yours! Chag Pesach sameach to my fellow celebrants! Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon (Bonus points if you tell us how long it’s been sitting on your shelf waiting for you.) Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum--Let's see--I know I bought this after my book club read her book  A Bend in the Stars,  which was right when this one was coming out (my book clubs usually read books a year or so after they come out since they're easier to get at the library), and I bought it at a second-hand bookstore, so I'm going to say it's been on my shelf a bit less than two years. I'm planning to read it very soon, for the same book club. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré--I bo

 With all of the mysteries and thrillers set in vacation spots, it almost seems easier to think of characters I wouldn't want to go on vacation with! I didn't finish writing this before Tuesday, but it's such a fun topic, I thought I'd go ahead and put mine out a little late. I'm excited to see what everyone else's ideas were! Happy Top Ten Tuesday! Characters I'd Like To Go On Vacation With The crew of The Wayfarer from The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers--would love to hang out with this diverse crew of humans, aliens, and AI, plus we could go anywhere in the universe (probably would NOT choose the small angry planet for a vacation though!) Nick, Charlie, Elle, and the rest of the crew from Heartstopper would be great vacation partners--would love to go to Paris with them, either when I was their age or if they were my age Viv from Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree would be a fun vacation partner, and also good to have around in a p

I like this extremely timely topic, but I haven't read a lot of books that fit the criteria (below). I included some books I've read where content or title deal with water and some more that I haven't read yet, but are on my Goodreads TBR or just found on Goodreads that deal with spring, storms, water, or all of the above. Happy Top Ten Tuesday!   April Showers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt ( books with rain on the cover/in the title, that have rainstorms in the story, or that have anything to do with rain ) Books That Remind Me of April Showers The Glass Hotel by Emily Mandel Drowning by T.J. Newman River of the Gods by Candie Millard The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Goddess of Spring by P.C. Cast Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman--Haven't read it yet, but sea on the cover The Girl Who Belonged to the Sea by Katherine Quinn Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao--W