There`s only a bit over a month until the year is over and I`m freaking out! Although I am doing well in terms of my Goodreads challenge, I did not read as much as I wanted to. Instead of finishing series, I started even more. Like all bookworms, I`m hopeless, and the buying vs. reading ratio is not in my favour. So let`s do what everyone else does and try to make it up in the last days. That always works (cue sarcasm). Anyway, here are the top ten books on my Winter TBR.

1. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by JK Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay
I`m in the middle of my Harry Potter readathon and originally I wanted to wait for Santa to bring this book. But I caved in and broke my buying ban (no self-control whatsoever). Jim Kay does some fantastic illustrations and if you can get your hands on these copies, I can promise you that you won`t regret it. They make the whole reading experience more magical if that`s even possible. Also, if everything goes according to plan, I`ll finish all of the Harry Potter series by the end of February.

2/3. "Siege and Storm" and "Ruin and Rising" by Leigh Bardugo
I wasn`t as crazy about "Shadow and Bone" as everyone else, but I highly enjoyed it. I liked the world Bardugo created and I absolutely loved the Darkling. Alina was OK as a protagonist, though I got a bit annoyed with the back and forth between the Darkling and Mal. But I really want to continue on with the trilogy and see what happens.

4/5. "Clockwork Prince" and "Clockwork Princess" by Cassandra Clare
I really hope that I can finish this trilogy before the end of 2017. Everyone has been telling me that this is better than TMI (which I love/hate) and I have mixed feelings about that. I can see an improvement in the writing style, but Tessa is just as obnoxious as Clary and Will is definitely worse than Jace. The only redeeming thing is Jem, who`s a babe. 6. "City of Fallen Angels" by Cassandra Clare
Funny enough, reading "Clockwork Angel" made me realise that I don`t hate TMI as much as I thought I did. I mean, I still have many problems with it, but at least it`s filled with characters that I love like Simon, Izzy, Magnus and Alec.

7. "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
You all know how much I love Patrick Ness` writing, so it`s about time I start the "Chaos Walking" trilogy. I also know that they`re making a movie out of it and I`d love to finish the books before I see the adaptation.

8. "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Whilst I`m familiar with her feminist work, I can`t say that I know much about Chimamanda`s historical fiction novels. They do seem to have impressive ratings on Goodreads, so I`ll give them a chance and see how that goes. 9. "Talon" by Julie Kagawa
What did I tell you about starting series before finishing others? I`m hopeless. This series has some mixed reviews on Goodreads and I am a bit wary of that. But it`s with dragons!!!
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