This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt aligns perfectly with my TBR for September. I am using this month to catch up on all of the books I physically own that have been sitting on my shelves for quite a while now. I guess I am about to out myself on why I have been procrastinating on these books, but I will be trying to push myself to get through at least 50% by the end of the month!
So this is 10 books on my TBR I have been avoiding and why:
The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
This one is just purely the size of the book and the fact that the whole mystery/thriller genre is still relatively new to me. I am really highly anticipating this book but I know it’s going to be a bit of a commitment to finish so I have been putting it off!
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
I have heard so much about this series over the last year and it’s been nothing but good reviews, though a lot of people have said it’s a little slower paced. I much prefer fast paced, high action fantasies so that has really deterred me from picking this series up!
The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X.R. Pan
I think every single person who has read this book has loved it from what I gather. Again I’ve heard that it’s a bit of a slower paced book and that it’s quite sad as well, which really makes me pause. I can handle sad stories but I really need to be in the right mind frame to be able to cope and I just haven’t been there yet…
The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks
Again the only reason I haven’t picked these books up yet is because of the size. Now I really don’t mind long books especially in fantasy series, I mean I marathoned The Stormlight Archives late last year and they are all over 1000 pages each, so usually length doesn’t cow me away from books. However it’s more so the premise/concept that isn’t really pulling me in and that along with the size has put me off a little!
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
This book at one stage this year was super hyped and I impulse bought it when I saw it at a bookstore and now it’s just been sitting on my shelves ever since. When I bought it I didn’t really know much about it and then after reading the blurb and seeing some not very good reviews it made me put it on the back-burner. I still do want to read it and see whether or not the hype was justified, I just haven’t felt the need to yet.
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I heard a lot of great things about The Black Prisme and it sounds appealing to me, I haven’t had the time to pick it up yet.
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I DNF The Bear and the Nightingale for that reason. Someday I’d like to give it another try, though.
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I’ve been meaning to read the Lightbringer books for aaaages, but I’ve been putting off his first series (which I want to read first) so I still haven’t managed to get to them!
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I DNFed The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I just wasn’t into it as much as I thought I would be and found it a bit boring.
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is confusing as hell, but in the best way possible. I think it’s a great read. I’ve DNFed The Black Prism. I love fantasy but it was just… awful.
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The Black Prism series looks good! Hopefully you get to them soon.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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