It’s Top Ten Tuesday time again friends!
These are 10 books that I love that were written over 10 years ago:
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
These are all the series that I have either read all the books this year or read the last book in the series that was published this year! I haven’t included any series that have unreleased books still, I will just add them onto future lists!
Arc of a Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman
Binti Series by Nnedi Okorafor
Wayward Pines Series by Blake Crouch
The Crown’s Game Duology by Evelyn Skye
Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson
Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
The Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan
Falling Kingdoms Series by Morgan Rhodes
Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown
I was in the mood for a nice Christmassy tag and when I seen this one popping up in the blogosphere I thought it was perfect! Please see the original tag HERE!
What book do you want to see under the Christmas tree?
I would love to get a copy of The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand. I read it this month and absolutely loved it, so I would be really happy to have a copy for my own collection!
What book that you have read this year have you enjoyed the most?
I would have to say Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I loved this introductory book to what I am hoping is going to be a new favourite series of mine!
Which book has the most festive look to it?
One Day in December by Josie Silver – this definitely gives me Christmassy vibes!
What book unleashes your inner child?
From my collection I would have to say Spot by Eric Hill. This is the first book that I ever remember reading back when I was in preschool when I was about 3/4 yrs old
Your favourite villain…
I would have to say favourite character I love to hate would have to be Prince Magnus from the Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes.
Name your favourite TWO couples…
Some of my favourites are Rhysand & Feyre from the ACOTAR Series by Sarah J Maas and also Lucy & Joshua from The Hating Game by Sally Thorne!!!
What book would you like to give as a present to your followers?
I would love to give my followers Dance of Thieves by Mary E Pearson! Not only does it have a beautiful cover I also think it is wildly underrated!
For this week’s Top 10 Tuesday I decided to go with a list of the top 10 books that I read in 2019 that surprised me!
You by Caroline Kepnes – I honestly didn’t think I was going to like this book. I had heard all of the hype about it when the series came out earlier this year but I kind of dismissed it. Then when I read the book I actually loved it!
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes – This is another series that I really had my reserves about. I didn’t know a lot about it going in and I kept putting it off for months thinking I wasn’t going to enjoy it. Then I finally bit the bullet and gave it a read and I was immediately sucked in!
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto – when this book first came out there was tons of people talking about it and praising it and then things got really quiet and no one really talked about it anymore. This was kind of a sign for me that this book would be forgettable but I really taken back with how immersive and action packed this book was!
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff – I just had this feeling that because Illuminae Files was so good and very well loved that they wouldn’t be able to back it up with another good sci-fi series. I was wrong, this is one of my favourite books of the year and I can’t wait for Aurora Burning to come out!
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead – I thought since this series was quite old that it wouldn’t age very well and I wouldn’t end up liking it. Totally opposite, I absolutely loved this series, super engaging, fast paced and addictive!
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – this is on the other side of the spectrum. I thought I would 100% love this book just because it’s a high fantasy that people have been hyping up ever since it was released and I just couldn’t get on board. Rin just didn’t get with me as the main protagonist and the pacing was a little off.
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young – with debut novels I always kind of go in with low expectations, just in case it’s not the best book, but I ended up really loving this book! Definitely not as hyped as what it should be!
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – I think this book takes the cake for the most hyped book of the year. It was because of this that I really didn’t think I was going to like it, when I read the blurb and heard all of the review I had no intention of even reading it, but when I saw it at my local library I couldn’t miss the opportunity to read it and I was pleasantly surprised how much I actually enjoyed it!
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard – another series that was released quite a few years ago now and I just thought this series wouldn’t be as fresh and unique as some of the newer fantasy series out there but boy was I wrong. I was invested right from the start, the magic system was unlike anything I’ve read before and the books kept getting better as the series went on!
Paper Towns by John Green – I have only read one other John Green book which I really enjoyed, so I went into Paper Towns thinking I would like it equally if not more than that previous book but I was a little underwhelmed. I didn’t really connect with any of the characters and it was a little unremarkable for me.
These are five of my favourite quotes from the last 5 books that I have completed!
The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
“It had been a long time since I’d prayed to Thora or Sigr. Not because I didn’t believe in the gods, but because I wasn’t sure they listened.”
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto
“But is love ever truly a choice?”
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
“Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.”
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
“A witch and a witch hunter bound in holy matrimony. There was only one way such a story could end-a stake and a match.”
An Anonymous Girl by Sarah Pekkanen & Greer Hendriks
“If you have to ask if you can trust someone, you already know the answer.”
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