It’s Top Ten Tuesday Time again!
Here are 10 books I borrowed and read from the library that I had to purchase for my own collection
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is new to you authors. I didn’t read as many books last year so there weren’t that many authors that I read for the first time that I would actively want to read more of in the future. However, I managed to find 5 authors I read for the first time last year that I will definitely pick up from again, whether it’s from their backlist or new releases!
N.K. Jemisin
Matt Haig
Stephen Graham Jones
Ashley Winstead
Andy Weir
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!
The Devouring Gray Duology by Christine Lynn Herman
The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
Empirium Series by Claire Legrand
An Ember in the Ashes Series by Sabaa Tahir
Shattered Realms Series by Cinda Williams Chima
Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Cursebreakers Series by Brigid Kemmerer
Fable Duology by Adrienne Young
All the Stars and Teeth Duology by Adalyn Grace
The Aurora Cycle by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
The Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle Dabos
Back in January I posted about 5 books I really wanted to read in 2021 and now that we are at the end of the year I thought I would post a final update and see how I did! At this stage I’ve completed 3 out of the 5 books and honestly I’m okay with that. This is has been my worst reading year in terms of quantity in a few years and I had a massive reading slump in the middle of it all so I’m quite proud with what I was able to complete. Obviously, I am going to be prioritising the other two books in 2022 and get this list completed!
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
This was a wonderful introduction to this trilogy and I can see now why so many people love this book. The writing was descriptive and the world building was immaculate. All of the characters were distinctive and diverse and the way the storylines merged was masterful. I am kicking myself for putting off reading this book for so long and I am happy to have finally completed it. I have a feeling I am going to be continuing on very soon!
My Rating: ⭐️4/5 stars
The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Multiple timelines and POVs can get a tad confusing for me and it’s hard to keep track of all the characters and who is a host and who isn’t. I have to say as he switches from each host and the days start ticking down the level of urgency felt throughout the plot kept rising. I had no idea at any point in time what was actually going to happen, I had my suspicions but at every twist I was definitely surprised!
My Rating: ⭐️3/5 stars
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
I really enjoyed the format of the book with the countdown to the trivia night. Knowing that one of these characters is now dead and trying to figure out who did it and who died really built up the anticipation. The mystery behind who was the school bully was intriguing and it was entertaining to see these mothers going around gossiping about their lives. This was definitely better than what I was expecting and it was nice to read a book with the setting here in Australia, I don’t get many of those.
My Rating: ⭐️4/5 stars
The other two books I still need to read are:
I am very happy with my reading selections this month as they were all books that I was highly anticipating and I pretty much loved them all! It was a nice mix of thriller, fantasy and a bit of sci-fi as well so a successful reading month for me.
In November I completed:
One by One by Ruth Ware – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin – ⭐️4/5 stars
Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff – ⭐️5/5 stars
Aurora’s End by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman – ⭐️3/5 stars
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