It’s Top Ten Tuesday time once again friends and this week the prompt is books I hope Santa brings. I haven’t been doing a lot of book shopping throughout the last couple years so there are a lot of books I read and loved but don’t own yet, so these are the ten I would love to add to my collection!
I figured it would be nice to do a little wrap up of the Buzzword Readathon I’ve been doing throughout the year since I’ve figured out I have completed all the prompts! I didn’t really look ahead throughout the year and see what the next prompt was going to be I would just look at the start of every month and find something on my TBR that matches. There were some months I didn’t get to the prompt but I did read something either before or later in the year that fit so everything worked out. This is such a fun easy readathon that I think I will continue to participate in for sure!
Around this time for the last few years I’ve been posting 5 of my favourite books over 500 pages but I’ve found this year I’ve been drawn to a lot more shorter books and novellas. So I figured why not post 5 of my favourite shorter books that I would highly recommend to you all:
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo – 112 pages
This is such a engaging and entertaining way to learn about the other characters and still get to hear the different tales.
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher – 176 pages
The overall pacing was very well done. Though not a lot happens for about 3/4 of this book I still felt compelled to continue reading and figure out what was going to happen next and what was actually going on!
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica – 211 pages
This book was just very uncomfortable to read but was a wild.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca – 120 pages
This genuinely made me feel sick and when I have such a visceral reaction to a book I can’t help but rate it higher. Disturbing, strange and not what you would expect!
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire – 150 pages
I think this book in particular my favourite in this series. Cora feels a lot more relatable as a character and overall the plot and pacing were still quite fast but highly engaging. For being a novella I think there was the perfect amount of context, mystery and thrills!
Once again it’s Top Ten Tuesday time friends!
Here are 10 books I’ve read in the last year or so that have a school/college/university setting:
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (kinda)
All’s Well by Mona Awad
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
The Monarchs by Kass Morgan & Danielle Paige
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Once again Kristin @ Kristin Kraves Books is making me aware of some fun books tags that I have to give a go! This was originated by Daniela at Only If For a Page on BookTube.
Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong – Fantasy is my favourite genre but this book just didn’t do it for me
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward – I’m just getting in to horror books and this one was great!
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell – the Chosen One trope is one of my favourites but this book wasn’t good for me
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas – the Damsel in Distress tropes is one of my least favourites but this iteration did it for me!
Leigh Bardugo has been a consistent favourite but Ninth House was a let down
I didn’t like Middlegame but I loved Where The Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody – there is so much more that could of been done with this cover
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