It’s Top Ten Tuesday time once again friends!
This week the prompt is new to me authors I read in 2022 so here are 10 of them:
T. Kingfisher
TJ Klune
Eric LaRocca
Catherynne M. Valente
Quan Barry
Stacy Willingham
Sarah Pinborough
Celia Laskey
Brom
Sarah Gailey
I can’t believe it’s already been three months since my last quarterly reading recommendations! This is going to be my third instalment for 2022 and even though I didn’t read that much I still able to pick 10 books that I would recommend. If you want to check out my second quarterly reading recommendations click HERE!
My recommendations for July – August – September are:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
Book of Night by Holly Black
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
So Happy for You by Celia Laskey
Six of Crowns Duology by Leigh Bardugo
These are five of my favourite quotes from the last five books that I have read!!
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
“Why bother if you’re not going to give it your all?”
Book of Night by Holly Black
“Everyone loves the guy who brings ice.”
So Happy For You by Celia Laskey
“If you want to know the story of how my best friend and I ended up trying to kill each other, I should probably start with the night she asked me to be her maid of honour.”
Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin
“Hope isn’t the sickness. It’s the cure.”
You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca
“I didn’t kill him because I wanted to. That would have been too easy.”
Robin and Ellie have been best friends since childhood. When Robin came out, Ellie was there for her. When Ellie’s father died, Robin had her back. But when Ellie asks Robin to be her maid of honor, she is reluctant. A queer academic, Robin is dubious of the elaborate wedding rituals now sweeping the nation, which go far beyond champagne toasts and a bouquet toss. But loyalty wins out, and Robin accepts. Yet, as the wedding weekend approaches, a series of ominous occurrences lead Robin to second-guess her decision. It seems that everyone in the bridal party is out to get her. Perhaps even Ellie herself.
Robin wasn’t particularly a likeable character, but she is definitely relatable! I liked the fact that we are given quiet an in depth look into her childhood and how it has effected her life as an adult. In particular the rift between her and her sister really impacted her mental health hard. I can definitely see how rejected and hurt she must of felt but I think she shut her out before they could sit down and maybe hash everything out.
Ellie I thought was strange from our first encounter with her. Then as we learn more about her background and friendship with Robin I couldn’t help thinking she was a bit of a toxic person. She was always so defensive when Robin would call her out and you could tell she didn’t really have a feel for who she was since we would just mimic whoever she moved on to. It was pretty obvious from the start that she was trying to kill Robin but her reasonings just didn’t feel like enough to warrant such a drastic decision.
I liked the representation and the commentary surrounding marriage and how societal expectations could literally make women crazy. As a 30 year old single woman I could definitely relate to Ellie about the pressure that is put on women to find the one and get married. I think this was a very entertaining and scarily realistic depiction of a possible future for all of us.
⭐️3/5 The fact this could happen irl is horrifying lol
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