This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is new to you authors. This list is 10 authors that I read from for the first time in 2020 and I loved them enough to want to continue to pick up either their back-list or any books they may publish in the future!
Pierce Brown
Talia Hibbert
Blake Crouch
Kerri Maniscalco
Brent Weeks
S.K. Ali
Emily Henry
Tricia Levenseller
K. Ancrum
Nnedi Okorafor
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
For some reason I have had the best reading month of my life! I know at this time a lot of people haven’t been able to focus on reading with everything happening in the world but it has really become an escape for me. This month I have never felt the need to take a break from reading or had to force myself to pick up a book, it’s been quite lovely actually. I ended up participating in two readathons this month the Smutathon hosted by Riley Marie on YouTube and I completed the OWL’s Magical Readathon which I will post a separate wrap up for tomorrow!
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendriks & Sarah Pekkanen – ⭐️4/5 stars
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye – ⭐️4/5 stars
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab – ⭐️3/5 stars
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan – ⭐️4/5 stars
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas – ⭐️5/5 stars
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman – ⭐️4/5 stars
Pines by Blake Crouch – ⭐️3/5 stars
Wayward by Blake Crouch – ⭐️3/5 stars
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling – ⭐️5/5 stars
The Last Town by Blake Crouch – ⭐️4/5 stars
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo – ⭐️3/5 stars
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson – ⭐️3/5 stars
Enemies by Tijan – ⭐️3/5 stars
Angry God by L.J. Shen – ⭐️3/5 stars
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire – ⭐️3/5 stars
Hate the Game by Winter Renshaw – ⭐️3/5 stars
Bennett Mafia by Tijan – ⭐️3/5 stars
I Bet You by Ilsa Madden-Mills – ⭐️3/5 stars
I Dare you by Ilsa Madden-Mills – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Dare by Harley LaRoux – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Lies We Tell by Becca Steele – ⭐️3/5 stars
Theirs for the Night by Katee Robert – ⭐️3/5 stars
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling – ⭐️5/5 stars
Since I pretty much marathoned these three books in a couple of days I figured I would do a review of the series as a whole instead of individual reviews for the each book.
Pines I thought was a nice introduction to the characters, the plot and the premise. Even though you really aren’t given a lot of information about what was happening at Wayward Pines and whether or not Ethan was insane, there was just enough twists and turns to keep me engaged! It established the setting very well and there was an overall foreboding sense of confusion that contrasts well with the pristine facade of the town. I thought the plot was very fast paced and the overall premise very original and intriguing! ⭐️3/5 stars
Wayward I think did a good job going more in depth with the backgrounds of the different characters and explored the status quo of the town. We learnt a lot more about how these people ended up in Wayward Pines and how the whole operation came to be. I like that the focus isn’t completely on Ethan and we are given a few different point of views. The murder investigation was a nice plot point utilised as a way for us to learn alongside Ethan who was trying to fight against David’s regime and who was a loyal supporter. I was still highly invested in the book and really eager to pick up the third and see after the abbies are let into the valley how their story was going to conclude! ⭐️3/5 stars
The Last Town I thought was a great ending to this series! This was definitely faster paced and had much higher stakes than the previous two books. I was on the edge of my seat throughout the course of the plot and just knowing that everyone wasn’t going to survive made the story more realistic in a way. There was this underlying tone of helplessness, especially after we find out about the food situation and I honestly had no idea how they were all going to survive. The ending though is really what swayed me and ultimately won me over! I thought it was a fantastic conclusion that left me with just the right amount of satisfaction! ⭐️4/5 stars
I didn’t quite manage to finish all of the books on my TBR and did end up reading a book that didn’t fit any of the prompts, but I figure I went with the spirit of the readathon and just stayed inside all weekend and read a few books that I actually ended up really enjoying!
The first book I completed was Harry Potter and the Philosphoer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling! This kind of fit the prompt of read a book set somewhere you wish you could go, because like who wouldn’t want to visit Hogwarts?!
The next book I completed was The Last Town by Blake Crouch. Purely because I had just marathoned the first two books in this series and wanted to continue on with the last book as soon as possible. This doesn’t fit any of the prompts but I did really enjoy the book!
And then the last book I didn’t actually end up finishing during the readathon I only got about half way through and that is Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. This was going to be for the prompt read a book in the same room the whole time which I did end up doing, unfortunately didn’t enjoy this story as much as I hoped I would!
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