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
This month I’ve had a lot going on and I haven’t been able to read as many books as I would have preferred. That being said I did complete 6 books this month that I absolutely loved and haven’t been able to stop talking about for the last couple of weeks. I do have reviews on all of these books up on my blog at the moment so feel free to click on the titles and check them out!
Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner – ⭐️4/5 stars
Poison Study by Maria V Snyder – ⭐️4/5 stars
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo – ⭐️4/5 stars
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas – ⭐️5/5 stars
Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli – ⭐️4/5 stars
All in all it was a pretty great reading month for me. I lucked out and ended up pretty much loving every single book that I read. There is usually one or two books where I’m kind of like ‘eh’, but I honestly enjoyed my time reading every single one of these. Fingers crossed my luck continues onto next month and the rest of the year!
Happy Reading 📚
*Non Spoiler Review*
This story follows Gen a thief who has professed he can steal anything. These claims have eventually caused him to be imprisoned and reluctantly released by the King who has sent him on a journey to steal an invaluable hidden treasure from a neighbouring kingdom.
I absolutely flew through this book in one sitting. I thought the story as a whole was cleverly constructed and was very unpredictable. I loved the historical aspects that the author included with the many mythical legends and stories that was shared around the fire between Gen and his captors. However, I found it started off a little bit slow for me and I didn’t find myself really invested into the story until I got around the 100 page mark. I found after I passed that stage in the story the pace really started to move a lot quicker and really captured my attention. The setting is highly detailed and it’s filled with a core group of complex characters. I loved Gen, I felt his dry humour and wit really captivated me from the beginning and I definitely want to continue on in the series to see what adventures and predicaments he gets himself caught up in next!
⭐️4/5 stars and would definitely recommend!
My first ever blog post….😱
Sufficed to say I am very excited to start blogging all of my reading updates and thoughts and reviews on the various books I read. As well as throwing in any other events or situations I seem to find myself in that may prove amusing to share!
I just got a new book delivered in the mail yesterday… The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. I have heard many great things about this series and I am very excited to dive right in and give my honest thoughts and opinions when I come out on the other side!
Happy Reading!! 📚
Amy Leigh Reads 