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 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!
It’s Top Ten Tuesday time once again! The original prompt this week is book titles that you find hilarious but honestly I couldn’t think of any books that came to mind. So instead I decided to go with 10 book titles that had me intrigued and compelled enough to want to pick up and find out what that could possibly mean.
10 Compelling Book Titles are:
You’ve Lost a lot of Blood & Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
A few weeks ago I did a post about the best books I’ve read according to Goodreads so of course I had to do the worst! These are the 10 books I’ve read over the last 5 years I’ve been on Goodreads that have the lowest average rating!
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca – 3.07 average, I rated it ⭐️4 stars
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas – 3.12 average, I rated it ⭐️3 stars
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart – 3.27 average, I rated it ⭐️4 stars
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan – 3.34 average, I rated it ⭐️2 stars
Hide by Kiersten White – 3.36 average, I rated it ⭐️3 stars
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne – 3.39 average, I rated it ⭐️3 stars
The Dare by Harley LaRoux – 3.41 average, I rated it ⭐️3 stars
Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi – 3.42 average, I rated it ⭐️2 stars
Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo – 3.43 average, I rated it ⭐️2 stars
Wilder Girls by Rory Powers – 3.49 average, I rated it ⭐️4 stars
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