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Books I’ve Read but Won’t be Purchasing

June 23, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads15 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is turning 10!!! Today I decided to redo a TTT prompt I did around this time last year which was Books I’ve Read but Don’t Own. I’ve restricted myself to only purchasing books that I’ve rated ⭐️4/5 stars or higher so these are 10 books that I rated lower than that, which I probably won’t be purchasing for my personal collection.

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

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My Dark Vanessa by Elizabeth Kate Russell

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Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

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An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

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Yes No Maybe So by Aisha Saeed & Becky Albertalli

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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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One Day in December by Josie Silver

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Paper Towns by John Green

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❄️Winter TBR❄️

June 16, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads14 Comments

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is the books I plan to read this Winter! I’ve gone over my previous seasonal TBR’s and I found I haven’t really been sticking to them a whole lot, I do however have a lot of fun compiling the list of book I am excited to read!

The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence

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Blood Heir by Amelie Wen Zhao

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The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto

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Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

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The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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The Red Queen’s War Series by Mark Lawrence

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❄️ Winter Vibes ❄️

June 2, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads13 Comments

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Summer/Winter vibes and since we are coming into winter here in Australia I thought it would be nice to list some of the books I have read over the last year that give me wintry/cold/blustery/frigid vibes!!

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos

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Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes

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The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

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One Day in December by Josie Silver

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The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

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The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware

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Opening Lines

May 26, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads21 Comments

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is opening lines, and I decided to go with the first line from 10 books on my physical TBR! These are all very high on my reading list and seeing some of these opening lines definitely makes me excited to get into a few of them!!

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos

“It’s often said of old buildings that they have a soul.”

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The Toll by Neal Shusterman

“There was no warning.”

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Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

“The disrupter blast hit the Betraskan right in her chest.”

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Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

“Lucie Herondale was ten years old when she first met the boy in the forest.”

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The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

“They’ve never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart.”

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Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo

“Tavia Syn made a living on magic and it was rarely the legal kind.”

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These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

“They say there’s a fine line between love and hate.”

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Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto

“Veronyka kicked as hard as she could at Tristan’s face.”

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Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

“A boy went missing the night of the storm.”

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Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima

“Compared to the freezing weather outside, the stable was warm and steamy and alive with the sleepy murmuring of horses.”

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Reasons why I Love Fantasy Series

May 19, 2020July 11, 2020by amyleighreads19 Comments

This weeks Top 10 Tuesday is reason’s you love…. and today I decided to list the reasons I love fantasy series with a couple of examples!

Here are 9 reasons why I love Fantasy Series:

I loving deep diving into a new world with every fantasy novel I pick up, learning all about it and how it differs from reality.

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Magic is usually at the core of each fantasy novel/series and learning about all of the intricacies, rules and restrictions is one my favourite things about the genre!

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The characters are such a highlight in fantasy. Sometimes they are quite similar to regular human in a completely fantastical setting, other times they are a completely foreign species that we need to learn about!

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Quests are some of my favourite tropes in fiction and the fantasy genre has provided me with some of my favourites!

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Of course nothing quite beats an evil overlord of some kind that our underdog main protagonist needs to defeat. The dichotomy of good versus evil is very prevalent in fantasy and I feel it creates a bond between the reader and the characters.

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There are sooooo many different subgenres of fantasy that keep me engaged and consistently entertained! One I’ve recently been enjoying is sci-fi fantasy!

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A good romance mixed in between all of the magic and adventure is something that always keeps me coming back for more!

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There is something freeing about diving headfirst into a long, epic/high fantasy series that really helps you to escape the realities of life.

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This might seem a little trivial to some but there is something about maps in fantasy novels that I just love! It reinforces how different the world may be and definitely adds a layer of depth to the tale.