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Settings I’d like to see more of

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019by amyleighreads9 Comments

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday is settings I would like to see more of in books and honestly that had me thinking for a minute. There isn’t really that many common themes when I thought about all the books I loved and where they were set, I did however, manage to think about 5 settings that I love to read about in books and would definitely love to see more of in the future!

Australia – I have just always wanted to read an urban fantasy book set in Australia! Sadly I don’t have any examples…

School – there is just something about a school setting that I absolutely love. Of course it stems from reading Harry Potter growing up but there have been various other books I’ve read in a school setting that I ended up loving! Examples include:

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Offices – Office romances is one of my favourite tropes in the romance genre, so every time I come across one I usually always end up loving it! Examples include:

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Space Stations – Space explorations isn’t one of my favourite genre though I’ve found I can appreciate a fantasy/sci-fi story based solely on a space station of some kind! Examples include:

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On the high seas – Books with anything to do with the sea I more often than not love! Examples include:

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Book Lists

Auto Buy Authors

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019by amyleighreads7 Comments

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt is auto buy authors! These are a list of authors that I have loved all the books I have read of theirs so far and would definitely continue to purchase/read anything that they come out with in the future!

So these are my 10 auto buy authors with a few of their books I have read:

Leigh Bardugo

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Sarah J Maas

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Brandon Sanderson

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Cinda Williams Chima

Jay Kristoff

Marissa Meyer

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Dan Brown

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V.E. Schwab

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Sally Thorne

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Adrienne Young

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Book Lists

❄️ Books on my Winter TBR ❄️

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019by amyleighreads1 Comment

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt is Books on my Summer 2019 TBR list. Well over here in Australia it’s winter at the moment so this is really the time of year I get stuck into more epic fantasy and series with some mystery/sci-fi thrown in. All of these books have been on my TBR for ages now and I really want to knock them all out this winter!

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

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The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

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The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

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Finale by Stephanie Garber

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The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

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Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

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The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X.R. Pan

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Book Lists

5 things that make me pick up a book!

April 2, 2019April 3, 2019by amyleighreads1 Comment

Every Tuesday I look forward to everyone’s Top 10 Tuesday posts but I have never participated myself. So I thought I would throw my hat into the mix today and give it a go!

SO THESE ARE THE FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE ME PICK UP A BOOK!

I am highly susceptible to hype and I have found myself in the past picking a book up purely because of the hype. Nowadays, I am a little pickier with what I read so I will do a little more research on the book first before I actually read it! Example: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi – I was browsing a bookstore a little while ago and when I spotted The Gilded Wolves on the shelves I proceeded to pick it up and buy it with no hesitation. I had seen it soo much on my social media at that point that it was instinctive.

I am a sucker for beautiful covers! If I am in a bookstore and a particular cover stands out to me I will immediately gravitate towards it! Whether or not I actually purchase the book will depend on my mood but there have been several instances where this has occurred! Example: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood– I was perusing a book store and came across this beautiful edition of The Handmaid’s Tale. I had been on my TBR for a while now so I immediately bought it!

If I have read one or more books by a certain author and loved it I will definitely go back and pick up more books from that author because I trust them and their work! Even if I know nothing about the book I will still give it a read and see what I think! Example: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson – I had just finished his Mistborn Trilogy and was looking into his other work when I came across the Stormlight Archives and immediately picked them up. Now one of my all-time favourite fantasy series!

I am a fantasy lover and I am always on the hunt for new fantasy series! The longer the better in my opinion I love them all! So when I hear about a book that is the start of a new fantasy series I will probably be picking it up in the very near future and checking it out! Example: Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan – This was a mixture of hype, cover and the fact that it is a newly released novel that is the start of a new fantasy series! When I saw this book and read the blurb I immediately knew I had to read it!

Sometimes I just sit and stare at my bookshelves and I see some of the books sitting there and it brings back memories of when I first read them, what I was doing in my life at that moment, how old I was etc. and that feeling really prompts me to pick the book up! Example: Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling – I am still in the middle of my reread of this series! What spurred my nostalgia was receiving the illustrated editions for Christmas and that just put me in the mood to read them all again!