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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday [10 Books to Buy]

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This week's Ten:

Ten Books You'd Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed You A Fully Loaded Gift Card

Blackhearts (Blackhearts #1) by Nicole Castroman

Goodreads // review

The Mirror King (The Orphan Queen #2) by Jodi Meadows

Goodreads

Ivory and Bone (Ivory and Bone #1) by Julie Eshbaugh

Goodreads

Rebel Magisters (Rebel Mechanics #2) by Shanna Swendson

Goodreads

In A House Made of Bones and Teeth (The Lovegrove Legacy #3) by Alyxandra Harvey

Goodreads

Of Phantoms and Fury (Of Monsters and Madness #2) by by Jessica Verday

Goodreads

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman

Goodreads

Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel

Goodreads

That is only eight, I know but I would want the last two of the ten to be books I just found/discovered at the bookstore. I love finding a book I've never heard about before, being drawn to it because I love the cover or there's a quote from an author I love or I just like the title . . . I have found some fantastic new reads that way so it has to be part of my list!

Please leave a comment and let me know what ten books you would buy if given the means!

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings

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This week's Ten:

Top Ten Historical Settings You Love

There weren't ten time periods I could think of - at least not which I really loved reading about/having books set in - so I ended up with five time periods/ideas but ten books They are the only books from those settings that I loved, but they are ten of the top ones!

Victorian England
&
Colonial America During Victorian Times

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnellly

Rebel Mechanics by Shanna Swendson

A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland

The Tudor Period

Futuristic AI-Having Realities

The Leveller by Julia Durango

The Near-Future

Lock-In by John Scalzi

The Martian by Andy Weir

In (or Around) the French Revolution

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

They didn't make my list because I have not yet read/finished/reviewed them but These Vicious Masks (tour review coming Friday!), Bluescreen and maybe A Drop of Night fit these settings, too!

Please leave a comment and let me know your favorite historical/futuristic settings and/or the books set in one that you love!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday: Top New-to-Me Authors of 2015

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This week's Ten:

Top Ten New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015

These authors may not quite be my favorites but they are definitely on their way. I am really looking forward to what they have next - and what they've already published but I have yet to read! (I chose not to include any debut authors on the list unless they had previously published something - that I had not read - in another genre.)

Kate Morton: The Lake House
Goodreads // review

Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1)
Goodreads // review

*No, this is not cheating even though I have already read other books by Amie Kaufman because 1) I have not, previously, read anything by Jay Kristoff and 2) I have not read anything they've written together before