Top Ten Tuesday #13

Created by The Broke and The Bookish
Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

6 New-to-Me Authors I Read in the Last Year

1. V. E. Schwab

I was absolutely blown away by The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and will 100% be reading more from Schwab in 2021. I still haven't decided if Vicious, This Savage Song, or A Darker Shade of Magic will be my next read!

2. Leigh Bardugo 

I read Six of Crows and will definitely be reading more from the Grishaverse in the future!

3. Victoria Aveyard

I read Red Queen and while I wasn't crazy about the plot I did enjoy the writing style. I haven't decided yet whether I'll finish the rest of this series, but I'm actually really excited for her upcoming new series Realm Breaker.

4. Sarah Kuhn

I recently listened to the Doctor Aphra audiobook, written by Kuhn, and loved it. I'm very interested in picking up I Love You So Mochi soon!

5. Art Spiegelman

I was immensely impressed by Maus volumes one and two this past year. This was expected, as the duology is long acclaimed as a brutally moving work of art (Maus came out in '86).

6. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic was such a spooky read and it put Moreno-Garcia on the map for me. I'm looking forward to also reading Gods of Jade and Shadow.

Top Ten Tuesday #12

Created by The Broke and The Bookish

Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl 

Top 10 Books I Meant to Read In 2020

1. Skyhunter 

by Marie Lu

2. The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo #5) 

by Rick Riordan

3. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 

by Christopher Paolini

4. Unravel the Dusk (The Blood of Stars #2) 

by Elizabeth Lim

5. Grown 

by Tiffany D. Jackson

6. One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying #2) 

by Karen M. McManus

7. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 

by Holly Jackson

8. Plain Bad Heroines 

by Emily M. Danforth

9. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 

by Grady Hendrix

10. Kingdom of the Wicked 

by Kerri Maniscalco

What 2020 books do you still want to read?

Hit, Miss, Haven't Read #6

 

"Hit, Miss, Haven't Read." is based off of this list of  “Best Books Ever” on Goodreads, which has had over 200,000 voters decide the best books! For each book, list if you thought it was a hit (good), a miss (bad), or if you simply haven't read it. No explanations, just hot takes!

51. Where The Wild Things Are

HIT

52. Green Eggs and Ham

HIT

53. The Odyssey

HIT

54. Life of Pi

HIT

55. A Tale of Two Cities

HAVEN'T READ

56. Water for Elephants

HAVEN'T READ

57. Lolita

HAVEN'T READ

58. Slaughterhouse-Five

MISS

59. Frankenstein

HIT

60. The Kite Runner

HAVEN'T READ

What do you think about these hits and misses? 

Which ‘haven't reads’ should I add to my to-read list?

Hit, Miss Haven't Read #5

 

"Hit, Miss, Haven't Read." is based off of this list of  “Best Books Ever” on Goodreads, which has had over 200,000 voters decide the best books! For each book, list if you thought it was a hit (good), a miss (bad), or if you simply haven't read it. No explanations, just hot takes!

41. The Catcher in the Rye

HAVEN'T READ

42. The Princess Bride

HIT

43. The Lightning Thief

HIT

44. The Secret Garden

HAVEN'T READ

45. A Thousand Splendid Suns

HAVEN'T READ

46. A Wrinkle in Time

HAVEN'T READ

47. A Game of Thrones

HIT

48. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

MISS

49. The Lovely Bones

HAVEN'T READ

50. The Outsiders

HAVEN'T READ

What do you think about these hits and misses? 

Which ‘haven't reads’ should I add to my to-read list?

Hit, Miss, Haven't Read #4

"Hit, Miss, Haven't Read." is based off of this list of  “Best Books Ever” on Goodreads, which has had over 200,000 voters decide the best books! For each book, list if you thought it was a hit (good), a miss (bad), or if you simply haven't read it. No explanations, just hot takes!

31. The Help

HAVEN'T READ

32. Anne of Green Gables

HAVEN'T READ

33. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

HIT

(Please borrow from your local library!)

34. The Little Prince

HIT HIT HIT!

35. Charlotte's Web

MISS

36. Of Mice and Men

MISS

37. The Time Traveler's Wife

HAVEN'T READ

38. Dracula

HIT

39. Brave New Worlds

HIT

40. One Hundred Years of Solitude

HAVEN'T READ

What do you think about these hits and misses? 

Which ‘haven't reads’ should I add to my to-read list?

Hit, Miss, Haven't Read #3

"Hit, Miss, Haven't Read." is based off of this list of  “Best Books Ever” on Goodreads, which has had over 200,000 voters decide the best books! For each book, list if you thought it was a hit (good), a miss (bad), or if you simply haven't read it. No explanations, just hot takes!

21. Fahrenheit 451

HAVEN'T READ

22. Divergent

HIT

23. Lord of the Flies

MISS

24. Romeo and Juliet

MISS

25. The Alchemist

HAVEN'T READ

26. Crime and Punishment

HIT

27. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

HIT

28. The Great Gatsby

HIT

29. City of Bones

HIT

30. Ender's Game

MISS

(DISCLAIMER: This author is super intolerant of many minorities, so please consider reading from a library! [i.e. they financially support anti-LGBT+ groups and advocated for the violent overthrow of the US government after they legalized gay marriage.])

What do you think about these hits and misses? 

Which ‘haven't reads’ should I add to my to-read list?