Top Ten Tuesday - Books I Loved But Never Reviewed

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and taken over by That Artsy Girl in 2018. 


Books I Loved But Never Reviewed

I read a ton of classics and lots of popular YA  before I started this blog so there's a lot of great books that I don't even have reviewed on Goodreads. Part of me wants to wait until I can reread them all to add a review. Sometimes I end up waiting too long to review a really good book or have a hard time collecting my thoughts about books I loved so this list could go on forever but I'll keep it at 10! 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

What books haven't you reviewed?

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Top Ten Tuesday - Read the Rainbow!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and taken over by That Artsy Girl in 2018.



Books With Colors in the Title

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
(Sisters Red was one of my first fairytale retellings ever and I still need to read Priory which I bought for my Kindle.)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
(The Yellow Wallpaper is a memorable short story and I can't wait for the next Wayward Children story!)

Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson

What color titles did you find?

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Top Ten Tuesday - Books That Make Me Smile

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and taken over by That Artsy Girl in 2018.

Books That Make Me Smile

I'm not so sure this topic is going to be easy for me!
Even as a kid I would read books with tough subject matter and while I do enjoy a good fantasy, I've never really stopped reading difficult, dark, or tragic books. I don't really gravitate towards happy endings or light, fluffy reads unless I give in to strange hype or want to try a contemporary before the movie adaptation comes out.
*Shrugs*

But I'll try my best!

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli is one I read because it had an adaptation coming out but it literally had me grinning from ear to ear, which is not something that happens often. I thought it was a super cute read.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is one I read last year and loved. It's such a fun story about a unique girl who changes the lives of an entire town. Definitely worth a smile or two.

Wonder by R.J. Palacio is not an entirely happy story but in the end, I couldn't help but feel so happy that Auggie was accepted for who he is and made good friends.

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen is a cute story about a young girl named Juli who is quite enamored with the boy across the street, Bryce, who isn't crazy about Juli until he really gets to know her. It's sort of a love/hate budding romance story with a happy ending.


And that's about it for specific books. 😅

There are books that make me smile when I see them on my shelves. These are usually ones with lovely covers, or from my favorite authors, or perhaps were a gift from someone special.

Sometimes I'm happy to revisit old favorites, even if the content matter doesn't always make me smile.

It also makes me smile to read children's classics to my kiddo or my favorite childhood books.


What about you? What books make you smile?

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Top Ten Tuesday - Most Read Authors

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and taken over by That Artsy Girl in 2018. 

Most Read Authors

Goodreads used to have a special feature that shared a list of your most-read authors but they apparently trashed that last year. Sigh. 
I don't have the time to go through thousands of books to count them all so I am going to guestimate off of memory. It's been a while since I last looked at the list though. 

Neil Gaiman
I discovered Neil Gaiman when I was 20, thanks to my sis recommending his graphic novels (which wasn't my thing at all at the time). I bought Coraline shortly after and fell in love. I adore that he can write amazing stories for every age group. He never disappoints me.


VE Schwab
There's actually quite a few of her books that I haven't read yet but I still consider her one of my favorites and own most of her books!

Patricia A. McKillip
I discovered her fantasy stories in my early 20's and read as many as I could get my hands on. I wouldn't say the stories themselves are particularly memorable but I absolutely adore her writing style.

Rick RiordanI was also introduced to the Percy Jackson series in my 20's while buddy reading with a teen and fell in love with the stories, characters, and humor. I didn't care much for mythology before reading his books. Now I love it.

Roald Dahl
I didn't read a single Dahl book until my early 20's but I loved a lot of the film adaptations as a kid. I've read quite a few of his books since then and have been rereading a few to my daughter recently.

Stephen King
I'll be upfront and say I am not the biggest fan of King's books. His early stuff is great but I've DNF'd and disliked just as many (or more) than I've liked. I do appreciate his ability to weave real-life horrors into his stories.

Ransom RiggsI'm pretty sure I've read at least 6 books of his so far, even though they're all in the same Peculiar Children series. I love his writing though and can't wait to see more from him. 

Seanan McGuire
Here's another that I feel like I haven't read enough of yet but have read at least 6 of her books so far. I can't wait to continue the Wayward Children series and really want to read Middlegame soon!

Sarah J. Maas
I didn't love or hate either of these series but I also haven't continued either so that's saying something. I think I read 6 from TOG and 3 from ACOTAR. I think she has good ideas but her writing could use some work.


Runner-up mentions include L. Frank Baum because I read all 13 Wizard of Oz stories a few years ago, Jean Craighead George because I loved all of her stories as a kid, JK Rowling at 10 books but I'm not okay with her anti-trans stance so she does not get a full feature, Ray Bradbury, Marissa Meyer, Jane Austen, Leigh Bardugo... and there are definitely others from large series I read as a kid, but I think this will do for now!


How about you?
What authors have you read the most?

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Top Ten Tuesday - Releases I'm Looking Forward To!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and taken over by That Artsy Girl in 2018. 

Hey bloggers!

I have not been keeping up with new releases like I used to so there are a couple of early 2021 thrown in here. 

Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2020

Bridge of Souls (Cassidy Blake #3)  by  Victoria Schwab
(So I thought this was coming out in Sept but now the pub date is March 2, 2021. *side eye*)
&
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue  by  V.E. Schwab (October 6, 2020 from Tor)

Fable by Adrienne Young

(September 1, 2020 by Wednesday Books)

&

Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children #6) by Seanan McGuire

(January 12, 2021 by Tor)

A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4)  by  Sabaa Tahir
(December 1, 2020)
&
Lobizona  by  Romina Garber


What new releases are you looking forward to?
Feel free to link to your TTT in the comments!


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