Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts

April 11, 2017

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This is one meme I can get on board with - I LOVE lists! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Top Eight Most Unique Books I've Ever Read


1. Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
Fairy tale retellings are all the rage now, but making Cinderella a cyborg queen? That's just the start of all the wildly creative and unique parts of this epic story about love, betrayal and 


2. Wings, by Aprilynne Pike
There are tons of fae books out there, but not a ton where the fae are actually plants. Sort of. It took a book or two for me to get on board with that, but by the final book in the series, I was hooked. 


3. White Hot Kiss, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
I may not have liked how the whole thing ended, but there's no denying that the concept of gargoyles who come to life in order to protect humanity from demons is pretty awesome. I loved White Hot Kiss before the love triangle fully came to light because of the incredible mythology created in this world. 


4. Unholy Ghosts, by Stacia Kane
This is one of the darkest series I've ever read, but also one of the most compelling. The Downside Ghosts series is this combination of dystopian and paranormal where our heroine is a strung-out witch named Chess and the hero is an uneducated bouncer named Terrible who looks like Elvis. And despite their flaws, you will root for them every step of the way.


5. Shade, by Jeri Smith-Ready
The Shade series is not merely a ghost series. It's a series about young love and letting go. And being able to see and talk to ghosts. There's that too. 


6. Fire and Flood, by Victoria Scott
It's like the Hunger Games meets Survivor when a group of teens is dropped off in the middle of a jungle with nothing but a weird egg and a faceless voice in their ears. But, what develops is an awesome story of friendship, love and survival. And those eggs turn out to be the best part of the whole thing. 


7. Poison Study, by Maria V. Snyder
Poison Study started my love of all things Maria V. Snyder, because it's a really cool story about how a lowly criminal becomes a leader's food tester and then she ends up becoming a sort of leader in her own right as she taps into her hidden power and forms relationships with awesome people. 


8. The Naturals, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I loved this book about a group of teens who are so brilliant and have such honed abilities that the FBI hires them to try and solve cold cases. I wish they would make a TV show around this book. I bet it would be a big hit. 

March 28, 2017

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This is one meme I can get on board with - I LOVE lists! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Top Ten Authors I've Not Met... Yet

Although I've never met these 10 authors that are on my favorites list, I do have plans to meet a few of them at signings later in 2017!!



1. Richelle Mead

 

2. Lauren Blakely

 

3. J.R. Ward

 

4. J.A. Huss

 

5. Sawyer Bennett

 

6. Chloe Neill

 

7. Patricia Briggs

 

8. Lorelei James

 

9. Emma Chase

 

10. Katy Evans

March 14, 2017

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This is one meme I can get on board with - I LOVE lists! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Top 10 Books on My Spring TBR


1. Mister Moneybags, by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward (April 10, 2017)
I've loved everything this dynamic duo has written together. They're funny, sexy and romantic - everything I need to engage my happy thrusters. 


2. The Player (The Player #1), by K. Bromberg (April 17, 2017)
There is no way that this book by Driven author K. Bromberg would not appear on this list. I love all sports books. But baseball is my most favorite sport. And it starts in the spring. I can't wait to read this book. 


3. Blade Bound (Chicagoland Vampires #13), by Chloe Neill (April 25, 2017)
Chloe Neill will bring a close to her long-running Chicagoland Vampires series this spring. I've followed it religiously, never missing a novel or novella release. So, although I'm incredibly excited to see how it ends, the fact that it IS ending is sad too.


4. Ride Rough (Raven Riders #2), by Laura Kaye (April 25, 2017)
I will read anything Laura Kaye writes. I loved her first Raven Riders book (An MC that is both badass and honorable? Yes please.) and have been dying for the next one. I have an ARC on my Kindle, and I've been waiting for the perfect time to read it - a good 12 uninterruptible hours is perfect, because I know I won't want to put it down once I start it. 


5. Sin With Me (Bad Habit #3), by J.T. Geissinger (April 25, 2017)
If you're at all familiar with the Bad Habit series, you know these books are a roller coaster for your emotions. Centering around a famous rock band, each band member has had to battle some ridiculously deep and complicated demons. But Sin With Me will lay open a non-band member's past, and I can't wait to see how this one turns out. 


6. Joy Ride, by Lauren Blakely (May 1, 2017)
Lauren Blakely is one of my favorite one-click authors. I know that when I open one of her books, I'm going to get something hot, romantic and hilarious. Joy Ride will be the next of many like this.


7. Violet Grenade, by Victoria Scott (May 2, 2017)
This book sounds so incredible. I don't know anything more about it than the description, so go read it and tell me if you don't agree. Victoria Scott has never let me down before, so I can't wait to see what he has in store for us now.


8. The Wright Boss (Wright #2), by K.A. Linde (May 16, 2017)
I absolutely loved The Wright Brother, and the lead-in to The Wright Boss was one that I couldn't ignore. I added book 2 in this new series by Off the Record author K.A. Linde before I was even done with book 1. 


9. Buns (Hudson Valley #3), by Alice Clayton (May 23, 2017)
Alice Clayton's Hudson Valley series is a dream for this foodie-loving, garden-growing girl. The books are funny and engaging and the characters are some of the most interesting I've ever encountered.


10. Roar (Stormheart #1), by Cora Carmack (June 13, 2017)
My friend Cora Carmack is taking a break from her amazing new adult books to write some YA fantasy, and Roar looks and sounds incredible! I can't wait for the world to experience this book.

January 10, 2017

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This is one meme I can get on board with - I LOVE lists! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!

Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant to Read But Didn't Get To
(But TOTALLY Plan To)

Like most of you, my TBR list has a tendency to overwhelm me at times. SO MANY amazing books come out every week, and I just don't have enough hours to read them all. Then there are tour books and review books, and the book stress continues to mount. Most of the books on this list I already own - either in hard copy format, or digital. Sometimes both. I just REALLY need to carve out time to read them. Because I KNOW they will all be amazing.




2. Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1), by Cinda Williams Chima




4. Fire Touched (Mercy Thompson #9), by Patricia Briggs




6. Beneath These Lies (Beneath #5), by Meghan March


7. The Goal (Off-Campus #4), by Elle Kennedy


8. Beautiful (Beautiful Bastard #5), by Christina Lauren


9. Ruined (Ruined #1), by Amy Tintera


10. Us (Him #2), by Sarina Bowen