Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week they provide a topic and you are free to use that topic and/or variations of that topic to make your top ten list. You don’t have to do all ten. Instead you can do three, five, fifteen, whatever you want. A full list of the weekly themes can be found here.
Today’s theme is Popular Books that Lived Up to the Hype. Originally I wasn’t going to participate this week but I changed my mind. However, I am not going to follow my typical format where I usually have a few words to say about each of my choices. These are fairly popular books, you have probably at least heard of them so I don’t think my little smattering of narcissistic commentary is necessary.
- An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet #1) by Sabaa Tahir
- Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King #1) by Tricia Levenseller
- Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor
- ARC Review | Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber
- Golden Son (Red Rising #2) by Pierce Brown
- A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J Maas
These are all popular books that I threw 5 stars at without reservation. I scream their titles from rooftops and marvel lovingly at their covers whenever the opportunity presents itself. Each of these titles I wish I could go back and read again for the first time to experience that thrill and growing love all over again.
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Golden Son. SO good.
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It was amazing. I am so glad someone talked me into reading that series.
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An Ember in the Ashes and Strange the Dreamer are on my Top Ten Tuesday list as well! They’re so good!
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They really are great! I wish I hadn’t put off reading An Ember in the Ashes so long. Could have had two years more of enjoyment out of it if I had just listened.
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Oooh, I have Daughter of a Pirate King on my shelf! Now I cannot wait to read it.
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Fantastic book! I recommend it to so many people. I love when I come across a strong female lead that is brave and fierce while still owning her feminine traits as well. It happens so rarely but that book is a perfect example of it.
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Now I am so excited! Thank you!
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Great list! ACOMAF is one of my favorite books OF ALL TIME so I’m so happy to see it on here. All of these other books are on my TBR! 🙂
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I HIGHLY recommend Strange the Dreamer as audio if you happen to enjoy audiobooks. The narrator brought the story to such vivid life. Best narrator I’ve come across. 😉
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Oh awesome, thank you! I have actually been getting into audiobooks more lately so I’ll definitely do that!
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Great list! This makes me even more excited for Legendary!
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In my opinion it was leaps and bounds better than Caraval. Felt like someone else had written it and was so fantastically better.
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