Top Ten Auto Buy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week it’s all about our auto buy authors. You know the ones that you immediately buy but don’t read straight away?… or is that just me?

In no particular order:

1. Paige Toon– I recommend Johnny Be Good! Fun women’s fiction but has some depth.
2. Cecelia Ahern– A magical writer. I recommend If You Could See Me Now.
3. Patrick Ness– Stunning writer. I recommend A Monster Calls.
4. Dorothy Koomson– Fabulous! I recommend The Ice Cream Girls.
5. Juno Dawson– Ooh hard to pick a favourite for this author. I really liked Cruel Summer. Gave me Point Horror vibes.
6. Alison Rattle– A wonderful, underrated writer. I recommend The Madness.
7. Heather Demetrios– Adore her! I recommend Bad Romance.
8. Giovanna Fletcher– Cute women’s fiction writer. I recommend Billy and Me.
9. Paula Daly– Love her psychological thrillers. I recommend Just What Kind Of A Mother Are You?
10. Emma Carroll– Her middle grade books are fantastic. I recommend The Girl Who Walked On Air.

Do we share any auto buy authors? Let me know!

Top Ten Tuesday- My Favourite Roald Dahl Characters!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week it’s a character freebie! I really liked Roald Dahl as a child and I still adore reading his work now. Here are my 10 favourite Roald Dahl characters in no particular order… (how could I order them?)

1. Matilda– Matilda– She’s adorable, clever and a bookworm.
2. Miss Honey– Matilda– I get compared to her a lot by my class and parents of my class. Not a bad comparison.
3. Lavender– Matilda– I adore Lavender’s friend.
4. The Trunchbull– Matilda– I love to hate The Trunchbull. Thank goodness I’m not compared to her.
5. The BFG– The BFG– I love his way of talking.
6. The Grand High Witch– The Witches– Ooh she’s a wonderful villain!
7. Grandma– George’s Marvellous Medicine– A character I love to hate!
8. Willy Wonka– Charlie And The Chocolate Factory– So quirky and fabulous.
9. Grandpa Joe– Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- Grandpa Joe is such a dear character!
10. Mrs Twit– The Twits– Her husband is just as awfully behaved but I love her pranks!

What did you do for your character freebie this week? Let me know!

Top Ten Authors That My Class Love

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week it’s all about childhood books. I’ve done this topic before so I decided to put a little spin on it. Instead, I’m going to mention 10 authors that my class of 7-9 year olds love!

In no particular order:

David Walliams- They find him funny and I do too.

Jeff Kinney- They adore the Wimpy Kids books.

Andy Griffiths- Treehouse books- I started this as series as a class read and so many children have kept on reading. I love that!

Mark Lowery- They are starting to explore this author after we read The Jam Doughnut That Ruined My Life.

Daisy Meadows- The girls in particular really enjoy this series of books about fairies.

Andy Stanton- The Mr Gum books are very popular in my class.

Dav Pilkey- The children are obsessed with the Dog Man books!

Jill Murphy- They still love the Worst Witch books!

Roald Dahl- I love that there’s still a place in children’s hearts for Roald Dahl.

Enid Blyton- I love that children are still reading The Famous Five.

Three of these authors were my childhood favourites! 🙂 Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton and Jill Murphy. I love that their books are still relevant!

What did you do for your list this week? Feel free to leave me a link and I’ll stop by!

Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR 2019

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week’s list is all about the books we want to get to this summer. I’m going on a summer holiday this year (woohoo- reading holiday with Beth!) and so I’m going to take my kindle and try to get some books read from there. I don’t want to be carrying loads of books in my suitcase! Here are ten books I’d like to get to this summer.

Book images go to Goodreads!

I’ve heard such good things about this book! I’m super excited to see if it’s as good as people say it is!

I enjoyed Angela Clarke’s social media trilogy so I’m intrigued to read this one!

Reading this book on the beach/by the pool? Sounds perfect to me!

I’ve heard good things about this author! Super intrigued to read this one. It screams summer to me!

I have enjoyed Suzanne Young’s books before, so I’m interested to see what this one is like!

This sounds like a fabulous book and I really enjoyed the author’s debut, so I have high hopes for this one.

I really like Holly Bourne’s writing, so I’m looking forward to this one!

This just looks like a fabulous summer read!

I have been meaning to read this book for years. It’s time to finally get it read…

I’ve heard good things about this book too! Looking forward to it.

What are you hoping to read this summer? Let me know! Feel free to leave a link to your post and I’ll stop by!

Top Ten Tuesday- 10 Releases I’m Excited About For The Second Half Of The Year

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week it’s all about books that we’re eagerly anticipating! I like these lists, although I know this week my TBR will grow. Argh! Oh well, it’s worth it! 😉

As ever, book images go to Goodreads!

I am intrigued by this book. I liked The Accident Season and I’m intrigued to read this story.

I love a good mystery and this one sounds like it could be good!

I don’t often read this kind of book anymore, but I do like K.A Tucker’s writing, so I’m interested in this one.

I enjoy a lot off the authors that are featured in this anthology. I’m looking forward to it.

As you can tell, I like to vary my reading and this one sounds like a great piece of historical fiction.

This book sounds like it could be very powerful. It’s about a character that is HIV positive.

I’m all about diverse reads and this one looks like a decent YA read!

I can’t resist a bit of Kasie West’s writing! It’s perfect for a light read.

I am so intrigued by this one. I’m wondering where it could go!

This book sounds SO good.

Which releases are you looking forward to for the last half of this year? Let me know! Feel free to leave a link to your post and I’ll stop by!

Ten Bookish Opinions

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week it’s all about opinions! Unpopular opinions to be exact. I’m not so sure that all of my opinions are unpopular though, so I’m just called this list bookish opinions!

1. I don’t miss vampire books. They were a massive trend and whilst I’m sure they’re still around somewhere, they’re not as ‘popular’ as they once were.
2. I’m not a fan of the Throne Of Glass series after Queen of Shadows. I lost interest. I have NO interest in going back to them either.
3. I don’t like audiobooks. I read at quite a fast pace and I have quite a low concentration span when it comes to listening to audiobooks.
4. Too many issues spoil a book. I like books when a character has a struggle in their life, but when they have everything going? No.
5. Black/shiny covers that show up your fingerprints bug me. I like my books to look pristine.
6. I prefer standalones to series.
7. I didn’t mind the ending of Allegiant. I understand why people didn’t like it, but I didn’t hate it.
8. This definitely isn’t an unpopular opinion. I hate the student-teacher relationship trope.
9. I’m pretty sure I’ll never read Game of Thrones. I have no interest in it at all.
10. I didn’t enjoy One Of Us Is Lying as much as everyone else seemed to! Don’t get me wrong, I thought it was a solid read, but I wasn’t blown away by it!

What are your unpopular bookish opinions? Feel free to leave a link to your post and I’ll stop by!

Top Ten Books From The Psychological Thriller Genre

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It’s all about love of lists, love of literature and bringing bookish people together. 

This week’s list is all about picking favourite books from our favourite genre. I used to only read what could be described as chick-lit. Now, I read more widely, but I am very partial to a psychological thriller. Here are some of my favourites, in no particular order!

Book images go to Goodreads

The Silent Patient

One of my recent favourites. Read it! Read it!

Cuckoo

I read this thriller years ago but I absolutely adored it. It was so warped. I’m not sure what that says about me.

Gone Girl

If you want to meet some messed up characters, read Gone Girl. 

Before I Go To Sleep

I remember being utterly gripped by this book!

Good Me, Bad Me

 

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I absolutely adored this book and it earned its place on my favourite’s shelf. I don’t put books there often.

Dangerous Girls

This book was another incredible, fast paced read. I highly recommend it.

I Let You Go

Ooh, this is another cracking read! Worth giving a go!

The Foster Child

This is another recent (ish) read of mine. I really enjoyed it. Creepy but SO good.

The Daughter

I was really impressed with this book! The story had me gripped from the beginning.

The Liar’s Room

I really enjoyed this book. Simon Lelic is a great author and I always love how his books build.

What did you do for your list this week? Let me know! Feel free to leave a link to your post and I’ll stop by.