Tuesday, March 29, 2016

top ten tuesday recent five stars

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is "March 29: 10 Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads (Or Ten Of The Best Books I've Read Recently if you don't 5 star stuff...or you could do 5 of my latest five star reads & five of my most disappointing or 1 star reads)" And BOY do I LOVE talking about my latest five star reviews so HERE WE GO!


1. Clockwork Prince – Cassandra Clare
This was a reread for me, one of my absolute favorite series. If you haven't read The Infernal Devices yet, honestly, what are you doing with your life? Will Herondale is my number one book crush, and I identify so much with Tessa. These books are incredible! Y'all need to give them a chance if you haven't already :) 

2. Rebel of the Sands – Alwyn Hamilton 
This is hands-down a top three favorite read of the year for me. It totally snuck up, I wasn't expecting to even read it, let alone love it as much as I did. Kickass protagonist, interesting setting, incredible potential for further installments, I just loved it all. 

3. Anna and the French Kiss – Stephanie Perkins 
Another reread on this list, but this is one of my favorite books of all time! I love basically everything about this book, and every time I read it, the love I have just seems to grow. I love the setting, Paris is such a romantic city, and Anna and Etienne are one of the best couples in YA, to me! 

4. Kings Rising – C.S. Pacat 
 OMG YOU GUYS! This series!! This book is the third and final installment of the trilogy, and it's without a doubt my favorite. There were so many scenes that made me squeal and die from feelings. I can't stress enough how much I love this series. 
5. Prince's Gambit – C.S. Pacat 
Basically, refer back to what I just said about Kings Rising, apply it to Prince's Gambit, and then read these books and die over how amazing they are. 


6. Me Before You – Jojo Moyes 
I'll be honest, I've seen Jojo Moyes' books before, but I didn't think about picking any of them up until after I saw the trailer for the movie based on this book. But boy, am I glad that I picked it up. It ended up being heartbreaking and beautiful, and now I can't wait for the movie to come out! 
7. I'll Meet You There – Heather Demetrios 
 This is another one that I wasn't expecting to love. I saw a couple good reviews of it and picked it up because I was kind of in a reading slump at the time. It snapped me right out of it and surprised me on every single page by how much I loved it. 
8. Passenger  – Alexandra Bracken 
 I only read the first book of the Darkest Minds series, and I really enjoyed it, but I've just never finished the series. Passenger's premise was something that immediately sparked my interest though, and I ended up falling in love with the book, the characters, and the time-travel aspect of it. Definitely cannot wait for Wayfarer to come out! 
9. Truthwitch –Susan Dennard 
This was probably the most hyped book of 2015 into 2016, I just heard glowing review after glowing review about it. I was a little apprehensive, because after all of that hype, it would've been so easy for Truthwitch to fall short, but I ended up ADORING this book. I can just tell that this is going to be a new epic series. 
10. Ten Thousand Skies Above You – Claudia Gray
I love this series, and I feel like it doesn't get enough love. These settings are so incredible and I am so invested in the happiness of all of these characters! Definitely read these first two books before the third one comes out in November!

what is on your lists this week? 

xx
Caroline

28 comments:

  1. Excellent list! I'm dying to read Rebel Of The Sands, but I'm currently sticking to a "one out, one in" rule with my tbr pile! I absolutley loved Me Before You, even though it made me cry like a baby - I can't bring myself to even think about watchng the movie! - although I'm constantly arguing with my friend who hates it because of all the carer ethics issue it raises.

    My TTT.

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    1. Rebel of the Sands is awesome and amazing and should definitely be the next one "in" on your TBR! I know, there's some sketchy stuff about Me Before You but honestly I loved it too much to let myself think too hard about it! haha :)

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  2. So many awesome books on your list, these are ones I have either loved myself or am desperate to read. I absolutely LOVED Rebel of the Sands, that book was so good and made my list too. I can't wait for the sequel, the wait is kinda killing me. I am definitely going to be adding some of these to my already endless TBR, so thanks for the awesome recommendations!!! :) Here's my most recent five star reads, if you want to check them out :)

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    1. Ahh I am always so pleased to give recommendations to someone else's TBR pile, because it makes me feel better about the size of mine! I have yet to see a negative opinion on Rebel of the Sands: it was SO GOOD!!! thanks for stopping by :)

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  3. You have some great books on your list! I'd probably read all the ones that I haven't yet on your list except for Me Before You. I can't seem to bring myself to read it. I've heard too many negative things its general attitude towards the value of a disabled life versus an abled bodied life. My consensus taken from my friends who discouraged me from reading it (including my Grammy!) is that the author didn't know what she was writing about when she wrote a disabled character and fell right into trope-land. If she had, he would have chosen differently. Ofc, I should probably read it for myself to make sure my opinion still stands. But...I have so many other books (including...I'll Meet You There and Rebel Sands!) on higher priority on my TBR list! :) So many books, so little time!

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    1. I never heard any negative opinions about Me Before You before I read it, I just dove in and loved it. After the fact, when I saw people talking about it and saying things about the way Moyes portrays disabled life, I looked back and could understand where people were coming from. I honestly didn't pick up on it, but that's probably because I'm able bodied and wouldn't be able to have that perspective. I still think it is a great book, but could definitely be improved! REBEL OF THE SANDS IS AWESOME though so you should def move it to the top of your tbr :)

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  4. I was so apprehensive about Truthwitch. I ended up lowering my expectations for it and then was pleasantly surprised when I enjoyed it so much. I really want to pick up Me Before You, I just need to prepare myself emotionally. Great list this week!

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    1. Yeah, I understand! I tried not to get caught up in all the talk about truthwitch, but I ended up loving it so it didn't matter! me before you is definitely an emotional roller coaster :) thanks alicia!

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  5. I'll Meet You There is also on my list and Anna and the French Kiss is one of my favorites!

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    1. I really hope you like I'll Meet You There, it was one that I wasn't even planning on reading but ended up loving :) I'm glad that we share Anna love <3

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  6. I'm so glad you loved Clockwork Angel, the Infernal Devices are my favourite series of all time! I love Anna and the French Kiss too! Passenger and Me Before You are great! I have I'll meet you there on my TBR! It sounds great!
    Alicia http://hashtaglovebooks.com/

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    1. GOD me too the Infernal Devices is so amazing, better than the Mortal Instruments for me. Definitely would highly recommend I'll Meet you There, I can't stress how awesome it is!

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  7. I keep hearing about Captive Prince so sounds like I need to start it! I just bought I'll Meet You There and I can't wait to read it!

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    1. It's definitely very adult, but if you're prepared and just accept some batshit crazy things from the world, Captive Prince is awesome (especially the second and third books!) I hope you like I'll Meet You There!

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  8. I've only read a few of these, but Truthwitch is high on my TBR! I own a copy but haven't had the chance to read it yet! Great list :D

    Here are my Top Ten!

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    1. I hope that you end up loving Truthwitch! It was definitely one that I had a ton of fun with :)

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  9. Aww I love Anna and The French Kiss and Ten Thousand Skies Above You -even though, THAT ENDING!!!- ! Me Before You is on my TBR, I'm so glad to see you loved it so much! :)

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    1. I know the ending of Ten Thousand Skies actually destroyed me. It was a difficult time. I hope you like Me Before You!

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  10. I LOVE Clockwork Angel! It was what introduced me to Cassandra Clare's books. I'm glad you felt so positively about Rebel of the Sands and the Firebird series - I can't wait to read them now!

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    1. Ahh I read city of bones first but i love clockwork angel as a series starter a lot better! I would definitely recommend both rebel of the sands and firebird!

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  11. I loved Me Before You! I am looking forward to the movie and hoping it does the book justice. I have Rebel of the Sands on my TBR pile and hope to read it soon. Glad to see it made your list.

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    1. I know! I think the trailers look pretty good so far, and I love the cast, so we shall see! I hope you like Rebel of the Sands!

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  12. I really can't wait to read Clockwork Angel. I finished City of Bones the other week, so definitely feel I have to work through all of Cassandra Clare's books now. I can't wait to read Rebel of Sands and Passenger either.

    Lauren @ My Expanding Bookshelf

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    1. omg I'm so jealous of the fact that you're reading the shadowhunter books for the first time! city of bones definitely isn't the best, they get better as they go along! :)

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  13. Okay so first I have to say I had a moment thinking the one books were by P.C. Cast (the letters with initials at the start were so close I guess my brain had a moment) but anyways I did love Clockwork Angel, Passenger, Turthwitch (which made my list), and Anna were all amazing reads for me as well and I look forward to reading Rebel, Ten Thousand Skies, and I'm considering reading Me Before You because the movie trailer is just amazing but I'm not in the mood to cry yet so...

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    1. hahahhaha that's funny! No c.s. pacat is wonderful though :) You definitely do need to be in the mood to cry when you read Me Before You! thanks for stopping by :)

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  14. Love Rebel of The Sands, it's my only 5 star read so far this year!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/top-ten-tuesday-50/

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  15. LOVE Clockwork Angel! all the shadowhunter books by Cassandra Clare were a 5 star or 4 stars for me!
    Great TTT~
    Emily @ www.rabbitholereviews.com

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