Well hello everyone! How are y’all doing today? I’m great! The hubs and I just celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary by going to a cabin, playing board games, and reading books! Good times had by all!
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is a Love Freebie, so I thought I would keep it simple and do the top ten books that I love. I might also include a series or two in there. Possibly. Definitely.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish. If you love lists and books, this may be the prompt for you!
Remarkably Bright Creature by Shelby Van Pelt was a surprise to me. I did not expect to love a book about an Octopus, and yet here we are. I listened to the audiobook last year and it was fantastic. The narrators, Marin Ireland and Michael Urie, did a fantastic job. I’ve been itching to listen to it again, so that may happen soon.
The Last Herald Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey is a series I can re-read over and over and over again. Let’s be honest, I can read all of the Valdemar series over and over again, but I promised myself I would only pick one! This series is beautifully written and if you are a fantasy lover who wants a quick read, this is for you.
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree took the world by storm and launched a genre of storytelling, the cozy fantasy, into the limelight. Rightfully so too. I have both listened to the audiobook and read the physical book and have loved both. The way he describes food and coffee…I don’t even like coffee and I wanted some!
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir was one of those lightning-in-a-bottle books. It took a minute to capture my attention and once it did, it really did. I wish I could go back and read it again for the first time, just to get that feeling, but man, I still love reading it every time I pick it up. I have read both the physical book and the audiobook, both are fantastic.
The Original All Soul Trilogy by Deborah Harkness captured my attention and never let it go. Time’s Convert was pretty good too, but there is something special about Matthew and Diana’s story. It’s the one I love the best. And she has another book focused on those two coming out later this year. I can’t wait!
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade was my gateway into the romance genre, and for that reason alone it would hold a special place in my heart. That it’s actually really good on top of that, well, yes, I will read it again and again.
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs is a great urban fantasy series. Romance, action, a kick-butt female lead, it has it all. I love this series, and have kept up reading it throughout the years, and will keep reading it for as long as the author keeps writing them!
The In Death series by J.D. Robb has been a favorite of mine for over twenty years now. This futuristic mystery romance series has been one I have turned to for years. Though I will admit that I burned myself out on it when I tried to re-read the whole series a few years ago. I’m going to try to read the newer ones I haven’t picked up this year. I need to catch up!!
The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert is one that if you had asked me when I first read it if it would make it on this list, I would have said no. A subsequent re-read has changed my mind and here we are!
A Psalm for the Wild built by Becky Chambers was a fantastic novella. This first entry into the A Monk and Robot Series was a wonderfully sweet read that asks us what do we, as people, need. It was thought-provoking and heartwarming all at the same time. I did enjoy A Prayer for the Crown-Shy as well, but this one is better.
Okay, so that list has more than two series on it. Oh well. I was really tempted to add more than what you see there, but then it wouldn’t be a top ten list. It would be a top twenty list. Or a top thirty list.
I like a lot of books.
What books do you love?
Lauren Corcur 