Top Ten Tuesday #18
Books I was SOOO Excited to Get and I Still Haven’t Read
The literary community in Utah is amazing. A. Maz. Ing. Before the pandemic, my bookish friends and I used to go to a signing at least once every other month sometimes more often. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some fabulous authors like Stephenie Meyer, Lois Lowry, Markus Zusak, Cassandra Clare, and Sarah J. Maas, not to mention all the Utah authors like Shannon Hale, Brandon Sanderson, Ally Condie, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jessica Day George, etc. (I’m not saying this to brag. I’m saying it to help paint a picture.) I bought books at most of the signings I attended, and I’ve read some of them. And, I haven’t readatleasthalfthebooks in my library.
As you can imagine, this week’s prompt’s really hard for me to narrow down my list to just ten books. (I know. Someone call the wambulance. #firstworldproblems ) Anyway, here are my top ten 12 books I was sooo excited to get and I still haven’t read:
What about you? Which books made your list this week? Do we have any in common?
Interesting list. You’re so lucky to have such opportunities to meet authors near where you live. I didn’t know Utah was such a hub for writers and the bookish community 🙂
I read Illuminae, Queen of shadows, Shadow and Bone and loved them. And the Starless Sea and most of the rest of the books you listed are on my TBR too
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-13-books-i-was-excited-get-havent-read/
Have a great week 🙂
Yeah, I don’t know why Utah is such a hub for writers and bookish people, but we’re really lucky. 🙂
I hope you enjoy all of these books if or when you read them!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-so-excited-to-get-but-still-havent-read/
Thanks, Lydia! 😀
You’ve got a stack of books that look fantastic, with authors that everyone talks about. I hope you get a chance to read them all soon.
Thanks, Deb! I hope I can read them soon too. 😀
We are very blessed to have an amazing community. I try not to buy books that I haven’t read yet, but I still have a few books on my shelves I haven’t read. I’m getting better about reading them though.
I love our community so much. I’m glad we’re starting to have events again. I think it’s awesome that you do so well at reading most of the books you own. 😀
I read Blue Blood years ago. It was pretty good then, but I think it is a “yesterday” book now. Vampires now? Nah!
LOL. I still love vampires. I’ll always love vampires. They’re my favorite supernatural being.
I got my son As You Wish for Christmas and he loved it. He was telling me and my husband all about it. I have quite a few books on my physical shelves that I have not read either.
I’m glad he loved it as much as he did. I know I’ll love it too once I get to it. I might read it for my IRL book club’s “Choose a Memoir” month in July.
That’s quite a collection of authors you have met! Hopefully, those signings will be back in full swing before too much longer.
My friends and I have been to a couple of events this year. So, they’re slowly starting up again. 🙂 I’m very excited about it. I’m still cautious about COVID, though.
You’ve got some awesome books on this list! Hopefully you can get to them soon. I’m dying over my list and wish I had more time in the day.
I can’t wait to read your list! Like you, I wish I had more time in the day to read. I still need to read our book club book for tomorrow. I don’t know if I’m going to make it.
Wow, you are lucky to have met so many wonderful authors. So many great books on your list. The only one I’ve read is Shadow and Bone and it was amazing. I hope you get a chance to read these soon!
We are lucky in Utah to have these opportunities. 🙂 It’s one of the reasons I don’t want to move out of state, lol. I’m glad to hear you loved SHADOW AND BONE so much.
I’ve been meaning to read Defiance for years! I completely forgot about it. Scarlet was excellent. I also need to finish the TOG series.
I’ve wanted to read DEFIANCE ever since I knew it was going to be published, lol. I befriended CJ on Facebook and Twitter and we bonded over our love of llamas. AND, I still haven’t read her book. I’m so horrible!
You’ve got some amazing books on this list! I hope you enjoy them soon.
Thanks, Leah! 😀
I still haven’t read The Starless Sea either. Someday! ;D
Exactly! Someday! LOL. 🙂
I loved Shadow and Bone! I did prefer Six of Crows, but I hope you enjoy the original trilogy when you read it 🙂
Six of Crows would be good for this prompt too, lol. 😀
I’m low-key jealous that you’ve been able to meet so many amazing authors. My husband gave me As You Wish a few years ago for Christmas, and I loved the inside look at the movie. Of course, after reading the book, I HAD to watch the movie.
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I’m glad you loved reading AS YOU WISH so much. 🙂 I look forward to reading it someday, maybe in July for my IRL book club’s “Choose a Memoir” month.
Oh fun, what a great assortment of books! It’s so great to live in a community with lots of book events — I’m so glad that things are starting to pick up again and there are more in-person signings to go to!
Yes, it’s really great! I wish all communities were like this. 🙂 I’m glad events are starting up again as well.