Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. Today’s theme was:
10 Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads
I’ve been trying to only 5 star favorites recently, so I’m going to split this up into my last three 5 star reads and last seven 4 star reads (because these are close favorites). I’m also excluding rereads. As you probably know, I don’t use the 5-star system on my blog, so I’m going by what I rated these books on Goodreads.
5 STARS
Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin | I didn’t review this one on my blog, but if you are somehow unaware of my love of Ian Rankin and his books, I LOVED THIS BOOK.
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig | See above
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner | My review
4 STARS
My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights by Brooks Benjamin | Review soon
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley | See above
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig | My review
The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter | My review
Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman | My review
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs | I didn’t review this one yet, but I was not disappointed at all. Strange, enchanting, and creepy.
Winter by Marissa Meyer | I AM SO BEHIND ON MY REVIEWS OMG. Perfect conclusion to the series.
What was your last 5 star read?
I noticed a couple covers with ships- am I sensing a trend/beloved theme or is it just coincidence? Peregrine’s was such a cool premise. I loved looking through all those old photos- it was hard not to like!
My TTT: http://stylishbooknerd.com/2016/03/29/10-of-my-most-recent-5-star-reads/
I definitely think there’s a trend – and I think pirate-themed fiction is going to become a thing soon. 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed The Girl From Everywhere and Blackhearts as well, because those are two of my recent favorites! Awesome list ^_^
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
I LOVED those! But you know us – we usually feel pretty similarly about books! 🙂
The only ones on this list that I have read are Winter and Miss Peregrine’s Home and I loved them both! I really want to read The First Time She Drowned! Great list.
Winter was such a good end to that series, wasn’t it?
My last one was Big Magic. I completed it last night and it was so encouraging I had to give it 5.
Oooo. That’s cool! I’ll have to check it out!
My latest 5 star read is Red Rising. That is, if I bothered to keep up with staring my reads
Hahaha. Totally understandable. I’ve heard good things about Red Rising.
So many awesome books on your list, these are ones I have either loved myself or am desperate to read. I have only just read The Serpent King but that book was so good, such an emotional read. 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 🙂
I’m so glad you loved The Serpent King! I’m pretty sure that’s going to be my absolute favorite debut of the year. 🙂
Have only read “Miss Peregrine,” which I loved, so I’ll have to check the others out! Thanks for sharing!
My TTT: http://bookclubbabe.net/2016/03/29/top-ten-tuesday-my-five-star-reads/
If you do check the others out, let me know what you think! 🙂
Such a great list! Words cannot express how much I want to read The Girl from Everywhere haha!
Maren, you will LOVE it!
I’ve got it in my Amazon cart just waiting until I get my credit card rewards points to put towards it. Although I’m debating about just getting it now so I don’t have to wait anymore haha!
What did you end up doing?
Totally bought it! It arrived on Saturday and I am so pushing it towards the front of my TBR.
Interesting list. I was happy I was able to do a full ten, but I’ve been extremely lucky in getting my hands on several fantastic books in a row. My TTT
I haven’t read any of these books, but I’ll have to check them out since you liked them so much!
My TTT: https://booksbeyondmeasure.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/top-ten-tuesday-9/
Let me know if you do! 🙂