Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly topic hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she provides a topic, and you are free to use that topic and/or variations of that topic to make your top ten list. A full list of the weekly themes can be found here.
Authors I Love: There are certain authors that I’ll automatically buy there books as I loved their previous ones. Some of my auto-buy authors are TJ Klune, V.E. Schwab (Victoria Schwab), Adalyn Grace, R.M. Virtues.
Books Authors I Love Recommend: Any books that are recommended by an author I love (and trust their recommendations) then I’ll want to read that book.
Friends Recommendations: This is not meant to be mean, but it does depend on the friend. Like if I’m looking for a smutty, spicy romance read then I’ll ask my sister (who is my best friend) but if I’m looking for a literary read then I’ll ask my friend, K.
Interesting Cover: There’s a lot that can fall into this category, but any cover that is interesting, weird, beautiful, then I’m bound to see what it’s about at a minimum. Think T. Kingfisher What Moves the Dead.
Queer Books: If there’s a queer character as the main character, then I’m going to add it to my TBR.
Really any Diverse book: Actually, any book that has the main character(s) as POC, queer, disabled, etc. then I’m more likely to pick up the book, especially when there’s romance. During Covid, I learned that I do like romance, it just has to be romance that is not white, cis, straight romance.
Books/Libraries are a Major Theme/Plot in the Novel: Any book that deals with libraries, librarians, bookstores, or books I’m automatically going to want to read it. There’s just something a bit more special about these books.
I feel the same way about queer books.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
I, too, will read a book based on a friends recommendation but I should have also added the same disclaimer you did – that it depends on the friend and the type of book I am looking for.
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer is new debut and is about books. A mysterious author who lives on an island and a contest (like Willy Wonka) for a reader to win his latest manuscript. I think will be one of my favorites this year, is beautiful
Ooo, that sounds great!! Thank you for the recommendation, I’ll definitely add it to my TBR.
Bookish books are the best! I can’t resist them either.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I love a bookish book!
I always love books about books! VE Schwab is one of my auto-buy authors too.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/top-ten-tuesday-421-the-literary-dinner-party-2022-tag/