Category: Top Ten Tuesday

Twenty-One Backlist Contemporary YA Books You Should Read

Twenty-One Backlist Contemporary YA Books You Should Read

Ah, a Top Ten Tuesday post! I know, you’re asking yourself, “Amber, is this going to be a post simply rehashing your favorite books from past years?” and the answer is…most likely! It has been forever since I last participated in Top Ten Tuesday and I am rejoining at the best time! Over the past few years, I’ve listened to audiobooks which means I have been able to listen to a lot more backlist titles. I wanted to focus on a list for backlist contemporary YA. I’m excited to share what some of my favorites are. I can’t explain how much I love contemporary YA, it always gives me the chance to relate to characters in a real-life way that I can’t always find in other genres. Top Ten Tuesday was formerly hosted by the ladies at The Broke and The Bookish but is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader […]

Posted August 1, 2023 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 4 Comments
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Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward To (Part 1)

Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward To (Part 1)

Hi All! I’m so excited. I love doing Top Ten Tuesday posts related to new releases. There are so many amazing-sounding books, so this is only part ONE for Books I’m Looking Forward To. *Links to come Top Ten Tuesday was formerly hosted by the ladies at The Broke and The Bookish but is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. You can read more about past topics and future topics here. ~One~ We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding Two best friends grow up—and grow apart—in this innovative contemporary YA novel Told in dual timelines—half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward—We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy’s name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they’re no […]

Posted January 7, 2020 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments
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Books I Can’t Wait To ‘Read’ This Summer

Books I Can’t Wait To ‘Read’ This Summer

Hey everyone. It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Top Ten Tuesday, but I could not pass on doing this week’s! It gives me the chance to share some of the books I’m dying to read but will probably put off for one reason or another. A few of these I have checked out and rest I’m just interested in obtaining soon. This is where audiobooks come in handy. These books are in no particular order.   Top Ten Tuesday was formerly hosted by the ladies at The Broke and The Bookish but is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. You can read more about past topics and future topics here. Today’s topic is. . . Books On My Summer 2019 TBR ~One~ I loved S. K. Ali’s debut novel, Saints & Misfits and was ecstatic when I heard she had another book coming out so […]

Posted June 25, 2019 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 324 Comments
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33 Books I Meant To Read in 2018

33 Books I Meant To Read in 2018

Hey everyone! I’m back with a Top Ten Tuesday post. Top Ten Tuesday was formerly hosted by the ladies at The Broke and The Bookish but is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. You can read more about past topics and future topics here. Today’s topic is Books I Meant To Read in 2018 But Didn’t Get To also known as, the best list for Amber to make. I am such a bad reader. The thing is, I even requested my library purchase a lot of these. . . and they did. Obviously that didn’t actually help me read a bunch. I am not a quick reader by any means. Physical reading took a big step to the back burner, hence, I missed out on a lot of books last year. Even with me reading quite a few 2018 releases, my list is still pretty long. the […]

Posted January 22, 2019 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 217 Comments
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Ten New-To-Me Authors I Loved In 2018

Ten New-To-Me Authors I Loved In 2018

Hey everyone! It’s been quite a while. Working full time makes me exhausted, plus my wrist and have had been hurting since Wednesday. I’ve got a wrist guard on but I’m not sure how much it helps. I’m here posting for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. Top Ten Tuesday was previously hosted by the ladies at The Broke and The Bookish, it is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. You can learn more about it here as well as find past and future topics. This week’s topic is New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2018. I became interested in audiobooks in September of last year so the great majority of these authors,  I haven’t literally read but loved their audiobooks a ton. ~One~ Courtney Summers I am so upset that I had waited so long to read her work. I read Sadie back when I had a review […]

Posted January 15, 2019 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 130 Comments
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The Top Ten Longest Books I’ve Read

The Top Ten Longest Books I’ve Read

Hey everyone. I’m excited to do another Top Ten Tuesday post. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is one I had to go pretty far back in my reading life to do. Usually I’m not one for long books, I’ve put off reading Paper Towns, This Is Not What Happy Looks Like, The Book Thief and Before I Fall because of the sheer size of the paperbacks. This can be unfortunate when I really want to read a book but I don’t want to dedicate so much time to it. I have read a few long books though. I decided not to include books that […]

Posted October 9, 2018 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 561 Comments
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Authors, I Just Haven’t Met You Yet

Authors, I Just Haven’t Met You Yet

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. *Ah, ha, please excuse that Michael Buble reference there, I could not resist it. ? It’s three for three on the latest Top Ten Tuesday’s! I’m pretty proud of myself. Today’s topic is: I have been pretty blue to meet a ton of authors between going to BEA in 2016 and ALA Annual last year. Some of these authors have been Jennifer Niven, Adam Silvera, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Jason Reynolds, and  Sandhya Menon. There are still some authors though on my meeting bucket list to discuss though.   ~One~ Leah Thomas I have raved so much anout Leah Thomas that her name […]

Posted October 2, 2018 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments
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All The Books I Haven’t Read Yet By My Favorite Authors

All The Books I Haven’t Read Yet By My Favorite Authors

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Hi everyone! I’m excited to participate in another Top Ten Tuesday, two in a row! Wow! This week’s topic is Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read. There is nothing better than finding a new favorite author or writer, except disco ring you have a whole new backlist of shiny books to read! I narrowed down my list by a bit of criteria being: 1. I’ve read more than one book by the author, with there being one exception. 2. I only chose Contemporaries to read since they’re my favorites. Leah Thomas You may have seen my non-stop tweet storm after […]

Posted September 25, 2018 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 628 Comments
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All The Books on my Fall 2018 TBR

Hey everyone! It has been forever since I have done a Top Ten Tuesday post. I’ve been pretty behind in book releases this year so I thought I would take this time to look over some 2018 releases that will be published soon or even today! Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Please excuse my very basic setup, it has been a long day and last night was terrible so I didn’t get much done on this at all. Hence why it’s late and there’s no explanations for why I’m excited for these books. I tried to add pictures but my Ipad wouldn’t load them on here for some […]

Posted September 18, 2018 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 210 Comments
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Top Seventeen Books I Desperately Need

Top Seventeen Books I Desperately Need

Hi! It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday! Today’s topic is ARCs or books you would slay a lion to get. I’m so excited to discuss some books that I cannot wait to read. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these lists though the number of titles I anticipate monthly never changes. This year has so, so many books that I am beyond ecstatic for. Top Ten Tuesday was previously hosted at The Broke and The Bookish. It is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every week there is a new bookish list to create. You can read more about that here. One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen I decided to keep the range small, so it was from August to December. I also did not include e-ARCs I have, which are Broken Things, […]

Posted May 1, 2018 by Amber in Top Ten Tuesday / 445 Comments
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