Somewhere Only We Know: Book Hangover

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

My Last Ten Book Hangovers

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. This week's topic is Top Ten Most Frequent Book Hangovers.

Ok so this was kind of hard because I don't always mention book hangovers in my reviews. I often mention them in my Sunday Posts for the weekly wrap up, but it's hard to determine what I was reading prior to that week sometimes. A few of these I specifically stated in my reviews that they caused book hangovers, and a few others I'm just going off how I remember feeling after reading them.

Beach Read by Emily Henry (review coming soon)
A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, # 1) by Darynda Jones (review coming soon)
Shadow Knights (Knights of the Realm, # 2) by Jennifer Anne Davis (review coming soon)
All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Push by Claire Wallis
Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) by Robin LaFevers
The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, # 1) by Amy Harmon
Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Which books have caused your book hangovers? Let me know!

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Top Ten Books to Help a Reading Slump

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. This week's topic is Top Ten Books to Help a Reading Slump.

First let me say that I usually combat reading slumps with Contemporary books. That's because they're usually shorter than fantasy, and they're usually focusing on emotion rather than world building and elaborate plots. That being said, there are still fantasy books that can help you get out of a slump. I've also noticed that for me a reading slump often comes AFTER reading a great book because nothing else feels like it'll measure up to what I just finished. So that being said, it is possible that these books might cause a reading slump.

Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, # 1) by Mary E Pearson (review coming soon)
The Simple Wild by KA Tucker - but really KA Tucker is an author I've not been disappointed by yet, so anything by her ought to work.
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas
PS I Like You by Kasie West - Again, she's yet to disappoint me so anything by her would suffice.
The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, # 1) by Amy Harmon - Another consistently good author. This one in particular was full of wonderfulness.
Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, # 1) by Katie McGarry - I've enjoyed every one of her books, but sometimes re-reading a tried and true and well loved book is just what I need to get out of a slump.
A Noble Masquerade (Hawthorne House, # 1) by Kristi Ann Hunter - Sometimes I like to really mix up the genre I've been reading to get me out of a funk.
Anything Colleen Hoover, but I must say that I actually prefer her earliest books for the most part.
Red Rising (Red Rising, # 1) by Pierce Brown - I debated on not adding this one to the list because it took me 30% to feel hooked into this book, but once I did...oh so good.
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, # 1) by Sarah J Maas - Another one that took me a bit to get into, but once I did I was swept away.

Which books do you recommend to get out of a reading slump? Let me know!

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Problems Only We Know # 7 - Book Hangovers

I'm starting a new feature called Problems Only We Know. This is feature is meant to be funny--sarcastic at times-- that highlights on a few topics here and there that can be annoying or small inconveniences that only readers/bloggers will understand.

Let's talk book hangovers.

We all love those 5 star books.