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Top Ten Tuesday - Top 10 Words That Make Me Read A Unknown Author

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Today's TTT theme is all about Words . Those words that grab you and make you want to read a book.  For myself, it is a known author to me - I tend to buy the book on the author alone and don't look at anything else, but what about all those new authors I've discovered . What is it that draws me to their books and hitting the one-click button ? Here is my Top 10 words that make me want to go "I want that read book" of an author I know nothing about. 1. Song Titles - If the book has the title of a famous song e.g Sweet Boy O' Mine - Cyndi Carlisle 2. Book Club - If the title has the word Book Club in it e.g The Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams 3. Austen - If the title has the word Austen in it , it means it relates somehow to Jane Austen e.g The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler 4. Fairytale Title/ Classics - If the title has some variation and you can tell it was based on a fairytale/ classic book then I am sure to hit buy now e.g Hester ...

Top Ten Tuesday - Books with School Supplies on Cover

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As Americans head back to school for the New Year - Today's TTT is Books with School Supplies on the Cover. "A bit of a toughie one" Here's the first 10 that came to my mind. 1. They're Watching You - Chelsea Ichaso - "Paper" 2. Library Girl - Karen Henry Clark - "Books + School Library" 3. Safe in my Arms - Sara Shepard - "School Bag" 4. They All Had a Chance - Michele Leathers - "Trophies" 5. Influenced Love - Shellee Marie - "Laptop" 6. Spectacle - Angie McCullagh - "Camera" 7. It's Not You, It's Me - Gabrielle Williams "Typewriter" 8. Questions for Rebel Girls - Rebel Girls - "Books" 9. Isn't It Bromantic ? - Lyssa Kay Williams - "Pen and Paper" 10. Deadly Little Sins - Kara Taylor - "School Uniform"   For more TTT posts - check out   https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/

Top Ten Books On my Birthday Wishlist

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Today's TTT was books on my Birthday Wishlist , I liked this one as for me it's my birthday in 2 weeks time on the 7th July :) TTT Original Post - https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/ Here are Ten Books on my Wishlist : 1) Ali Cross - The Secret Detective - James Patterson  ( Book #3 in the Ali Cross Series) 2) Love and Murder - Summervale Series- LL Hunter   ( Book #6 in the Summervale Series) 3) The Godparent Trap - Rachel Van Dyken ( One of my auto-buy authors) 4) Happy Death Day - Lilah Love Series - Lisa Renee Jones ( Book #7 Lilah Love Series) 5) Lord of the Fly Fest - Goldy Moldavsky ( Lord of the Flies meets One of Us is Lying) 6) Stay Awake - Megan Goldin (one of my favourite Australian thriller authors) 7) The Final Gambit - Hawthorne Series - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ( Book #3 Hawthorne Inheritance Series) 8) They All Had a Grudge - They All Had Series - Michele Leathers ( Book #6 They All Had Series) 9) The Girl in the Castle - James Patterson and Emily Raymond. ...

Top Ten Tuesday - Books With Numbers In the Title

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Today's TTT is a fun one where it is book titles that contain a Number within the title. 1. 20 Minutes Series - Daniel Hurst - ( Great series for Character Development - Alot can happen in 20 minutes - each book has 20 characters and set in the same time span and area, what is happening in their lives for the 20 minutes) 2. One Night - a Just Friends Prequel - Monica Murphy ( A quick prequel read to her series Just Friends)     3. One More Chance - Abbi Glines ( one of my favourite authors and a auto-buy) 4. Infinity + One - Amy Harmon ( a book I have had on my kindle to read since 2014) 5. Two Wingmen and a Baby - Daisy Prescott ( one of my favourite authors and a auto-buy) 7. Two Lies and a Spy - Kat Carlton ( one of my favourite tropes to read is YA Spies) 8. Girl in Bed Three - Sarah Sheridan ( I grabbed this thriller recently as sounded up my alley) 9. Three Summers - Judith Clarke ( a good family saga and a book I have had on my kindle to read since 2012) 10. Black Nu...

Top Ten Bookish Items I Want.

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Today's Top Ten Tuesday is all about those Bookish Goodies, you would love to own. I actually have a Pinterest board, I started years ago called "I can see myself with this" and the items in this post are pins I have gathered over the years - that are book related/ writing related.                 

Top Ten Tuesday - Author's I have to read but haven't yet Embraced

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              Today's TTT is Author's I have to read but haven't yet embraced. Original Sign-Up Post found at www.thatartsyreadergirl.com 1.   Susannah Nix - she writes Geek Chick Lit / Romantic Comedy 2. Lisa Phillips - Christian Romantic Suspense/ Adventure 3. Darcy Coates - Thrillers  4. Christy Barritt - Christian Romantic Suspense/ Cozy Mysteries  5. Thompson Square - this is normally a Country Music Band but they have released a book under the same name. 6. Iain Rob Wright - Thrillers  7. Rowdy Rooksy - New Adult Fiction 8 and 9 . Willa Nash - Contemporary Romance also writes as Devney Perry - Dark Romance/Adventure 10. Elle Kennedy - Briar U Series - New Adult Romance        

Top Ten Tuesday - Favourite Under-Rated Suspense Novels

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Today's Top Ten Tuesday is Thrillers that I have loved but not many people know about them. They aren't ones people rave about or have discovered , but definitely worth the read as I am fussy when it comes to my books and it takes a lot to impress me. Todays was a freebie post - check out more @ https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com /       1. The Never List - Koethi Zan 2. Disclaimer - Renee Knight 3. Never Knowing - Chevy Stevens 4. The Stranger You Seek - Amanda Kyle Williams 5. Heartsick - Chelsea Cain 6. One - Jane Blythe  7. Have you seen this Girl ? - Carissa Ann Lynch 8. The Last Victim - Karen Robards 9. Saving Mercy - Abbie Roads 10. The Hundreth Man - JA Kerley 

Top Ten Tuesday - 21st Century Books I Think Will Become Classics

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Today's TTT is quite a subjective one and could be seen to create a bit of discussion as it really is influenced by your own reading tastes. The topic today was Ten 21st Century books I think will become Classics. These books have a reputation to hold as they would be up there with books like Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters, Thomas Hardy etc. The prompt can be found @ https://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/   Here is The Phantom Paragrapher's Top Ten - I tried to think about what books are very popular still to this date.                      1. Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer 2. Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling 3. The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins  4. Percy Jackson Series - Rick Riordan 5. Fifty Shades of Grey - EL James ( it led the way to opening up a once forbidden genre and is like the modern racy novel) 6. Wonder - RJ Palacio 7.Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Jeff Kinney 8. Tomorrow When the War Began Series ...