Top Ten Tuesday | Books I Loved but Never Reviewed

August 11, 2020July 12, 2020 meltotheanyAside29 Comments

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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!

Hello, loves! Not at the way this Top Ten Tuesday topic feels like a personal attack at my reviewing habits lately, but… here we are! I feel like I’ve read so many things that I’ve loved these last 6 months, and so many things I really need to review, so maybe this will actually be something to hold me a bit accountable. And if not? Here are some books I really loved that I wish I would have gotten around to writing full reviews for! 💕

➽ The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
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➽ Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
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➽ Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #2) by Jessica Townsend
(mini review!)
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➽ The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen #1) by K.S. Villoso
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➽ Always Human (Always Human #1) by Ari North
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➽ My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
(mini review!)
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➽ The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
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➽ The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
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➽ The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4) by Brandon Sanderson
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➽ Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
(mini review!)
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Whew! Okay! I really hope that this is a T10T that I won’t be able to participate in in 2021! But I’m not gonna beat myself up too much in this wild year that we are calling 2020, haha! I love you all so much, and I hope you’re having happy reading and reviewing! 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | Rainbow Books

August 4, 2020July 12, 2020 meltotheanyAside27 Comments

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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!

I’ll be completely honest with you, when I read the T10T prompt I was immediately like “Oh, lgbtqiap+ recommendations” and I aimed to provide! To make this an actual T10T with ten book recommendations, I added black, grey, and white to the seven colors of the rainbow! Pride truly never ends here on meltotheany, and I hope you enjoy! 🌈

➽ RED
Inkmistress (Of Fire and Stars #0.5) by Audrey Coulthurst

➽ ORANGE
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

➽ YELLOW
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu

➽ GREEN
The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) by Roshani Chokshi

➽ BLUE
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

➽ INDIGO
Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton

➽ VIOLET
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals #2.5) by Alyssa Cole

➽ BLACK
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep #1) by Mira Grant

➽ GREY
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere #1) by Meg Elison

➽ WHITE
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Okay, friends! I hope you enjoyed this week’s prompt! I truly feel like these ten books cover so many identities on the queer spectrum, too! But please check out my full reviews for these stories to see all the different representations! I hope you’re all having an amazing start to August, and I love you all so very much! Happy reading! 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | 2020 Rereads

July 28, 2020July 12, 2020 meltotheanyAside32 Comments

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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!

This week’s T10T topic is actually a freebie, too! But I knew I wanted to write up a blog post like this regardless, so I figured it would be cool if I could combined the two! This is also my first T10T since I’ve started blogging again this year, and that makes my heart very happy and very nostalgic all own its own. 😊

This year truly has been a test for so many of us (friendly reminder that I am so proud of you, always), but I have found so much comfort in rereading stories! Before 2020, I would say that I normally only reread one or two books a year, but this year? Okay, I’ll be honest, I’ve needed a lot of comfort maybe, haha! 💓

➽ The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

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➽ The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

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➽ The Infernal Devices 1-3 by Cassandra Clare

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➽ Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare

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➽ Twilight (The Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer

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➽ The Hunger Games 1 & 2 by Suzanne Collins

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➽ The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

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➽ This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

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Wow, I can’t believe I have reread ten things exactly this year so far. But truly they were (mostly) such amazing experiences, and I’m so happy that I actually took the time to reread some of my favorites this year. I’m not sure how many more books I will reread this year, but my heart felt really happy compiling this list. Books can really have some healing power, true? Happy (re)reading, sweet friends. 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My Fall 2019 TBR

September 24, 2019 meltotheanyAside11 Comments

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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!

Hey, loves! You know I never miss a T10T about TBRs! I am writing this post up a little bit in advance, so if you are wondering why I *missed some* it is because I am hoping to get to them before October comes! But here are ten titles that come out this Autumn for us northern hemisphere livers! 💗

➽ I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
October 22nd 2019 by HarperTeen

➽ The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
November 5th 2019 by Doubleday Books

➽ The Deep by Rivers Solomon
November 5th 2019 by Gallery / Saga Press

➽ The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White
November 5th 2019 by Delacorte Press

➽ Jackpot by Nic Stone
October 15th 2019 by Crown Books for Young Readers

➽ Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
October 29th 2019 by Imprint

➽ Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer Trilogy #1) by Maggie Stiefvater
November 5th 2019 by Scholastic Press

➽ Where Winter Finds You (Black Dagger Brotherhood #17.5) by J.R. Ward
November 26th 2019 by Simon & Schuster

➽ Shadow Frost by Coco Ma
October 1st 2019 by Blackstone Publishing

➽ The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air #3) by Holly Black
November 19th 2019 by Little, Brown

What is your most anticipated release for the rest of 2019? There are still so many books coming out and I feel so very thankful (and hopeful to love them all)! I hope you’re all having happy reading, sweet friends! 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | Favorite Things to Drink While Reading

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 meltotheanyAside17 Comments

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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!

Hey, friends! Okay, I don’t really eat that much while reading! But I do drink a whole lot of different things, so I figured I would do a little post about them all, and I hope you enjoy this random content! Also, the last two do contain alcohol, so obviously do not drink those if you are not of legal drinking age! 💕

➽ GT’s Trilogy Kombucha

➽ Numi Organic Tea Jasmine Green

➽ SToK Cold-Brew Iced Coffee, Unsweetened

➽ Tazo Calm Chamomile Herbal

➽ Trader Joe’s Organic Hot Cocoa Mix

➽ Ocean Spray Cran-Apple Juice

➽ Yogi Tea – Green Tea Kombucha

➽ Coffee Starbucks Pike Place Roast

➽ Coors Light

➽ White Claw Mango Hard Seltzer

Again, those last two have alcohol so make sure you are of legal drinking age! But these really are the ten things I like to drink while reading, even though I drink water more than anything else! What is your favorite drink or snack while reading? 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | Books On My TBR I’m Avoiding Reading

September 10, 2019 meltotheanyAside24 Comments

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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!

Hey, loves! Okay, so the ten books that I am about to talk about all have the same thing in common; I am avoiding them because they have been on my TBR for so long and I truly don’t think they are going to hold up in 2019! So, I suppose we can make this T10T kind of like a Down the TBR hole, and you call can let me know if you think I’ll enjoy any of these, or if I should yeet them off my Goodreads TBR immediately! Muhahah! 💕

➽ The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (2012)

➽ The Color of Magic (Discworld #1) by Terry Pratchett (1983)

➽ Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer (2015)

➽ Inda (Inda #1) by Sherwood Smith (2006)

➽ Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) by Richelle Mead (2007)

➽ The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2006)

➽ Lament (Books of Faerie #1) by Maggie Stiefvater (2008)

➽ The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) by Scott Lynch (2006)

➽ An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir (2015)

➽ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2005)

Okay, that’s the ten I’m picking and that I have been avoiding! Please let me know if you think any of these will hold up and be worth my time in 2019! And I hope you all are having the happiest of reading! 💗

Top Ten Tuesday | Auto-Buy Authors

July 16, 2019June 12, 2019 meltotheanyAside33 Comments

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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!

Hey, friends! I love this week’s topic so very much! Even though I am not sure how much it is going to surprise you! But I will always be here for any and all opportunities to gush about my favorite authors of all-time! So, I hope you enjoy! 💕

➽ Elliot Wake

➽ Tessa Gratton

➽ Sebastien de Castell

➽ Madeline Miller

➽ Natasha Ngan

➽ Leigh Bardugo

➽ Rin Chupeco

➽ Laini Taylor

➽ Holly Black

➽ N.K. Jemisin

Okay, friends! That’s it! Did I surprise you? I would love for you to comment some of your auto-buy authors! Or even your #1 auto-buy author! I hope you are all having the happiest of reading, and thank you so much for taking the time to read this post! 💗