Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic and this week’s topic is: Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book
1) Written by one of my auto-read authors: Sarah Dessen, Morgan Matson, Jennifer E Smith, Marissa Meyer, etc.
2) Pretty cover. Sometimes this doesn’t last past my reading the synopsis, but for at least a brief moment a pretty cover will make me covet a book like nothing else.
3) A good review from a blogger I trust.
4) Fairy tale retelling (I love them all).
5) Steampunk elements.
6) Celebrity romance trope. I don’t know why, but I just love these.
7) Features a road trip. Road trips are so fun and they’re even more fun when you’re not actually stuck in the car for 13 straight hours.
8) Also, any travel basically. I love exploring new places but don’t have the means to actually do it in person. That’s why books are so great!
9) Smart, female protagonists. I love reading books featuring girls who are smart and unapologetic but are also normal.
10) Strong female friendships. There’s nothing more powerful to me than a healthy relationship between two girls. They get each other and don’t start drama with each other over boys.
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Oh my god, we have pretty much the same auto-read authors!! I haven’t read any Jennifer E Smith, though. Where do you think I should start?
And I totally agree on strong female friendships. I love reading them more than any love stories!
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I think the first one I read by her was “This is What Happy looks Like”. It has my beloved celebrity romance trope in it, so there’s that. I also really loved “The Comeback Season” which I felt was a little deeper, but if you don’t like baseball than you might not like it as much as I did.
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Thanks! I’m going to check those books out. I don’t like sports in general, but that’s never stopped me from reading books that have them as the main theme before, so I guess we’ll see with The Comeback Season 🙂
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I love fairy tale retellings and have recently gotten into steampunk (thank you, Cassandra Clare). Great list!
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Thanks! If you like steampunk, I highly recommend checking out Gail Carriger if you haven’t already! I love her Etiquette and Espionage series.
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I’ll have add her to my reading list. Thanks for the recommendation!
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You gotta grab Red Sister by Mark Lawrence by all means: Strong female protagonist and strong female friendships.
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Thank you so much for the rec! Sorry about my late responding–your comment seems to have been caught in my spam filter for some reason. That book sounds amazing though!
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I love books with strong female friendships. It is so rare and can add a lot to the story when done well.
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I totally agree! Every time I’m reading a book and the main character gets in a fight with her best friend over a boy, I roll my eyes. I really appreciate when authors take the time to make female friendships more than just a series of passive aggressive competitions with each other.
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So many of these are reasons I read books, too! Auto-read authors probably should top my list. I’m always searching out their books. Nice list!
My TTT.
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Definitely any Marissa Meyer, and Meg Cabot for me. And numbers 4, 5, 9, and 10.
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You know, I never really read much Meg Cabot back in the day. I should give her a try! You’ve inspired me! 🙂
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I love her stuff! They are hilariously funny, and can be really sweet and heartwarming. My favorite is The Mediator books and the Heather Wells Mysteries.
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I’ll definitely look into those first!
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Strong female friendships are SO scare in YA which is such a shame! I definitely want to see more books like that and am always looking for more! Any recs?
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Yes! Off the top of my head, I really loved The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord. Then the To All the Boy I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han has a great sister dynamic. That’s all I can really think of right now…I’ll keep thinking and maybe I’ll do a post on it!
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Oh nice! I’ll definitely check out The Start of Me and You. I really enjoyed the sister dynamics in Jenny Han’s first book, but I haven’t finished the trilogy yet. YES please do a post! Beautiful Broken Things explored it really well for me, and then there’s some stellar pairings in Sic of Crows/Crooked Kingdom. But other than that I’m drawing a blank…
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Yes, the Six of Crows duology would definitely make the list. Good call!
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I didn’t have it on my list, but strong female relationships is definitely something that will make me want to read a book. Or not even necessarily female, but any good, solid friendship I love.
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So true!
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Hi! I love covers, too. Road trips is one I didn’t think to add to my list 🙂
My TTT
Leslie
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Yes! A good cover is EVERYTHING. Great list!
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I enjoy reading books that feature strong female characters too.
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I do enjoy fairy tale retellings, but I especially love Greek mythology retellings.
My TTT: http://books.thetechchef.net/top-ten-tuesday-21/
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Oh yes, those are some of my favorites as well! And I totally agree with you about finished series. There’s nothing better than discovering a series and then realizing you can binge it 🙂
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