Wow, so sorry for the radio silence these past few weeks! Winter was pretty toxic for me this year, and especially with finals I just totally shut off my book community and blogging and everything! Now that I’ve had spring break to recover and recharge, I am so ready to be back posting (fairly) regularly!
So, how better to start than with a Top Ten Tuesday?!
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is: 10 Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads!
And honestly, I haven’t been blown away by books lately! I’ve had a TON of 4 star, really enjoyable reads, but VERY few 5 star reads! Even extending “recent” to cover this school year, I’ve read less than 10 that have received five stars, so here is a Top 7 I guess?
- Lady Midnight! LADY MIDNIGHT.
- Guys, I can’t even explain to you how wonderful this one was. (well, I mean I will try in my upcoming review but it will be HARD). Absolutely adored this book, and Julian, and Emma, and just all of it.
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
- Also will have to attempt to explain why I loved this book to you in an upcoming review. It was flawless (probably not true but still loved it so so much).
- The Serpent King.
- This one, my friends, is my favorite book of the year. I’ll tell you why here.
- Winter.
- This was an amazing wrap up to an amazing series. I have a hard time separating the different books in my mind, but the conclusion was amazing and action packed and wonderful. I probably won’t review it but I loved it.
- Queen of Shadows / Crown of Midnight.
- I powered through these four books last fall, and I just loved them! Crown of Midnight was the most amazing sequel I have read in a LONG time, and the ending of Queen of Shadows was fantastic!
- Uprooted.
- I totally fell in love with this standalone fantasy, it totally has everything I look for in a story!
- A Darker Shade of Magic.
- holy shit can Victoria write. She is AMAZING, and this story was so well crafted.
So those were some of the best books I have read in the recent past, what have been some of your favorite 5-star reads lately? Did you do a TTT this week? Link me below!
I thought Winter was an amazing finish to a wonderful series! 🙂 You’ve picked some great books for this list.
It definitely was! 🙂 Thanks!
Great list! Lady Midnight was my absolute favourite read so far this year. Incredible, incredible book! I am also looking forward to reading Uprooted 🙂
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Seriously though!! Lady Midnight was so much more than I could have wanted/expected! Loved it. Oooh I hope you love Uprooted!
I adore Aristotle and Dante, so I’m incredibly happy to see it on your list! I also have Winter on my list. I’ve been seeing such great reviews on The Serpent King so I’ve been thinking of picking it up. I may bump it up the priority list after seeing it on here though.
Great list!
Me too! I can’t believe it took me so long to read Ari and Dante, it was so wonderful. Yay Winter, I loved how she wrapped up the series. and that makes me so happy, I would HIGHLY recommend bumping up The Serpent King. 🙂
I love WINTER & THE SERPENT KING!! Great list!
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Leydy @ Once Upon A Twilight
Me too! Especially The Serpent King, it totally wowed me!
ahhhhhh there are so many on here that I still need to read!!! Ack! lol – My TTT
haha I clearly would recommend them ALL!
I haven’t read any of the books on your list this week. I’ll be adding a few of the book titles to my ever growing reading wishlist.
Ah yes, please do! You won’t be disappointed 🙂
Haha, I had to go all the way back to September 2015 for ten! Out of your list, I read Crown of Midnight (which I gave 4 stars and surprisingly, I liked Throne of Glass more than that one..?) and Winter (which I gave 4.5. Cress remains my favorite!). However, ADSOM and Uprooted are both on my TBR. I hope 2016 is full of more 5-stars!
Jess @ Princessica of Books & The Bookish Blog
Oh wow, haha. I’m surprised that you rated Throne of Glass higher than Crown of Midnight! They’re both great though haha. 🙂 I find it hard to choose a favorite in TLC but I could see both Cress and Winter being at the top for me. YAY ADSOM AND UPROOTED! I adored them (ovbs lol) I hope you do too!!
Yes, more five stars for both of us I hope! <3
THE SERPENT KING IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. It’s currently the best book I’ve read this year also. I mean- it’s just amazing. Enough said 😛