We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is Things That Make Me Instantly Want to Read a Book (these can be auto-buy authors, tropes you love, if an author you love blurbed it, settings, genres, etc.)
I decided to make it easy for myself and keep things simple this week by listing ten elements/tropes in a book that will make me want to pick it up. Whether these things are mentioned in the blurb, in the promo or in a review, if a book contains these elements, I’m 100% more interested in picking it up. Since I mostly read romance and fantasy I’ll be breaking it down into those two categories and to go a little extra, I’ll pick a few of my favourite books with these elements in them! 😍
In romance…
- Hate to love romance
- Grumpy/sunshine
- Small town setting
- Characters who love books/reading
- Diverse reads. Give me BIPOC characters + amazing mental health, disability, and cultural rep.
In fantasy…
- Found family. Give me all the feel-good vibes!
- Mythology/Folklore of the non-Western variety. For example, Asian/South East Asian/Pacific. Or if it’s of the “Western” variety, from different places such as Wales or Eastern Europe. Or if it’s “Western” give me a different perspective!
- Magic. I mean, duh, right? I especially love when the magic is unique!
- Romance. Yes, I’m talking about romantasy (romance fantasy) but I also love when there’s a romance that’s not central to the storyline in fantasy.
- Quests/Adventure. I loved getting to know characters and worlds as they adventure across the lands.
What elements in a book will make you want to pick it up? Do you enjoy any of these elements too? What’re some of your favourite elements/books with them in it?
dinipandareads 
Big yes to small towns and grumpy-sunshine pairings. Love those! 🙂
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Such great tropes 😍
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love fantasy quests, I’m always looking for recs if you have any? I don’t know of too many. What a fantastic list! ✨
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I really enjoyed The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and The Drowned Woods, too. I also really enjoyed Spice Road by Maya Ibrahim although that one admittedly took me a little while to warm up to but by the end I was super invested! Those are the first titles that come to mind off the top of my head right now 😂
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thank you!! ❤
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I love the grumpy/sunshine dichotomy. And yes to diverse reads as well!
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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It’s such a great trope! And I want all the diverse books 😍
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I’m with you on all those romance reasons to read a book. And I will read a fantasy if you like it, so probably your fantasy ones, too! Haha. 😉
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Yas to all these tropes 😍 I’m so glad that you’ve enjoyed fantasies that you’ve come across on here, too!
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Ok I’m sold! Lol we both like a lot of the same tropes both in romance and Fantasy I’m super excited to go back through some of your posts for recs now!
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YAY! I hope you love them 😍
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I totally misread and thought you said you hated grumpy/sunshine romance’s and I was legit like 😮 before my eyeballs corrected themselves lol haha
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Hahaha omg I could never. I love that trope so much I don’t care how predictable things can get 😍
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I don’t read much romance or fantasy, but I still love a lot of the tropes you mentioned. Small-town settings are a favorite of mine as well as enemy-to-lovers romances. Great list!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Small town settings are so cosy and we love a good hate-to-love moment 😍
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I love all these things too Dini, great list!
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Thanks, Yolanda! 💜
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I love books about book lovers!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/recent-additions-to-my-physical-tbr-may-2023/
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I need more books about book lovers 😍
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Great list, I also love magic and found family in fantasy books! 🙂
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The found family trope is always so feel good! I love it!
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Yes to all your fantasy picks. I want more Wales too…
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Right?! Definitely need more folklore from Wales!
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It’s always fun to read a story featuring a reader. I like when they share some of my reading quirks. Small towns are something I enjoy as well
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I love reading about readers especially when they’re so relatable! Small towns are definitely a fave setting for me. The romances are always so cosy and it’s even better when you have quirky meddling small town members that add a measure of levity to the story!
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The element of small town romances I usually enjoy is the meddlers in the towns. LOL
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Yes to all of this, and I love your book picks! 🙂
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Thanks, Julie! 💜
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Love that you split this in two! I’m also a big fan of magic and a good quest story. The books you picked to illustrate each point are perfect.
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It was easiest for me to come up with a list by splitting it in two 😂 I mostly read these two genres anyway!
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I love how you separated it by genre and definitely agree with every single point!
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Haha it was easier for me to come up with a list by splitting them in two!
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Yes, yes, yes to all of these Dini! 🙂 But especially hate to love and found families, they’re my kryptonite ❤
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Yaas, those tropes are so good. Gimme all the books with them 😍
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I love how you broke down the genres and guess what.. I agree with all of it! haha!! Surprise, Surprise!! ❤
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Hahaha, surprise 😂💜
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Love this, Dini! I included a few of these on my post too, but completely forgot about ‘adventure’ which is something I love in a fantasy book 😀
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I love that adventures give authors the opportunity for amazing world building! 😍
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Found family is like catnip to me, any hint of that in a book and I will be right on it!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/top-ten-tuesday-421-the-literary-dinner-party-2022-tag/
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Found family is defo like catnip! So good 😍
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I love me some hate to love and grumpy/sunshine in romances!! I also love found family and lots of magic in my Fantasy 💕 I still need to read The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea!
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I hope you enjoy TGWFBTS! It’s so good and I don’t see enough people talking about it. Beautiful world-building and awesome characters!
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