We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is actually Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc.)
But I’m going rogue!
I wish my brain was a little more “on” at the minute but it’s the end of a long work day and we’re just not there. 😅 I’ve decided to continue the “alphabet book challenge” which means we’re on to the “B’s”. This time I’ve also decided to look at books that are on my TBR and that I have high expectations for because of all the amazing things I’ve heard about them. Let’s hope these “B’s” don’t let me down! 🤭
Beach Read
Beartown
Before I Let Go
The Binding
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Black Sun
Bloodleaf
Blood Heir
The Bone Shard Daughter
The Book Eaters
Have you read any of these books? Did you love them or did these “B’s” let you down?
dinipandareads 
I hope you enjoy all of these! I think Beach Read is the one novel by Emily Henry I did read. Her cover art is always so fun and cute that it makes you read more about the novel. 🙂
LikeLike
I love the title of the this post! I’m a sucker for a pun. XD
I remember really enjoying Blood Heir. but I never got around to reading the rest of the trilogy. I might have to remedy that now I’m reminded.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hehehe, I hope I can be punny for the whole alphabet but we’ll have to wait and C 🤭🫣 (I’m gonna hide now, haha)! There was so much noise around Blood Heir pre-release and I’d been keen to check it out ever since then but never got around to it. Maybe this year!
LikeLiked by 1 person
😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I also want to read Beach Read and Black Sun! I hope you enjoy all of these “B” books!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope you enjoy them as well whenever you get to them! 😃
LikeLike
I’m tucking this topic away for the next time I’m stumped.
Thanks for stopping by earlier. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, definitely a good back up to have and there’s longevity in it too! 🤣
LikeLike
I hope you’ll love all of these B’s! The only I’ve read is Beach Read, but I did really enjoy that one 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ve heard so many good things about it!
LikeLike
I really enjoyed Beach Read and Bear Town and hope you do when you get to them, Dini. I have Book Eaters on my TBR, but haven’t gotten to it yet. The others are new to me, so will check them out. Nice list.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Carla! Beach Read and Beartown are so beloved and I hope I feel the same way about them as everyone else when I eventually read them, lol. I hope you enjoy Book Eaters whenever you get to it as well!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I only read your first two “B”s, but they were both amazing for me.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad to hear you loved them 😍
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nice post Dini – I feel ya on some of these TTT topics! I’ll have to do this also when I need an easy post to do. I think I’ve read about half of these books on your list.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Whenever I come across the tougher TTT topics I’m like gosh darn, I really need to learn to be better prepared and it never happens 😂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sometimes we just don’t want to think too much! 😅
LikeLiked by 1 person
Definitely don’t at the end of a long ass day 😂 Haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad to know you’re starting to feel better. I hope that continues for you. And I love how you twisted the alphabet challenge this week. I hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the opportunity.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/authors-take-notes-ten-things-i-want-more-of/
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Pam! I hope you have a great week ahead 🙂
LikeLike
Bear Town is one of my favourite books of all time! I also enjoyed Beach Read.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They’re both so well loved by many readers! I hope to read them soon 🙂
LikeLike
We do like some rogue at this side of the internet 😉
I am also still very curious about The Book Eaters.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Many went rogue yesterday but I think I’d like to come back to the prompt with more planning in the future 🤣 I hope to read Book Eaters this year… Hopefully it’ll happen, lol
LikeLike
You should definitely pick up Beach Read before the end of the summer!
I went rogue, too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I want to! I’ve been meaning to for many *many* summers. Maybe this year will be the one 😂
LikeLike
I’ve heard wonderful things about Blood Heir and Beach Read but I haven’t had a chance to read either. Hope you enjoy all of your B reads!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was so ridiculously excited about Beach Read cos it came out on my birthday all those years ago and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it… *years later…* still crickets when it comes to reading it 😂 I hope you enjoy both if you ever get to them though!
LikeLike
I liked Blood Heir and Bloodleaf!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pretty sure your review for Bloodleaf made me add it to my TBR and I got the book at a random sale here 😂 I’ll read both one day… For sure!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beartown, Beach Read, & Bone Shard are ones that I loved!! I can’t wait for you to read those… one day!! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
One day! I feel like I’ve been saying that FOREVER for these books… I should march myself down the street ringing a giant bell chant shouting “shame!” 😂
LikeLike
Oh pretty please read THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER, it is one of my favorite trilogies OF ALL TIME
LikeLiked by 1 person
I KNOW! It’s so well loved and I’m so scared that I won’t enjoy it as much as everyone else but I have a feeling I’ll be kicking myself when I actually pick it up cos “why did I wait so long?!” Like, story of my life for so many books 😂 Haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is literally the vibe I have for almost any backlist read I read 😅 But I completely get that, I have a few series I feel the same about! I hope you love it but no pressure, obviously!!
LikeLike
[…] #TopTenTuesday: Don’t “B” A Letdown! […]
LikeLike
I loved Black Sun and was not let down by it at all. I haven’t picked up the sequel yet, but it’s one of those rare books that is stuck in my mind that I don’t think I will have to do a reread of it.
LikeLike
[…] and returning to the alphabet books. I’m on to the C’s now (here are the A’s and B’s) and all of these are titles I’ve read, enjoyed immensely or loved, and would […]
LikeLike
[…] and I’m returning to the alphabet book posts. We’ve reached the D’s (check out A, B, and C) and sadly, my brain just isn’t on enough tonight to come up with a puntastic […]
LikeLike
[…] bringing it back to the alphabet challenge (check out: A, B, C, D) and today we’ve made it to the letter E. The following titles have all been rated 4-5 […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | […]
LikeLike
[…] out the other letters of the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | […]
LikeLike