Top Ten Books I’d Buy if Someone Gave Me a Loaded Gift Card
Ah, a topic near and dear to our hearts. If money were no object, what books would we pick up FIRST!
(Links go to Goodreads)
1. The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson
There is a very good chance that I’ll head off to Amazon to purchase this book as soon as I’m done writing this post. The only thing that stopped me from pre-ordering was the fact that I was hoping to attend Pearson’s author event at Anderson’s bookshop, and I would be buying the book there. But, unfortunately, the event takes place on my husband’s 40th birthday, and … well … as much as I love Mary E. Pearson, I guess I love my husband more. 🙂
2. & 3. Unravel Me and Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
Later this month, I’m going to do a readalong of this series with Laura from 125 Pages. I own the first book (I think I won it, if I remember correctly), but I need to pick up the other two!
If anyone wants to join us for the readalong, let me know!
4. The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
I can’t believe I never finished reading this series. I LOVED the first two books! This non-finishing of series is a serious sickness, people. Maybe if I owned the final book I’d actually pick it up?
5. The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
This is one that I’ve heard so many amazing things about and I really want to read it. Definitely on my must-read-soon list!
6. The List by Kate L. Mary
I absolutely adored Kate L. Mary’s zombie series (Broken World), and I’ve been meaning to check out her New Adult fare for a long time, but I haven’t managed it yet.
7. Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
I’m pretty sure it was Grace over at Rebel Mommy Book Blog who convinced me with her review that I needed this book in my life.
8. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Another one that people have raved about so much that I am absolutely certain I will love it. This book sounds perfect for me – in all its strangeness!
9. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
This is yet another author event that I’m desperate to go to but that falls at an inopportune time (the day before my husband’s birthday). We’re all booked up!
10. A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
I heard this author speak at RT last year on a diversity panel, and I’ve been strangely drawn to this book ever since, even though it’s out of my “normal” genres. I had the chance to see her again at my local library (it’s rare that we get authors I’m interested in there), but I missed out – I keep waiting for another opportunity. I need to pick up this book!
Oh yesss you definitely need Made You Up! IT IS MOST GLORIOUS AND DIVINE. *flails* And I have the Star Touched Queen on reserve at my library and I’m totally excited. I was too nervous to buy it because I heard it had insta-love??? But like if the writing/world is totally beautiful then I’m sure I won’t mind. But I am a wimp haha.?
Omg but someone needs to send us a fairy god-book-mother to grant all our bookish needs.
I love that cover of The Beauty of Darkness, and The Forever Song isn’t bad either (plus Julie Kagawa’s stuff is supposed to be quite good). I need to try both of these authors.
It probably was me with Before We Were Strangers 🙂 I LOVE that book so much. It Ends With Us was really good too. Made You Up is one I own that I still need to read. Great list!!
Incidentally, Made You Up and Before We Were Strangers were both on my 2015 fave list. So yeah, great choice!
I’d definitely go for Made You Up. It sounds wonderful and perfect for me. PLUS, it’s been on my own wish list for such a long time.
I hope your enjoy the readalong! Shatter Me is not a favourite series of mine, but boy that romance was scorching! I love Made You Up and Star Touched Queen so much, and I really hope you’ll enjoy them too!
People keep telling me to read Made You Up. I haven’t gotten to it because there are so many books, so little time!
I know! It’s unfair, really. Can’t the world just stop for a year or so to give me time to catch up on reading. Or maybe ten. Yeah, ten should do it.
Ooh I LOVED Made You Up so much ♥ Awesome list!
Star Touched Queen is an excellent choice – I really want to get my hands on that one too! Oh and I still need to read Shatter Me…sigh. So many books, so little time XD Great picks^^ xx
All great picks! I have several of these on my Amazon wish list. 🙂
Some of these I really need to get as well. I’ve great things about so many of them!
That Shatter me book sounds little bit like a story I wrote.
It Ends With Us would definitely be on my list! A few of the others look good too, or I already have and would totally agree with owning!
I LOVE the Shatter Me series! Both Unravel Me and Ignite Me were amazing! I also need to finish the Blood of Eden series; I’m actually 2 books behind on that one, lol.
Made You Up is definitely one to have in your life! Same with ALL of the Shatter Me series- Ignite Me is my favorite!! And definitely get TBOD! It is huge though, beware hahah. And I liked (but didn’t loooooove) The Star Touched Queen, but either way, it’s totally worth having on your shelves for pretty cover factor alone 😉
Great picks, I don’t even know where to even start. What would I buy? I don’t even know…..Oooh, the possibilities 🙂
Made You Up is such a great book! I think you’ll really enjoy that one. I really want to read The Star Touched Queen too. It looks great. Great list!
The Forever Song! Gah, I need to finish that series!
Beauty of Darkness and Made You Up would definitely be on my list too! I can’t wait to see where Mary E. Pearson takes this series. Also, I love that you “guess” you love your husband more, that’s funny.
I have the whole Shatter Me series and have yet to even read the first book. That’s sad right?
Great list!
Nice list! I actually DNF’d Shatter Me, but it’s one of those series you either love or hate it seems. I have the first book in that series by Julie Kawaga, but still haven’t read it. i even have an e-copy and paperback. The Beauty of Darkness looks good!
I would probably pre-order the next Kelley Armstrong novel and buy her books that I don’t own yet. And there are some sci-fi books and cozy mysteries on my to-read list that I would like to grab too.
Yes, a lot of times owning the book doesn’t solve the not reading it problem – there are too many good books in the world!!!
Oh The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa. Sigh, she writes some of the most perfectly perilous scenes! I loved that series, if you loved the first two books then the last book should be a lot of fun too. ?