Firstly, I want to apologise for disappearing for another couple of weeks – I went back to work at the beginning of the month after having been off for the best part of 2 months with a slipped disk and a torn tendon in my hip. That adjustment to going back to work has been exhausting – combination of reducing painkillers so I’m capable of working and having to use my brain etc etc. But the physio is finally starting to work, I’m getting some of my mobility back, I can now walk about a quarter of mile without needing to sit down and hopefully I should be going home at the end of the month! (I’ve been at my partners since July because of these issues!)
And now we move on to the regularly scheduled posting
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
This week’s topic is Top Ten Mainstream Popular Authors that I Still Have Not Read
I don’t pay a huge amount of attention to who is or isn’t ‘mainstream’ or popular, but based on things that everyone seems to talk about, and last years Goodreads Choice Awards:
Colleen Hoover
Richard Osman
Sally Rooney
I’ve tried reading all three of these. I got about a page and a bit into one of their books, and promptly took them back to the library. Just not a writing style that worked for me
Emily Henry
Emily St John Mantel
RF Kuang
They’re on the TBR, I just haven’t quite to them yet, but I want to!
Rebecca Yarros
Brandon Sanderson
I’m just not that into fantasy and they don’t appeal to me
Travis Baldree
Tamsyn Muir
I’ve hyped Gideon The Ninth and Legends & Lattes up so much in my mind that I’m scared to start and not like them
How about you – are there mainstream/popular authors that you’re not reading?
Richard Osman is in my list this week, too. I’ve heard good things and I do enjoy mysteries, so I’m hopeful. Happy reading! I hope you can enjoy the Baldree and Muir books.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post for this week.
Yarros really one has 2 fantasy books. The rest are romance or women’s fiction/romance. I have read them all and they are all good. So maybe one of them would work for you. The Things We Leave Unfinished might be a place to start.
It’s nice to hear from you again, Cassie! May your healing process continue to go well. Those sorts of injuries are exhausting.
I used to love fantasy when I was a kid/teen. Now I rarely read it at all.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
I’ve read 2 books of CoHo but haven’t read the rest.