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Debut Novels I Enjoyed

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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 a Debut Novels I Enjoyed

Kelley Armstrong – Bitten
Alexandria Bellefleur – Written In The Stars
Poppy Z Brite – Lost Souls
Belinda Jones – Divas Las Vegas
Stephen King – Carrie


Stel Pavlou – Decipher
Sarah Penner – The Lost Apothecary
Anne Rice – Interview With The Vampire
Rick Riordan – The Lightning Thief
Alison Weir – Innocent Traitor

This was harder than I thought it would be – I thought of 3 straight off (Brite, King & Rice) but then it got a little trickier! It turns out a lot of the authors I love, I haven’t read their early work. There’s a couple who started self-publishing and those first books are ok, but it’s only their traditionally published later works I absolutely love. There are also a couple where I couldn’t figure out what was actually their first book.

I read much more non-fiction than fiction, so I’m tempted to save that as an idea and do 10 debut non-fiction books I enjoyed as well. Of course, knowing my luck, I won’t have read those authors early books either LOL

What debut novels have you enjoyed?

Authors I’d Love a New Book From
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Authors I’d Love a New Book From

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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 Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)

Anne Rice
Poppy Z Brite
Dan Brown
Bill Bryson
Michael Cordy
Michael Crichton
Belinda Jones
Richard Laymon
Stel Pavlou
Andrea Penrose

Bookish People I’d Like to Meet
top ten tuesday

Bookish People I’d Like to Meet

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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’ topic is Bookish People I’d Like to Meet so I’m going with authors I would love to not only just meet, but sit down and have a coffee with. And I will say that the whole JK Rowling… situation… has made me much much warier of wanting to meet the people whose books I love, I even hesitate at following them on social media – I definitely have a quick google and check their social media history before hitting that button. sigh

But, here we go:
Jaimie Admans
So I have been friends with Miss Jai online for… let’s say a very long time, at this point. The very first book I ever read on Kindle was her debut Kismetology – she’s the reason I even have a Kindle.

The next three are authors whose books are my current auto-buys, and I have interacted with them and fellow fans in Facebook groups, etc and that’s
Mandy Baggot, Christie Barlow and Ali McNamara
I love all their books, reading them is like snuggling into a familiar warm comfy blanket while sipping a mug of hot chocolate!

My current favourite author who I’m busy devouring books by is Talia Hibbert. She writes, and I quote ‘spicy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalised identities need honest and positive representation’ and there’s just… informed consent and safe sex and characters LIKE ME. I’m in love and flail madly at Li when I’m reading!

Spots 6-8 go to some of my favourite history folks, who I’d love to sit down and bend their ears about all things Plantagenet, Wars of the Roses, and Tudors and they are of course
Philippa Gregory, Dan Jones, and Alison Weir

The last two have been my among my favourite authors since I was a teenager, are responsible for my love of all things horror, vampire, gothic and New Orleans.
Anne Rice (RIP) and Poppy Z Brite