Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Series with Novellas

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week’s theme is supposed to be Favorite Novellas/Short Stories, but I apparently …. don’t read short stories? Aside from required reading back in school—and I wasn’t looking to go so far down memory lane—I can’t think of any short stories I’ve read outside of the occasional novella for series that I follow. So I decided to put a slight twist on the topic and instead make it Favorite Series with Novellas.

I focused on book series I’ve read at least one book from, even if that book wasn’t a novella. And to be completely honest, even with those caveats, I *really* struggled to come up with this list. Shorter books just really aren’t my thing!

For my picks, I’ve included the cover and synopsis of the first book in each series with the cover linked to the series page on Goodreads. Check out my picks below!

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Review: The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker

The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker by Kerry WilkinsonTitle: The Death and Life of Eleanor Parker

Author: Kerry Wilkinson

Genre: Young Adult Mystery

Publication Date: July 26, 2018

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 stars)


‘I will never forget the night I drowned…’

A village with something to hide.

Seventeen-year-old Eleanor Parker wakes up cold and alone in the river that twists through her quiet village. She has no memory of how she got there. But she does know that another girl was drowned in the same river the summer before, held under the water by an unknown killer…

A community torn apart.

Eleanor is a normal, every day teenager. She argues with her mum, spends her days with her best friend, and is looking forward to a carefree summer of sunshine and music. Who would want to hurt her?

A shocking secret.

Determined to unlock the mystery of what really happened to her, Eleanor can’t escape the feeling that something awful links her to the previous summer’s murder. But will she find out the truth before it’s too late?

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Links I Loved: July 14, 2018

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I only was able to do a couple of these posts before real life got a little crazy, but here’s to hoping I’m back in the swing of things and will be able to do these compilation posts more often! Blog hopping is one of the best parts about being a book blogger, and I want to share my love for just a small handful of all the fantastic posts I’ve encountered this week!

Check out the posts I thoroughly enjoyed this week below.

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Stacking the Shelves: July 14, 2018

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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tygna’s Reviews and Reading Reality and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

I only grabbed three books this week, but I’ve had my eye on all of them for months now!

If any of these appeal to you, too, check out their Goodreads pages via the links on the cover images.

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Review: Rough Justice (Cainsville #5.5)

Rough Justice by Kelley ArmstrongTitle: Rough Justice

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Series: Cainsville, #5.5

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Mystery

Publication Date: June 30, 2018

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5 stars)


Mallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced.

Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt. Seems simple enough. But when she questions their target’s guilt, the Hunt is halted, her mission failed. Still, it’s just a matter of getting Gabriel’s help and investigating the man’s past to reassure herself that he’s guilty. He must be. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be a target. But the deeper she digs, the more problems she finds, until she must question everything she knows about the Hunt and the choice she’s made.

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WWW Wednesdays: July 11, 2018

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Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme is hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s simple – just answer the three questions below. And check out her post this week to get inspired by what everyone else is reading!

The Three Ws are:

  • What are you currently reading?
  • What did you recently finish reading?
  • What do you think you’ll read next?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I’ve Read In 2018 (So Far)

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

So far this year, I’ve read 56 books and loved so many of them! Check out a breakdown of my ratings below.

Rating Count
5 Stars 16
4 Stars 26
3 Stars 12
2 Stars 2
1 Stars 0

 

So many great reads! It was kind of hard to choose a Top Ten, but all of the books below have been 5 stars, and the first 5 even made their way onto my Favorites shelf, which is no easy task …
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Goodreads Monday: July 9, 2018

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Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. To participate, choose a random book from your TBR and show it off! Check it out to share your links.

This one’s a relatively recent add to my TBR, but yet again, I’m grateful to this meme for reminding me how much I’d wanted to read it! It sounds just like the type of crime/mystery novel that’s right up my alley.

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Review: Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasTitle: Queen of Shadows

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Series: Throne of Glass, #4

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Publication Date: September 1, 2015

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars)


The queen has returned.

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

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Stacking the Shelves: July 7, 2018

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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tygna’s Reviews and Reading Reality and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Here’s the books that made their way into my hands this week. No super recent releases, but all ones I’ve been eyeing for quite some time!

If any of these appeal to you, too, check out their Goodreads pages via the links on the cover images.

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