Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the lovely people at The Broke and The Bookish that simultaneously includes lists and books rolled into one. (it's basically a wonderful creation in itself people, let's be honest) This week's prompt: Top Ten New-To-Me Favourite Authors I Read For The First Time in 2015.
Top Ten Seven New-To-Me Favourite Authors I Read For The First Time
in 2015.
(and the books I've read by them)
(and the books I've read by them)
Marissa Meyer
I mean really, does
this even need an explanation? Marissa Meyer is absolutely WONDERFUL at
fairytale retellings. The Lunar Chronicles is so unique and so amazing it's
almost unbelievable. Like how do people come up with this stuff? ARGH. While I
was reading TLC, I would suddenly come across something that seemed vaguely
familiar, like when (spoiler alert) Thorne (THAT NAME GUYS DID YOU GET THE
RAPUNZEL REFERENCE?) lost his sight (OH MY GOD) when he fell from space (uhhh..
tower?)
DO YOU GET IT? AHHHH THE AMAZINGNESS OF IT ALL.
Plus everything fits and makes perfect sense like
a gargantuan jigsaw puzzle where no awkward pieces are left behind.
Victoria Aveyard
I think Victoria Aveyard was my biggest surprise of the year. I picked up Red
Queen on a complete whim having absolutely no expectations whatsoever but
within 5 minutes of reading it, my friends were already tired of me sputtering
nonsense about how PHENOMENAL is was. (that was before I finished the first
chapter) After finishing the entire book however, I had no friends left. And my
dog went to live with the neighbor for the next week. I'm serious.
Red
Queen's world is incredibly unique with amazing characters and a sensible
(finally) ending to the romance element. I loved it. And so do you. Even if you
haven't read it yet.
Also, can we take a good long moment of respect at how unbelievably young Victoria Aveyard is? People as talented as this make me question my existence.
Brian K. Vaughan
2015 was the year I got into comics. Saga was my first. If you need to know one thing about Saga, here it is: THE HYPE IS REAL. I have never been so utterly consumed by a piece of fiction in my life. Granted the gorgeous, GORGEOUS art by Fiona Staples helped but the story is AMAZING. So. addictive. If you've heard of Saga, and you're kind of skeptical about getting into comics and graphic novels, READ SAGA. Then come back and thank me. You're very welcome.
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Okay so I've been a Hopeful for some time now. I genuinely think Carrie Hope Fletcher is more of a ray of sunshine than she is a person. Her book, All I Know Now was released this year. Honestly, I've never met anyone who's placed more importance on other people's feelings than Carrie has in 5 pages of the book. It's so sweet and charming and just ahhhh <3
Plus she's writing a fiction book that's being released next year SOMEONE HOLD ME.
Darren Shan
(it seems somewhat preposterous to type Darren Shan's name in a shade of pink but we're gonna go with it because stereotypes are ridiculous)
SO which authors surprised you this year? Did you participate in this week's Top Ten Tuesday? Let me know!
I have always wanted to read a Darren Shan book and even have a copy of Demon Road which I need to get to.
ReplyDeleteDARREN SHAN IS AMAZING :D I've never read Demon Road though.. but his Darren Shan series is awesome! *grins*
DeleteI've been meaning to read Saga for ages but never got around to it, and All I Know Now. This meme is infinitely expanding my TBR list! I have also never read any Darren Shan but always intended to - how graphic are his novels, gore/violence wise?
ReplyDeleteOh you have to read Saga *flails* It's epic and awesome and just ahhh amazing <3 DEFINITELY RIGHT? Oh my god this meme might not be the best for me in terms of my already gargantuan TBR pile. Well.. I'd say semi-graphic. It's not too bad most of the time, but to be honest, the violence and gore adds to how amazing his novels are. I'd say if you're into thrillers in general, Darren Shan's books are for you! I wouldn't worry too much if you're not into gore :)
Deleteone of my goals for 2016 is to finally read the Lunar Chronicles! My TTT
ReplyDeleteYAY!! That is an excellent goal! *grins* I approve 100% of that goal.
DeleteI hope to finally get around to reading Red Queen next year!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/top-ten-tuesday-34/
I hope you do too! Come back and flail with me about how awesome it was after you do! I'm dying waiting for Glass Sword *cries*
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