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Top Ten Favourite Covers of 2020

Sep 15, 2020

This week I share my favourite covers of 2020. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

As 2020 is nearing its end – thank gosh – I thought it would be fun to share some of my favourite covers of 2020. Some of these are from books that I have read, and some I just love the cover. Like always these are in no order. Let’s Go.

A King So Cold by Ella Fields: I love the colours in this one. It’s very whimsy and stunning. It’s simple but also stands out. I would love to have a physical copy of this one.

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo: I love the boldness of this cover. I enjoy both the US and AUS cover. But the Australian/UK cover is just stunning. I love the pink and yellow, with the faces. It all works so well.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune: This is not only my favourite book of the year but one of my favourite covers. It highlights the quirkiness of the book but also brings in the soft colours as well. It even looks better in person. I think it’s gorgeous.

Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1) by Cassandra Clare: Clare’s covers have been up and down for me. But this series is going to be stunning. Chain of Gold’s cover is just beautiful. The colour palette works beautifully.

Chasing Cassandra (The Ravenels #6) by Lisa Kleypas: This cover just reminds me of a fairytale and I love it. The blue is bold and works well with the yellows and golds. It just reminds me of cinderella and I love that.

Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove #2) by Shelby Mahurin: How can you not love this cover? It’s interesting and intriguing. I love the combo of red, gold and black. And it looks brilliant with the first book.

Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn: This is a cover that I have only seen recently but it’s stunning. I love everything about it. I like the colour contrast. The way that everything flows. It’s just perfect.

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power: As soon as I saw this cover it caught my eye. The orange is in your face, but I like it. It sets the mood. I like the way that the leaves flow and how it becomes one with the figure’s hair. And then how it intertwines with the title.

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: I’m liking covers with very few colours this year. This cover just works so well with everything else in the novel. I love the depth that we get from the trees in the background. Then the flow of the dress and hair. I love it.

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles: This cover is at stand out for me. It’s different, but nothing too crazy. It’s just interesting. I like how it all fits and doesn’t feel wrong. It just looks cool.

And that is it for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday! What have been some of your favourite covers of 2020? Do we share any that is the same? Let’s Chat!

Books I Wish Were Around When I Was Younger

Sep 8, 2020

This week I share the books that I wish were around when I was younger. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

I’ve been constantly reading for a long time now. I read a lot when I was younger, but from the age of about 12, I read nearly every day. Like I do now. But books have changed over time, so today I’m sharing the books that I wish I had around when I was younger.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: There should be no surprise that that has made my list. It’s one of my favourite books of all time and I recommend it to anyone and everyone. It’s also such an important book. I believe that if I read this when I was in my early teens it would have had such a big impact of my life. It would have driven me a whole lot more.

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo: I just finished this one and it was fantastic. It’s honest and real. It’s heartbreaking at times but it’s also uplighting. This would have packed such a punch if I read it a couple of years ago. I know I would have fallen just as love with it as I am now.

This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield: This book made me feel so many things from anger to hope. From sadness to being proud. This is just a poignant story, that it would have hit home if I was able to read it when I was 15/16 for sure.

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz: Being able to read about disability so easy would have been fantastic when I was younger. Especially when my health was changing a lot and I was in and out of the hospital. I like this book a lot and it looks at chronic illness is such an honest and real way.

Dear Martin (Dear Martin #1) by Nic Stone: While this is an emotional read and would have hit me right in the guts. But it’s also an incredible read that is impactful and powerful. It explored the injustices of the world and why the #BlackLivesMatter movement is so important to understand.

What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume: This is another one that I enjoyed reading, but if I read it, even a few years ago when I was younger. It would have hit differently. It would have been something that been something that I absorbed a lot.

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo: I know I have already included one of her books. But I want to include this one for another reason. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I got into poetry and spoken world more. But if I read this one in my teens, I would have discovered it earlier – and a whole other band of books.

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde: This is another one that looks at mental health in an honest and real way. But it also looks at being a geek and how it’s not a bad thing. It’s a positive light. It’s about being who you are and not letting anyone tell you aren’t you. I was already out of high school a few years before this one came out and a little earlier would have been amazing.

How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox: This one looks at mental health in an honest and real way. It would have been something that I would have loved to read when I was younger. Reading fiction books that discuss mental health in the way that How It Feels To Float does is rare.

And that is it for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday! Have you read any of these books? What do you think of my list? Let’s Chat!

Books that Make Me Hungry

Sep 1, 2020

This week I’m sharing the books that make me hungry. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

If you don’t know I love to cook. It’s one of my favourite things to do. I love cooking and trying all new things. So whenever there is food in books. I’m kinda all there. So today I’m sharing the books that have made me hungry. And in saying that, it doesn’t take much. Like always these are in no order.

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim: There should be no surprise that this one has made it onto my list. Not only is this a fabulous book. It makes me so hungry. And hungry for one of my favourite foods. I love dumplings. When things were normal Ely and I would go out for dumplings very regularly. I just love it.

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu: If these graphic novels don’t make you hungry then I don’t know what will. And these are worse because there are visuals. I’m not even a big pie person, but gosh damn these books make me hungry.

Humbugged (Happy Cat #4) by Pippa Grant and Lili Valente: While I didn’t love this book. It did make me really hungry. But I guess that’s what happens when the protagonist works in a bakery.

Bittersweet (True North #1) by Sarina Bowen: While also loving this book a lot. This book and in reality this whole series always makes me hungry. And most of the time it’s just fruit, but Bowen just makes me want to eat it all. There are also some other amazing foods mentioned. And I love it.

Ride Hard (Raven Riders #1) by Laura Kaye: Haven makes so much food in this book that I just want to eat it all. Again it’s more on the sweet side. But I don’t care. I just want it all.

Marked (Sailor’s Grave #1) by Drew Elyse: What is it with protagonists working in a bakery? But you know what I don’t care. This book makes me hella hungry. I just think about the cupcakes all the time.
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler: If you can’t tell by the cover alone that this book will make you hungry, I don’t know what to say. I love this book so much. And I love how food plays a part in this novel. If you haven’t read this one, or anything Sarah Ockler, please do.

Frankie by Shivaun Plozza: I mean out protagonist lives about a kebab shop. I think that is all that needs to be said. Kebabs are one of my favourite foods out there and this just makes me hungry. And crave a kebab even more.

Heartless by Marissa Meyer: This is another one of these books, that while I didn’t love the book. It sure did make me hungry. I loved how good was explored and described in this one a lot.

And that is it for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday? What are books that make you hungry? Do we share any that is the same? Let’s Chat!