top ten new-to-me authors i read in 2015

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

another Tuesday, another top ten post. i'm determined to get the hang of this and post more regularly. so here we go, this week's Top Ten Tuesday is: top ten new-to-me authors i read in 2015! thanks to The Broke & the Bookish for creating this weekly post. this one in particular, sounds like a great wrap-up as we approach the end of the year.
 1. Frederick Buechner: i read Telling Secrets in November and loved it. this was actually a recommendation from Beatrice, over on booksoverlooks on BookTube. like her, i find myself reflecting back on this book and can see myself rereading it next year. 

2. Gayle Forman: i know this past year there has been a lot of hype surrounding Gayle Forman, particularly for her If I Stay series but i actually became enthralled with her writing based off of her book, I Was Here. this novel is raw and very emotional. you can read my Goodreads review here

3. Patricia Briggs: oh man, Patricia Briggs. i had such good times with her and all her characters during my last semester at university. i really love both of her series'- Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega. if you're interested in starting one of these series, i suggest beginning with Mercy Thompson. you can begin with Alpha & Omega but you get more backstory and details by beginning with Mercy.

4. Jodi Meadows: i read the Newsoul series earlier in the year, but i can still recall how much i enjoyed Meadows's writing. this series had such great themes for a YA book. it had many underlying messages and the entire storyline has still stuck to me months after finishing.

5. Marlon James: i want to give a shoutout to my university and professor for making Marlon James's The Book of Night Women assigned reading. Marlon James recently won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. i haven't read his award-winning novel, but The Book of Night Women was amazing. it's full of history and great narrative. i write more about it in my Goodreads review!

6. Margaret Atwood: i read The Handmaid's Tale during lunch breaks. when i finished it, it was one of those books i wanted to instantly go and buy, as i had rented it from the library. the writing was so exquisite and beautiful.

7. Ava Dellaira: this is based off of reading Love Letters to the Dead. personally, i really connected with this book. there were so many instances and emotional scenes that hit home for me. i loved the epistolary style for a YA novel and how heartfelt and true it was. this also got picked up to become a film i believe, so that will be interesting to watch when it's finished!

8. Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff: i mean this is pretty self-explanatory if you've explored my blog a bit. this is obviously related to Illuminae, which is one of my favorite books of 2015. so amazing. enough said.

9. Ann Brashares: i'm late to the game on this one, i'm aware. if you've read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants then you're familiar with this name. i only managed to read the first book in the series in 2015, but i want to finish it up in 2016.

10. Jean Rhys: this is an author that you either hate or you love. and i personally really love Jean Rhys. she really takes her time to delve deep inside a character's emotional ties, tiptoeing between their surroundings and internal sentiments. i feel like i'm in a daze when i read her novels; but a good daze, one that is dreamy and melancholy. 

are any of these authors familiar or on your top ten list? let me know!   

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  1. I've been wanting to read The Handmaid's Tale! My TTT

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    1. Yes, it's a really good read that won't disappoint!

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  2. I'm just reading The Handmaid's Tale now! Loving it. I'd read The Penelopiad before which is also amazing. Haven't read the other authors though (except Ann Brashares) so will add them all to my list! :)

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    1. I hadn't heard of The Penelopiad before, but I just looked it up on Goodreads and it sounds so good- definitely on my TBR! I've really wanted to pick up Oryx and Crake and The Blind Assassin by Atwood next!

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  3. I'm so happy to see Patricia Briggs on someone's list! Mercy Thompson is one of my favorite series and I read everything she writes. I hope you read more Margaret Atwood, she is amazing. And her books are all so different.

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    1. Same, I really love Patricia Brigg's storytelling. I actually began with Alpha & Omega and was instantly hooked, afterwards I began the world of Mercy Thompson. All of the places she describes I Google and are incredible, i.e. where Mercy and Adam went to honeymoon...gorgeous!

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  4. AMIE KAUFMAN AND JAY KRISTOFF. YES. OMG. They are such a good team, and Illuminae blew my mind. So excited for the sequel! Thanks for sharing Alex and fabulous choices! ♥

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    1. Yes! Illuminae was so unexpectedly good, I was not expecting it to be that amazing- only makes me even more excited for the sequel :D Thank you!

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