My Ten Most Recent Reads

Hello! It’s Tuesday again, which means it’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday! Today we’re talking about the most recent books we’ve read.

:: Looks at most recent books I’ve read. Six of them are from the same author/series::

So… rather than bore you with six books from the same author, I’ll be condensing that particular entry into one. Let’s go!

The Ones We’re Meant to Find – Joan He. I just finished this one on Monday and it was so good! There’s quite a few twists to this book, so I can’t really describe it too in-depth. It’s set in a dystopian world where everybody either lived in an eco-city or takes their chances on land where there’s disasters and pollution all over the place.

Malice – Pintip Dunn. If you could save millions of lives by killing one person, would you do it? This twisty story explores that question. It has time travel, people who aren’t who they appear to be, and great characters.

Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages – Gaston Dorren. As an aspiring polyglot, I think languages are fascinating. Babel explores the world’s 20 most commonly spoken languages to give us a peek into what makes other languages different–and the same–to ours.

Red Tigress – Amelie Wen Zhao. Ana is trying to save her kingdom. In the meantime, she discovers that not all is well for the affinites. While I liked this book, I did get a little lost with all the names and peoples referred to in the book. Before I read the finale, I think I’ll need to read the first two books again.

Shadowhunters Books – Cassandra Clare (most recently read first)

• City of Heavenly Fire
• City of Lost Souls
• City of Fallen Angels
• City of Glass
• City of Ashes
• City of Bones
• “Jocelyn’s Story”
• “After the Bridge”
• Chain of Iron
• Chain of Gold

With the exception of Chain of Iron, the books on this list were rereads for me (third time reading them) and the two short stories were new to me.

The Four Winds – Kristin Hannah. This is a story about the dust bowl in the 1930s. I loved the main character and how it brought to life the struggles of farmers living in that time. This book doesn’t exactly have a happy ever after though.

Three Dark Crowns – Kendare Blake. This book had been on my TBR for a very long time and I finally got around to reading it. Now I just have to read the rest of the books.

Cinder – Marissa Meyer. The Lunar Chronicles have been on my TBR for about as long as Three Dark Crowns has. It’s a good thing that there have been fewer must read books coming out lately, because my TBR is a mile long and I need to catch up. I liked this one and am looking forward to drawing the next book out of my ever-growing TBR lottery.

The Promised Neverland Volume 3. Emma looks quite fierce on the cover of this manga. This is a good series where the characters look really cute… but the story’s pretty dark.

Midnight Sun – Stephanie Meyer. I read the original Twilight series for the first time last year, because I was planning on reading Midnight Sun when it came out. It was interesting to hear (because I listened to it on audiobook) Edward’s take on the whole situation.

So there’s the books I’ve read since mid-February. What have you been reading? It’s always interesting to see the books we’ve most recently read, because they’re not always the books we always talk about.

Next week we’re going to talk about books with nature on the cover. Looking through Goodreads, this might be difficult. I’m sure I’ll be able to come up with something though.