TOP TEN TUESDAY
July 30th, 2019

It’s Top Ten Tuesday, formerly hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic was a freebie so I chose to post about my favorite books that I’ve read so far this year! 

I’ve only had two 4.5 star reads so far this year but a lot of really enjoyable 4 stars or 4+! I’m still looking for that ever-elusive five star read but I’ve also had a great time with some re-reads too. I thought it would be fun to share my favorite books of the year so far!

MY BEST BOOKS OF 2019 (SO FAR)

KING OF SCARS (King of Scars #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Date Finished: January 31, 2019
Rating: 4.5 stars

I absolutely loved my read of KING OF SCARS! It was such a beautifully written book. I loved being back with these characters but I also just really loved how Leigh Bardugo’s writing just keeps growing and evolving.

A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY (Cursebreakers #1) by Brigid Kemmerer
Date Finished: January 27, 2019
Rating: 4.5 stars

I had heard so many good things about this book before I started but for some reason I was a little bit skeptical. I absolutely loved it! It was so easy to get into and the character chemistry just really worked.

GODSGRAVE (The Nevernight Chronicle #2) by Jay Kristoff
Date Finished: April 14, 2019
Rating: 4+ stars

Naturally, I’m all here for the second Nevernight book! I didn’t love the setting as much as the first but it’s always a good time reading about Mia and Jay Kristoff’s sass is absolute perfection.

THE UNHONEYMOONERS by Christina Lauren
Date Finished: May 30, 2019
Rating: 4+ stars

This was such an adorable book! Parts of it reminded me of THE HATING GAME and it was such a cute hate-to-love creation. The characters had some great chemistry and there were so many cute moments.

TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo
Date Finished: June 17, 2019
Rating: 4.25 stars

I was pleasantly surprised by this book! I really loved the mermaids AND pirates, the fantasy, the romance, the suspense. It was all just so enjoyable!

THESE WITCHES DON’T BURN (These Witches Don’t Burn #1) by Isabel Sterling
Date Finished: May 20, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

This was such a fun witchy novel with some great representation! I loved the paranormal and witchy aspects, the characters, the family aspect, the mystery. I can’t wait to read more of this series!

AURORA RISING (Aurora Rising #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Date Finished: April 24, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

I had really high expectations for this book and it actually didn’t meet them…. Picking books out of the blue, I wouldn’t have told you this was one of my favorite books of the year but rating-wise, it really was! It was still a very enjoyable book but I was expecting it to blow me away more.

THE KISS QUOTIENT (The Kiss Quotient #1) by Helen Hoang
Date Finished: February 28, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

This was such a fun read with a really great romance! There were plenty of romantic moments, Stella was an amazing main character, and I loved seeing how they interacted.

RECURSION by Blake Crouch
Date Finished: July 26, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

Blake Crouch really knows how to mess with my mind in so many ways. RECURSION was so neat and a thinker, and I’m a sucker for anything involving messing with time. I wasn’t sure where it was going when it started but we got there and it was crazy!

AN EMBER IN THE ASHES (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir
Date Finished: June 20, 2019
Rating: 4 stars

This is the biggest surprise of all! Another I wouldn’t really say was my best of the year but I really enjoyed this when I tried it again… because I originally DNFed it in 2015! I’m definitely glad I picked it up again.

What have been your best reads of the year? What books do you think I might find as a five star read!?