
Happy Top Ten Tuesday, friends!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ThatArtsyReaderGirl. Each week, there is a new topic for which we list ten answers. This week’s topic is… New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020!
New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020
VE Schwab: The Near Witch
TNW was the first book I read of Schwab’s. I read TNW for the Fraterfest RAT and I really loved it. It was perfect for the spooky season. I have loved all of the Schwab books that I have read since! See my review for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue here.
Leigh Bardugo: Six of Crows
I loved Six of Crows! See my review here.
Meghan Spooner: Hunted
I loved this take on Beauty and the Beast. I am definitely a sucker for Beauty and the Beast retellings.
Tricia Levenseller: Daughter of the Pirate King
I loved DOPK! Enemies to lovers, badass women… sign me up!
Mariana Zapata: From Lukov with Love
Loved this! I want to read more of her this year. See my review here.
Danielle Steel: The Right Time
This book was a wonderful read and I would love to read more of Danielle Steel… If anyone has any suggestions, let me know in the comments!
Maureen Johnson: Truly, Devious
I love a good mystery! I was hooked!
Sara Raasch: Set Fire to the Gods
While it was a little slow at the beginning, the ending had me flipping through the pages like a madwoman!
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love it! Don’t hate meeeee😂
I hope you enjoyed my TTT post! What new authors did you discover in 2020? Let me know in the comments. Be sure to link your TTT in the comments so I don’t miss it!
-Maya🌹
Set Fire to the Gods is such an attention-grabbing title! Wow!
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I’ve been wanting to check out Schwab for a while! Maybe I’ll wait until a spookier season. 😁Great post!
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I hope you enjoy her books when you pick them up! 😊 Thanks, Hayden! Hope you are having a great week!
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Brilliant list! I love Leigh Bardugo and I’ve always wanted to try V.E Schwab’s books (although they seem a little daunting!). I seem to be really bad at following the ttt prompts lol so this week I tried top ten bookish things that annoy me. Although there could have been SO MANY MORE 😫 Here’s my post in case you’re interested 🙂 https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2021/01/26/ttt-26-1-top-ten-bookish-things-i-hate/
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I can see how they would feel daunting! They are wonderfully written, though. I do hope you get the chance to read her books… I have enjoyed all of what I have read from her thus far!
I love that idea for a prompt!! No worries about changing the prompts… I enjoyed reading your post! 😊 It was very relatable!!
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Seeing Zapata on this list makes me so happy! I love her books!
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I can’t wait to read more of her books! It is thanks to you that I discovered her! 😊
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Aw, that makes me so happy!!! 🙂
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The Near Witch was my first Schwab book too. It was so perfectly spooky. I loved it. 🙂
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I am so glad to hear that you loved The Near Witch and that it was also your first Schwab book!😊 Thank you for stopping by, Ashley!
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Great list! VE Schwab is one of my favourite authors!
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I need to finish the Shades of Magic series! I also want to read her other series – monsters of verity!
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Ooh I love both!
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I read my first Leigh Bardugo books last year – the Shadow and Bone trilogy. It was pretty good overall. Great list!
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I have yet to read the Shadow and Bone trilogy! I am glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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Truly, devious was fun! I still need to read the sequel…
I’ve never read Murder on the Orient Express, but I love the idea! 🙂 After seeing the latest movie version I was tempted to pick it up, but haven’t yet.
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I need to watch the movie now that I have read the book! Even though I havent watched the movie, it was how I found out about the book 😂 I hope you enjoy it when you pick it up! Thanks for stopping by, Greg!
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“Set Fire to the Gods” was recommended to me so I’m really looking forward to pick that one up! And I love all of V.E. Schwabs books! So far none of them disappointed. XD Great list! Sorry you didn’t enjoy “Murder on the Orient Express”! *lol*
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Heyyy V! I feel like I haven’t heard from you in a while but then again I have also been sooooo bad at blog hopping and keeping up with everyone😬😬😬. My life has been crazy recently. Set Fire to the Gods was a pretty good read! It was cool blend between gladiator and, like, air bender type stuff. I am excited to see where the series goes!
Hahah, I felt so bad when I was like I didn’t totally love Murder on the Orient Express because Agatha Christie is HUGE in mystery novels. I enjoyed it but it just didn’t have that wow factor for me unfortunately😂
Thanks for stopping by!😊
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Haha! Same! That’s why I decided to drop by and leave a comment. 😉 To keep up with blog hopping is always difficult but I try my best. XD Sorry to hear your life has been crazy. Hopefully it will get a little less crazy soon. And that sounds like a great mixture!
I know what you mean! She’s so famous but I guess a lot of classic authors are. So it’s okay not to love them every once in a while. ;-P You’re welcome! I hope we’ll read each other more in future! *lol*
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Aww! You’re so sweet! 🥰 Thanks for dropping by! I have had some more time recently to blog hop so I will definitely be making sure i check up on your blog every now and then! Plus you got your Sassy Saturday post coming up soon – can’t wait to read what you’ve got for this month! I hope you have a great week🙂
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Aww you’re sweet! ❤ And haha wow, I feel kind of loved right now. XD That you even know my Sassy Saturday post is coming up is so amazing. ❤ I wish you a great week too! Take care and stay healthy! 😀
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Great list! I read from Leigh Bardugo for the first time too last year, Six of Crows. I have yet to get into VE Schwab’s books sometime soon. Nonetheless, great list!
Here is my TTT: https://wandersbetweenpagess.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/new-to-me-authors-i-read-in-2020-top-ten-tuesday/
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Thank you!! I hope you get into Schwab’s books soon and that you totally love them. Thanks for stopping by, Rose!! 😊
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I hope so too! And you’re very much welcome!
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Yeeees, I absolutely LOVE Zapata. She is the queen of slow burns and I never used to like slow burn romances before her books but now I can’t get enough of them 😍 I am a huge Schwab fan but didn’t manage to get around to reading Addie last year but hopefully I will in 2021! Great list 😊
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Thank you, Dini! I can’t wait to read more of Zapata. I hope you get to read Addie this year! I was obsessed 😂 Thanks for stopping by!😊
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I really need to get to Six of Crows, I’ve heard that it’s a better version of The Gilded Wolves, which gets me all intrigued. V. E. Schwab is one of those authors I’ve been meaning to pick up for years, and I still haven’t- maybe 2021 will be the year it happens!
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I have not read The Gilded Wolves… I should though 😂 I hope you enjoy Six of Crows when you read it! It is a wild ride. Hahah I feel that. There are so many other authors I have been meaning to read but haven’t yet. But 2021 is our year!! We got this 😊
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I really want to read Leigh Bardugo this year, I haven’t read anything of hers but I want to read Six of Crows! Also, love Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious series! Awesome list 🙂
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Six of Crows is ahhmazing! I hope you get the chance to read it and that you love it! So glad to hear that you also enjoyed the Truly, Devious series! I am excited to read her next installment, The Box in the Woods!
Thank you for stopping by, Alyssa!😊
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Oh, too bad that you didn’t like Murder on the Orient Express! I love Hercule Poirot but I can absolutely understand why you didn’t love it. It can get quite tedious. I feel like it really depends on the book. Maybe you will have more luck with another one. 😉 Or what I highly recommend: Watch the Agatha Christie’s Poirot series with David Suchet. Those movies are great!
Looks like you have found quite a few great authors last year. 🙂
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Yes, I am definitely willing to try another of her mystery novels! I did enjoy Murder on the Orient Express, I just didn’t love it (and I hate to say that because Agatha Christie is, like, the queen of cozy mysteries and who am I to not be in love with one of her books 😂)! I will have to check those out! Thank you for the recommendations!! 😊
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So happy to hear you enjoyed Schwab and Bardugo’s books. Those two are some of my fantasy favourites. I can’t say I’ve read an Agatha Christie book myself yet, I seem to struggle with the classics is I’m honest.
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