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Awesome Books out of my Comfort Zone

Welcome back for another week of Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.


Fair warning: I'm back at school and this semester is already kicking my butt, so I have no idea how frequent posts will be, especially in Top Ten Tuesday, or how long they'll be. I love my new major but it's definitely more front heavy than I'm used to.

This week's prompt features books I enjoyed out that were out of my comfort zone. I typically stick to lighter reads, particularly contemparies and romances, though I enjoy faster paced science fiction and fantasy as well. I also am a complete wimp in my reading and the rest of my life as well. So let's get started!

  1. Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen McManus- This book was absolutely amazing and the ending sent shivers down my spine. It's slightly creepy, kind of dark and mysterious without being too much so and I loved it
  2. Wilder Girls by Rory Power- I (somehow) got approved for this on Netgalley and had only requested it because I love f/f couples. Seriously though, this book was super dark and the descriptions of body horror, were amazing even though I never read this stuff, and also don't plan to do so in the future.
  3. Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman- I actually don't like historical fiction, but this graphic novel was really freaking cute. I need to hurry up and review it since it releases today, but the main characters are so cute and everything is handled amazingly.
  4. Wreck: A Novel by Kirstin Cronn-Mills- This book is about a girl starting at her father's diagnosis with ALS. I typically find sick kids books really boring and repetitive and haven't read one about a sick adult, but it was just so great and there was so much other stuff going on. You can check out my review here.
  5. Vampire Academy- This is one of my guilty pleasure series even though the only other vampire series I've read I was pressured to read. But even though I have no desire to read any other vampire/paranormal books, I still adore this series even with flaws.

So these are my favorite books with genres or content I typically don't or won't read! Is there anything similar enough to these books that I might enjoy them and have to check them out? Be sure to let me know in the comments, as well as your own TTT!

Thanks for reading!
Alyssa

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  1. LydiaSeptember 3, 2019 at 10:14 AM

    I'm a little jealous that you got an ARC of Wilder Girls! I want to read that book sometime soon.

    My TTT.

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  2. Genesis @ Whispering ChaptersSeptember 3, 2019 at 12:05 PM

    I so want to re-read Vampire Academy series!!! And re-read Bloodlines, too!
    My TTT

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  3. dinipandareadsSeptember 4, 2019 at 5:55 AM

    I haven't read anything on your list, but Wilder Girls is on my TBR and despite never having heard of it before, Vampire Academy has been on so many peoples' favorites lists, and I'm becoming more curious every time I see it! Haha

    My TTT post

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