Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish that other bloggers are welcome to join in, to create Top Ten lists on varying topics. This week it’s Our Top Ten Favourite Books of 2017

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1 A Storm of Swords

by George R.R. Martin

Read: November 2017

I listened to this book and it was fantastic. All of the greatest bits happened! Well, no. That’s an exaggeration, but some pretty great bits happened in this book. Considering how long it is though, I shouldn’t have been surprised. I’m really getting into the listening to of these books. The bad language does concern me when I’m sat in traffic though to be honest.
Really, if you find the idea of reading the Song of Ice and Fire series daunting, or you struggled to get into the books I do whole heartedly recommend the audio books.

2 Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia

Read: September 2017

This reminded me some of FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell which only just didn’t make it to the list because this one was on here. I liked both books, but I think I liked Eliza more. Her siblings were better but her guy was just as much of a jerk – if not worse. I just connected to this one far more, from a creative point of view.
I only picked it up because more than one of the booktubers I sometimes watch recommended it and I’m so happy I did!

3 Nevernight

by Jay Kristoff

Read: August 2017

There was so much to love in this book, but there was a little something that bothered me – I couldn’t tell you what. Still, a girl off to assassin school with secret abilities she doesn’t quite understand?! Yes please! I just wish I wasn’t in a slump/hadn’t discovered a spoiler/wasn’t so disappointed at the sequel box while I was trying to read book 2. I’ll try again when book 3 is out I think. Do a whole re-read and get the momentum of book one to carry me through book 2. It’s dark, it’s funny and it’s kick-arse.

4 Traitor to the Throne

by Alwyn Hamilton

Read: June 2017

Ahhh, I love this series. Book two isn’t really as good as book one – though both have big reveals and maybe I’m bias because I’ve read book 1 twice? But anyway, I am waiting not so patiently for book 3. Where is this story going?!

5 The Dark Days Pact

by Alison Goodman

Read: February 2017

I’m really enjoying this series and I’m desperate for the next book. There’s a person I can’t stand in this book and I so badly want him to get what’s coming to him, it’s a little scary, I also want a HEA for Lady Helen, but I’m thinking this is not stopping at a trilogy? Please let me know!

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Ms4Tune

Oow who would have thought that my top 5 books this year would all have blue covers!

6 Songs of the Current

by Sarah Tolcser

Read : July 2017

This was the first book I read after having my little Cas. I needed something that was fun, interesting but also easy to dip in and out off as I wasn’t sure how often I would be able to sit down and read. Songs of the Current was perfect for this. The story had a familiarity about it that made it easy to follow but it had great characters and an interesting setting that stopped it from being predictable and boring. A great start to a new series.

7 Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys

Read: January 2017

It’s been a while since I read a historical fiction so I was a little apprehensive. I shouldn’t have been though as this was perfect. It had heartwarming moments as well as heartbreaking ones and I couldn’t put it down till I knew what had happened to all of the characters.

8 The Sleeping Prince / The Scarecrow Queen

by Melinda Salisbury

Read: January 2017

This was a series I started a while ago but had always meant to come back to. Gosh was I happy I did. Book 2 was so good I had to pick up Book 3 immediately afterwards. In my opinion a great fantasy series and I can’t wait to see what Melinda comes up with next!

9 The Language of Thorns

by Leigh Bardugo

Read: October 2017

I really loved this set of short stories. They read like classic fairytales but all of them had a twist that made them modern and fresh. I still need to read the Grisha books but my appetite has definitely been wetted.

10 The Obsession

 by Nora Roberts

Read: February 2017

I don’t often read adult fiction but when I do I want it to be this awesome. This was dark and sinister but also beautifully romantic. Definitely worth reading.