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This week’s topic is: Debut Novels I Enjoyed
Top Ten New-To-Me Authors
I hardly keep track of debut authors so instead I’ll just showcase new to me authors I have read or will be reading so far in 2024!
Serena Kaylor – I loved The Calculation of You and Me and hoping to read more from her!
Lydia Gregovic – The Monstrous Kind is her debut novel and I enjoyed it!
S.K. Ali – I haven’t read Fledgling yet, but it’s in my NetGalley library. I’m hoping it’s good!
Alexis Castellanos – Guava and Grudges is another arc I got from NetGalley and looking forward to read.
Brynne Weaver – I’ve been waiting for Butcher & Blackbird on my online library for a few weeks now. I’m tempted to just buy the book!
Keshe Chow – I just read The Girl with No Reflection and it was entertaining so I can’t wait to read more from this author.
Carley Fortune – This Summer Will be Different is the first book I’ve read from this popular author. Can’t say I loved it but I’m still willing to check out another book from her.
Hemant Nayak – A Magic Fierce and Bright is the first book I’ve read from this author and I thought the world-building was fascinating.
Isabel Strychacz – House of Thorns, if I want to read more about sentient houses I’ll definitely try this author again.
T.J. Avens – Spindleheart was a book this author asked me to review and I enjoyed it!
What’s on your TTT?
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May 7: May Flowers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)May 14: Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)May 21: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)May 28: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read
June~~June 4: Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (Any emotion! Did a book make you super happy or sad? Angry? Terrified? Surprised?)June 11: Bookish Wishes (List the top 10 books you’d love to own and include a link to your wishlist so that people can grant your wishes. Make sure you link your wishlist to your mailing address or include the email address associated with your e-reader in the list description so people know how to get the book to you. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like. Please don’t feel obligated to send anything to anyone!)June 18: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List
June 25: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024
July~~July 2: Books with My Favorite Color on the Cover
July 9: Throwback Freebie (Pick a TTT topic that has been previously done. Maybe you missed it, weren’t blogging then, or you’d like to update an old list you made. All previous topics are listed below.)
July 16: Ten Things I Loved About [Insert Book Title Here] (Pick any book and tell us ten things you loved about it!) (submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext)
July 23: Debut Novels I Enjoyed (A debut novel is an author’s first published book. You could also choose to share genre or age group debuts if you’d prefer, such as an adult fiction author’s first YA book or a mystery writer’s first romance.) (submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy)
July 30: Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc.)
Past Midnight Book Reviews & More 
I’ve read S.K. Ali and Carley Fortune! Fortune is turning a bit formulaic to me though. I still need to read Butcher & Blackbird as well. The Kindle book was just 0.99 a few months back.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/07/23/top-ten-tuesday-introductions-to-authors-i-enjoyed/
I can definitely see why Carley Fortune is formulaic – the one book I read felt that way. Oh nice! I definitely missed that kindle sale for Butcher & Blackbird.
I have The Monstrous Kind to read and it looks amazing! Love the cover.
It was definitely an interesting twist to Sense and Sensibility!
I’m so excited to see The Girl With No Reflection on this list. I’ll be reading that soon for a blog tour and I’m so keen to pick it up 😍 Also can’t wait to give Butcher & Blackbird a go—I’ve heard so many interesting things about it! Great list 🙂
I hope you like it – it’s an interesting story, kind of wild!
The Monstrous Kind & Guava and Grudges caught my eye. I haven’t heard of either of those books but love both of the covers. I also want to check out Butcher & Blackbird. I’m very interested to see what I’ll think of that one.
I’m still waiting for a library copy of Butcher & blackbird – it’s very popular right now!
I want to read it. I’m very curious to see what I’d think of it. I’m thinking of doing a reaction post to it when I read it.
I can’t wait to see your review of it. It was definitely dark but humorous too but maybe just too much gore for me lol.
Oh yeah, it seems like it’s a lot and very very dark. I’m aiming to get my library card back so once I do that I’ll put it on hold.
I’m so intrigued by Fledgling because it’s so different from what I know S.K. Ali for. Hope all these end up being winners.
It’s the first book I’m reading from this author and so far it’s really interesting! Very dystopian/futuristic, we’ll see how it plays out and how I end up liking it.