Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Brokeandbookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Books I picked up on a whim. Just like it said in the initial prompt, I do tend to pick up books on recommendations. A LOT. And hype, and everything. The bookish community really made me want to pick up more books. BUT it still happens, from time to time, when browsing on NetGalley or Goodreads or in a bookshop, I find a book that I just feel like reading. Click on their wonderful title to check out their synopsis!
1 • Don’t Get Caught, Kurt Dinan
I saw that one on NetGalley, and well, thought, why not? The breakfast club, ocean’s eleven, that sounded like a fun and entertaining story. And it was.
2 • Seven Ways We Lie, Riley Redgate
Same story for that title. I was scared about ALL the POV, though. I mean, SEVEN? It’s a lot. But it was handled with perfection, and such a wonderful surprise.
3 • Sanctuary Bay, Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz
OH I would praise that book forever, it was so, so good. I loved it. Same story for that one as well, and it was more than a great surprise, I was hooked right from the start. Do read it please, so we can talk about it?
4 • Because you’ll never meet me, Leah Thomas
This book was so, so original and unique, I’ve never read anything quite like it. I don’t want to say more, just that you should try it for yourself.
5 • Just Visiting, Dahlia Adler
I love contemporary, and that one sounded quite good, despite me never having heard of this book/author before. It was really good, realistic, and made me feel things. Just all you need in a good book!
6 • Famous in love, Rebecca Serle
I love a great story “behind the scenes”, and I am strangely fascinated by this world. I wish I could see what it’s like. And hm, this book kind of gave me that.
7 • Pretending to be Erica, Michelle Painchaud
I can’t even remember where I heard about that book, but I remember that I wanted to buy it for so long, because it seemed SO good. A girl pretending to be someone else? This calls for a great mystery now, doesn’t it?
8 • Free to fall, Lauren Miller
I think I tend to be wary towards dystopia, because, well, everything kind of feels the same after a while? Thankfully, I didn’t have that feeling too much with that book. I loved the way it talked about social media, decisions…
9 • The Luxe, Anna Godbersen
Ohh I read this series a while ago, but it was one of these guilty pleasures, sort of like The Selection, and Gossip Girl but with a historical setting. Gossip and coups bas and all. Guilty pleasure.
10 • If he had been with me, Laura Nowlin
I remember picking up that one at a Barnes and Noble somewhere during vacation. I remember crying all of my tears.
I feel the same way about The Luxe. I read it a while ago because I found a cheap copy at a secondhand bookstore and although I never continued with the series I did really enjoy the drama of the first one. Great list! 🙂
Oh yay, I’m glad to find someone who has read at least one book in this series. It was really full of drama, a perfect read if you just want to relax and be entertained I think 🙂 Thank you so much Holly!
Don’t get caught’s pitch and cover don’t match at all. I’m imagining George Clooney leading a group of teenagers to sneak into farms to tip cows. >_< Definitely going to check out that, Seven Ways We Lie and If He Had Been With Me.
Hahahahaha. You got me laughing so hard at this. But I have to agree, it doesn’t go together, at all. But it makes the book kind of intriguing I guess? I’m glad you found books you want to read, I can’t wait to know if you liked those or not! 🙂
Nice Top Ten ?
Thank you so much! 🙂
I haven’t read any book on your list, but there’s several on here that I would pick up on a whim, too! 🙂
oh, well you should then, they were all very great books 😀 Thank you!
Great Top Ten! I’m surprised that I liked Seven Ways We Lie, as much as I did. I usually don’t go for books, with so many POVs.
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Thank you so much! I am surprised just as well, I’m not into that many POV either, but here, it was really well-done 🙂
I requested Don’t Get Caught and Seven Ways We Lie in a whim too. Good thing these books were actually good.
The first time I saw The Luxe on a bookstore and got it and started reading it right away. I just couldn’t be away from that gorgeous cover 😀
Haha oh yes, I’m so scared when I request books that they end up just being, not that good. I’m glad those two were great 🙂
Ohh yes, that cover is gorgeous, I agree! And did you read the whole series? 😀
I did read it a long time ago. I loved that series. The last book wasn’t the best thing ever but it wasn’t the worst thing ever too
OH I definitely agree with you! I really loved it as well 🙂
I also mostly read books based on recommendations, though I really want to try to read more books based on a whim because I feel like I’m missing out on a lot of great books that way! I didn’t know any of the books on your list, but they look good so I’ll have to give them a try 🙂
OH yes you’re right, but picking up books that way is kind of dangerous as well, while when you pick up from recommendations, you’re a bit safer? I don’t know ahah 🙂 I hope you’ll read and like some of these! Thank you so much!
I am ashamed to say that I have read none of these books!! I do have some on my TBR though 🙂
Oh don’t be ashamed! But do come back and tell me if you liked some of these, when you read them 😀
Nice List! I have a copy of Sanctuary bay and I’m going to read it pretty soon. 😀
Thank you so much Raven! Ohh, I am SO impatient for you to read it, I hope you’ll love it 😀
Oh you almost exclusively picked books with super pretty covers here. The only thing I’ve read is Seven Ways We Lie. Fantastic book!
I guess this makes me a bit shallow? I’m drawn to pretty covers I guess haha 😛 Oh yes, Seven Ways We Lie was such a great surprise! 🙂 Thank you so much!
Hmmm … seeing Seven Ways We Lie here makes me wonder why I didn’t include any NetGalley books. Those are basically the most “on the whim” books there are, because I just request without thinking much about it hahaha
Hahaha, oh yes, me too! They are just there,staring at us with their gorgeous covers at times, and it’s so easy and quick to click on Request, haha 😛
EXACTLY!
Great post!! I kind of wanna read luxe at some point- though as you said, it looks like it’ll be firmly in the guilty pleasure category
OH, well you should! I’m not going to lie here, it definitely is on the guilty pleasure reads category, but, once in a while, it can’t hurt to read books like that 🙂 Thank you so much! <3
Oh definitely! You’re welcome 😀
Ohh these are great picks for this week Marie 🙂 I haven’t read any of them myself but more than a few are on my to-read list and I’m even more excited to start them now that I know you enjoyed them as well!
Also Don’t Get Caught sounds really good too. The Breakfast Club meets Ocean’s Eleven that’s gotta be an interesting read 😀
Aww thank you so much!: Well I can’t wait to know if you like those as much as I did. I was really surprised by Don’t Get Caught, I didn’t expect much from it, but it was a great read! 🙂
That’s all right! 😀 and I’ll be sure to let you know when I start and finish the book. I haven’t seen any reviews for Don’t Get Caught (probably won’t look up many either) so this will be another book I pick up on a whim! 🙂
Ohh that’s so great! I heard very little about Don’t Get Caught, I feel like it’s not a very hyped title, and even if it’s not one of my favorites, it was still a very fun read 🙂
The first time I heard of it was your TTT post so yeah it’s definitely not a hyped up title or anything, but yeah it definitely sounds fun, and hey I’m willing to try new books outside of my comfort zone too 😀
Well I hope you’ll enjoy it if you ever decide to read it 😀 Thank you 🙂
I loved Sanctuary Bay and am hoping we’ll get a sequel, although it sounds like they are working on something else instead. I loved the whole island and experiments thing… a great read.
Seven Ways We Lie and Free to Fall both look good also.
OH yay I’m so glad to find someone who loved that book as well! I think they are working on something else, yes, but I’m not giving up hope for a sequel, there would be so much to do! 🙂 Thank you so much Greg 🙂
Ohhh Sanctuary Bay looks good! I love poor girl goes to rich school stories and then there’s a mystery on top of it. Sounds good!
Oh well if you love this kind of story, you have to read Sanctuary Bay! I’m sure you’d love it. And I want to know your thoughts about it, so…please read it? 😀
Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂
It’s on the TBR!
Ohhh awesome! I can’t wait for you to read it, I will wait patiently for your review 😀
So glad you liked The Luxe!! It’s been on my list for a while and I was hesitant to get to it
Aww, well I hope you’ll decide to read those books, they are great, I think you’d enjoy them 🙂 Thank you so much Anjie!
I’m sooo happy that you liked Seven Ways We Lie! I loved it too and also thought that the multiple perspective was done really, really well. I’m gonna be picking up an Aus book that I think will be similar to it soon (The Yearbook Committee) and I’m hoping it’ll also be good. Great list! <3
Ohhhh The Yearbook Committee!! I have that book on my TBR, I’ve heard about it from Jenna I think (from Reading With Jenna), and I really want to read it. I can’t wait to know if it’s good or not! 🙂
I had a digital copy from my library but it was almost unreadable so I’m gonna borrow a physical book from my bf’s library… except it’s now on loan, so I can’t get it, haha. There goes all my plans! Soon though. Soon. 😀
Oh noo 🙁 Well…(I saw in one of your later comments I’m going to get to) maybe we can buddy-read it sometime soon 😀
It’s kinda weird to say but I’m kinda okay with the similar-but-not-really-similar dystopian stories LOL. Can’t help that the government -always- wants to screw everyone over; such is life perhaps.
Cheers,
Joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts.
Ahah well you’re definitely right about this. They’re all the same, but, messed-up is messed-up, so let’s just continue on that strange path, right? 🙂 Thank you Joey! 🙂
Ooh I haven’t heard of a few of these and they look really interesting so I’m definitelly gonna check them out on Goodreads! I really want to read Sanctuary Bay, it’s so good to hear you enjoyed it! I adore the cover for Just Visiting!
OH yes, please read Sanctuary Bay, I loved that book so much and I need someone to talk about it with 🙂 Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3
I’m sold with Don’t Get Caught! You said Breakfast Club, right? RIGHT! Have you read Seven Ways We Lie? I have read some reviews of it and says it’s quite good. OOOOOOOHHH! Because You’ll Never Meet Me! I’m sure you would love that. I interviewed Leah Thomas and she showed me the main characters’ hand writings! You should check it out, Marie. <3 I have heard good news on Just Visiting but I got off with Adler's Under The Lights so I'll think I'll pass for that now. I have noticed Pretending To Be Erica and Free To Fall on some blogs but never got an interest on them. And for the rest of the books, hmmm, I just heard of them here. 🙂
YES I did, I really liked it! There are a LOT of POV in that book, but I loved it, and found that it was handled quite well 🙂 I think I’ve seen this on your blog already but now I’m not sure…I need to check that out (again), thank you Yani! 😀
I added “Because You’ll Never Meet Me” and “Famous In Love” on my TBR, just because… Lol.?
YAY! I hope you’ll like these 🙂
Pretending to be Erica definitely sounds interesting – I remember looking at a copy in the bookstore.
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It was really good, I hope you’ll want to read it 🙂 Thank you Lauren!
I’ve had Pretending To Be Erica on my TBR for ages! Hopefully I’ll get around to buying it at some point!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/top-ten-tuesday-57/
I hope you will, and you’ll like it, it was a great book 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
I haven’t read any of these yet, but both Just Visiting and Because You’ll Never Meet me are two books that I really want to read soon – hopefully I can soon!
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Ohh I hope you’ll read those soon, they both are really good! 🙂
These covers are all so beautiful and eye catching 😀
Ohh I’m glad you think so! Did you read any of these? 🙂
I am yet to read any of them.
Aww well, I hope you will sometime soon, I’d love to know if you like any of these 😀
I hope so too!