Hey guys! It’s time for Top Ten Tuesday, which is currently being run by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. We knew instantly that we wanted to take part in this weekly meme because both of us love making list, so this is perfect!
This week’s (February 19th, 2019) topic is: Books I Loved With Under 2,000 Ratings
Since there are two of us running this blog (Melanie and Mireille), we’re going to break these memes up between us and each pick five!
I was shocked when looking through my list on Goodreads what had under 2,000 ratings! There are so many wonderful books that are going under the radar. All my suggestions were five star reads for me. Here are my top picks for this!
Scream all Night by Derek Milman
This is such a wonderful, heartfelt, eccentric and unique contemporary novel. It’s quite hard hitting and deals with loss, siblings and abandonment. The book is freaking brilliant and if you haven’t read it yet, then go get it!
Sanctuary (Sanctuary #1) by Caryn Lix
This is a book I love to recommend from anyone who needs something that has a great cast of characters, great writing and is insanely fast-paced. This is a sci-fi thriller with twists and turns everywhere and completely accessible if you are newer to the genre.
A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold #1) by Annie Sullivan
Pirates!! So many Pirates. A Touch of Gold is a retelling of King Midas, that is all I had to hear for it to make it on my my anticipated list last year. Thankfully, I was not let down and it was just such a fun and different book. Did I mention PIRATES?!?!!?
Dare You to Lie (Hometown Antihero #1) by Amber Lynn Natusch
Do you like Veronica Mars? Are you a MARSHMELLOW like me? Then you need this book. It’s basically reads like a Veronica Mars episode and if you are like me and missing the show, go get you a copy of this book.
Odd & True by Cat Winters
I don’t know how this has under 2k ratings when it’s been out for a couple years. That is such a shame. This story has no romance and a very strong relationship between two sisters. If you love dark historical fiction, with a dab of paranormal. I would HIGHLY recommend this. Cat Winters is perfection at writing these dark sorts of tales.
Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
I loved this books and absolutely dumbfounded that it has less then 500 ratings. It has everything you need great world building, fantastic diversity plus it’s a standalone which nowadays is hard to find in YA fantasy.
Scream All Night by Derek Millman
This book really took me by surprised. I wasn’t expecting it to be so hard hitting but it was. I will continue to rave about it and Derek until everyone has read it.
The Light Between Worlds by Laura Weymouth
This is truly a beautiful book and yet again I don’t know why people aren’t raving about this one. The writing is gorgeous
Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington
I love Jessica, she’s such a lovely person and I absolutely adore her writing. I am not a huge contemporary reader but this book made me put Jessica in the auto-buy section of my TBR. It’s such a cute, fun read, perfect for the summer.
The Dollmaker of Krakow by RM Romero
This story was so heartbreaking but at the same time I saw a lot of hope in it too. People need to read this book, it was such an impactful read for me.
What are books that you love that have less than 2000 ratings?
Scream All Night and Sanctuary both look awesome to me. Sanctuary in particular seems like something I’d like. And The Light Between Worlds is one I wanted to get- glad to hear that it’s good!
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Those are three amazing books. Sanctuary was so good can’t wait for the sequel.
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Highly recommend picking up Sanctuary. I recently got the ARC for the sequel and I am so excited to read it.
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The Love Songs books looks so good. Thanks for the recommendations. Here is my list of good but low-review books on Goodreads
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Hope you like it if you decide to get it
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A touch of gold sounds so interesting! And the light between worlds almost made it to my list. Beautiful and hurtbreaking story!
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It was so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Just a book that catches you by surprise. I absolutely loved it.
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Love Songs is a cute read! It’s the only book of yours that I’m familiar with.
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It’s so cute and the author is just lovely so that is a bonus!
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I got A Touch of Gold when it went on sale last year but I haven’t read it yet. I did read The Light Between Worlds and I loved how it dealt with depression. Plus the author is really sweet.
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Laura is a sweetheart. Glad you loved The Light Between Worlds. It’s the kind of book that takes you by surprise.
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I’m really surprised that Odd & True and Love Song & Other Lies have less than 2000 reviews, because they were so hyped prior to their releases! They definitely deserve more love – I have to bump both up my TBR.
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Looking at everyone’s list this week is crazy because I would’ve thought so many more of these books would’ve had more ratings. I guess it’s a great reminder to all us bloggers how important reviews really are!
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I haven’t read any of these, but I mean to get to Beneath the Citadel and The Light Between Worlds soon – I haven’t heard much about them but all I’ve heard was good, and I’m glad to hear you also liked them!
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Yay! I love both those books so much. Hope you enjoy them. Thank you for stopping by.
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It is always surprised that there are so many fantastic books that are not getting the recognition that they deserve.
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Right? I was super surprised about some of these.
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You’re making me so curious about Odd & True.
My Top Ten Tuesday post.
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It’s a really cool one!
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I really want to read both Odd & True and Scream All Night. I’m glad to see you enjoyed these!!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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Hope you love both as much as I did.
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I’ve seen A Touch of Gold on a few lists this week, so I’ll definitely have to bump it up my TBR and get to it soon. I’ll be adding Odd & True now. I’m surprised Beneath the Citadel doesn’t have more too. I really thought that one was going to be a big hit.
My TTT for this week.
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Yeah, I thought Beneath the Citadel would have more as well. Guess a lot of people hauled it but haven’t read it yet. Oh good! I hope you enjoy those! Happy reading!
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I really need to make time for Odd & Tru and Scream All Night. Glad to see they made your lists1
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They are so worth it. Happy Reading!
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I’ve seen Touch of Gold on a couple lists now today. I’m going to have to look into it!
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I’ve always been intrigued by a touch of gold and beneath the citadel… might add them to my tbr now. You guys have got some great books on this list! 😊
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Thank you 😊
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Scream All Night and Dare You To Lie are both on my TBR . The Dollmaker, The Light Between the Worlds, and Odd and True all look awesome though, so I’m going to check those out.
Ash @ JennRenee Read
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That makes me so happy! I hope you love them – I loved all those! Dollmaker and Light Between Worlds will break your heart though – bring lots of tissues!
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A lot of those would be on my list, too.
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I haven’t read any of these, but I spy some absolutely lovely covers!
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Right? YA books do have their covers on point lol
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Dare You to Lie and Scream All Night are my kind of books!
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Hope you pick them up! They are so great!
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These would scare me silly – I am such a wimp!
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I love these posts! I want to check all these out now!
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All new to me!
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I didn’t enjoy Beneath the Citadel as much as her debut, but I agree that it’s the kind of book that should have gotten more attention.
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A Touch of Gold and Odd & True both sound so good! I’m a sucker for anything pirate related.
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Same! I’m ashamed to say that I still have to read these two but I will very soon.
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Scream All Night made my list too! Such a good book!
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Yay!!! It’s so different, I wish more people would pick it up!
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A lot of these are on my TBR! I didn’t realize they all had less than 2000 ratings!
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It’s crazy right? Some of these are really surprising
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I wanted to read Scream All Night even before reading this post, but now I want to read it even more!
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Yay!!! It such a good book
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I haven’t heard of any of these, but I added several to my TBR!
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Yay 😊
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I liked Sanctuary more than I expected to. It was super intense with crazy twists that left me on the edge of my seat! 🙂
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It was so good. Can’t wait for the sequel
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SAME! It’s going to be exciting.
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Light Between Worlds is on my TBR. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. My list is here https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/give-me-the-love-unappreciated-books/
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Hope you enjoy it. Thank you for stopping by.
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All of these are new to me and they all sound wonderful so I’ll have to check them out!
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Ooh Touch of Gold seems amazing!
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It really is! It’s so much fun – you should def check it out!
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The Doll of Krakow is a beautiful book.
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It truly is 😊
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I have a few of these on my TBR! I’m definitely going to have to check them out soon! Great lists!
Erica | Erica Robyn Reads
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Ooh I’ve been wanting to try The Light Between Worlds, just haven’t got around to it yet!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/top-ten-tuesday-199/
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I’m super surprised Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington has under 2,000 ratings. I swear EVERYONE has read that book and loved it. Great list ❤
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Same! I was flabbergasted
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I loved Touch Of Gold! It was a totally an entertaining read! I’m look forward to the next book! Sanctuary is on my TBR list and I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed it! 🙂
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Yay! Scream All Night was one of my favorites of 2018 too. 😀
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Quite a few of these I enjoyed and others I haven’t heard of until today! But, oh, oh, OH, the cover for The Dollmaker of Krakow is so beyond stunning, I’m a little weak in the knees over its design.
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Middle Grades always get the best covers. It such a stunner
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I’ve been meaning to read Odd & True forever! I actually really love Cat Winters too, I definitely need to squeeze it in. 🙂
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Ooh awesome list! Scream All Night was a good book, too!
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I’ve seen Odd & True around, but hadn’t picked it up yet. Off to make sure it’s on my TBR now.
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I’m still interested in Sanctuary and A Touch of Gold but they didn’t end up making the rounds as other books did. The Dollmaker of Krakow was translated so I need to get that from the library at some point. Great list!
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Thank you.
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