Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday #92

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Top Ten All Time Fantasy Favorites

Ha. Top Ten? What? No way will I be able to do this.

I don't think I've read enough books to do a subgenre, and I've already done a list of my favorite WWII books (which is basically all of them), so I think I will not be creative and stick with fantasy.

Oh! I guess this will be pure, fantasy. Not paranormal or supernatural, just fantasy.

Let's start off with my childhood favorite, Inkheart, which I read over and over again in elementary school. If you're interested in what happens when stories are read to life, I think you'll love to this book.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone is what got me reading again in college. And I discovered it through Goodreads! Woo! But seriously, such a good fantasy series.

I got The Night Circus for christmas years ago, and it was everything I wanted and more. Though I might have to reread it because I don't exactly remember what happened, oops.

I just reread Sabriel so I can confirm that yes it is still my favorite and yes it is still amazing.

I spent a whole month reading The Way of Kings, as it is 1000 pages. I loved the readalong that I was a part of, and our Twitter chats, and the fact that we probably spoiled everyone, but no one cared back in the day that we were having our discussions out in the open. (Either that or it wasn't that known of a book hahah)

Anyone who has read A Darker Shade of Magic will know that it is one of the best. Really. I've already preordered the last book, although I don't even know if I want to know how it ends.

Again, another Sanderson read. Mistborn blew my socks off.

Surprisingly, the hype didn't get to me for Truthwitch, though I did read it way before it got super duper hyped up. Which ended up being a good thing, because I liked it a lot!

The only graphic novel on this list! If you haven't read Nimona, what exactly are you waiting for? It's about villains! Shapeshifters! Love! Romance! All that jazz!

Lastly, there is Nevernight. With all the hype since and before its release, I'm sure you need no further convincing to read it.

Are any of these your favorites? Do you like (epic, really) fantasy?

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I also chose this topic for today's TTT! Though we only had ADSOM in common, haha but I loveeeed DoSB, it's so amazing and beautifully written! <3 Nevernight is not yet available in my country, which is suck so bad, but I'm hoping to read it soon. Great list! :D
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I really want to read Sabriel, The Way of Kings and Nevernight! They just seem amazing. I have The Way of Kings on my shelf but it's just so intimidating...
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So not surprised that Sabriel is on here! Yay! And NIMONA! That graphic novel is amazing. I thought this topic was too hard for me to do, so I just passed on TTT this week.
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Okay, I've been hesitant to read Truthwitch, so your endorsement is very much welcomed. Gah. I need to read Nevernight!
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The Night Circus was great!! It was really different than what I had read. I don't do a lot of fantasy so I haven't read the rest WOMP WOMP.
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Inkheart is such a great series! It's a shame that the movie adaption didn't capture nearly as much of the greatness.

Lauren @ www.bookslaying.com
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I just bought Nevernight and I'm really excited to read it! Great list!!

My TTT
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I'm not a huge fantasy reader, but I do love Brandon Sanderson. He's got such a talent for building unique, interesting worlds. If his books weren't so dang long, I'd read a lot more of him :)

Happy TTT!

Susan www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I feel ashamed that the only book I've read on here is Daughter of Smoke and Bone. *runs away and hides* I definitely need to step up my game haha. Thanks for sharing Val and, as always, fabulous post! <3
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Mistborn forever!!!
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The only one I've read is The Night Circus, and YES, so freaking good! <3
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I love fantasy! I loved Daughter of smoke and bone, but I just didn't love the ending to the series. It was just eh. I need to read A Darker shade of magic. I have only read one VE Schwab book (Vicious) and I loved that one. Great list!
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I'm not typically a huge fantasy reader, I often find them really hard to follow and they give me headaches. I rely on reviewers like yourself to find recommendations for awesome fantasy and I can't wait to check these out. I loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone, it was so lovely and atmospheric, really lyrically beautiful and Nevernight! Took me a while to get into, but it was absolutely brilliant! So excited to find a few new reads, thanks for the recs Val <3 <3
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I love your choices for this there are some really good fantasy reads on here. I love Sabriel (and that entire series, really) and DoSaB, and The Night Circus, and all of the books really. The only book I'm struggling with is Nevernight. I just can't seem to get into reading it for some reason and I wish I knew why. I'm thinking I'm not in the right reading mood for it and may come back to it.
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So many great reads that I have read and others that I haven't! I loved Nevernight and Truthwitch and ADSOM of course. Hey maybe I should finally pick up some Sanderson now that I have 2 weeks off!
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Eeek I've only read Truthwitch! I remember starting Inkheart when I was younger but don't think I ever finished for some reason. I would like to try it again sometime. Otherwise literally all of these have been on my TBR sooo I guess I have no excuse ;)
All of these I've either read or are my TBR - so that's a win for me! I LOVE The Way of Kings and ADSOM!!

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