Top Ten Tuesday ~ Things that makes me instantly want to read a book

Good morning!

Yes, we are theoretically a week late for this one, as we should be posting about the opposite.. but listen, I needed time to think it through and checkout other’s posts 😅 We are doing the May 23rd prompt, evidently things that makes me instantly want to read a book.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

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Using different Medias/Unusual writings

My absolute FAVORITE to read is emails/letter formats. Knowing a book has this included in it is a direct win – but also podcasts, police interviews, etc.

 

A-spec characters, preferably main characters

I feel more and more confident to call myself Ace, so naturally whenever I stumble across a book about a A-spec MC, i’m all in!
[Books that help me figure my identity]

 

There’s a DOG character! (Or cat)

One specific however, the dog must be used as an extra character and not like an item- where it appears and dissapears and it just.. doesn’t make sense where they go in some parts of the story. Even more exciting if it’s a dachshund, with it’s proper breed character!
[Where do the dog stand in the narratives? / Books in the pet industry I need!]

 

Books about books..

Stories with writers MC, or Librarians.. or even book bloggers or book lovers hit particularly different! Even better if there’s references and relateable moments.

 

Unlikeable characters / Unreliable narrators

While many might find that annoying, I actually genuinely like those. I tend to like *most* characters, even those that are generally unliked. I do also have a things for the MC telling a story that ends up not quite being the truth.. that ofcourse we only learn that truth at the end.

 

 

Please let me know any recs of books I should check out if the descriptions fit some of those !! Also, here’s my first version of this post back from 2019 – there’s a few that are similar.. but alot got added on my journey!

 

Do we have some in common? What are yours?