This week’s Top 10 Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) has an interesting theme and finally had me dropping the laziness and getting back to blog. We pick 10 random books from the shelf (whether from the read or TBR pile) — well actually: The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf.
Here are my picks. Most of these are still unread or only halfway through, so if you’ve read these before, share your reviews please!
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I love the ‘traditional’ look of those fantasy covers! I’ll be checking out the McKillip, Karr and Hodgell
Likewise – I discovered Hodgell recently, apparently one of those hidden SFF gems.
Immune sounds really good. I’m curious about that one, too.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-the-first-10-books-i-randomly-grabbed-from-my-shelf/
I’d love to hear more about Immune…and the short story collection…and Why Nations Fail.
True, I can’t choose from them either! 😀
I’ve heard good things about the Acemonglu book! I let an AI do the randomizing for me today.
Now, that is cool – AI wins the day, haha
I haven’t read any of these but That Glimpse of Truth does look very good!
It’s a very interesting and eclectic selection, wouldn’t have even thought of some of these before.
I haven’t read any of these, but they all look like they would be great reads.
Why Nations Failed sounds exactly like my book materi in college back then.
McKillip! I haven’t read in ages. Makes me want kind of want to reread the Riddle Master series.
Glad to see you back! I am reading a lot of mysteries and thrillers these days. And getting back into science fiction too. Less fantasy, for whatever reason… the Chambers book I picked this week is the third in the Wayfarers series. Although they’re all pretty stand alone…/
Same here, reading less fantasy fiction these days or getting bored (the horror!) by whatever fantasy fiction I do end up reading these days! 🙁 I’ve tried reading Chambers but it’s a bit slow for my distracted mind these days…
Chambers’ books are slow paced. I’m thinking of going back to some older fantasy because lately the newer stuff hasn’t been appealing.
Hope you’re well! :):)
I had not heard of any of these before. A nice eclectic mix. I hope you enjoy them when you read them.
Supernatural looks interesting
My TTT
https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2023/05/02/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-have-randomly-picked-from-my-shelf/
I’ve only read The Tower at Stony Wood; it’s good. But then, I’m a fan of Patricia A. McKillip and love all of her books except for The Throme of the Erril of Sherrill.
I’m listening to the audiobook for Tower at Stony Wood. It was good and I am midway through, hope it will finally get me out of this fantasy fiction funk.
This looks like it could also be part of your list for Twenty Books of Summer!
Oooh, interesting list! I keep meaning to read more McKillip (and then forgetting again…) and that short story collection caught my eye, too.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/05/02/top-ten-tuesday-10-random-fantasy-books/
Welcome back! I haven’t heard any of these books, but I hope that you enjoy them whenever you get the chance to read them.
Nice list, I haven’t read any of these but Immune especially caught my eye.
Lots of variety here. I haven’t read any of them, but FORGED IN CRISIS sounds like an interesting one.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I’m going to have to try The Idylls of the Queen and Dark of the Gods. Thanks for sharing!
I wondered what you were up to! I haven’t read these but the art for Dark of the Gods is so familiar looking! He (or she) has a distinctive style I bet I could find on books in my house from that publisher.
When I worked in publishing, I remember being very shocked that the artists needed models to work from. Wouldn’t you think they’d use their imagination?
You’re right – that’s a very distinctive art style. I tried hunting up the artist, the only lead I could find was for Robert Gould. I’ll have to check if Gould has put up his portfolio somewhere.
Oooh, all of these are new to me! This was a fun prompt this week, wasn’t it?! I’m glad it brought you back. 🙂
The cover for Immune is so interesting! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier.
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I haven’t read any of these yet, but I hope you’ll enjoy all of them!