Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.
This Week’s Theme:
Books With Less Than
2000 Ratings on Goodreads
Initial Thoughts:
There were so many books that just passed the 2k rating benchmark that I sadly could not sing praises for them that fit in the constraints of this prompt.
The Blackthorn Key (Sands)
MG. Puzzles. Bromance. Pigeon feels (I’m serious). Mystery/conspiracy. I cried.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 1799)
The Alex Crow (Smith)
YA. Four POVs. Genre bending; part historical, inklings of science-fiction, contemporary basis, and lots of weird [“uhhh??”] shit. Sexual innuendos for days. Robotic crows too.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 1330)
The Great American Whatever (Federle)
YA. LGBT Contemporary. A cinephiles dream. Sassy lead with memorable quotes. I heard the audiobook is good with Federle narrating.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 1300)
Sunset Rising (McEachern)
YA. Girl from the Pits (re lower class) is employed to work in the royal court. Love triangle fun times.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 1077)
A Trick of the Light (Metzger)
YA. Boy dealing with anorexia. Fully narrated by the eating disorder. Family struggles.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 744)
Backward Glass (Lomax)
MG. Time travel forward/back by stepping through mirrors. Layered world building and vivid portrayal of time periods. An urban legend come to life. Mystery and suspense.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 192)
Julia Vanishes (Egan)
YA. Heroine thief can disappear from the another’s vision on will. Is employed to spy on a home where interesting characters live. Death is coming; it searches. Supernatural fantasy.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 202)
True Letters of a Fictional Life (Logan)
YA. Male LGBT version of Han’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” I think? Coming of age. Friendship and family struggles.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 188)
Dublin in the Rain (Critchley)
Adult. Contemporary. A book recanting the downfall and reconstruction of relationships, basically. Ireland’s enchanting scenery plays a key role in the near magical realism of this story.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 125)
Shooter (Pignat)
YA. School shooting. Canadian setting. Multi POV and narrative approach. Diverse and intersectional cast. Minimal heroics as police are still [somewhat] competent.
(No. of ratings as of 7/5/2016: 74)
Afterthoughts:
Have you used any of these? Have I missed some quotes?
Let me know!
Cheers,
Joey
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thoughts and afterthoughts. 
I can’t say I’ve read any of these but there are plenty I want to check out. Shooter sounds like a good one and I don’t remember the last time I read a book set in Canada that covers a school shooting so I’ll add that to the tbr pile. 😀
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I listened to the audiobook for The Great American Whatever and I honestly didn’t like it or the story very much. It was just okay. LOL. I also attempted The Alex Crow and just could not do it and DNF it.
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A trick of the light sounds really interesting
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Sadly, I haven’t read any of these. There are a couple I’m interested in, though. The Great American Whatever, A Trick of the Light, and you really got my interest with the whole “pigeon feels” thing and that fact that you actually cried for The Blackhorn Key.
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I need to read my copy of The Great American. Also curious about The Blackthorn Key. I almost picked it up last week!
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I have Shooter on my TBR 🙂
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Pigeon feels have to be serious, I suppose. 🙂 My TTT
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I don’t think I’ve read any of these XD I’ll have to check them out! Thanks for sharing ^_^
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
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I’ve read The Alex Crow – I’m really surprised it has so few ratings!
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