Top Ten Tuesday: Books People Have Been Telling The Mermaid That She MUST Read

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This is my first time participating in Top Ten Tuesday! I've finally found some free time to do it. School is just insane right now but the holidays are in about two weeks (aka more reading time!).

So here we go – ten books people have been telling me that I MUST read!

Most of these books are ones I keep hearing about but have never read. There are probably a ton of books that fall under this category for me, because #1, I used to have this mindset of not reading what I thought was ‘mainstream’, and #2, I just simply didn’t have the time. 

1. Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi: Manon from Sous Ma Couverture recommended this! Movie rights have been sold, but there isn't much news regarding that as of now.

2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green: Seems like EVERYONE has read this. But yes, I haven't read TFIOS. And no, I have not seen the movie. I probably wouldn’t have shifted it up my TBR list if the movie hadn’t been released.

3. The Maze Runner by James Dashner: Like TFIOS, the same goes for The Maze Runner. My classmates have been telling me to read it and are eagerly anticipating its movie release in September, so this time I will read it before then (like I did for The Hunger Games trilogy).

4. Promises (Syrenka, #1) by Amber Garr: Michelle from The Passionate Bookworms recommended this series to me, especially since I’m a mer-freak. I’ve heard it’s fin-tastic.

5. The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood: I was exchanging book recs with a classmate in a bookstore after being properly introduced to him for the first time (and finding out he's a fan of The Lunar Chronicles!). I recommended What Kills Me by Wynne Channing to him. In return, he located a copy of The Bellwether Revivals in the store and showed it to me.

6. Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer: Said classmate and fan of The Lunar Chronicles asked me why I hadn't read Scarlet yet even though I'd finished Cinder already.

I’m a reader who prefers to wait till a series is finished because I can’t stand the agonising wait for sequels. The more popular an unfinished series is, the less likely I am to start reading it anytime soon.

Fun fact: During the pre-release hype of the third book, Cress, one of my pins on Pinterest showcasing fan art (not mine) had an insane amount of repins. The number now stands close to 500!


7. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: I was pretty confused over whether one should start reading The Infernal Devices (the prequel series) or The Mortal Instruments first. A classmate of mine who’s an avid fan of this series recommended starting with the latter, so at least I'll know where to start!

8. Wonder by R. J. Palacio: What a lovely sky blue cover. A friend reading it recommended it after I asked about the illustration.

9. The Chrysalids and 10. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham: Another classmate of mine who particularly loves dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels suggested these to me. Aside from their interesting premises, these were written in the 1950s. I was told that John Wyndham’s sci-fi novels weren’t that popular in those days, but with the resurgence of books in the similar genre, I think they'll be better-appreciated in this century.

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