Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
As usual, I left this post until the last minute, and now I don’t have time to find more than five titles so here’s what I managed to throw together.
I have a long history of not enjoying hyped books so rather than talk about how I’ll never finish the ACOTAR series or pick up anything by Brandon Sanderson, I thought I’d share a couple of community-hyped books, and some personally hyped ones, that I’ve been avoiding. You’ll notice I have a thing about avoiding sequels and big books…it is what it is.
Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) by Rebecca Yarros // From Blood And Ash (Blood and Ash #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout // The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1) by R.F Kuang // Hollowpox (Nevermoor #3) by Jessica Townsend // Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep #2) by Ellie Marney
Hope you’re all feeling a bit more organised than I am today!
Earl Grey Books 
Yeah I’m good about avoiding sequels as well.
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Why are we like this?
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I tend to avoid sequels and very long books, too.
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I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
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I tend to always be so far behind that by the time I get around to reading hyped books, they’re no longer hyped. Hah! I don’t mind sequels as I love knowing more about characters I’ve enjoyed. However, as I get older, big books make my hands hurt.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-avoided-because-of-the-hype/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a> Thank you!
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Oh me too. I’m terrible at reading new releases (not so bad at buying them, of course). I understand about your hands hurting—mine do too and I usually end up getting an audio or eBook from the library for the big books on my shelves so I can save my hands a bit.
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I added Fourth Wing to my lists this week as well. Here is my post https://paigesofnovels.com/2024/10/01/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-read-because-of-the-hype/
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I’m sure Fourth Wing is a popular one this week!
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Too much hype tends to scare me off of a book.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/lets-hype-these-books-ten-books-deserving-more-hype/
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Same for me
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It seems like most people are going with books they’ve read, so I appreciate that you’re going with books you’re choosing to not read. Have a wonderful week.
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Thank you! Hope you have a lovely week too x
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I’ve read the first Marney and Townsend and was disappointed in both. The others on your list are ones I thoroughly enjoyed!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/10/01/books-ive-read-because-of-the-hype/
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That’s so sad, I love both of them in part because they’re both Australian. I can understand why you might not though!
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I hadn’t heard of The Poppy War, but goodreads makes it sound interesting!
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I’ve not even heard of any of these. I’d course, I’ve avoided SM for years. Recently started insta and am already thinking of letting it lay dormant.
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I like your take on the topic. I generally avoid overhyped books, too, which is why I struggled with this prompt and had to do something else! LOL
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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