Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is how my reading tastes have changed. I decided to look back at my 10+ years as a book blogger and talk about how my tastes have evolved.
2012: Discovery of Blogging & Goodreads
After falling out of love with reading during high school, 2012 reignited my passion through the online book community. I found YA for the first time—The Mortal Instruments, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, The Hunger Games—while balancing classics from my school library like Dickens, Harper Lee, and Hemingway. This was also the year I read two life-changing books: And Then There Were None and The Diary of Anne Frank.
2013: Final Year of High School
Most of 2013 was focused on school readings—Atonement and Stasiland still stand out. Outside of class, I alternated between YA and classics, going from The Crucible to If I Stay. It was also the year I first started reviewing indie books for authors.
2014: YA & Classic Favourites
This was a YA/MG heavy year, with Percy Jackson, Narnia, Throne of Glass, and a Vampire Academy reread. It was also filled with timeless favourites like Jane Eyre, North and South, The Bell Jar, Solitaire, Murder on the Orient Express, and Northanger Abbey.
2015: A Mix of Everything
2015 was eclectic—YA fantasy, adult historical fiction, and even comics. While living in the UK, I read books from my cousin’s diverse collection and discovered a new favourite: Michael Crichton, whom I became obsessed with for years.
2016: WWII and Disability Representation
This year had a strong WWII theme—I read at least 12 books on the subject. While taking Children’s Literature units at uni, I read a lot of YA and MG, but also classics for different classes. It was also the year I really started exploring disability representation in fiction.
2017: Poetry & Ice Hockey Romance
This year sparked my love for poetry—I read 38 collections! It was also the year I discovered ice hockey romances, starting with Elle Kennedy and Sarina Bowen.
2018: Poetry & Picture Books
Still in my poetry phase with about 20 collections, I also got into picture books, thanks to running weekly children’s reading time at my bookshop job. Naturally, I counted them all towards my Goodreads goal!
2019: The Shift to Romance
2019 brought a huge change. I began the year with my usual mix of poetry, YA, and The Great Believers, which remains a top-three favourite. But by November, I picked up my first historical romance and fell in love with the genre, reading mostly romance from then on.
2020 to Now: Romance Forever
Since then, it’s been all about romance—historical, contemporary, romantasy, and especially ice hockey romance. The genre brings me so much joy, and with its variety, I don’t think I’ll ever get bored!
So that’s been my journey over the last 12 years. How have your reading tastes changed?
Earl Grey Books 
This is so interesting. Now I’m going to have to think back on my reading journey.
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This was such an organized response!
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I think The Diary of Anne Frank is life changing for many. I think it shows many young people just how cruel the world can be but also that you keep going the best you can despite the circumstances.
I love your approach to this topic! Seeing everything by year was fun.
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Interesting shifts! I relate to most of them. I think i only discovered YA in like 2016, I obviously read Twilight before but YA was not really known to me. I actually read The Mortal Instruments just in 2019 and The Hunger Games in 2020 🙈 Now, I’m already outgrowing it.
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love how you approached this theme! I might just use it for another post … Now I want to go check out The Great Believers! So many of the books you mention are ones I love too (a few still on my tbr though)
My TTT is here
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