5 years. 500 reviews. That's a lot of time spent reading, spent writing reviews, spent writing up other posts, spent on social media talking to other bloggers and readers, spent at book events and meet-ups. It's been hard at some points, easy at others, but I still love the little piece of the community I've fallen into.
And so without further ado, this is my top 16 (because it's so hard to narrow it down) of the last 5 years:
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
- In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang
- The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton
- Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
- The Story of Owen by E.K. Johnston
- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
- Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston
- A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz
- Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
- Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
- The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff
- Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
I want to share these books that I've loved, so 2 winners will each get their choice of 1 book and 1 winner will get a bunch of swag that I've collected over the years, things like bookmarks and buttons.
(There might be a slight issue if 1 of the winners wants a copy of Bleeding Violet or Harmonic Feedback, both are a bit tricky to find in print. Your local library would definitely have them, and they are available on e-book sites like Kindle and Kobo. I know I could've just not added these books, but they were some of the first I read when I started reviewing. Both are rather honest when it comes to mental illness and how the world is seen through their eyes.)
The giveaway will go on until the end of the month and is open internationally as long as Book Depository ships free to your country. :)
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