It has been a little while since I participate in Top 5 Tuesday, and I honestly wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do this topic. Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the lovely Shanah at the Bionic Bookworm. You can visit here for the upcoming topics!
ALSO friends, I think my comments are being labelled as spam, so check your spam folders please!
Onto the post for today! This month, the topics are the alphabet! Essentially, I’m going to be giving you one book for each letter of the alphabet during this month. Today, the letters are KLMNO. I got to talk about a lot of books that I really enjoy but don’t often talk about, so this one was a lot of fun!
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness: if you haven’t read this trilogy yet, I highly recommend you do. It has some of the best character development I’ve read in recent years, and it’s just so good. Also, a movie is being made soon, so !!!
The Lost Girls by Heather Young: this is a really great, atmospheric thriller. It’s more slow-paced and intense than action-packed and intense, if that makes sense. Kind of quiet and atmospheric, and it takes its time getting to the end. But I really loved it.
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares: no one has read this book, honestly. But it’s so good. If you like star-crossed lovers, time travel, and reincarnation, then you’d love this one.
Nothing by Janne Teller: this book is a hit-or-miss with people, but I loved it. It’s a little disturbing, so keep that in mind, but it’s really amazing. I highly recommend it.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman: this book isn’t my favourite Gaiman, but I still really enjoyed it. It’s a very Gaiman book, so know that going in. It’s super interesting and atmospheric.
So there are some more alphabet recommendations! Have you read any of these? What were your thoughts? Are any of them on your TBR? Let me know!
Thanks for reading! xx
Ally Writes Things 
The Knife of Never Letting Go has been on my TBR pile for ages. No clue why I keep putting it off— other than Ness’s A Monster Calls wrecked me for weeks after reading it. Great post this week!
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Ahhhh it’s so good!!! I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
Thank you! 😀
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LOL, describing The Ocean at the End of the Lane as “very Gaiman” is perfect. I enjoyed it, but couldn’t recommend it for someone who doesn’t like his other work. He’s definitely got a style.
(Thanks for the tip about your comments being flagged as spam! So annoying.)
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It’s so Gaiman! And same, I loved it, but if you’re not a Gaiman fan, you probably wouldn’t enjoy it.
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Actually, I’ve been trying to think of a Gaiman book I could recommend to someone who doesn’t usually like his work, and I can’t think of many. Maybe Norse Mythology, but that’s about it. He has a very distinct style and rarely varies from it.
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Very true, I can’t think of one right now. I feel like potentially Good Omens is a good starter, but it still feels very Gaiman, just slightly less fantastical
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Good Omens makes sense, since Pratchett had a hand in it, too.
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Great post! and you’re right, I checked my spam folder and I found two of your lovely comments in there! but perhaps I know why, because amongst your comments, there was another comment where it said: “TEN BOOKS
https://66.media.tumblr.com/29aeb2cb8c6985d3c00ec5b676f7fdb4/tumblr_inline_ovpgazqy4b1upf5e2_540.gif” on my weekly reading post, I’m not sure whether that was accidental or whether you have some sort of virus or someone hacking your account? that may be why you were labelled for spam?
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Thank you!
WHY that’s so weird????? Maybe I’ll change my password and hope I haven’t been hacked lol. But thanks for letting me know!
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You’re welcome. I know that is!! Haha I hope not. no problem 🙂
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Lovely post! The only one I’ve read here is the Knife of Never Letting Go, but I agree that the character development is great in it! I can’t wait for the movie to release! I think it’ll be really interesting to see how the concept of the Noise is adapted in a movie format.
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Thank you, Kelly! And same!!!!! I’m so excited! Idk how they’ll do the noise, but I’m sure it’ll be awesome
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Slowly catching up with everyone’s Top 5 Tuesday posts. 😉 I really enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s Ocean At The End Of The Lane too.
Here’s my Top 5 Tuesday post so you can see my K,L,M,N & O choices. 😉
Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and enjoy this week’s reads.
Flora x
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Ocean at the End of the Lane is so great, I’m glad you enjoyed it, too! 💖
You as well, Flora! xx
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