Top Ten Tuesday #17! Top 10 Books I've Read So Far In 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke & The Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

This week's TTT pick is actually "Top 10 Book Characters That Are Book Nerds" But since I don't remember any (or I do remember them but I didn't like the character at all), I'm doing a past TTT category for today!

Top 10 Books I've Read So Far In 2015!

1.)

Eden (E, #3)
Kate Wrath
Science Fiction
June 13th 2015
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*No synopsis due to spoilers








2.)
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Young Adult Classic
December 1982
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Synopsis:

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior—to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.


3.)
The Sin Eater's Daughter (The Sin Eater's Daughter, #1)
Melinda Salisbury
Young Adult Fantasy
February 24th 2015
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Synopsis:

I am the perfect weapon.
I kill with a single touch.

Twylla is blessed. The Gods have chosen her to marry a prince, and rule the kingdom. But the favour of the Gods has it's price. A deadly poison infuses her skin. Those who anger the queen must die under Twylla's fatal touch.

Only Lief, an outspoken new guard, can see past Twylla's chilling role to the girls she truly is.

Yet in a court as dangerous and the queen's, some truths should not be told...

4.)
Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread & Stone, #1)
Lori M Lee
Young Adult Fantasy
August 5th 2014
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Synopsis:

In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe.

In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her.

Then Reev disappears. When keeping silent and safe means losing him forever, Kai vows to do whatever it takes to find him. She will leave the only home she’s ever known and risk getting caught up in a revolution centuries in the making. But to save Reev, Kai must unravel the threads of her past and face shocking truths about her brother, her friendship with Avan, and her unique power.


5.)
Bound By Flames (Night Prince, #3)
Jeaniene Frost
Adult Urban Fantasy
January 27th 2015
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*No synopsis due to spoilers







6.)
An Ember In The Ashes (An Ember In The Ashes, #1)
Sabaa Tahir
Young Adult Fantasy
April 28th 2015
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Synopsis:

Laia is a slave.

Elias is a soldier.

Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.


7.)

Home For The Holidays (Night Huntress, #6.5)
Jeaniene Frost
Adult Urban Fantasy
November 5th 2013
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*No synopsis due to spoilers







8.)

Trust (Running With Alphas, #1)
Viola Rivard
Adult Fantasy
August 10th 2014
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Synopsis:

Just when she thinks her life can’t get any worse, Taylor meets alpha wolf Alder - the most caring, gallant, and handsome man on the planet. On the run from the police, there’s no way she could possibly get involved with him. But somehow she does anyway.
Alder seems to be convinced that the two of them are going to live happily ever after in his mountain territory. But between looming pack wars, her dicey past, and his twin brother - the most obnoxious, sadistic, and handsome man on the planet - Taylor has a feeling that her new life among werewolves may be just as complicated as her human one.


RUNNING WITH ALPHAS: TRUST is a 100 page book and the beginning of Taylor’s journey. The story will contain themes of life in the wilderness and ménage romance. Due to sexual content, it is not recommended for readers under the age of 18. For the full release schedule, please refer to the Author’s Note below.


9.)

Sacrificed To The Dragon: Part 1 (Stonefire Dragons, #1)
Jessie Donovan
Adult Fantasy
July 10th 2014
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Synopsis:

In exchange for a vial of dragon’s blood to save her brother’s life, Melanie Hall offers herself up as a sacrifice to one of the British dragon-shifter clans. Being a sacrifice means signing a contract to live with the dragon-shifters for six months to try to conceive a child. Her assigned dragonman, however, is anything but easy. He’s tall, broody, and alpha to the core. There’s only one problem—he hates humans.

Due to human dragon hunters killing his mother, Tristan MacLeod despises humans. Unfortunately, his clan is in desperate need of offspring to repopulate their numbers and it’s his turn to service a human female. Despite his plans to have sex with her and walk away, his inner dragon has other ideas. The curvy human female tempts his inner beast like no other.



10.)

Mercy Thompson: Homecoming #1
Patricia Briggs
Adult Urban Fantasy/Graphic Novel
October 15th 2014
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Synopsis:

This prequel to the best-selling novels finds Mercy Thompson, shapeshifter coyote, recent graduate with a degree in history visiting the Tri-Cities to apply for a job as high-school history teacher to be disappointed that the school is more interested in a new PE coach. So she applies for an unorthodox job: she'll be Mercedes, the lady VW mechanic. In this issue she meets Adam Hauptman and Stefan the Vampire as well as Zee and his son Tad for the first time ever.