Top 5 Books I Read as an ARC (Advanced Reader’s Copy)

This week’s Top 5 Tuesday, hosted by Shanah the Bionic Bookworm, is one of the best topics I’ve ever seen! And it has nothing to do with the fact that it was suggestion from me, I swear. You can tell I mean that by the way I put certain words in bold.

To Kill a Kingdom

I don’t even remember requesting this one. It only kinda, sorta, maybe sounded like it might be okay. Then it arrived and knocked my socks off.

Ruthless Magic

An email sold me on this one by telling me it was Harry Potter meets Hunger Games. And while it wasn’t quite as good as either of those series, it was still very good and I hope there will be a sequel.

Macbeth

My first Nesbo and another great surprise. It was a very hefty word count, which usually brings an audible groan from me, but well worth it. Just some truly incredible, tragic, fantastic, disturbing stuff in this one.

Artemis

This was my first taste of Andy Weir in novel form. I had seen the movie version of The Martian and read a bunch of his short stories. Not only did I love Artemis, but it convinced me to read The Martian as a novel. (that, and the death threats from the majority of the blogosphere.)

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe

Hands down my favourite ARC to date. If I had a spirit animal, I’d want it to be Neanderthal. You can high-five spirit animals, right?

Fun fact NOT about this post: Over a lifetime, the average person will produce enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools. Not sure if these are kiddie pools, or olympic sized, but it’s a lot either way.