Happy Tuesday! As per usual, I forgot it was Tuesday, so this is goin’ up a tad late in the day.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl!
In descending chronological order, these are the most recently read books that gave me a hangover:
Assassin’s Fate and Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb – All her books give me book hangovers, let’s be real here.
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang – I remember reading basically only manga for a while after this one.
The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson – This was one of my favorite books of last year and it left me reeling!
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P. Beaulieu – This one unfortunately was a slump for a bad reason. I didn’t particularly care for this book. It took me ages to read and then after I wasn’t really in the mood to read anything.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James – Same reason as above. This was a negative hangover.
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan – Again, a negative hangover. This was actually a DNF, as well.
A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa – This book was just heavy. After I finished it I was emotionally compromised.
Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb – Robin Hobb, duh.
King’s Rising by C. S. Pacat – This entire trilogy gave me a hangover, a really good one. This series had me stuck on it for weeks after I finished it.
And that’s it! Happy reading!
Embuhleeliest 
The Monster sounds so good.
My TTT .
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It was amaaaaaazing! But definitely check out the first book in the series first if you decide to pick it up: The Traitor Baru Cormorant.
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All of these are on my TBR, and I’m a little ashamed to say I haven’t read any of them yet. xD Shame that you didn’t like Black Leopard, Red Wolf. I’ve definitely seen very polarized reviews of it, which is why I haven’t picked it up yet. I really need to get to The Poppy War soon, though! It sounds brilliant.
Here’s my TTT post.
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Great list! The Poppy War is on my tbr but I don’t know if I’d like it… Great list, here’s mine: https://bookslifeotheroddities.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/my-opinion-on-your-last-5-star-read/
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Sorry to hear Black Leopard, Red Wolf. I’ve been on the fence whether to pick it up for a while now because it does look very dense.
My TTT: https://talkingtomyshelf.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/top-ten-tuesday-books-that-gave-me-a-book-hangover/
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It does seem to be very polarizing, haha. I’ve had friends read it who loved it, so you might still!
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Completely agree about Poppy War and the Captive Prince trilogy… CP particularly had me rereading it all over again because I just couldn’t think of anything else 😂😂
Nice list !!!
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Augh I’ve been craving a reread of those. They just stuck in me, haha
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I totally understand the feeling.. they are pretty memorable 😍😍
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Lol at all the Robin Hobb books. I think book hangover is the topic for Top 5 Tuesday this week and I was thinking that I’d have to list only Hobb’s books.
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I know it’s terrible and wonderful ;~;
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