Top Ten Tuesday: Buzz Words

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Artsy Read Girl.

Each week features a book related topic to spotlight your Top Ten.

Topic:

Buzz Words

Some books only need a few words to get my attention.

You know the ones—those little buzz words in a book description that immediately make you pause and think, Oh, I need to read this. Before you know it, the book is already on your TBR. I know this can go the other way, but I wanted to keep things positive and show the words I'm on the hunt for.

When a book is announced, there are a lot of key words used to grab readers’ attention. Early reviews start appearing, book bloggers share their thoughts, authors provide blurbs, and promotional material begins circulating everywhere. There are cover reveals, interviews, and plenty of hype surrounding new releases. A lot goes into promoting a book.

Within all of that promotion, readers are often looking for those special buzz words—little clues that signal a story might be exactly their kind of read. When you see one of those phrases, you immediately think, Yes! That’s a story I can’t wait to read.

It took me a while to put this list together. Not because it was difficult, but because my reading tastes shift throughout the year. I had to look back at the books I’ve read recently and the ones I considered favorites. When I did, I noticed several similarities and started pulling key phrases from those stories.

Whenever I see these words used to describe a book, I’m usually drawn to the story right away—and it doesn’t take long before it ends up on my TBR.

What books are you on the look out for? Do you stay on the positive side of things going "Yes! This is the book I want", or do you tend to look more for the, that's something that makes me not want to read it.

Let me know your thoughts!

Also, do we have any similar?