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This week's topic based on the 2018 Booktube SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) Awards Book Babble, hosted by Elizabeth from Books and Pieces. I'm not a booktuber, but I still like appreciating favorite urban fantasies of mine! I know these are books I talk about almost daily, and they're mostly romance-based, but they have some urban fantasy in them too. 

For those who don't know what Top 5 Wednesday is, it's a weekly book group about our top five favorite things in the middle of the week.

Created by Lainey from GingerReadsLainey and now hosted by Samantha from ThoughtsonTomes, this week's entry describes the top 5 hidden gems in YA fantasy and contemporary, my favorite reading genres. 

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February 28th: Favorite Urban Fantasy Books *Book Babble Crossover Topic* Urban Fantasy tends to feature a heavy romance element, so I figured it fit in this month. The technical urban fantasy definition is: a subgenre of fantasy in which the narrative has an urban setting. Works of urban fantasy are set primarily in the real world and contain aspects of fantasy, such as the discovery of earthbound mythological creatures, coexistence or conflict between humans and paranormal beings, and other changes to city life. A contemporary setting is not strictly necessary for a work of urban fantasy: works of the genre may also take place in futuristic and historical settings, real or imagined.

4. Marked by Fate (Unreality by Ingrid Seymour) -  While the whole of Unreality wasn't 100% all that great, the urban fantasy aspects of it was really good. The female protagonist has psychic abilities within the human world and has to use her abilities to figure out who (or what) killed her mother, as well as a trail of murders in her city. 

3. Running in the Dark by Inger Iversen -  This book has the coolest Russian vampires, dhampirs (half vampires/half human hybrids) who work as spies, amongst humans who have no idea. 

2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - Possibly one of the most popular urban fantasies of the past decade! I haven't read all of the TMI series (hell, I still haven't read the final book) but I'll admit that the politics of the Clave, the weapons the Shadowhunters use, the methods they have, is very fascinating in urban fantasy. And some of it is happening in NYC, a big city where a tons of human beings are being watched and protected. 

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - Another hugely popular book series! Mind you, it has more paranormal fantasy than urban. But since the vampire/werewolf world sits in a sleepy, rainy human town, with a female human protagonist and her vampire boyfriend, I thought to add it here. 

What are some of your fave urban fantasies? Leave comments below!

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This is a new feature I joined called Goodreads' Top 5 Wednesdays, a weekly book group about our top five favorite things in the middle of the week.

Created by Lainey from GingerReadsLainey and now hosted by Samantha from ThoughtsonTomes, this week's entry describes the top 5 authors I want to write like:

November 29th: Authors You'd Want to Write Like --In honor of NaNo wrapping up, discuss some authors you'd like to write like. Whether its their writing style, what genre they write in, or how many books they manage to churn out a year!

  5. Inger Iversen (In the Dark) - I've only read one book by her, but I love how she fused attitude with fantasy within her characters and I wish I could write like that. 

4. Akemi Dawn Bowman (Starfish) - I'm an emotional person, so I didn't think I could figure out ways to combine emotions, thoughts and feelings of anxiety in a way that's understandable in literature. But the way Akemi does it is so crisp and clear and wide open, even to people who don't have anxiety. Her writing style is so beautiful and relatable; I wish I could write like her. 

3. Sheena Hutchinson (Discovering April) - Another author who knows how to fuse emotion in literature! But Sheena also adds a lot of sarcasm and humor, which is something I love. 

2. Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) - The mother of all things YA! Personally, I think her writing style is very basic, but it's simple and easy to get through. She's an author who knows she's not top-notch and doesn't try to be; she just is! Her world building is also way easy to understand, which is good if you don't like complex world building. 

1. J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) - The mother of all things Potter! Since she's British and I'm American, I obviously can't write like her. Especially since there are so many American terms that just wouldn't fit into a British series and still sound eloquent. But I wish I had her eye for authentic characterization and world building. Also, she's an author that does not back down. She was rejected 12 times by many publishers who didn't understand her story. But she'd finally found Scholastic and the rest is history! I don't want to write like her, I just wanna be her! 

Who are some authors you want to write or be like? Comment below and let's chat! 

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