This week Top 5 Wednesday is our 2018 Wishlists. Not specific books, but genre's, tropes, plots we want to see more of in 2018.
So here is mine, know that it's not in any particular order.
1. More Standalones:
I don't mind a good series, I really don't. But this year I had multiple books on my TBR that I just didn't pick up because I found out they were a start of a trilogy.
Whether they have been for years or the author had just announced it, it was hard for me to commit to a series. Couldn't tell you why really. I'd just like a good book that gives me all the information I need to know with a decent story in one good book.
2. Good/Uplifting Mental Health Rep:
I read Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton this year, and it was just really refreshing to get someone with mental health issues as the protagonist, and see them cope and work through their struggle. It'd also be nice if we had more diverse Mental Health Rep. I mean this in two ways: It felt like there was a lot of anxiety rep this year, which is great, don't get me wrong, but like I said Walton's book was refreshing because it was Schizophrenia, lets see more that tend not to be talked about: Suicide/depression, PTSD through trauma (war, rape, abuse, etc...) Bi-Polar. Don't get me wrong I'd still like anxiety/panic disorder representation, I feel like it connects with a lot of readers, particularly those who are still in school. I also mean diversity in terms of culture/race, now I don't specifically remember if Adam is ever defined as Caucasian or "white" or anything else, but more often than not, if an author doesn't describe the protagonist specifically as having "colored" skin or coming for a specific culture, I assume their Caucasian. So have Mental Health representation in a diverse culture would, I think, be really cool to see more of.
3. Slow Burn Romances:
I just talked about the "Four dates then marriage" cliche in The Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson. How the romance itself, to me, felt slow burning but by the end of the book they were ready to marry when it seemed to come out of no where for me and was completely ridiculous. It'd be nice to see romances that took time, that don't try to solve a problem with marriage. That get's me frustrated because they are clearly right for one another but they have personal issues they want to work out before that first kiss that makes me release a breath I didn't know I was holding and go "FINALLY!' Where by the end of the book they don't feel rushed to meet that "happily ever after" ending but are satisfied with their current predicament and know they have more to work on before their next step. Is that so much to ask?
4. Creative Covers:
This one is purely my own bias. 2017 had some gorgeous covers, and some of the cover reveals I have seen so far for 2018 look awesome too. Let's just keep that up. I'd like to see no stock photo covers, particularly when it comes to chic lit/romances because I straight up wont read them. Don't ruin how I'd like to see these characters with your typical stock photo cover that looks like every other romance cover out there.
5. "Flawed" (Aka Real) Protagonists/Characters:
Not a character that says they're weird but does nothing to prove it, or does something only for it to be completely normal. Give me a thick girl who doesn't call herself "fat", wear's glasses, has days where she doesn't want to wear pants, that thinks too literally ruining almost every joke by over thinking it, who see's abstract vagina's in wood grain. Or something like that....I don't know. I guess I'm trying to say I'd like to see more diverse and more real/"flawed" characters in books that are more than just "nerdy" or "moody." Give me a love interest with more personality and more awkward moments.
Alright I think that's it....I mean that's five so yeah that's it.
Let me know what you all want to see more of 2018.
Until next time!
Litta
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