#sleeperhitreads

[aghowardwrites]

✨✨ Welcome to #Sleeperhitreads, for those who like to read outside the box. 📦🧐 Scroll to the second image to see why I chose #TheStoryteller as this month’s spotlight title! 📚 👁️‍🗨️ Any book I post as a sleeper hit will be a title I personally enjoyed that has 3K reviews or less on GoodReads. 🌛 🌟 PLEASE JOIN THE FUN! If there are reads you’ve loved (in any genre!) that fly—or flew—under the radar, feel free to share them in the comments or post them on your IG with the hashtag #sleeperhitreads so myself and others can find these original, overlooked titles and support hard-working authors. 💞 😊 FYI: There's also #hiddengembooks and #lookimunderrated hashtags that have been around #bookstagram for a while, so be sure to check those out for more #underrated titles! ••• #writerslife #amreading #booknerd #bookphoto #booktography #bibliophilelife #prettybooks #booklover #payitforward #individualitymatters #indiepublished #smallpress #readingoutsidethebox #beautifulbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CXtw9fXr4Zt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aghowardwrites]

We’re going back in time for this month’s #SleeperHitReads spotlight. Partly because this lovely, haunting #coverart is perfect for #Halloween. But even more because although #TheAlchemyofStone hit shelves back in 2008 and I read it around 2011, the gloomy yet enchanting story on these pages has stayed with me for a decade. I’m craving a reread just from seeing that blurb: “A gorgeous meditation on what it means to not be human.” If you love dark literary fantasies with in-depth characterization and societal and moral explorations, give this one a shot. Personally, I can’t wait to dive back into #EkaterinaSedia’s beautiful and broken world once more! 💀 🎃 If there are reads you’ve loved that fly—or flew—under the radar, feel free to share them in the comments or post them on your IG with the hashtag #sleeperhitreads so myself and others can find these original, overlooked titles and support hard-working authors. 🤖 🍂 FYI: There's also a #hiddengembooks hashtag that's been around #bookstagram for a few years, so be sure to check that one out for more underrated titles! ••• #writerslife #amreading #booknerd #bookphoto #booktography #bibliophilelife #prettybooks #booklover #payitforward #individualitymatters #readingoutsidethebox #beautifulbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CVireK2rZCn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aghowardwrites]

Welcome to #Sleeperhitreads, for those who like to read outside the box. Scroll to the second image to see why I chose this title as today’s spotlight! 📚 👁️‍🗨️ NOTE 1: Any book I post as a sleeper hit will be a title I personally enjoyed that has 3K reviews or less on GoodReads due to lack of big $ marketing or being #indiepublished or #smallpress. 🌛 ✨ NOTE 2: On my own individual posts, since I’m spotlighting books I’ve actually read—it will limit the genres to fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal or magical realism. Short of my critique partners’ wonderful books, I don’t read contemporary titles. For pleasure reading, I’m drawn to what I write: the weird and the mystical. 🧚 🕊️ PLEASE JOIN THE FUN! If there are reads you’ve loved (in any genre!) that fly—or flew—under the radar, feel free to share them in the comments or post them on your IG with the hashtag #sleeperhitreads so myself and others can find these original, overlooked titles and support hard-working authors. 💞 😊 FYI: There's also a #hiddengembooks hashtag that's been around #bookstagram for a few years, so be sure to check that one out for more underrated titles! ••• #writerslife #amreading #booknerd #bookphoto #booktography #bibliophilelife #prettybooks #booklover #payitforward #individualitymatters #readingoutsidethebox #beautifulbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CScZ-7EL6j3/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aghowardwrites]

#SleeperHitReads: Starting in August, once a month I’ll spotlight an underrated title I’ve stumbled upon…an entertaining or memorable read I didn’t know existed due to limited marketing (#indiepublished, #smallpress titles, etc…). On #bookstagram, readers can find thousands of #beautifulbook posts for popular or bestselling titles from big publishers w/💵 for promos, but the lesser-known, unsung books that sparkle with unique ideas, innovative plots, or memorable characters deserve to have their moments in the sun, too. 🌞 📚 👁️‍🗨️ #HarukiMurakami postulates that reading outside the box helps you think outside the box, which in turn gives you edge because some of these hidden gems hold fresh insights or concepts that others have yet to discover. 💡 💎 Please help me mine for these gems! If there are books you love that fly (or flew) under the radar, share them in the comments or post them on your IG with the hashtag #sleeperhitreads so the next time I—or another #bookworm—crave(s) to swim outside the mainstream, it will be easier to find original, overlooked titles. Together, we can expand our minds while supporting hard-working authors who don’t always get the marketing / notoriety they deserve. ✨✨✨ 💞 😊 #writerslife #amreading #booknerd #bookphoto #booktography #bibliophilelife #prettybooks #booklover #payitforward #individualitymatters https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4Sj8erjYI/?utm_medium=tumblr