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Top Ten Tuesday – The Last Ten Books I Abandoned

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is The Last Ten Books I Abandoned (this could be books you DNFed, books you decided you were no longer interested in, etc.).  I used to struggle with DNFing books and would make myself finish them even if I wasn’t enjoying the experience at all.  I’ve been getting better about abandoning books that aren’t working for me, but I admit the temptation to keep going is always there.  Below are some of the most recent books I’ve given up on and why.

 

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The Last Ten Books I Abandoned

 

1. CURSED by Thomas Wheeler

I loved the idea of a King Arthur retelling that focuses on the Lady of the Lake, but just couldn’t get into the book at all. I didn’t feel any connection to the characters and thus didn’t feel invested in their story at all so I quit the book.  It’s supposed to be made into a Netflix series so I may give it a second look then. We’ll see.

(Find out what it’s about…)

 

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2. THE BOY AND GIRL WHO BROKE THE WORLD by Amy Reed

I thought I would enjoy this story of two outcasts who become friends, but I just couldn’t get into it at all. While I liked the two main characters, Billy and Lydia, Billy came across as way younger than Lydia and they felt sort of mismatched to me, so much so that it kept pulling me out of the story until I finally gave up on it.

 

(Find out what it’s about…)

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3.  PLEASE SEND HELP by Gaby Dunn

I don’t know that there was necessarily anything bad about this book but when I originally requested it from Netgalley, I had no idea that it was a sequel. I tried to read it anyway but wasn’t a fan of the text and email format.  Sometimes that works for me, but here it wasn’t, perhaps because I didn’t know enough about the two main characters not having read the first book.  I wasn’t invested enough to go back and get the first one, so I chose to DNF.

 

(Find out what it’s about…)

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4. LIFE AND LIMB by Jennifer Roberson

When I read the blurb for this, I thought it sounded like such an original premise:  “A biker and a cowboy must stop the apocalypse in the first book of the Blood and Bone modern western fantasy series.”  Actually, even reading that now, it still sounds amazing. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t settle into the story at all so I gave up. The only notes I made about it were “OMG, get on with it already.” and another scribble about the characters just saying the same thing over and over again.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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5. NAMELESS QUEEN by Rebecca McLaughlin

I didn’t connect with the main character at all in this one.  I went into the story hoping for an underdog I could really root for, but instead, Coin was one of those too good to be true protagonists, who just knows how to do everything and do it well, which I just found annoying.  I was also in the middle of a big fantasy slump so that probably didn’t help matters.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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6. THE DOLL FACTORY by Elizabeth Macneal

I knew going in that this was a dark tale of obsession, but I found it very slow moving at the beginning and dark and twisted in a way that made me very uncomfortable.  I was not a fan of the taxidermy angle at all, so I quit the book.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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7. SONG OF THE ABYSS by Makiia Lucier

I DNF’ed this one because I didn’t realize it was the second book in a series when I requested it from Netgalley and didn’t have time to go back and read the first. They both actually have quite high marks on Goodreads though so I’ll probably read this series at some point.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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8. THE VANISHED BIRDS by Simon Jimenez

I was unfortunately in the midst of a big fantasy slump when I tried to read this book.  It’s another that has high marks on Goodreads so I may actually revisit it at some point and give it a fair shake since I’m pretty sure the problem was me and not the book.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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9. AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman

I don’t know what it is about this book but I’ve tried to read it twice and DNF’ed both times.

I’ve loved many of his other titles but just can’t seem to get into this one at all.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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10. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

I think this book is probably amazing based on Murakami’s other books but I honestly just got lazy and decided I didn’t want to read a 925 page story of magical realism.  Maybe someday I’ll revisit it.

(Find out what it’s about…)

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Question:  Have you read any of these?

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Must-Haves For My Bookish Party

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Things I’d Have at My Bookish Party (Choose 10 things: items, accessories, foods, people (real or fictional), decorations, activities, etc. You can also choose a party if you’d like: book launch, book club, book-themed wedding reception/birthday party/bridal or baby shower/Anniversary, book event, etc.).

Wow, this was such a hard topic for me. 1) I’m a major introvert and rarely even attend parties, much less host them, and 2) I tend to like cheesy, dorky things so even if I were to throw a party and people actually showed up, I think they’d probably take a look around and run for the nearest exit.

If I were to throw a bookish party though, it would be a one-time only thing. My introverted little heart couldn’t take the stress of it becoming a regular thing, lol. And because it would be a one-time only event, it would have to include a hodge podge of all of my bookish favorites, the dorkier the better.

 

10 Must-Haves For My Bookish Party

 

 1. BOOKISH DECOR

I would go all Martha Stewart, bookish style, when it came to decorating.  Here are just a couple of decorating ideas I saw while motoring around on Pinterest. Even though the first one is in a child’s room, I love the idea of hanging books overhead as decorations.  It’s budget-friendly too since I already own tons of books, lol.  I also love the whimsical signs on the right.  They reference so many of my favorite books.

 

 

2. BOOK-THEMED BEVERAGES

Even though my decorations could possibly be considered childish, I promise this would be a party for adults and that there would be plenty of alcohol.  In keeping with my love of all things dorky, I’d definitely give them book-themed names like these.

 

3.  THEMED APPETIZERS BASED ON A POPULAR BOOK SERIES

I would make use of the many book-themed cookbooks out there to put together an assortment of appetizers based on books that hopefully everyone would recognize.  This Happy Potter book is more geared towards kids, but there were also some more “grown up” selections in there.

 

4.  MAIN FOOD DISHES INSPIRED BY POPULAR BOOKS

I’m all about feeding people so I would definitely have a full meal as well, also based on some favorite and/or popular books.  Comfort foods seemed to call to me as I was considering a menu. Perhaps my anxiety kicking up at the thought of having a party, haha!

 

5. BOOKISH GAMES

It might be the lockdown/quarantine talking, but I think bookish board games would be a must-have as well.

 

6. BOOK-THEMED DESSERTS

And because I clearly haven’t stuffed my party guests enough, we would need bookish themed desserts as well.  Maybe a giant book-themed cake of my favorite books or some bookish themed cookies that are almost too cute to eat.

 

 

7.  A BOOK ARCH FOR BOOKISH PHOTO OPS

I keep thinking of The Last Bookstore in L.A. and the circle of books that people pose for pics in.

I think something like that or an arch would be fun for party pics.

 

8. BOOK-THEMED PLAYLISTS

I would probably cheat on this one and use movie soundtracks

but I think it would be fun to have playlists based on favorite books playing in the background.

 

9. A BOOK SWAP

If people have made it this far into my party, I think the least that should happen is they should walk away with some new books.  Book swap!

 

10.  BOOKISH PARTY FAVORS

How fun are these?!

 

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Question:  What would you consider a must-have if you were throwing a bookish party?

 

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Series I Wish Had Existed When I was a Kid

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is actually Books I Wish I Had Read As a Child.  I tweaked it a bit because I honestly couldn’t think of many titles that I wish I had read as a child but didn’t get around to.  What I decided to share today instead are book series I wish had been around when I was growing up.  I know I’m totally dating myself with this list, but none of these gems had been written yet when I was a child.  The oldest on my list is the Magic Tree House series and I was already in college when that was first published.  Now that’s not to say I didn’t have many fabulous series to choose from when I was younger – The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, etc., but man, so many great series have come out since I started adulting.  I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to read them with my son, but I really wish I had had the opportunity to read them for the first time when I was his age.

 

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Book Series I Wish Had Existed When I was a Kid

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HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling

PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS by Rick Riordan

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by Cressida Cowell

HIS DARK MATERIALS by Philip Pullman

ARTEMIS FOWL by Erin Colfer

THE UNDERLAND CHRONICLES by Suzanne Collins

SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Lemony Snicket

THE MAGIC TREE HOUSE by Mary Pope Osborne

 

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Do you have any series you wish had been around when you were growing up?

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Titles That Would Make Great Band Names

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Titles That Would Make Good Band Names.  I thought this was a fun topic and what surprised me as I was looking at the titles on my shelves was just how well so many titles would work as names for bands.  My only struggle was just picking 10!  Fantasy titles seem to work especially well, in my head anyway, lol.  I’m imagining the titles I’ve chosen as either head-banging 80’s hair bands or something a little more modern, like alternative bands.

My son looked at me strangely when I added Turtles All the Way Down to my list, but I say if Bowling For Soup, the Barenaked Ladies, and Toad the Wet Sprocket can be band names, why not Turtles All the Way Down?

 

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Book Titles That Would Make Great Band Names

(in no particular order)

 

AURORA RISING

UNDERCOVER BROMANCE

THUNDERHEAD

SIX OF CROWS

SPINNING SILVER

RENEGADES

MY LADY JANE

WARCROSS

A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC

TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN

 

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Could you see any of these titles as band names?

Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Reads That Will Put a Smile on Your Face

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Genre Freebie (pick a genre and build a list around it! i.e., best/worst romances, non-fiction for travelers, memoirs for foodies, classics that feel timeless, romance novel kisses, science fiction that feels too real for comfort, women’s fiction for newbies, etc.).  I went a little rogue this week because I couldn’t really think of a genre I wanted to focus on. Instead, and especially in light of what’s going on in the world right now, I decided to focus on humor.  Specifically, I’m sharing books that I think are such fun reads they’ll put a smile on your face and will make you forget about your troubles for a little while.  All ten of these have plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and, at least for me anyway, were major mood lifters. My list is heavy on rom-coms and YA contemporaries, and you knew The Bromance Book Club and something by Christina Lauren would make an appearance, didn’t you? Anyway, here’s my list. Happy Tuesday!

 

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10 Reads That Will Put a Smile on Your Face

 

1. TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE by Jenny Han

(Find out what it’s about…)

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2. MY LADY JANE by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, & Brodi Ashton

(Find out what it’s about…)

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3.  THE FLATSHARE by Beth O’Leary

(Find out what it’s about…)

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4. THE BROMANCE BOOK CLUB by Lyssa Kay Adams

(Find out what it’s about…)

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5. SAVE THE DATE by Morgan Matson

(Find out what it’s about…)

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6. THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE by Mackenzi Lee

(Find out what it’s about…)

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7. WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI by Sandhya Menon

(Find out what it’s about…)

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8. RAYNE & DELILAH’s MIDNITE MATINEE by Jeff Zenter

(Find out what it’s about…)

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9. JOSH & HAZEL’S GUIDE TO NOT DATING

(Find out what it’s about…)

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10. SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli

(Find out what it’s about…)

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Question:  What are some of your favorite fun reads?

Top Ten Tuesday – My Spring 2020 Reading List

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is 2020 Spring TBR. This was a pretty easy topic for me since I, of course, have tons of books I’m hoping to get to this spring.  The hardest part was trying to narrow down to just ten to share and I failed on that so you get to see 13 books I’m planning to read.

 

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My Spring 2020 TBR

(in no particular order)

 

ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW by Kristan Higgins

Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it.  From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins, a new novel examining a family at the breaking point in all its messy, difficult, wonderful complexity.

 

REAL MEN KNIT by Kwana Jackson

When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop. A big-hearted, warm, funny story of community, family and unexpected romance.

 

MASTER CLASS by Christina Dalcher

The future of every child is determined by one standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and they attend a top tier school with a golden future ahead of them. Score low, and they are sent to a federally run boarding school with limited prospects for future employment. The purpose? Education costs are cut, teachers focus on the best students, and parents are happy. Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s elite schools. When her nine-year old daughter fails her next monthly test, her Q score drops to a disastrously low level and she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal school hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena knows intimately the dangers of failure in their tiered educational system, but as a mother who just lost her child, all Elena wants is to be near her daughter again. And she will do the unthinkable to make it happen.

 

ADMISSION by Julie Buxbaum

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes an of-the-moment novel that peeks inside the private lives of the hypercompetitive and the hyperprivileged and takes on the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the country.

 

CHASING LUCKY by Jenn Bennett

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it’s not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there.  What she doesn’t plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy…

 

SHOREFALL by Robert Jackson Bennett

In the second installment of The Founders Trilogy, the upstart firm Foundryside is struggling to make it. Orso Igancio and his star employee, former thief Sancia Grado, are accomplishing brilliant things with scriving, the magical art of encoding sentience into everyday objects, but it’s not enough. The massive merchant houses of Tevanne won’t tolerate competition, and they’re willing to do anything to crush Foundryside.  But even the merchant houses of Tevanne might have met their match. An immensely powerful and deadly entity has been resurrected in the shadows of Tevanne, one that’s not interested in wealth or trade routes: a hierophant, one of the ancient practitioners of scriving. And he has a great fascination for Foundryside, and its employees – especially Sancia.

Now Sancia and the rest of Foundryside must race to combat this new menace, which means understanding the origins of scriving itself – before the hierophant burns Tevanne to the ground.

 

JACK KEROUAC IS DEAD TO ME by Gae Polisner

Fifteen-year-old JL Markham’s life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren’t the friends they once were.  With JL’s father gone on long term business, and her mother suffering from dissociative disorder, JL takes solace in the in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he’s going to hit the road – with or without JL.

JL can’t bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you?

 

RUTHLESS GODS by Emily A. Duncan

Darkness never works alone…  Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who–and what–he’s become.  As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer.  This is the second installment in the Something Dark and Holy series.

 

FEELS LIKE FALLING by Kristy Woodson Harvey

From “the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand) and the bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series comes an odd-couple tale of friendship that asks just how much our past choices define our happiness.

 

THE SECOND HOME by Christina Clancy

A debut novel set on Cape Cod that centers on a beloved family home and the summer that changed the lives of three siblings forever, perfect for readers of J. Courtney Sullivan and Elin Hilderbrand.

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOAX by Martha Waters

In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attentionand maybe just win each other back in the process.

 

THE PRISONER’S WIFE by Maggie Brookes

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi POW camp to be with the man she loves.

 

THE LIES THAT BIND by Emily Giffin

In the irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and Something Borrowed, a young woman falls hard for an impossibly perfect man before he disappears without a trace . . . The Lies That Bind is a mesmerizing and emotionally resonant exploration of the never-ending search for love and truth–in our relationships, careers, and deep within our own hearts.

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Do you plan to read any of these titles this Spring?

Top Ten Tuesday – My Favorite Authors to Follow on Social Media

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Authors Who Have a Fun Social Media Presence.  Following authors on twitter is the best. I love reading their random musings about writing, politics, or whatever happens to be on their minds at any given moment.  I also love to follow them because, at least in the case of my favorites, they also tend to have the best sense of humor. The wit and sarcasm makes my day, and I’m also a sucker for author accounts that post about their pets. Stephen King tweeting about Molly, the thing of evil, for example, always cracks me up. Anyway, below are some of my favorites on twitter. Do we share any faves?

 

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My Favorite Authors to Follow on Social Media

 

1)  V.E. Schwab

 

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2)  Angie Thomas

 

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3)  Stephen King

 

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4)  C.G. Drews

 

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5)  Jenn Bennett

 

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6)  Marie Lu

 

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7)  Julie Murphy

 

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8)  Victoria Aveyard

 

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9)  Jay Kristoff

 

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10) Jenny Han

 

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Question:  Who are some of your favorite authors to follow on social media?

Top Ten Tuesday – Sometimes One Word is Enough: My Favorite One-Word Book Titles

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Books With Single-Word Titles.  As someone who has always struggled to be concise with their writing, there’s just something so impressive to me about single-word book titles.  It amazes me that authors are able to so perfectly capture the essence of the hundreds and hundreds of pages they’ve written with a single word.  And I don’t know about you guys, but I often find those one-word titles to be way more powerful than their multi-word counterparts.  In some cases, they perfectly capture the magic of a book, while in others, they succinctly convey the horrific vibe.  And yet in still others, they are deliberately ambiguous so as to keep you guessing as to their meaning.

Anyway, enough of that.  Below are ten of my favorite one-word titles.

 

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(Sorry. I just watched The Princess Bride and can’t get this quote out of my head.)

 

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My Favorite One-Word Book Titles

(in no particular order)

 

CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber

UPROOTED by Naomi Novik

GEEKERELLA by Ashley Poston

BELOVED by Toni Morrison

PRIDE by Ibi Zoboi

UNSUB by Meg Gardiner

VENGEFUL by V.C. Schwab

SCYTHE by Neal Shusterman

HEARTLESS by Marissa Meyer

IT by Stephen King

 

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Do you have any favorite one-word book titles?

Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Book Characters I’d Follow on Social Media

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Characters I’d Follow On Social Media.  Okay, so anyone who follows me on my social media accounts knows that I’m the actual worst when it comes to social media.  I’m such an introvert and I never know what to post, what to say. I’m just a big bucket of awkward and it’s a never-ending struggle for me.  But even though I suck at it myself, I still love to follow people who are really good at social media. I also like to follow my fellow introverts so that we can revel in our awkwardness together.  Below are some characters from books I’ve read that I think I would enjoy following on social media for various reasons.

 

(Me as a meme)

 

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10 Book Characters I’d Follow on Social Media

(in no particular order)

 

NINA from The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

SIMON from Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

HAZEL from Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

SWEETIE from There’s Something About Sweetie by Sendhya Menon

WILLOWDEAN DIXON from Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

TIFFY from The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

LARA JEAN from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

CATH from Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

EMIKA CHEN from Warcross by Marie Lu

REV from More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

 

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Who are some characters you would follow on social media if you could?

Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Reads That Left Me with a Book Hangover

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is a The Last Ten Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover.  I honestly couldn’t remember the last ten books that gave me a book hangover so I just went with ten that I actually could remember, lol.

For those who don’t know what a book hangover is, I think this fun graphic from Epic Reads sums it up pretty well.  For me, they are brought on when I have to say goodbye to my favorite characters in a beloved series or when I read a standalone that just puts my emotions through the wringer.

 

 

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10 Reads That Left Me with a Book Hangover

(in no particular order)

 

ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES by Jennifer Niven

THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah

SHADES OF MAGIC series by V.E. Schwab

MONSTERS OF VERITY by Victoria Schwab

HARRY POTTER series by J.K. Rowling

THE HUNGER GAMES series by Suzanne Collins

ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas

THE WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY by Katherine Arden

THE LUNAR CHRONICLES by Marissa Meyer

 

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Do you have books or series that have left you with book hangovers?