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  • Category: Top Ten Tuesday

    • Top Ten Tuesday: Spring TBR

      Posted at 5:30 am by Laura, on March 14, 2017

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Books on my Spring TBR.

      I’ve been doing my best to keep track of the books I’d like to read for my TBR. If I have some sense of a planned schedule (I’m finding more recently), I am more likely to meet my challenges for the year (more from my TBR bookcases in particular). Here are my January, February, and March TBR books on Instagram. This post will give a sneak peak into April, too!

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      Son of the Shadows || Small Great Things || The Sun is Also a Star || Hunted || Miss You

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      Like a River Glorious || The Fiery Cross || Outrun the Moon
      The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals || The Secret Life of Violet Grant

      BONUS ROUND

      A Window Opens || The Wrath and the Dawn || Three Dark Crowns
      The Hollywood Daughter || The Orphan’s Tale

      What are you reading this spring? Have you read any of the books on my TBR?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 16 Comments | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Book-to-Movie Adaptations

      Posted at 3:15 am by Laura, on November 10, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Book-to-Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward to/Still Need to Watch.

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      I cheated a bit and chose some book-to-TV selections as well, because why not.

      Looking Forward to Seeing

      Mockingjay Part 2 || The Danish Girl || Outlander Season 2: Dragonfly in Amber

      Sherlock Season 4 || Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

      Still Need to Watch

      Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug || Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

      Testament of Youth || Brooklyn

      And for #10: A Rewatch

      The Book Thief, because snow and books.

      In conclusion, I adore Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Alicia Vikander. I see nothing wrong with this.

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 7 Comments | Tagged books, movies, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Take My Money!

      Posted at 5:35 am by Laura, on August 18, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Auto-buy Authors.

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      The Authors & The Books that Made Me Throw My Money Down || authors with several books / series / collections that I own entirely

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      Jodi Picoult || Tana French || Paula Brackston || Juliet Marillier
      Kate Morton || Rainbow Rowell || Stephanie Perkins || Gayle Forman

      The Authors & The Books that Will Make Me Throw My Money Down || authors with one book / one series / an unfinished series that will be automatic purchases for future books/series

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      Anne Blankman || Sharon Biggs Waller || Patricia Bracewell

      Honorable Mentions || authors that are automatic reads — Sarah Dessen, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Morgan Matson, Kate Alcott, Ruta Sepetys

      Huh. I’m surprised I don’t have more fantasy on here. Or contemporary. Or male authors. Whoops?

      Do we have any similarities? Did you notice any trends or patterns with your auto-buys / auto-reads? Share!

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 2 Comments | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Hyped Books I’ve Never Read

      Posted at 6:15 am by Laura, on July 7, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read.

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      Books I Know So Much About (Thanks Lit Classes) I May as Well Have Read Them

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      Today

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      Which books do we have in common? What books made it to your list?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 22 Comments | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: YA Historical Fiction TBR

      Posted at 6:35 am by Laura, on May 19, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten FREEBIE. So what did I choose? Top Ten YA Historical Fiction on my TBR, mostly because I’ve recently acquired quite a lot of YA historical fiction.

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      Take a journey to . . . Tudor England.

      I stumbled upon The Lacey Chronicles while browsing Book Outlet, and asked a couple historical fiction bloggers if they’ve read or heard of it. This trilogy came out a few years ago, all set during Elizabeth I’s reign, and each with intriguing heroines and good romances. Sounds about right for a Tudor court!

      Katherine Longshore was the reigning Tudor writer in my eyes, but I think that’s only because her books were more recently published. Of them all, I’m most interested in Brazen, set during Henry VIII’s reign and around the time of the marriage to Anne Boleyn.

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      Take a journey to . . . France and Denmark.

      Belle Epoque is a repoussoir, a book about a girl who’s not just a companion but the person who stands by her mistress’s side in order for the mistress to appear more interesting and beautiful. A far more serious version of a DUFF, in a way, and a true trick used in history among the aristocracy.

      For all those Shakespeare lovers out there, Ophelia is a historical retelling of Hamlet, and it sounds epic. I’m all for Shakespeare retellings, and Ophelia’s character is quite possibly one of the most haunting of all.

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      Take a journey to . . . the early- to mid-1900s.

      From a gilded age murder mystery to WWI spy networks, WWII codes and spies and torture to 1950s Southern mystery, I’m bound to sink my teeth into something with all the secrecy!

      Honorable mentions: The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller, Unsinkable Mercy Wong by Stacey Lee, Beastly Bones by William Ritter, A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

      Who says YA historical fiction doesn’t sell? Clearly these books are showing them who’s boss!

      What are some of your favorite YA historicals? What did you choose for your TTT this week?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 12 Comments | Tagged books, genre: historical fiction, genre: young adult, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Want to Meet

      Posted at 3:45 am by Laura, on May 12, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Authors I Really Want to Meet.

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      I’m assuming this meant authors who are still alive today. That is why Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen aren’t on this list. (That is the only reason why they are not on this list.) Those who are on the list are ones I’m dying to have a face-to-face conversation with. I want to take them out for coffee/tea/long islands and chat books, movies, music, history, travel, life. But I guess a short meet-and-greet in a signing line would be fine, too…

      Rainbow Rowell
      I’ve seen that you’ve been to my city so many times and yet, every single time, without a doubt, I’ve been working that day. Curses!

      Stacey Lee
      Thank you for writing Under a Painted Sky. Seriously.

      Anne Blankman
      And along that same vein of YA historical fiction: thank you for writing Prisoner of Night & Fog and Conspiracy of Blood & Smoke.

      Megan Shepherd
      Good thing I’m (hopefully) meeting you at BEA!

      Kate Morton
      Where in the world do you come up with these great stories?!

      Juliet Marillier
      Same to you – how do you do this? You make me fall in love with fantasy the way no author ever has.

      JK Rowling
      Because of reasons.

      Jenny Han
      I hear you’re fabulous. Good thing I’m (also hopefully) meeting you at BEA!

      Sarah Dessen
      Once again, you’re an author I narrowly missed meeting this month because of work. You are my go-to YA author, and it would be a pleasure to finally meet you.

      Patricia Bracewell
      I just want to pick your brain and chat English history with you. Can we do that? Please?

      Honorable mentions: Jodi Picoult, Erin Morgenstern, Sara Raasch, Charles Finch, and Tana French

      Which authors made it onto your Top Ten list?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 12 Comments | Tagged authors, books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Inspiring Quotes

      Posted at 6:40 am by Laura, on April 14, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books.

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      I love quotes. People in my life know that I’m constantly writing down things I’ve read or overheard, all funny, deep, or inspirational. I’ve got a whole booklet a friend made filled with my favorite quotes, excerpts, and poems. This TTT required sifting through it and finding the ones specifically from books. I wouldn’t say they’re my top ten favorite, simply because I’m sure I’ve tabbed quotes in books all over my shelves and I can’t read through every single one, but these in particular made it into my little booklet!

      “Don’t be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.”

      — The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde || Taken out of context, it’s a brilliant quote. Read in context, it’s narcissistic. So let’s just read it out of context!

      “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”

      — Attachments by Rainbow Rowell || This quote especially rings for people in a rough patch, for the people who are compulsive planners, for the worriers and over-thinkers.

      “I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.”

      — Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë || Another read-out-of-context-and-it’s-amazing quote. There’s something deeply human in this savage novel, something very basic and true to all of us: that passion and intensity is within us. And I think we can all relate to this quote, hopeless romantic or no.

      “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”

      — Fahrenheit 451  by Ray Bradbury || Go out there. Live.

      “I know that life isn’t life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point – the only point – is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”

      — Delirium by Lauren Oliver || Again, go out there. Live.

      “I don’t know when we’ll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world.”

      — Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden || This particular quote makes me remember to take a second and think on the good of the day. And then it makes me feel philosophical, wondering what actually happens when our lives are done here on earth. What’s next?

      “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”

      — Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë || BOOM, FEMINISM. BOOM, HUMAN RIGHTS. BOOM, BEST BOOK EVER.

      “I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.”

      — The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern || Admittedly, that’s not inspirational. But I read this as “you cannot control everything,” a reminder that we are only human and mistakes will happen.

      “When you’re finally a grown-up, one of the things you find out is that there are no grown-ups.”

      — The Last Enchantments by Charles Finch || I’m constantly reminded of this every time I’m with friends doing “grown up” things. Drinking, planning weddings, getting pregnant, buying a house, discussing health insurance. And we all sit there thinking “how in the world did we get here? Can I have my coloring books back, please?” We’re just big kids faking it until we make it.

      And last but not least (and sorry, not from a book…),

      “When I have fears that I may cease to be / Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, / Before high-pilèd books, in charactery, / Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain; / When I behold, upon the night’s starred face, / Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, / And think that I may never live to trace / Their shadows with the magic hand of chance; / And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, / That I shall never look upon thee more, / Never have relish in the faery power / Of unreflecting love—then on the shore / Of the wide world I stand alone, and think / Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.”

      — When I Have Fears by John Keats || It’s melodramatic, yes, but Keats captures a young heart’s desires and fears perfectly in this poem. For those of you going “huh?” he’s saying he wants to be successful, to find passionate love, to live a filled-to-bursting life, but he fears his life will be too short to accomplish it all. He fears he’ll never reach his goals, never see his dreams and desires come to fruition. That an ounce of it at all can burn (and burn bright) right now to satisfy his short time here on earth. Another carpe diem moment.

      Which quotes made it to your TTT? Do we have any overlaps in books or authors?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 1 Comment | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Like to Check in With

      Posted at 7:15 am by Laura, on April 7, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Characters I’d Like to Check in With. The book/series is over, and I just want to peek in on the “life” I imagine they’re leading years after the story ends.

      From the Classics…

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      Pip from Great Expectations. I mean, really, how do you recover from all that? He’s barely in his twenties and a bunch of psychological crap happened to him thanks to Miss Havisham. // Jane from Jane Eyre. I know she’s happy at the end of the book, but I also want to see her as a mother of a teenage boy, I want to see her as a grandmother. I love her so much! // Hareton from Wuthering Heights. Like Pip, this boy got a whole lot of crap from Heathcliff (he’s Catherine’s nephew, was then adopted and turned into a fieldworker for Heathcliff, and then marries Catherine’s daughter Catherine. Cathy&Heathcliff 2.0, really). Is he okay? Are he and younger Catherine happy?

      Honorable mentions: Catherine from Northanger Abbey (Henry Tilney is my favorite, but I do wonder if all of his Educating-Miss-Morland dies away when she’s his wife) and Georgiana from Pride & Prejudice (Death Comes to Pemberley gave me a better glimpse of what might have happened to her, but even still…does she marry happily? Does she have children? Can she live outside of her brother’s shadow?).

      From Today…

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      Eleanor in Eleanor & Park. Is she okay? What happens next? How are her siblings? I want to see her in college, after college, in her thirties, in her fifties, as a grandmother. // Neryn in Shadowfell. Now that peace was achieved (or at least beginning), what does the rest of her life look like? How does she handle her abilities in her everyday life? // Allyson in Just One Day. I know some of our questions were answered with Just One Night, but I want to know! Does she stay with Willem? Do they build a life together, or do they go their separate ways? And if they separate, who is she with and what is she doing? Is she happy now that she has complete closure? // Katie in The Hallowed Ones. This was kind of answered in The Outside, but she has a lot of issues to grapple with. A glowing Amish girl who managed to ward off the vampire plague now out in the real world (or what’s left of it)…is she okay?

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      Margaret in The Thirteenth Tale. Seriously, how do you move on from a story like that?! What do you do with your life?! // Hermione in Deathly Hallows. Again, I know we get a glimpse in the epilogue, but I want to see her as a grandmother! What did she accomplish in her lifetime? JKR, you gotta give the Potter Generation something in another 20 years, okay? // Cassie in The Likeness. We get a tiny tiny tiny glimpse in Faithful Place, but I just have to know: does she think about them in that house? Does she wish she was still there, minus the murder? Does she unplug from the outside world when she goes home from work out of habit, now?

      Honorable mentions: Karou in Dreams of Gods and Monsters. Now that she and Akiva are finally together, and it’s peaceful, what do you do? How does she live? Is she happy? So many questions for this fantastic character!

      Basically, this whole post can be summed up with: are they okay?! This is why I didn’t use my psych degree become a therapist. I get too involved already!

      Who do you want to catch up with? What questions do you want answered?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 1 Comment | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Added to my TBR

      Posted at 6:16 am by Laura, on March 31, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Books I’ve Recently Added to my TBR.

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      As of early March these were my recently added books. I don’t know when I’ll ever get to them, but they’re on my radar and I hope to read the wonderful stories someday soon!

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      The Siege Winter || The Summer Queen || Winter Garden || Son of the Shadows

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      Da Vinci’s Tiger || Velvet Undercover || Beastly Bones 

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      Meant to Be || Into the Grey || PS I Still Love You

      What’s on your TTT this week? Some of these haven’t been published yet — are you looking forward to any of them? For those already published, have you read them and what did you think?

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 12 Comments | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
    • Top Ten Tuesday: Books from Childhood I Want to Revisit

      Posted at 2:38 pm by Laura, on March 24, 2015

      Top Ten Tuesday, a concept started by The Broke and the Bookish, is a themed post that connects bloggers to bloggers, bloggers to readers, and readers to readers. Every Tuesday has a special topic, and this Tuesday is Top Ten Books From my Childhood/Teens I Want to Revisit.

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      This week’s theme goes really well with Hannah’s #ReRead2015 Challenge. Although the books I’ll list aren’t on my personal challenge for this year, I just might have to take it up next year!

      Books I Read When I Was a Child

      (AKA, when the only genre I read was historical fiction.)

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      Little House in the Big Woods || Little House in the Highlands

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      American Girl: Felicity || American Girl: Molly || American Girl: Addy

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      Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie || Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow

      Books I Read When I Was a Teen

      (AKA, when I didn’t really know Teen Fiction (or YA) existed.)

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      The Truth About Forever || Saving CeeCee Honeycutt || Plain Truth 

      I will revisit these books sometime soon. American Girl and Dear America comprised a huge part of my childhood, and I devoured every single Little House series one summer in elementary school. Dessen will forever be a favorite author of mine, as will Picoult. I own Hoffman’s next book, Looking for Me, but haven’t read it yet. I remember loving her writing style and storytelling. In fact, those books I read as a teen were my first reads of those authors, and I’ve been a follower since.

      What books made it to your top ten? Do we have any overlaps? 

      Posted in books, Top Ten Tuesday | 10 Comments | Tagged books, top ten tuesday
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