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Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts

01 November 2011

Top Ten Tuesday (4): Emotional Books




Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. The feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists over there. They love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see other top ten lists!

Each week, they will post a new Top Ten list that one of the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join, just link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.




Top Ten Books I Had Strong Emotions Over





ANGER ON BEHALF OF MAIN CHARACTERS AND THE SITUATIONS THEY WERE IN



A TIME TO KILL by John Grisham
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold






SADNESS AND EMPATHY



NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER by Bette Greene
THE COMPLETE MAUS by Art Spiegelman






LEFT ME SPEECHLESS



BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
SHE'S COME UNDONE by Wally Lamb




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27 September 2011

Top Ten Tuesday (3): Sometimes Once Just Isn't Enough




Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. The feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists over there. They love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see other top ten lists!

Each week, a new Top Ten list that will be posted. Everyone is welcome to join, just link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a way to get to know fellow bloggers.




BOOKS I WANT TO REREAD


In no particular order:






THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly
DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor
BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
BEFORE I FALL by Lauren Oliver
JANE by April Lindner
DARKER STILL by Leanna Renee Hieber
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
INK EXCHANGE by Melissa Marr
SWOON by Nina Malkin





What are your Top Ten?




Cover art courtesy of GOODREADS



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20 September 2011

Top Ten Tuesday (2): Seems Like Everyone Has Read Them Except Me




Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. The feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists over there. They love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see other top ten lists!

Each week, they will post a new Top Ten list that one of the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join, just link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.




TEN BOOKS I FEEL EVERYONE HAS READ BUT ME




Should Have Read In School But Didn't


A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury.




So So Interest In Reading Despite Praise




THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
THE MILLENNIUM TRILOGY by Stieg Larsson




On My Bookshelf, To Be Read



PROPHESY OF THE SISTERS by Michelle Zink
CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS by Cassandra Clare



Seen The Movie(s), But Not Read The Book




The LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte




What are your Top Ten?




Cover art courtesy of GOODREADS



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06 September 2011

Top Ten Tuesday (1): Top Ten Sequels I'm Dying to Read




Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.




TOP TEN SEQUELS I'M DYING TO READ


For months, I've looked forward to each TTT post and finally decided this week that I would actually start to participate in it.

The sequels I choose are all for books that I read and highly enjoyed for many reasons that include great character development, world building, writing and descriptions and overall storyline. Some of them ended on cliffhangers and I am eagerly anticipating the sequel so that I can read more of the story and find out what happens with the characters.

So, here are my choices for this week's topic (in no particular order):





What are your Top Ten?



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