Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Will Probably Never Read

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Top Ten Books That I Will Probably Never Read



1. Nothing Bad is Going to Happen by Kathleen Hale
I really loved No One Else Can Have You, but Hale's behavior has really turned me off of wanting to invest my time or money in her books. Ever. It really makes me sad.





2. All the Rage by Courtney Summers
I have absolutely nothing against Courtney Summers or her books, but I can't read books that deal with rape. I have DNFed so many because of rape scenes that I know not to even try anymore. I do have to say that I almost talked myself into reading it, which is saying a lot.

Early Review: No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale

Title: No One Else Can Have You
Author: Kathleen Hale
Publisher: HarperTeen
Acquired Via: Around the World ARC Tours
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Small towns are nothing if not friendly. Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 689 688), is no different. Around here, everyone wears a smile. And no one ever locks their doors. Until, that is, high school sweetheart Ruth Fried is found murdered. Strung up like a scarecrow in the middle of a cornfield.

Unfortunately, Friendship's police are more adept at looking for lost pets than catching killers. So Ruth's best friend, Kippy Bushman, armed with only her tenacious Midwestern spirit and Ruth's secret diary, sets out to find the murderer. But in a quiet town like Friendship—where no one is a suspect—anyone could be the killer.

My Review

If there was ever a literary character to completely steal my heart, it would be Kippy Bushman from Kathleen Hale's debut novel, No One Else Can Have You. It is a very quirky contemporary novel with an odd, utterly flawed characters and the very best sort of dark humor.