Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Would Love to Read with My Book Club

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Books I Would Love to Read with My Book Club
All of my choices come from NPR's top 100 YA books.

Books I Have Already Read



1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
This is one of my favorite series ever, and I would love a chance to re-read it and pick apart everything and discover new ideas about the books.



2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This is another one of my favorite books, and it would be great to leisurely read through it again and be able to discuss all the great and terrible things.

Top Ten Tuesday: Classics

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Classics

I Have Read:



1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
My introduction to witty Austen books and my all time favorite book, let alone classic.



2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
I've always heard that people either like Jane Eyre OR Wuthering Heights, and I've come to believe it. I loved Jane Eyre, but it took me the better part of a year and many failed attempts to read Wuthering Heights. I mean, I tried print, audio AND ebook version and FINALLY got through it. Anyone else read both and love one and hate the other?

Top Ten Tuesday: All Time Favorite Books in the Fantasy Genre

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten All Time Favorite Books in the Fantasy Genre



1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J. K. Rowling
The book/series that began my love affair with young adult fantasy.





2. Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore
Katsa and Po are two of my favorite fantasy characters. This is the book I recommend to anyone that has the tiniest of interest in fantasy.

Top Ten Tuesday: Worlds I Never Want to Live In

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Top Ten Worlds I Never Want to Live In


1. U.S. Sometime in the Future
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
This is pretty close to my own personal nightmare.



2. U.S. Sometime in the Future
Partials (Partials Sequence #1) by Dan Wells
If I made it through the war and the plague, that is...

My First Review of the First Book I Ever Read

I’ve been struggling with the choice of what book to review first. I tried deciding by genre. Urban fantasy maybe? I LOVE The Dresden Files series (Jim Butcher). Or a space opera? I just finished A Rising Thunder (David Weber). The thought kept rattling around my empty skull, until a thought made its presence known. Since this is our first review, let’s make it about the first book we ever read. You may have noticed a plural or two there. Nothing to see here. This is not the multiple personality disorder you’re looking for. *waves Jedi arm thingy frantically*

I have read books before The Lord of the Rings. I even remember a few titles. Sandokan, The House of the Spirits, and that’s ALL I remember! And I only remember the titles at that. I do know there were some pirates in Sandokan. Maybe some jungle. Maybe a turban or three? And The House of the Spirits was about a... haunted house or something. I wasn’t paying attention. Ghostbusters anyone?(Whoyougonnacall!?)

So, even though I have read books before, they obviously left no impression whatsoever. The Lord of the Rings on the other hand, changed me. It gave me magic, wizards, elves, dwarves, quests, evil overlords. It’s important to me. It’s (dare I say?) precious. Jeje*.