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Top Ten Tuesday (#54) (04/08/14)

4/08/2014

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 

Top Ten Most Unique Books I've Read

This is more of a list of the Top Ten most Unique or Bizarre books I've read.  Sadly for me, the books that I would consider bizarre were not my favorites.  However, they were all unique.










 The blending of the creepy photographs with the story make this book one of a kind.



I am adding this book, not for the story itself, which is awesome, but not necessarily unique, but for the writing.  The way external dialogs are represented is just so unique. 










This is another book that stayed with me because of how unique it was.  It really made me imagine if there were such a being that was in charge of helping me sleep.  If this could be real, I would have to say that my Sandman is totally failing at their job.



This book also falls into the bizzare/unique.  After I finished my immediate reaction was "WTF".  I will say it stuck with me because it was so different from anything else I've ever read.  If there is anything out there even remotely like this book, I would be interested to know about it.


Teaser and Top Ten Tuesday (#32) (10/29/13)

10/29/2013


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
 




From pg. 177

"You don't have to explain anything to me.  I've known all along you live in a world I know nothing about, nor will I ever know anything about."

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 

Top Ten Scariest Looking Book Covers

Fun topic.  Many of these cover I would call creepy more than I would say scary, but I'm tossing them in. I will say I have not read most of these, although I own the majority.



13 to Life (13 to Life #1) by


Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) by



Ashes (Ashes Trilogy #1) by


Darkwater by


The Fallout (The Compound #2) by


Reckless (Mirrorworld #1) by


The Space Between by

This cover is both beautiful and creepy at the same time.  I have read this one, and it's a perfect cover.




Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine #1) by

The cover is just one of the many creepy photos in this book, and the photos are by far the best part of the book.



A Monster Calls by







The Fear (The Enemy #3) by

This cover scares me.  That skull/face.  I may have nightmares.  I haven't read the series, and I don't know if I can.  So scary.








Feature & Follow Friday (#14)

6/07/2013


The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.


This week's Question: 

Q: Have you broken up with a series? If so which one and why?

Interesting question!  My answer is both Yes and No.  Yes, there are two series that I broke up.  The first was when I was a teen I broke up with the Sweet Valley High books.  I got older, and there were just too many of them, plus all the spinoffs.  Out they went.  More recently (last 5 years), I broke up with the Vampire Diaries books.  The first 4 were fine, and I actually read them before the show came out, and then after the show was on the air, they came out with the 5th book.  It was SO bad that I couldn't bring myself to read any more.


There are a few series who I should have broken up with long ago, and yet I'm still reading them.  Examples are James Patterson's Witch and Wizard and The House of Night series.  I kind of hate both, and yet I'm still reading them.  I'm not sure why.


Then there are the others. These are generally trilogies, or shorter series, where I didn't really like the first book, so I'm in no hurry to read the others, or have no plans to.


That being said, I do find some satisfaction in finishing a series, particularly if it's lasted a long time.