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Top Ten Tuesday (#113) (10/27/15) Top Ten Books with Things that Go Bump in the Night

10/27/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Books with Things that Go Bump in the Night


Vampires, Zombies, Ghosts, and Witches, oh my! I don't read a lot of scary books, because I can be a total wimp.  However, I have read a lot of books that feature the above paranormal creates.  These books aren't necessarily scary, but they do feature beings that you are likely going to see at a Halloween party.  Well, in addition to all those lame sexy kitties.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8475747-hex-hall

This series features a bit of everything, I guess it's mainly witches, but there are special guest appearances by shapeshifters and other fun paranormal creatures. Not scary at all, just a good read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9802372-the-name-of-the-star

This book is pretty creepy.  More suspenseful than true horror, but the spooky is really there.  The first book has been my favorite in the series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11969941-the-unquiet

This book probably gave me the biggest creeps.  It's just a really good spooky ghost story.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187811.Shadowland

Lots of ghosts in this series.  Some are good and many are bad. I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of some of these ghosts.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6068551-shiver

Werewolves.  Not scary werewolves, just beautifully written werewolves.  I loved this series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3.Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer_s_Stone

I would hardly describe this series of witches scary.  I guess for the intended audience the later books can be scary, but this awesome series makes the list because of all the witches and paranormal creatures.

 My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1) by Alyxandra Harvey


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345627.Vampire_Academy

An awesome series featuring very not scary vampires.  Vampires!  They're just like you and me, except they like blood.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11300302-alice-in-zombieland

Just finished this series, and it's good zombie fun.  I wouldn't classify this book as scary either, it just kick zombie butt fun.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12043771-this-is-not-a-test

This book was scary if only because it made me realize I will so NEVER survive a zombie apocalypse.  Nope, I will quickly join the ranks of the undead. I found this book to be very suspenseful, but not particularly scary.

Bonus:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9917996-salem-s-lot

I have read some really scary books in the past that scared me badly. Stephen King is most responsible for many of my nightmares.  After too many bad nights of sleep, I now tend to avoid his books, as awesome as they may be.  That being said, for me the book of his that scared me the most was 'Salem's Lot.  I slept with some weird stuff by my side for weeks after I read that book.  This is not a YA book, although I was stupid enough to read it while I was in high school, so I decided to include it.


Teaser and Top Ten Tuesday (#16) 07/09/13

7/09/2013


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!
 




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

Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations

 This is actually hard because I don't watch that many movies.  I'm terrible, and the movies I do watch are usually not based on YA books.  So in the spirit of that, I'm going to move away from the YA roots of this blog and just pick movies where I have read both the book and seen the movie.  There are not many.

Best:


1. Clueless v. Emma by Jane Austen

One of my favorite movies, and it's based on an awesome book.  A totally updated and modernized telling of Emma.

2. The Natural v. The Natural by

The movie was actually better than the book. That doesn't happen often.

3. Shawshank Redemption v. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by

Another one of my all-time favorite movies.  The short story was also so memorable. I read it years before the movie came out, and it stuck with me for a long time.

4. Stand by Me v. The Body by

One of the rare times where I read the book soon after seeing the series.  I won't do that again.  I liked the book, but loved the movie.  It may have something to do with that cast!

5. Bridget Jones's Diary v. Bridget Jones's Diary by

I don't know which I liked more.  They were both really well done.  Except Renee Zelwiger's fake British accent.  That was pretty bad.

6. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone v. Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone by

I thought the movie was well done, and fun. The book was much better though.

7. The Hunger Games v. The Hunger Games by

I enjoyed the movie, but it was nothing compared to the book.

8. The Outsiders v. The Ousiders by

One of my all time favorite books.  The movie was awesome and that cast was epic.  It just didn't capture the emotion of the book.  Still very well done.


The Worst:

9. Twilight v. Twilight by

It's not that the movie was bad, it just wasn't great.  I think my main issue is that I didn't really like Rob P. and K. Stew in the roles.  I actually kind of hated the idea of K. Stew as soon as they announced that she had the lead. 

10. Bridge to Terabithia v. Bridge to Terabithia by

This book wrecked me.  The movie was super sad, and I still cried, but nothing compared to the book.  I also hated the CGI.