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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.


Top Ten Tuesday (#103) (08/11/15) Top Ten Authors I've Read The Most Books From

8/11/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Eleven Authors I've Read The Most Books From

I have a tie, so I have to make it a top 11.  I am having to limit this list to full books by authors.  If you add in all the novellas and shorts by authors, the list changes.  Of course this list ends up favoring those authors that have long series that I read all of the books.  I am also limiting this list to YA, and YA I've read in the last 10 years.  The number of books I've read is below their name.  Here's what I came up with.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/62448.Kieran_Scott
 23

She would have made the list twice with the number of books I've read by her under each of her names.  However, I'm combining it into one.  The Private/Privilege series added a number of books to the 23 I've read, however I actually only read 6 of those books, so it's not what elevated these numbers.  It's all the other stuff she's written.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11654.Meg_Cabot
23

A large number of these are between the Mediator series and the Princess Diaries.  However, I've read plenty more that she's written.  I've been reading her books for years, so the number has kind of crept up on me.

14

The Blue Blood series was the main reason why this count is so high even though I haven't read the last book.  I've also read a bunch of her other stuff.  I haven't loved the new stuff as much, but she's still an author I can count on.


14

I don't know if Zoey Dean is even a real person.  I think she is, since she gets writing credits on IMDB.  However, I've never seen a picture.  Most of books I've read are from the A-List series, which was a total guilty pleasure of mine.

12

Needless to say, she would be number one on my list if she'd written more books.  She is a book every other year author, so she hasn't written as many as some other authors.  Each of her books is well worth the wait.  She's written 12 books, and I've read 12 books.  It's the only author on this list that I can say that I've read every thing they've written.

 12

I managed to completely read both the Vampire Academy and the Bloodlines series in it's entirety.  I do plan on reading her new book in the fall, which I am really excited about. I haven't read any of her adult stuff yet.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/40626-house-of-night
10

I read the first 10 House of Night books, and several of the novellas and then I broke up with the series.  I actually have the final two books, I just can't bring myself to read them.

10

I've read almost everything she's written.  I adored the Gallager Girls series, and the Heist Society books are just as good.  I am pretty willing to read whatever she writes.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/203238.Jennifer_Echols
8

She would be higher on the list if I read everything I own by her.  She's one of my favorites, and it's just a matter of time until I read all her books. 

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2755160.Kimberly_Derting
 7

I loved the Body Finder series, and I think about it ALL the time when I hear about murders, and there being a question of guilt.  I also enjoyed The Pledge series.  I haven't read her most recent books, but I am still a big fan.

7

She makes it on the list on the seven Harry Potter books she's written.  I haven't read any of her adult books, and I really don't plan on it.  The Harry Potter books were good enough for me.


Top Ten Tuesday (#101) (07/28/15) Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

7/28/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds


This is actually pretty hard for me because I don't really remember characters that are huge book worms.  Here is my best attempt.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51737.The_Truth_About_Forever
Kristy Palmetto

So Kristy is a secondary character, but she has a love of her trashy romances and she's not afraid to admit it.  Macy the main character also seems to love books, however I wouldn't classify her as much as a book nerd as Kristy and stash of romance.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7741325-dash-lily-s-book-of-dares
Lily

Lily and Dahs "meet" in a book store.  Both had to frequent it enough to find the book of dares.  Reading is not a huge part of the book, but they both have a love of books.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118668.The_Book_Thief
Liesel Meminger

She's such a book nerd that the name of the book is named after how much of a nerd she is.  She'll do anything to get a book and her books are her most prized possessions.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11870085-the-fault-in-our-stars
Hazel Grace Lancaster

She's such a book nerd that a lot of the book is built around a single book and author that she has to meet, if only to find out what happens next.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16068905-fangirl
  Cath Avery

Cath is such a booknerd that she writes fan fiction about her favorite fictional character.  Doesn't get much nerdier than that.

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

Big time book nerd. I would be surprised if she doesn't end up on most people's list.  Her nose is always in a book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231804.The_Outsiders
Ponyboy Curtis

Ponyboy is smart, and he has a love of poetry.  Yes he ended up isolated, but getting something to read during his isolation was a priority.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet

The ultimate book worm.  She loves to have her nose in a book. If had the life of leisure that they had to suffer, I'm sure I would be reading just as much as she does.

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

Sam is such a book worm that he works in a book store.  He has a love of poetry and is eager to share it with Grace.  His room is also filled with books.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8709527-bloodlines
Sydney Sage from

Sydney is an overachieving book worm.  She seems to read everything that comes her way.



Top Ten Tuesday (#92) (05/19/15) Top Ten Books I'd Want on a Deserted Island

5/19/2015


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

Top Ten Books I'd Want on a Deserted Island


This week is a freebie, so I looked back at the list of topics and picked one I hadn't read before.  I am putting books on this list that I loved enough to read over and over again.  I don't reread many books, just because I don't have the time, but those that I do re-read are really special to me.  So I am excluding the obvious survivor type books (though from a practical viewpoint, I really should have a bunch of those) and limit this to books I want to read again, and again.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99561.Looking_for_Alaska



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6936382-anna-and-the-french-kiss



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15745753-eleanor-park



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




https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4570679-going-too-far



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4374400-if-i-stay



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8013391-real-live-boyfriends



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22205.This_Lullaby



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7958702-not-that-kind-of-girl

This one kind of surprised me.  I think about this book all the time, and I have read it so many times I have lost count.  It has an insanely unlikable MC, but at the same time is totally compelling.  Every time I think about it, I want to read it again.  I'm actually fighting the urge to go grab it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102040.The_Year_of_Secret_Assignments

This is the only one of the series that I would want on a deserted island with me.  Not the the others are bad, it's just that this one is my favorite by far.  I think it has a lot to do with the relationship between Seb and Lydia.  They remain one of my favorite book couples.