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Top 10 Books Featuring Travel In Some Way

One of my favorite things about books that feature travel is that I get to travel without having to go anywhere.  The only downside is that I’m not actually visiting the place I want to be in.  But books featuring travel will do when I need a quick fix.  Plus, I get to see places I wouldn’t be able to otherwise!

1. Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.  Because Anna travels to Paris for school.  And who wouldn’t want to travel to Paris?
2. In Honor by Jessi Kirby.  In Honor is a great road trip novel.  There’s something about traveling cross-country
3. Wander Dust by Michelle Warren.  Time travel and traveling to foreign countries.  It’s a good combination.
4. Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass.  There’s not a lot of travel in Every Soul A Star, but two of the characters travel to this campground in the middle of nowhere to see a solar eclipse.
5. The Probability Of Miracles by Wendy Wunder.  There’s nothing like a road trip to Promise, Maine to find a miracle.
6. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.  Deathly Hallows is the one with the most travel, since Harry, Ron and Hermione spend a good chunk of the book wandering through several forests.
7. City Of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte.  Traveling to Prague would be totally awesome.  Toenail-induced time travel or not, the adventures Sarah has are pretty fun.
8. The Things A Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt.  The cool thing about The Things A Brother Knows is that it’s about 2 brothers who go on this really interesting walk.  They literally walk down to Washington D.C.
9. That Time I Joined The Circus by J.J. Howard.  Who doesn’t love a traveling circus?  I loved that Lexi ran away to join the circus, and all so she could find her mother!
10. The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.  Why the traveling pants?  Because 4 friends are connected by a magical pair of pants that goes from girl to girl over the course of one summer.  Several of them do travel, but it’s a great story about friends who stay connected through one thing.

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Top Ten Least Favorite Covers

There are covers I absolutely love.  This week, I thought it would be interesting to the complete opposite.  It was definitely interesting to think about what it is about covers I don’t like so here are my 10 least least favorite covers.

• Contagious by Emily Goodwin, Seduciton by M.J. Rose and The Enemy by Charlie Higson.  For Contagious, I found the girl super annoying- everything from the way she’s standing to what she’s wearing.  I liked Seduction, but I didn’t like the colors.  And I have no reason for not liking The Enemy.  The colors are sort of interesting, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t pick this one up if I were browsing.  A guy running down an alley or whatever…I don’t think it would get my attention.

• Crash by Nicole Williams, Daughter Of The Forest by Julliet Marillier and Hourglass by Myre McEntire.  While the cover for Crash captures the book really well, I don’t particularly want to look at shoes.  I don’t like the cover art for Daughter Of The Forest.  I don’t particularly like the colors.  And for Hourglass, I wasn’t drawn in by a girl standing in front of a door or a wall, or whatever it is she’s standing in front of.

• After by Amy Efaw, Exodus by Julie Bertagna and The City Of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.  After: A girl standing against the wall isn’t something that would get my attention.  For Exodus, I think the hand and the water-swirly thingy are a little weird.  Especially the hand.  While the word Ember is cute as a part of the light bulb, I don’t like the colors.  It seems a little drab to me.

• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, The Line by Teri Hall and The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling.  Poison Study is pretty awesome.  The cover, however, is not one of my favorite covers for her books.  I was expecting the colors to be prettier.  The Line: I guess it goes with the book but another case of finding the cover boring.  As for The Casual Vacancy: I know it seems weird to have JKR on a list of least favorite  things.  But Harry Potter it is not.  I know I shouldn’t compare the covers for HP and Casual Vacancy, but I think part of me was expecting something different.  As much as I liked The Casual Vacancy, I just couldn’t like the cover.

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Top Ten Favorite Covers Of Books I’ve Read

Covers are one reason why I love books.  As much as I love my Nook- which is great in terms of space, because there is no way I’d have enough room for my book collection otherwise- I do miss being able to actually look at covers.  YA books have some AMAZING covers, and there are so many that I’d love to have sitting on my shelf so I could just stare at the pretty, pretty covers!

• I love the colors in A Shimmer Of Angels, the light in Brightest Kind Of Darkness and the simplicity of the pink flower for Desires Of The Dead.

• I have no clue why I love the covers for Unearthly, Wander Dust or Tempest Rising, but I can’t stop looking at them.

• I love the swirls on Crewel- and in my mind, they’re swirls of time.  I love the white-ish blue (or is it a blue-ish white?) on the Entangled cover, and the butterfly and colors for Incarnate are pretty cool.

• I love the dress on the leaves for Living Dead Girl, the super-simple cover of Speechless, and the red cape on the blue and black background of Scarlet.  

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Top 10 Books When You Need Something Light And Fun

I got all happy when I saw this topic, because there’s nothing I like better then a book that’s light and fun.  Sometimes you need something light and fun. especially after finishing something that makes you cry.  The only problem is narrowing it down to just 10…

1. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray.  I could not stop laughing when I was listening to Beauty Queens.  It’s amusing and has a lot of silliness, which is what you need sometimes.  
2. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard.  I need to clarify by saying that I’m talking about the first 8, because those mysterious and fun.  I gave up 10 books in, because at  that point, it got to be a little too repetitive.  But the first 8…definitely light and fun.
3. Need by Carrie Jones.  Because Zara is hilarious and I love the random tips on how to survive pixies.
4. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White.  If I want fun wrapped up in pink and sparkles, this is the perfect book.  What’s not fun about a girl with a pink and sparkly taser named Tasey?!?!?!!?!!
5. Agorafabulous by Sara Benincasa.  This is a random choice, but also one of the first books that came to mind.  I just love her story of her dealing with anxiety, and actually makes it really amusing and entertaining.
6. Weather Wardens/Morganville Vampires/Outcast Season by Rachel Caine.  I couldn’t pick just one, but all of her stuff is so fun to read.  Whether it’s a vampire town or crazy weather patterns (Weather Wardens) that lead to a war between dijinn and Weather Wardens to stop Mother Earth from completely losing it (Outcast Season), I have so much fun reading that I have trouble putting her books down.
7. Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya.  Because Tohru is adorable, Kyo and Yuki are fun (especially when you put them in a room together), and characters who are each animal in the Chinese Zodiac…trust me, it’s fun and sometimes silly with characters who act the teensiest bit ridiculous.
8. Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.  Because Mia as a princess is fun and crazy and awesome!
9. Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.  It’s at a boarding school in Paris and romance ensues!  What’s more fun than that?
10. City Of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte.  Because nothing is more fun than toenail-induced time travel.  And in case you’re wondering…it really does make sense.  Prague, Beethoven, and time travel make for a fun book.

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Top Ten Words/Topics That Instantly Make Me Pick Up/Buy A Book

I love this topic because there are books I pick up just because they’re about a certain topic.  Here are the 10 things that make me pick up a book and buy it!

1.  Fairies.  I totally love fairies, and if there’s a fairy involved, I totally want to read it.  
2. Magic/Witches.  This one is mostly because of Harry Potter, which has sparked me needing to pick up a book with magic and witches in it.
3. Performing arts.  Mostly because of Take A Bow, which I loved.  Seriously, if a character is a singer or actor, I’m all over it.  I have no idea why I love it but I do!
4. Tudor England.  It’s one of my favorite time periods EVER, so if I see anything relating to this time, I’m likely to pick it up.
5. Baking!  I love to bake, which makes my now infrequent baking sort of sad.  But I ALWAYS need to check out the cookbooks whenever I go to Barnes And Noble.
6. Summer.  There’s something fun about novels set in summer.  Summer is a great season.  It’s, like, the best season ever, so if I see summer anywhere on the cover or the summary, I’m probably going to buy it without hesitation.
7. Road Trip!  Like summer, there’s something fun about road trip novels.  Especially if they take place in summer, but anytime they happen is great.  I don’t know what my fascination is with road trip novels, but I think it’s the adventure and randomness that comes along with a road trip.
8. Boarding schools in foreign countries.  Harry Potter is pretty awesome, and Anna And The French Kiss is so adorable!  I probably could have separated the two, and I like both on their own, but the two make a great combination.
9. Problem novels/Books that deal with the tough stuff.  I don’t read them often, but every once in a while, I need such a book.  For some reason, I find it comforting.  Because I’m just weird like that.
10. Paranormal Romance.  I like the paranormal and I like romance, but when you put them together…I’m a happy camper, so why not combine the two?

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Top Ten Books I Thought I’d Like MORE/LESS Than I Did

This topic is really well-timed, because I recently finished a book that I liked less than I thought, so it’s been on my mind.  Here’s the interesting thing: it was a lot easier to come up books I liked less than I thought, but I do have a few that I liked more than I thought.  It really is amazing when you read a book, and how you really feel doesn’t always match up with what you were expecting to feel or think.

1. The Sea Of Tranquility by Katja Millay.  I normally don’t put my lists in order, but if I did, this one would probably be at the top.  I liked it, but I just didn’t connect with it the way I thought I would.
2. Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans.  I was intrigued by the different levels of a futuristic afterlife, but I wasn’t expecting something so philosophical.  It’s one I didn’t like as much as I was expecting.
3. A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.  On the surface, this seems right up my alley…but I couldn’t get into it.  I wanted to like it…but it was a book I didn’t like as much as I was expecting.
4. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer.  I liked this one A LOT MORE than I was expecting.  I’m never sure about sequels, and I wasn’t sure about how things would play out but things worked out so well, and I absolutely loved it!
5. Every Day by David Levithan.  I get why people love this one, but I couldn’t connect with it, and the message behind it felt a little forced.  There were a couple things I liked, but overall, not something I could get into.
6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.  I liked this one a lot more than I expected.  After seeing quite a few reviews for Catching Fire where people expressed the thought that Mockingjay was a huge letdown/disappointment and that it felt rushed, I went into Mockingjay thinking it was going to be god-awful.  Imagine my surprise when I LOVED IT!
7. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher.  I get why people like it, and I do like that there’s this whole thing about how your actions and words affect people in ways you don’t realize.  It’s just…a lot of the book didn’t work for me, which is unfortunate, because it totally seemed right up my alley.
8. An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green.  With all the love I have for The Fault In Our Stars and Looking For Alaska. I was expecting to love An Abundance Of Katherines…and naturally, I didn’t like it as much I was expected, which is unfortunate, because John Green is pretty freaking awesome.
9. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson.  I normally LOVE Laurie Halse Anderson, but I didn’t like this one as much as I thought I would.  I’m definitely used to reading her YA contemporary stuff, so reading a middle grade historical fiction was a little weird…but I think I’m going to stick with her YA stuff in the meantime.
10. Requiem by Lauren Oliver.  My least favorite in the Delirium trilogy.  I was expecting stuff to go down, and for things to be all resolved, and I was slightly disappointed when things weren’t as resolved as I wanted them to be.

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Top Ten Characters I Would Crush On If I Were Also A Fictional Character

Fictional crushes…it’s not something I usually think about, but I feel like it’s crossed my mind a time or two.  Why do I not think about this more?  Anyway, these are the characters I would totally crush on if I were a fictional character…or the ones I’d crush on if they were, you know, actually REAL.  Maybe I just need to admit I have crushes on fictional characters…

1. Charlie Weasley.  Charlie is the most mysterious of the Weasley’s, and the one I want to know about.  I really think it’s because we don’t know a lot about him…
2. Etienne St. Clair from Anna And The French Kiss.  He’s St. Clair.  Enough said.
3. Ethan From Beautiful Creatures.  Mostly because I actually mentioned that he is totally one of my fictional boyfriends, and that’s not something I normally make a point to mention…
4. Augustus Waters.  I feel a little weird putting him on this list, because he and Hazel totally belong together.  But I would still have, like, a HUGE crush on him anyway.  Because he’s amazing and funny!
5. Ash from The Iron Fey.  Any guy who is willing to give up  his immortality to be with someone…  And that makes him totally crush-worthy in my book!
6. Lend from Paranormalcy.  He’s Lend.  What else do I need to say?  I think he’d be a totally cool, sweet and loyal boyfriend!
7. Lord Maccon.  I think it’s because he’s a werewolf, and he made them totally cool (amongst other things).
8. Oliver from Morganville Vampires.  I know Oliver is the weird choice.  I mean, most people would probably go for Shane or Michael, who are also crush-worthy in their own right…but I’m totally going for Oliver this time around.  I think it’s because he owns a coffee shop.  Coffee is one of my favorite things…so yeah.
9. Tucker from Unearthly.  He is Tucker.  That is all.  Okay, so I’m not the outdoorsy type.  Like, at all.  But Tucker makes it seem like so much fun!
10. Jace from My Life Next Door.  I love how good he is with his siblings and how sweet he is.
11. Because I’m feeling a little inspired…Oliver from Harry Potter.  Another character that we see a little but who disappears after PoA.  Ignoring the fact that he’s Quidditch-obsessed, I’ve always found Oliver cool.  Or maybe I just like like the name Oliver.