Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely folks over at The Broke And The Bookish.  Every week, bloggers share their own bookish top ten lists based on the topic of the week.  You can check out Ten Tuesdays here.

Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read

So…hyped books.  I have a tendency to not like them if people love them, and I have a tendency to love them if people don’t like them.  Either way, they make me nervous.  (It was far easier than I thought to come up with 10, but I also knew I had to cut myself off at ten books, otherwise we’d have a super-long list).  Here are ten hyped books I’ve never read.

The Ones I Couldn’t Finish, No Matter How Hard I Tried

1. The Princess Bride.  To be fair, I tried reading The Princess Bride because a friend loves it but actually finishing it was a massive fail…all because I saw the movie first.  Seriously.  I do talk more about it here, if you’re curious about why I couldn’t get through it.
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  My expectations were way too high, and the narrator was a little too quirky and different for me.  You can see my thoughts here.
3. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.  It seems like people love this book, but the verse didn’t work for me, because in the part that I read before giving up, I felt like I was getting random memories, instead of the story of her life.

The Ones I Want To Read And Own But Haven’t Read Yet

1. The Pennyroyal Green series by Julie Ann Long.  I have quite a few of the books in this series, but  I have yet to read any of them.
2. It’s Kind Of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.  I have it, and have had it for years, but I have yet to read it.  I hope it’s as good as everyone says it is.
3. The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd.  People seem to like it, and I want to know what they’re talking about!
4. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.  I don’t know that I can handle another Shadowhunter series anytime soon, but maybe one day?
5. The Miseducation Of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth.  It seems like a popular book, and something I’d like.  Plus, the fact that it’s come up in at least one or two stories about book banning makes me even more curious.
6. The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin.  I know I’ve seen it on a bunch of Top Ten Tuesday lists, which I think is how I heard about it in the first place, but I really want to know what all of the talk is about.

The One I Don’t Own But Want To Read

1. House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.  I’ve heard it’s weird and creepy and it seems like a book I’d like.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely folks over at The Broke And The Bookish.  Every week, bloggers share their own bookish top ten lists based on the topic of the week.  You can check out Ten Tuesdays here.

Top Ten Favorite Top Ten Tuesday Topics From The Last Few Years

In honor of Top Ten Tuesday’s 5-year anniversary, we’re talking about our favorite topics from the last few years.  It’s been so much fun participating every week, and I get to think about books in a different way because of it.  It’s also fun to see what everyone else comes up with, and it’s made my TBR pile so much bigger! 3 years, and 164 top ten lists later, these are my favorite Top Ten Tuesday posts I’ve done.

1. Top Ten Random Bookish Thoughts, written May 2015.  This one was a freebie post, and it was fun to list some of the random bookish thoughts I’ve had.
2. Top Ten Books For People Who Like The Iron Fey, Part One (written July 2012) and Part Two (written March 2015).  Part One is my most popular post ever, and that inspired part two several years later.
3. I love this post about my ten favorite bookish memories, originally written back in February 2013.  It was fun to talk about some of my favorite memories when it comes to books.
4. Ten Songs That Make Me Think Of Books was a freebie post (where we get to pick our own topic) that I wrote back in May 2014.  I love listening to music when I read, and some songs make me think of books so much that I had to do a post about it.
5. Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want To Visit, written in October 2014.  Books make me want to travel, which is good since I can’t afford to right now (having enough time off is also important, so there’s no way traveling is going to happen any time soon).
6. So, there’s my favorite books from the last 3 years (written March 2015), my top  ten all-time favorite authors (written April 2014), and my top ten favorite books before I was a blogger (written April 2013). These 3 posts are grouped together because I feel like it shows how much my taste in books have changed since I started book blogging, and how that will continue to change in the years to come.
7. Also, some of my favorite blogs that aren’t book related.  That list has changed quite a bit since I originally wrote it back in May 2012, but it was still fun to write.  Maybe I should do a more updated list.
8. Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Being A Reader And A Book Blogger, written in February of 2014, probably has changed since then, but my life has changed a lot since I started book blogging.
9. Top Ten Book Covers I Want As Art, originally written in May 2014.  I don’t pay a lot of attention to covers, but sometimes, you can’t help but want some covers hanging up on the wall as art.
10. Top Ten Gateway Books & Authors On My Reading Journey, originally written in April 2014.  Some authors and books have been pivotal in my reading life, and that would not be the same if it weren’t for these books and authors.

And of course, some honorable mentions: the seasonal TBR posts (I’m mood reader and almost never follow through on them, but it’s still fun to write), the beginning/end of year stuff (it’s fun to look back and ahead), ten childhood favorites I’d want to revisit (I totally want to go back and read some the books of my childhood/teen years but it’s also scary because what if they don’t live up to how I remember them) and the characters I’d love to have at my lunch table.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely folks over at The Broke And The Bookish.  Every week, bloggers share their own bookish top ten lists based on the topic of the week.  You can check out Ten Tuesdays here.

Top Ten Books I Want To Read This Summer

It’s summer!  Of course, a big part of my plans for summer include reading, and these are the books I’m hoping to read!

1. Dangerous Deception by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.  I really liked the first book, and I loved the Beautiful Creatures series, and I’m looking forward to listening to this one.
2. Shadow Study by Maria Snyder.  I loved her Study series (and really liked her Glass series set in the same world) so I’m glad there’s another series focusing on Valek and Yelena and I can’t wait to listen to what’s going on with them.
3. Fruits Basket.  I’ve been meaning to finish this series, and I’m pretty sure the library has it, which is good since it doesn’t seem like I’m able to buy the rest of the series.  At least, it didn’t seem to be in print when I checked I don’t know how long ago, but maybe that’s changed?  Anyway, I am totally finishing it this summer.
4. City Of A Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster.  I’ve been wanting to read this one for a while, and I will totally listen to it this summer.  I think it’s going to be an audio book summer, because I have quite a few I want to listen to.  Like this one.
5. Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs.  I’ve meaning to finish this series for a while.  How can you not want to read a Medusa re-telling?
6. The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows. I loved her Incarnate series, and I’m looking forward to this one.
7. The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand.  Her Unearthly series is one of my favorites, and I’m looking forward to reading this one, even though I’m positive I’m going to cry, but that’s okay, because I know I need at least one book that’ll cause me to cry.
8. Second Hearts by G.J. Walker-Smith.  I read the first book a while ago, and really liked it, but never picked up any of the other books (I also didn’t realize it was at six books, so I’ll have plenty to catch up on) and I’ll have to re-read the first one, but that’s okay with me.
9. Renegade by Cambria Hebert.  I re-read the first 3 books, and I really want to finish the series.
10. Packing For Mars by Mary Roach.  I’ve listened to a few of her other books, and I really want to read it, because I know it’ll be funny and interesting and I’ll definitely learn something interesting.
11. The Heart Of Betrayal by Mary Pearson.  I loved The Kiss Of Deception, and I am so excited about the 2nd book.  Like super-excited.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely folks over at The Broke And The Bookish.  Every week, bloggers share their own bookish top ten lists based on the topic of the week.  You can check out Ten Tuesdays here.

Top Ten Anticipated Books For The Rest Of 2015

This is a fun topic for me!  I took a look back at my ten most anticipated debuts, and my ten most anticipated non-debuts, and since most of them are indeed skewed towards the books published in the first few months of the year, it’s fun to do a list focusing on the 2nd half of the year.  (And I think this is the reason why this is a topic).

1. Winter by Marissa Meyer.  I included this one a few months back, but I’m so excited about that I’ve already pre-ordered it.  And I rarely pre-order books, so this is huge to me!
2. The Heart Of Betrayal by Mary Pearson.  I loved The Kiss Of Deception, and I’m really looking forward to the 2nd one!
3. The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa.  It’s another Iron Fey book and it’s by Julie Kagawa.  Of course I’m looking forward to it!
4. The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick.  I loved The Boy Next Door, and when I heard there was a sequel, I was really excited.
5. Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger.  It’s another Finishing School book!  It’s by Gail Carriger!  It’s steampunk!  (Can you tell I’m excited?)
6. A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston.  The summary makes it seem like a really interesting re-telling of A Thousand And One Nights (although I could be wrong about the re-telling part, but it sounds like one to me).  And the cover is so pretty!
7. The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent.  I loved her Soul Screamers series, and I’m looking forward to reading this one.
8. Time Salvager by Wesley Chu.  I don’t read a lot of sci-fi (or books for adults) but this one caught my eye because it’s about a time-traveler who has to get resources from earth without altering any timelines.
9. Even When You Lie To Me by Jessica Alcott.  This one seems like there’s a potential student-teacher romance, and for some reason that fascinates me.  (Unless it’s like Tampa by Alyssa Nutting, in which case, I’m massively creeped out, but YA teacher-student romances don’t creep me out, even though it should).
10. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.  This one is about a girl who’s allergic to everything, and hasn’t left her house in 17 years…until this guy moves in next door and seemingly changes everything.  This book sounds like something I’d love.