TTT: Things That Will Make Me Instantly NOT Want To Read A Book

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme is things that will instantly make me NOT want to read a book.

1. Vampires
I read Twilight before it got super hyped.  But the vampire craze that followed?  No thank you.

2. Anything that is super hyped.
50 Shades of Grey and Girl on the Train come to mind.  I like to read my own things, not to follow the crowd.

3. Horror.
I hate anything that is super gruesome and bloody.  Some blood and gore is fine, but not if that is the entire point of the book.

I have a short list this week!  I give pretty much anything a chance.
What's on your list?
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TTT: Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme is things that will make me instantly want to read a book.

1. Fantasy or light Science Fiction
I will read pretty much any fantasy that I can get my hands on.  I think my favorites are Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas and Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

2. Magic
While this is a part of fantasy, I am a total goner if there is magic.  Double points if the MC needs to learn how to wield their magic.  Harry Potter comes to mind.

3. Spies
I love books that feature spies as MCs.  Especially when they have to infiltrate enemy lines.  My favorite spy novels are the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter.

4. Summer Romances
I am such a sucker for summer romances.  Everything is so free in the summer.  Sarah Dessen's books are must-reads in this genre.

5. Princesses
I love kick-ass female characters who are going to run their own countries someday.  Throne of Glass definitely falls into this category again.

6. Road Trips or Quests
I love the idea of road trips to find something or someone.  It also plays into the whole quest thing too.  I love when a MC comes out of their quest a better person.  In every single one of Rick Riordan's books, there is a quest.  And I love it.

7. Set in Europe
I love books set in Europe, especially England.  Stephanie Perkins' Anna and the French Kiss is the perfect example.

8. Alternate timelines
I love when the MC is being mean and horrible, and then they hit their head and experience a different future or go back in time?  Yes!  Sign me up!  Jessica Brody's A Week of the Mondays fits perfectly!  The MC experiences the same Monday seven times before she makes the right decisions.

I'm probably forgetting things, of course.  But what about you?
What things will make a book an instant read for you?
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TTT: Unique Sounding Books on my TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme features the most unique sounding books on my TBR.

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Release Date: September 12, 2017

This sounds like a mashup of Scream with YA.  I can't wait to read another Stephanie Perkins book.

Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows

Release Date: September 27, 2017

This is a fantasy in which the main character has OCD, and has to overcome it to save her world.  You definitely don't see that in every book.

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

Release Date: September 19, 2017

I loved the first book in this series, and I can't wait to read about Dracula in the second one.

What books sound unique on your TBR?

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TTT: Books I Loved More Than I Thought I Would

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme features the eight books I loved more than I thought I would.

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Magicians and a game to the death.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

 Vampires!

Panic by Lauren Oliver

Another game to the death.

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

 Magical realism.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Ocean's Eleven meets fantasy.

Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

 Would you want the ability to see if anyone was lying?

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

A rebellion, magic, and romantic tension!

With Malice by Eileen Cook

They say you murdered your best friend, but you can't remember anything.

These are my books I loved more than I thought I would!

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TTT: 10 Favorite Picture Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme features 10 of my favorite picture books.  Here we go!

Flotsam by David Wiesner

A camera gets lost in the ocean.  Wordless.

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming

Three bunnies get into so much trouble.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Classic mouse book. 

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Bear loses his hat.

Flora and the Penguin by Molly Idle

A wordless book about a little girl dancing with a penguin.

Maple by Lori Nichols

A little girl plays with a tree that she is named after.

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett

Two boys dig to find treasure with hilarious results. 

Here Comes Valentine Cat by Deborah Underwood

Cat hates nothing more than Valentine's Day, but will he find a Valentine in Dog?

When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes

What happens when Spring comes? 

They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

How other animals see cat.

Do you have any favorites?

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TTT: Freebie

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme is books I wish I could read again for the first time.  Here we go!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Who wouldn't want to read Harry Potter for the first time?

Alanna: the First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

I first read this series when I was in middle school, and I love it now just as much as I did back then. 

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

I love Princess Mia.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

All girl spy school?  Count me in. 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

I love this trilogy about first love and first loss.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

This story has evolved greatly from it only being about bad-ass female assassin, and I love it even more!

What are some books you wish you could read for the first time?

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TTT: 10 Hidden Gems of 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This week's theme is books I wish would turn into movies.  Here we go!

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Geocaching for books.

The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

Ivy's cousin gets murdered in a weird whodunnit.

Underwater by Marisa Reichardt

After Morgan is in a school shooting, she becomes a recluse.

With Malice by Eileen Cook

Jill has amnesia after a school trip, and may have accidentally killed her best friend. 

I am Princess X by Cherie Priest

After the death of her best friend, May now sees images of Princess X, a character they created together.

Zero Day by Jan Gangsei

Ten years after getting kidnapped, a girl is reunited with her family.  Her father just happens to be POTUS.

Assassin's Heart by Sarah Ahiers

Lea must exact revenge on the people who killed her family.

The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin

After a series of mistakes, Harper must learn to forgive herself.

The Girl I Used To Be by April Henry

Olivia must solve her mother's murder before she's another victim.

The Heir and the Spare by Emily Albright

An American studies abroad and meets her Prince in England.

What were your hidden gems of 2016?

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