Top 5 Wednesday – Jill's Book Blog

Top 5 Wednesday – Books Featuring Mental Health

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This week’s prompt is Books Featuring Mental Health. Here’s my list:

1. The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith

2. Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

3. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

4. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

5. Find You in the Dark by Nathan Ripley

What are your favourite Books Featuring Mental Health?

Top 5 Wednesday – Emerald Covers

This meme is hosted by Lainey from Thoughts on Tomes. The Goodreads Group for Top 5 Wednesday can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Emerald Covers, because the birthstone for May is Emerald. Here’s my list:

1. The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

2. Voyager (Outlander #3) by Diana Gabaldon

3. The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay

4. Father Christmas and Me (Christmas #3) by Matt Haig

5. Harry’s Christmas Carol by Mark Andrew Poe

What are your favourite books with Emerald Covers?

Top 5 Wednesday – SFF BFFS

This meme is hosted by Lainey from Thoughts on Tomes. The Goodreads Group for Top 5 Wednesday can be found here.

This week’s prompt is SFF BFFs, so the best friendships in science fiction/fantasy. Here’s my list:

1. Juliette and Kenji (Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi)

2. Cinder and Iko (The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer)

3. Esta and Harte (The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell)

4. Finn and Alfie (Nocturna by Maya Motayne)

5. Cat and Cole (This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada)

What are your favourite SFF BFFs?

Top 5 Wednesday – Mother Figures

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This week’s prompt is Mother Figures. These are some memorable literary mother figures, either for their great skills or lack of skills… Here’s my list:

1. Molly Weasley (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling)

https://www.pottermore.com/features/mrs-weasleys-defining-moments-from-boggarts-to-bellatrix

2. Margot Covey (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han)

https://to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before.fandom.com/wiki/Margot_Covey

3. Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/prideandprejudice/characters/mrs_bennet_person_page.shtml

4. Queen Clarisse (The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot)

https://d23.com/5-etiquette-rules-from-queen-clarisse-renaldi/

5. Queen Levana (The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer)

https://lunarchronicles.fandom.com/wiki/Levana_Blackburn

Who do you think are the most memorable mother figures in books?

Top 5 Wednesday – Characters I’ve Changed My Mind About

This week’s prompt is Bookish Things I’ve Changed My Mind About. I’m listing the characters that I changed my mind about throughout the book/series. Here’s my list:

This meme is hosted by Lainey from Thoughts on Tomes. The Goodreads Group for Top 5 Wednesday can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Bookish Things I’ve Changed My Mind About. I’m listing the characters that I changed my mind about throughout the book/series. Here’s my list:

1. Severus Snape (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling)

2. Cress (Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian

3. Nikolai (Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo)

4. Maven (Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard)

5. Warner (Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi)

What characters did you change your mind about?

Top 5 Wednesday – Books With Lightning on the Cover

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This week’s prompt is Rainy Day Reads, but I did this prompt for Top Ten Tuesday last week (link here). Instead, I’m listing Books With Lightning on the Cover. Here’s my list:

1. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-WHERE-R-U #1) by Meg Cabot

2. Soulstruck by Natasha Sinel

3. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan

4. The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner #2) by James Dashner

5. The Dysasters (The Dysasters #1) by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

What are your Rainy Day Books?

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite SFF Books

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This week’s prompt is Favourite SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) Booktubers, but since I don’t watch a lot of book tubers, I chose to list my
Favourite SFF Books instead. Here’s my list:

1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

4. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

5. This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

What are your favourite SFF books?

Top 5 Wednesday – Favourite Jokesters

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This week’s prompt is Favourite Jokesters. Here’s my list:

1. Kenji (Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi)

2. Jughead (Jughead Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson)

3. Kitty (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han)

4. Fred and George Weasley (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling)

5. Iko (Cinder by Marissa Meyer)

Who are your favourite jokesters?

Top 5 Wednesday – Collectibles on my Bookshelf

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This week’s prompt is Collectibles on my Bookshelf. This is a list of the different kinds of bookish things I collect. Here’s my list:

1. Funko Pop figurines

2. Candles

3. Bookmarks

4. Notebooks

5. Enamel Pins

What collectibles do you have on your bookshelf?

Top 5 Wednesday – Books I Thought I’d Love But Didn’t

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This week’s prompt is Books You Thought You’d Hate But Ended Up Loving. However, I choose what books I read now since I get to pick so many ARCs. Instead, I’m listing the books I thought I’d love but didn’t. Here’s my list: