Top Ten Tuesday – All Time Favourite Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Unpopular Bookish Opinions, but I changed it to the Top 5 Tuesday topic of the week which is All Time Favourites. Here’s my list:

1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

4. Shadowland (The Mediator #1) by Meg Cabot

5. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicholson #1) by Louise Rennison

6. Mole and Shrew All Year Through by Jackie French Koller

7. It Begins (The Unseen #1) by Richie Tankersley Cusick

8. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

9. Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi

10. Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Books From My Favourite Genre

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme Books From My Favourite Genre. One of my favourite genres is teen thrillers, which I have a hard time finding. Here’s my list:

1. Sadie by Courtney Summers

2. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

3. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

4. The Window by Amelia Brunskill

5. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard

6. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

7. Killing November by Adriana Mather

8. S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett

9. Come Find Me by Megan Miranda

10. Blood Will Out by Jo Treggiari

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Books Released in the Last Ten Years

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Favourite Books Released in the Last Ten Years. Here’s my list:

1. Restore Me (Shatter Me #4) by Tahereh Mafi

2. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

3. Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) by Leigh Bardugo

4. Fairest of All (Whatever After #1) by Sarah Mlynowski

5. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

6. Lady Smoke (Ash Princess Trilogy #2) by Laura Sebastian

7. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin

8. A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab

9. Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

10. My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Books That I’ve Loaned to Other People

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Books That I Don’t Let Anyone Touch. However, I do share my books quite often, because I love recommending books, especially to non-readers. My friends and I would often share books when I was younger, too. I changed my list to Books I’ve Loaned to Other People. Here’s my list:

1. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

2. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

3. Shadowland (The Mediator #1) by Meg Cabot

4. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

5. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

6. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

7. Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson, Jenn St-Onge

8. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

9. Kens by Raziel Reid

10. The Child by Fiona Barton

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Page to Screen Adaptations

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is a Page to Screen Freebie. I’m listing my Favourite Page to Screen Adaptations, both TV and movies. Here’s my list:

1. The Prisoner of Azkaban

2. Love, Simon

3. Pretty Little Liars

4. The Princess Diaries

5. A Game of Thrones

6. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

7. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible

8. Gone Girl

9. Everything, Everything

10. Crazy Rich Asians

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Characters That Remind Me of Myself

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Characters That Remind Me of Myself. Here’s my list:

1. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling)

2. Lily Moscovitz (The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot)

3. Lena Kaligaris (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares)

4. Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen)

5. Bess Marvin (Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene)

6. Betty Cooper (Betty and Veronica by Adam Hughes)

7. Aria Montgomery (Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard)

8. Gertrude Yorkes (Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka)

9. Violet Beaudelaire (The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket)

10. Batgirl (Batgirl at Super Hero High by Lisa Yee)

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Best Harry Potter Quotes

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Inspirational Book Quotes, but I changed it to Best Harry Potter Quotes. Here’s my list:

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Inspirational Book Quotes, but I changed it to Best Harry Potter Quotes. Here’s my list:

1. “We could all have been killed – or worse, expelled.” – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

2. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

3. “But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

4. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire

5. “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” – Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

6. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

7. “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” – Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

8. “After all this time?” “Always.” – Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

9. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

10. “All was well.” – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Top Ten Tuesday – First Books I Reviewed

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is First Books I Reviewed. I have also linked to my reviews. These are from 2 years ago, so my reviewing style has changed a lot over this time. Here’s my list:

1. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

3. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

4. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

5. Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor

6. Captain Marvel, Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue DeConnick, David López

7. Jonesy, Vol.1 by Sam Humphries

8. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

9. We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen

10. Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide by Merilyn Simonds

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Rainy Day Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Rainy Day Reads. This is a perfect list for this week because it’s raining all week in Toronto! These are books that are hard to put down, so they’re perfect for a rainy day when you have lots of time to read. Here’s my list:

1. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

2. An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

3. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

4. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

5. Kens by Raziel Reid

6. Save the Date by Morgan Matson

7. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

8. Warcross by Marie Lu

9. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

10. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books. I don’t know if these are really outrageous, but these are some of the things I’ve done for the love of books. Here’s my list:

1. Woken up early to get in line for a book signing at 7 AM

2. Stayed up late to finish a book

3. Travelled to New York City for BookCon

4. Woken up early to sign up for a book signing at BookCon

5. Bought more books than can fit on my bookshelves

6. Reviewed a book almost every day for two years

7. Posted book memes every day for a year

8. Studied creative writing so I can write my own book

9. Bought special collector’s editions of books that I already own

10. Travelled to Montreal for Montreal YA Fest