Top Ten Tuesday – Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book

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 Things That Make Me Pick Up a Book. Here’s my list:

1. Cover

2. Author

3. Title

4. Price

5. Reviews

6. Friend Recommendations

7. Preorder Incentives

8. Goodreads Recommendations

9. NetGalley Recommendations

10. Publisher ARC Lists

What are things that make you pick up a book?

Top Ten Tuesday – Audiobooks

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 an Audio freebie. I’m going to list some great books I’ve listened to as audiobooks. I don’t listen to audiobooks very often, so this was kind of hard. Here’s my list:

1. Sadie by Courtney Summers

2. The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater)

3. Doctor Who: Pest Control by Peter Anghelides

4. Canada by Mike Myers

5. Doctor Who: The Forever Trap by Dan Abnett

6. Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss

7. The Martian by Andy Weir

8. Doctor Who: Night of the Whisper by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright

9. Doctor Who: The Time Machine by Matt Fitton

10. Landline by Rainbow Rowell

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Books On My Spring TBR

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 On My Spring TBR. Here’s my list:

1. Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

2. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

3. King of Fools by Amanda Foody

4. There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

5. Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

6. We Are The Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan

7. Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

8. The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

9. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

10. Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Standalone Books That Need a Sequel

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 Standalone Books That Need a Sequel. Here’s my list:

1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

2. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

3. The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

4. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee

5. The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

6. The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth

7. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

8. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

9. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

10. American Panda by Gloria Chao

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Characters I’d Like to Switch Places With

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 I’d Like to Switch Places With. This was a difficult list, because so many of these characters go through difficult situations in their books, so I’m listing the characters I’d switch places with at the end of their book/series. Here’s my list:

1. Suzannah Simon (The Mediator series by Meg Cabot)

2. Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot)

3. Linh Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer)

4. Elizabeth Darcy (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

5. Emma Woodhouse (Emma by Jane Austen)

6. Holly Chase (The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand)

7. Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin)

8. Alina Starkov (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)

9. Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling)

10. Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene)

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Places in Books I’d Like to Visit

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 Places in Books I’d Like to Visit. For this list, I’m going to look at fictional places, rather than places in the real world. Here’s my list:

1. Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis)

2. Hogwarts (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling)

3. Hundred Acre Woods (Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne)

4. River Heights (Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene)

5. City of Sin (Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody)

6. Genovia (The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot)

7. Westeros (A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin)

8. Riverdale (Road to Riverdale by Mark Waid)

9. Ravka (Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo)

10. Kingdom of Norta (Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard)

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads

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 I LOVED with Fewer than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads. This was so interesting to research, because there are so many amazing books which have so few ratings! Here’s my list:

1. The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin (235 Ratings)

2. Snow in Love by Melissa de la Cruz, Nic Stone, Aimee Friedman, Kasie West (1,160 Ratings)

3. This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada (820 Ratings)

4. The Devil’s Thief by Lisa Maxwell (834 Ratings)

5. Kens by Raziel Reid (104 Ratings)

6. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie by Anthony Del Col (303 Ratings)

7. Doctor Who: Myths and Legends by Richard Dinnick (103 Ratings)

8. Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast (1,050 Ratings)

9. Canada by Mike Myers (1,708 Ratings)

10. I Have No Secrets by Penny Joelson (577 Ratings)

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Couples in 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 Favourite Couples in Books. Here’s my list:

1. Harry and Ginny (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling)

2. Alina and Mal (Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo)

3. Jesse and Suze (Shadowland by Meg Cabot)

4. Scarlet and Wolf (Scarlet by Marissa Meyer)

5. Elizabeth and Darcy (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

6. Mara and Noah (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin)

7. Molly and Mal (The Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters)

8. Pippa and Dylan (The Rule of Thirds by Chantel Guertin)

9. Charlie and Alyssa (Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde)

10. Lara Jean and Peter (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han)

(All images taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – Upcoming Releases I’m On The Fence About

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 Upcoming Releases I’m On The Fence About. This is such a hard list to write because there are so many good books coming out! These are the ones that I don’t have ARCs of, and I’m not sure if I’ll be buying. Here’s my list:

1. Enchantée by Gita Release

2. The Antidote by Shelley Sakier

3. Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

4. We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

5. Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt de la Peña

6. Sherwood by Meagan Spooner

7. Internment by Samira Ahmed

8. Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

9. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

10. Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

(All photos taken from Goodreads)

Top Ten Tuesday – The Most Recent Additions to my TBR

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 The Most Recent Additions to my TBR. Here’s my list:

1. Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

2. Corpse and Crown by Alisa Kwitney

3. The Last by Hanna Jameson

4. The Dysasters by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

5. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

6. At The Mountain’s Edge by Genevieve Graham

7. The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

8. The Au Pair by Emma Rous

9. The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

10. Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman

(All photos taken from Goodreads)