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Hello Lovelies! As usual Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful people over at The Broke and the Bookish . This week's topic is 10 Authors I would Auto-Buy meaning if these authors were to publish anything, I would be at the bookstore that week, money in hand.  Anne Bishop: I'm currently finishing up the only series of hers I haven't read, and she's one of the few adult authors who I seriously adore. I would (and will) buy anything she writes. Jandy Nelson: Omg, I'm obsessed with   I'll Give You the Sun and I really enjoyed The Sky is Everywhere . I can't wait for her next book release! John Green: I mean, I've read almost everything he's written (still missing a couple short stories, dang it!), and I'll continue to do so. Kate DiCamillo: She won me over completely with The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane , but I've really enjoyed her other titles too. Can't wait to see what she publishes n...

Hello Lovelies!! As usual Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish.  Today the theme is Fairy Tale Retellings I Want to Read. I went a little loose with the definition of fairy tale (a.k.a. I have books that are just retellings of famous stories). So without further ado: A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (A Thousand and One Nights) Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (Alice in Wonderland) Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge (Little Red Riding Hood) Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis (The Wild Swans) The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (Various) Winter by Marissa Meyer (Cinderella) Valiant by Sarah McGuire (The Brave Little Tailor) For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (Persuasion) Jane by April Lindner (Jane Eyre) Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (Sleeping Beauty) Those are all the retellings I am dying to read! What about you lovelies? Anything I should add to my lis...

Hello Lovelies!! It's been a really long time since I've done a Top Ten Tuesday! I got caught up in the whirlwind of summer classes and an internship (and technically I should be writing a paper right now, shhhh don't tell my mom.), but I'm back for this week! As always, Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by the lovely ladies over at The Broke and the Bookish .  Top Ten Best Books I've Read So Far in 2015 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe A Darker Shade of Magic Shadow Scale Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Fortunately, the Milk The Walls Around Us Throne of Glass Vision in Silver El Deafo To All the Boys I've Loved Before / P.S. I Still Love You And those are the best books I've read so far this year!! It's been a good reading year, but I actually haven't had very many stellar reads. I had to go back and see what I read to find 10, and then I was like oh yeah! That was gr...

Hello Lovelies!! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish ! This topic is a little hard for me because I try not to deal in absolutes, but here we go... Top Ten Books I Will (probably) Never Read The Lord of The Rings (1-3): Sorry everyone! I read The Hobbit, and I wasn't a fan. And I've tried to start FotR like three times and I just can't. I can't do it. I'm a failure. Take away my nerd cred. The Magician King and The Magician's Land(4-5): Considering how much I hated The Magicians, I have absolutely no interest in continuing the series. Blue Bloods series(6): I had the first book in this series for like six years and never read it. I started it, but I just couldn't do it. And now it just sounds like I wouldn't like it anymore. Whoops. The Immortals series(7): I just don't think this one sounds that good. I'm way more interested in her other series. The Gone serie...

Hello Lovelies!! It's my finals week, so I'm going to make this one quick.  This week's Top Ten Tuesday (by the Broke and the Bookish ) allows us to fill in the blank! So I will be bringing you... The Top Ten Books with Characters Who are Unreliable Narrators (AKA BIG OL' LIARS). I love unreliable narrators because you never know if they're actually being unreliable or not. Occasionally they tell the truth, but occasionally they lie. So here we go... 1. Nothing by Janne Teller 2. Liar by Justine Larbalestier 3. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman 4. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta 5. Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout 6. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein 7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 8. The Princess Bride by William Goldman 9. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 10. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Many of these books feature the unreliable characters as side characters and not main charac...

Hello Lovelies!! As usual today's Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish . Today's topic is Top Ten All-Time Favorite Authors. So in no particular order, and without further ado...Author's whose books I've read all or almost all of and will pick up a new one immediately. Jon J. Muth - Technically as an illustrator but y'know. Gene Luen Yang Kate DiCamillo J. K. Rowling John Green Emily Bronte Rainbow Rowell Jandy Nelson Stephanie Perkins Patrick Ness What about you lovelies? Who are your favorite authors? Anyone I should try out? I've got a million authors whose books I just haven't read yet. Let me know who your favorite is in the comments!

Hello Lovelies!! As usual, today's Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish . Today's prompt is technically Inspirational Quotes from Books, but I'm usually drawn to love quotes cause I'm a romantic.  So here for you today... My Top Ten Favorite Quotes from Books: (Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke and Bone) (Every Rainbow Rowell book) (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane) (Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte) (The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint - Exupery) What are your favorite book quotes? Let me know in the comments!!

Hello Lovelies!! Are you enjoying some discounted candy? I am!! As usual Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish , and this week's theme is Top Ten Characters I'd Like To Check In On. So if I had to pick some book friends to check in on after the story has ended, see how life's going these are who I'd ring... 1. Harry Potter. I know Rowling gave us an epilogue, but it just didn't do it for me. I want more on both ends--how did the weddings? What was life like before they had kids? Did they ever panic that their life wasn't going to be normal? How is it raising kids? Do the kids bring as much trouble as they did? 2. Cathy from Wuthering Heights. Is she happy? Are they married? I want more!! 3. Peeta and Katniss from The Hunger Games: Why did they decide to have kids? Do they still have nightmares? What's the world like now?  4. Celia and Marco from The Night Circus: How's life? Is everything good?  5...

Hello Lovelies!! Today's Top Ten Tuesday (as per usual, brought to you by The Broke and The Bookish ) features an easy topic for me. This week's topic is Ten Most Recent Books Added to Your TBR. So without further ado... The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Where Bear? by Sophy Henn Talon by Julie Kagawa Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Heir by Kiera Cass Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys Black Dove White Raven by Elizabeth Wein Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta Fire by Kristin Cashore AND The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski (which does not yet have a cover) If anyone is interested, I pulled these titles from my Goodreads Wish List, although I skipped a few which I've technically read, but still want to own copies of.  So there are the ten most recently added books to my TBR. What are yours lovelies? Leave me a note in the comments! I love to know what other people are reading!...