Category: Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Top New Series I Want to Start

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten new series I want to start!   1) Fifth Wave series by Rick Yancy: Thanks to my mom, I already have the first two books sitting on my shelf. Just need to read!     2) The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan: Been meaning to read this for years … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top New Series I Want to Start

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I’ve Been Told I Must Read

As always, TTT is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten books I’ve been told I MUST read. In no particular order.   1. Cutting For Stone 2. The Help 3. Gone Girl 4. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 5. Oryx and Crake 6. As I Lay Dying 7. The Tiger’s Wife 8. Let the Great World Spin … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I’ve Been Told I Must Read

Top Ten Tuesday: Other Types of Stories

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: other types of stories (tv, movies, etc.) I’m breaking down my Top Ten Favorite TV Shows, in no particular order. 1. Fringe -Confession: I haven’t actually watched the very last episode. I’m planning to rewatch the last season..eventually. 2. Parks and Recreation -Just consistently funny from start to finish. 3. … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Other Types of Stories

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Classics

As always, TTT is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten classics. I’m defining a classic as a book first published more than fifty years ago. 1. 1984 2. East of Eden 3. Lolita 4. Wuthering Heights 5. Frankenstein 6. The Picture of Dorian Grey 7. The Idiot 8. To Kill a Mockingbird 9. Native Son 10. Invisible Man … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Classics

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things on My Bookish Bucket List

As always TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topics: top ten things on my bookish bucket list. 1. Hit 500 blog followers — this will likely happen very soon and when it does…watch for a GIVEAWAY! 2. Meet John Green 3. If I ever publish my book about Tesla, I want the Oatmeal to talk about me…write a comic, … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things on My Bookish Bucket List

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Popular Authors I’ve Never Read

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten popular authors I’ve never read. 1. Robert Jordan: Going to rectify that soon and read The Wheel of Time series. 2. Lee Child 3. Charlaine Harris 4. Janet Evanovich 5. James Patterson 6. E.L. James: NEVER! 7. Robert Ludlum 8. Danielle Steel 9. Cassandra Clare 10. Nora Roberts

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Places to Read

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic was a REWIND, so I chose the past topic of favorite places to read. 1. Couch: I probably read here 90% of the time. 2. Bed: I always try and read just a few pages before bed. I don’t read in bed all that much, because being in my bed … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Places to Read

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Reasons I Love Being a Blogger

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten reasons I love being a book blogger. 1. Having somewhere to direct people who need book recommendations (one of the reasons I started in the first place!) 2. Guest-blogging! (I want to do more! If you do guest blogging, send me an email!) 3. All of the awesome … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Reasons I Love Being a Blogger

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things on my Reading Wishlist

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten things on my reading wishlist. These are topics I wish authors would write about, settings, time periods, etc. 1. 1890-1900 time period: It’s a time period I’m dealing with now in my own writing and I wish there was more to read that showed how different authors dealt … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things on my Reading Wishlist

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Goals for 2014

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten goals for 2014. I chose to do a combo of bookish and non-bookish goals. 1. Read forty books (My goal for 2013 was fifty and I fell short of that) 2. Get published in a top literary magazine 3. Win a writing contest 4. Learn to swim properly … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Goals for 2014

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things I’m Thankful For

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. In honor of Thanksgiving on thursday, today’s theme is top ten things I’m thankful! 1. My continued good health -After getting pneumonia at the end of 2010 and needing a good year and a half for my lungs to truly recover, I am so happy that I’m healthy enough to work out as … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things I’m Thankful For

Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Recommend To a Reluctant Reader

As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten books you would recommend to someone. I choose to compile a list to recommend to reluctant readers of all ages. 1. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling -I couldn’t compile this list without this series. 2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins -This has turned a lot of younger … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Recommend To a Reluctant Reader