Tag: Fiction
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Topics That Won’t Make Me Pick Up a Book
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic, a companion to the earlier topic from April 30th, top ten topics that won’t make me pick up a book. Not that they’re always deal breakers, but as a rule I don’t particularly enjoy these types of topics. 1. Cancer 2. Divorce 3. 9/11 4. The Holocaust 5. World War … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Topics That Won’t Make Me Pick Up a Book
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Intimidating Books
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic, ten most intimidating books. 1. IQ84 by Haruki Murakami- I have this book on my shelf, but it’s so huge. I feel like I’ll be reading it for months. 2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King- Same as above. 2. Paradise Lost by John Milton – I loved the sections I read … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Intimidating Books
Bodies
by Shannon Fox
Bodies by Osmond Arnesto The first printed collection of the author’s poetry and prose. Also featured is a short story on the joys of accounting. For the lonely, the lost, and everyone who has ever known the feeling. I met Osmond in a few of my writing classes at UCSD. He always impressed me with his comic and heartfelt way of dealing with deeply … Read More Bodies
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
by Shannon Fox
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie’s grandmother’s abandoned home near Salem, she can’t refuse. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a … Read More The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Fictional Schools
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme was a freebie, so I decided on Top Ten Favorite Fictional Schools (which is an extension of settings. Boarding schools also happen to be one of my favorite settings/topics in books. 1. Hogwarts (Harry Potter series) 2. Easton Academy (Private series) 3. Waverly Prep (It Girl series) 4. Spence Academy … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Favorite Fictional Schools
The Name of the Star
by Shannon Fox
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events … Read More The Name of the Star
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten books dealing with tough subjects. Rather than choose a particular subject, I chose a variety of books about difficult subjects. I don’t read a lot of these types of books so my list is a little short. Generally, I like my books to be more escapist and won’t … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects
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The History of Love
by Shannon Fox
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he’s still alive. But it wasn’t always like this: in the Polish village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote a book. . . . Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after a character in … Read More The History of Love
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Topics That Instantly Make My Buy a Book
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: Top Ten Words/Topics That Instantly Make Me Buy/Pick Up A Book. I picked ten topics that cause a book to basically be a done deal. 1. Dystopian 2. Post-Apocalyptic 3. Genetics and Genetic Engineering 4. Historical Treasure Hunt 5. Literary Mystery 6. Boarding Schools 7. Teen Celebrities (fictional) 8. Rare … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Topics That Instantly Make My Buy a Book
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m So Happy Were Recommended to Me
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic is ten books I’m so happy were recommended to me! 1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green -Recommended by Andrew 2. Plainsong by Kent Haruf -Recommended by Tylar 3. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card -Recommended by Sheila 4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman -Recommended by Sadie 5. … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m So Happy Were Recommended to Me
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books From Before I Was a Blogger
by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic: top ten favorite books I read before I was a blogger. Some of these I’ve actually gone on to a review, but a few I haven’t. 1. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 2. The Passage by Justin Cronin 3. Firebringer by David Clement Davies 4. The Shadow of the … Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books From Before I Was a Blogger
Shadowlands
by Shannon Fox
Shadowlands by Kate Brian Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived… and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. Starting over in a new … Read More Shadowlands
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