Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things I'm Thankful for

Created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week’s TTT is the Thanksgiving themed, so I chose to do the Top Ten Things I am Thankful for.

10. My husband.

9. My children

8. My dad, brother, and sister (and the rest of the family).

7. My animals.

6. My Job.

5. My friends.

4. My SUV

3. My house (even though I’m starting to hate it and can’t wait to move into something bigger, it’s better than having nothing.)

2. My phone. (I’d be lost without it)

1.  The internet (again, I’d be lost without it)

What are you thankful for?

Top Ten Books On My Fall To-Be-Read list

Created by The Broke and the Bookish

This week’s TTT is the top ten books on my fall tbr. These are in no particular order but I have been looking forward to reading these books for the longest time. Fall is one of my favorite seasons and I love saving my creepy or psychological thriller books for fall/Halloween time. I saved up some pretty good ones for this year. Not to mention I have some books for review that sound amazing too. You are pretty much looking at my October TBR right now but man I can’t wait to read these! I will have to go buy a couple of them so it’s a good thing my birthday is September 28th! Yay for birthday money!

10. Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

9. Amity by Micol Ostow

8. Mary: the Summoning (Bloody Mary, #1) by Hillary Monahan

7. The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

6. Hysteria by Megan Miranda

5. Learning Not to Drown by Anna Shinoda

4. All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry

3. The Murmurings by Carly Anne West

2. Insanity by Susan Vaught

1. Asylum (duology?) by Madeleine Roux

What does your fall TBR look like?

Top Ten Books I'm Not Sure I Want To Read

Created by The Broke and the Bookish

So people are going to shoot me over some of these I think….. lol I’m just being honest though! I might give the ones I own a chance still but I’m sure I will have to be in the mood for them and they aren’t at the top of my reading list.

10. Books 4-7 of Harry Potter

I’ve read the first book twice, the second book was read to me in class, and I made it half way through the 3rd one and just lost interest. I haven’t even seen past that point for the movies.

9. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

This is one that I own and is signed by the author. Stephanie was super nice when I met her but contemporary romance is definitely not my thing. I think I only bought this because it was super cheap at HPB and everyone said it’s great so I bought it.

8. The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

7. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

#8 and #7 obviously go together. My husband started to read City of Bones when it first became popular but he ended up putting it down because he didn’t like it. Neither of the sound very appealing to me so I will probably just skip this series.

6. Last two books in the Matched trilogy by Ally Condie

I actually owned Crossed, book 2,  at one point but I think I must have sold it. The first book was really boring so I have no desire to continue on with the series.

5. The Host by Stephanie Meyer

Another book I own but I almost didn’t buy it just because it’s by the same author that wrote Twilght. However, I have heard this book is amazing and nothing like it so I might read it one day. This book has the most potential for being read out of this list.

4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Too overhyped. My husband read all three though and I’ve seen the movie (which I didn’t think was that good) plus I know how it ends so I have no reason to read it.

3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I own this book also but I have a feeling it will sit on my shelf for a long time. Everyone says that it’s a slow but good read. I don’t do well with slow books, they bore me, plus it’s historical fiction and that is the last thing I like to read.

2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Well first off this just doesn’t really sound like a book I would read anyway and the fact that it got so popular turned me off from it a little bit more though.

1. The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Just got the first book for free off Amazon but I’m not sure I will ever pick it up. One reason is because I am not a big fan of reading ebooks anyway plus this is just so overhyped. Plus all I hear about the first one is that it’s like Twilight or something. Not to mention the covers are awful.. 

What do you think? Do we share any of the same ones??

Top Ten Books I'd Give To Readers Who Have Never Read Graphic Novels

Created by The Broke and the Bookish

If you haven’t read any graphic novels, or you have decided you aren’t a fan of them, try one of these! I read a pretty big variety of graphic novels so I tried to include a little bit of everything this list.  

10. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral  

9. Cinema Panopticum by Thomas Ott

Both #10 & 9 are only pictures! No words involved! 

8. The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman

7. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan

#8 & 7 are more for people who don’t mind the graphic/gory details. Both of these are great though!  

6. Maus by Art Spiegelman

5. Persepolis by Marjane Setrapi

#6 & 5 are both memoir type books. They would appeal to people who like non-fiction books.

4. Astronaut Academy by Dave Roman  

 

This is a middle grade graphic novel series but still a fun read!

3. Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks

This book is about just a regular kid and anyone could go through what she is going through. This would fit for someone who likes more realistic things.

2. Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

I just really enjoyed that one.

1. Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley

This is by far my favorite graphic novel/manga. I fully recommend the full color editions though because they make a big difference with the reading experience.

Do we share any of the same authors?!?