This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Authors I’d Love To Meet. Well, I mean I’d love to meet pretty much all of them. But here are some of the top ones that come to mind: J.K. Rowling I have so much admiration for this lady. Not READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WILL PROBABLY NEVER READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Will Probably Never Read. Oh man. This is so hard because there are millions but I also hate to admit that I’m unlikely to get to them because I live in the beautiful illusion that one day I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FUNNY AND INSPIRING CHARACTERS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books That Feature Characters Who ____. I get to fill in the blank myself, and hmmmm. I think I’m going to divide this into two, because I can’t think of one category that’ll get me to ten. The first half READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE AUTHORS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Favourite Authors. It’s difficult to narrow this down. It’s easy to confuse a favourite book with a favourite author – but loving an author means loving more than just one of their books. Usually. Except occasionally when you read a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | INSPIRING QUOTES
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books. Umm… this one’s tough. I don’t underline my books. I don’t read a ton of uplifting books even if I did. And I usually write down quotes that are beautifully worded, interesting, or that I deeply READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS I’D LIKE TO CHECK IN WITH
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Characters I’d Like to Check In With. There are so many, and many more I don’t even remember because I read the books so long ago. There are a couple of embarrassing or just kind of strange choices in here, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I RECENTLY ADDED TO MY TBR LIST
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Recently Added To My TBR. Which you all know is absurd. I mean, let’s face it – the best and worst side-effect of being part of the online book community is more books going on your TBR every week READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FROM MY CHILDHOOD AND TEEN YEARS I’D LIKE TO RE-VISIT
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books From My Childhood or Teen Years That I’d Like To Revisit. Seriously. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Only TEN??? Man, the girls over at Broke and Bookish like to torture us, don’t they? Fine, fine, I’ll do my absolute very best READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SPRING TBR
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR. Here are a few of mine: Upcoming Releases: Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story – David Levithan (March 17, 2015) Boring Girls – Sara Taylor (April 14, 2015) In the Unlikely Event – READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR READERS WHO LIKE BOOKS ABOUT READING
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books for Readers Who Like Books About Reading. Okay, so obviously readers like books, but do they like reading about books and reading? I do. I love finding out how others approach my favourite pastime, and hearing how their relationship with READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | ALL TIME FAVE BOOKS READ FROM 2013-15
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: All Time Favourite Books Read In the Past Three Years. This works out perfectly because halfway through 2013 is when I began blogging regularly here, and when my reading life really picked up post-university. It’s been a wonderful, wild ride, and I’ve met READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE LITERARY HEROINES
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Favourite Literary Heroines. I often have trouble cataloguing the books I’ve read and characters I’ve met in my mind. But there are always those few brilliant characters who stick with you as if they were flesh and blood. Here are a few READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK PROBLEMS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Book Related Problems I Have. Well, I’m not sure if these are exactly problems… 1. Time Never having enough to read as much as I want, and knowing I’ll never finish my TBR 2. When other bloggers get ARCs of READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS I LIKE/DISLIKE IN BOOKISH ROMANCES
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Things I Like/Dislike About Romances In Books. First of all, I’m not big on romance. If it happens in a book that’s about something else, and it’s well-executed and not too saccharine, okay. Whatever. But I don’t read romances, and I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVEN’T READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read In X Genre. I’m going to pick a few different genres, as my reading regrets certainly aren’t limited to one! Classics: Frankenstein – Mary Shelly Dracula – Bram Stoker The Count of READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’D LOVE TO READ IF I HAD A BOOK CLUB
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I’d Love To Read With My Book Club/If I Had A Book Club. The latter in my case, as I have yet to find bookish folks whose geographic location and schedules permit regular book meetings! I’m selecting some I’ve READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT WEREN’T WHAT I EXPECTED
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books That Weren’t What I Expected. This week was a freebie – meaning I can choose any topic I want. And because I’ve read a few books in the past year that really surprised me, I thought this would be READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | 2014 RELEASES I MEAN TO READ BUT DIDN’T
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To. You guys, there were a lot of great books that came out last year. I can tell you right now I will not be able to keep this list to ten READ MORE