This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Most Anticipated Debut Novels for 2015. I honestly haven’t really started looking towards 2015 for new books from my favourite authors, let alone debuts! But now’s as good a time to start as any. Let’s see how many I can find! READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BACKLIST BOOKS TOPPING MY TBR FOR 2015
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Goals/Resolutions for 2015. I don’t really do resolutions. I feel like the big ones that are kind of dicey are setting me up to fail, and creating smaller ones for the sake of reachable goals is kind of silly. So instead, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS AND BOOKISH PRESENTS I WOULDN’T MIND SANTA BRINGING ME
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Bringing This Year. I’ve got wishlists scattered everywhere. In notebooks, in my Chapters and Book Depository and Book Outlet accounts, on Goodreads. There’s not shortage of books I’d like to find under the tree. But, for READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN BOOKS I MEANT TO READ IN 2014
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Read In 2014. But I’ve got a whole yearly wrap-up thing planned, so instead, I’m going to go with: Top Ten Books I Meant To Read In 2014. I started off the year with the best of intentions. I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW TO ME AUTHORS I READ IN 2014
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten New To Me Authors I Read In 2014. I feel like I’ve read so many great books this year – many by authors I hadn’t previously read. Many of these are now on my must-read list. It’s a good variety READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY WINTER TBR
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR. This could get seriously out of hand. I wish I could read all ten books at a time, or absorb them by osmosis if I tucked them under my pillow at night! The Cuckoo’s READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SEQUELS I CAN’T WAIT TO GET
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait to Get. Hmmm. I am not currently reading much in the way of series – they’re just so much investment and I hate the waiting. So I’m including sequels that are already out, but that I haven’t READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SUPPORTING CHARACTERS I WISH WOULD GET THEIR OWN BOOKS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Characters I Wish Would Get Their Own Books. It’s pretty common to come across characters in books that aren’t the focal point of the particular story you’re reading, but daaaaamn do you wish they were. 1. Hermione Granger from READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WANT TO RE-READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Want to Re-Read. Oooooh boy. You guys might want to settle in with some coffee, light snacks, maybe even canned goods… cos this might take a while. 1. The ENTIRE Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Over and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS & MOVIES THAT GET ME INTO THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books/Movies To Read Or Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit. Okay, so admission time. I’m a total wuss. So though I enjoy the spirit of Halloween, I do it without getting overly spooky. I like the warm-and-cosy-with-spooky-edges type of Halloween READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW SERIES I WANT TO START
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten New Series I Want to Start. I’m not that big on series usually, but when I started reading Young Adult fiction more series hit my radar. Here are some of the first that come to mind: READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | PLACES BOOKS HAVE MADE ME WANT TO VISIT
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want to Visit. Only ten? Oh geez. Okay, here goes! 1. Tuscany I read Under the Tuscan Sun in high school and have been dreaming about Italy ever since. 2. London I’ve been to London, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR READERS WHO LIKE CHARACTER-DRIVEN NOVELS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character-Driven Novels. This is a timely topic for me, because I feel like I’ve read several books that fit this criterion recently. Some of these may seem surprising! Hearts and Minds – Amanda READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT WERE HARD FOR ME TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books That Were Hard for Me to Read. This can be because they were complex, long, on a difficult topic, not my cup of tea or just books I felt like I had to read and that made me resist. Whatever READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List. I assume this means NEW books coming out in fall, so I’ll stick to those but include a few that just came out! The Children Act – Ian McEwan The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I’VE ONLY READ ONE BOOK BY & NEED TO READ MORE
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Authors I’ve Only Read One Book From & Need To Read MORE! Because I have heinous allergies and am about to go to bed early, I’m not going to extrapolate – but I will give you a list! Jonathan Tropper Amanda READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | UNDERRATED AUTHORS AND BOOKS
I’m a bit late, but this week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish was: Top Ten Underrated Authors or Books In X Genre. I had a LOT of trouble with this one, so I decided to mix this one up a bit and cover a few genres. 1. YA DystopiaMost underrated author: READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I REALLY WANT TO READ BUT DON’T OWN YET
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Really Want to Read But Don’t Own Yet. Hahahaha, oh dear. This could get out of hand. But I’ll try, very very hard, not to exceed my allotted ten! Not My Father’s Son – Alan Cumming Yes, Please – READ MORE