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Category: Top Ten Tuesday

TOP TEN TUESDAY |  2014 RELEASES I CAN'T WAIT TO READ

TOP TEN TUESDAY | 2014 RELEASES I CAN’T WAIT TO READ

Posted on December 3, 2013February 28, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is all about the future. The future of book releases in 2014, that is. Let’s see what I can come up with (in no particular order except my memory)! 1. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare – Expected release date: May 27, 2014 READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS I'M THANKFUL FOR

TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS I’M THANKFUL FOR

Posted on November 25, 2013February 19, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is a seasonal feature since it’s Thanksgiving for those lucky bastards folks south of the border. So TBatB wants to know ten things we bloggers are thankful for. They said it could be bookish or not, but I mean really. Who do they READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I'D RECOMMEND TO A YOUNG ADULT NEWBIE

TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’D RECOMMEND TO A YOUNG ADULT NEWBIE

Posted on November 18, 2013February 19, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is sort of a choose-your-own-adventure. I get to pick ten books I’d recommend to a particular person or type of person. Given that I’ve been reading a lot of Young Adult books this year, I figured it was a good place to start.  Ao READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | SEQUELS I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON

TOP TEN TUESDAY | SEQUELS I CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON

Posted on November 4, 2013February 19, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait to Get My Hands On. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t really do series all that often. I’m more of a stand-alone book girl. But I have gotten sucked into a few. I’m going to include READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN SCARIEST BOOK COVERS/BOOKS TO READ ON HALLOWEEN

TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN SCARIEST BOOK COVERS/BOOKS TO READ ON HALLOWEEN

Posted on October 28, 2013February 19, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Scariest Book Covers or Top Ten Books to Read on Halloween. As a new devotee to Top Ten Tuesday, I wasn’t around last year for the latter, so I’m going to do some of each.   Top Ten Scariest Book READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN CHARACTER NAMES

TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN CHARACTER NAMES

Posted on October 21, 2013February 19, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Character Names I Love (or Unusual Character Names). This is going to be interesting, folks! 1. Thursday Next from The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde  I haven’t read the whole book yet, but this name is one of my faves READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN BOOKS I WAS "FORCED" TO READ

TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN BOOKS I WAS “FORCED” TO READ

Posted on October 15, 2013February 19, 2024 by Rain City Reads

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Books I Was “Forced” to Read – by anyone, teachers, parents, friends, review commitments… whatever. In my case it never took a lot to get me to read a book, so “forced” might be too strong a word, but these are READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST/WORST SERIES ENDERS

TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST/WORST SERIES ENDERS

Posted on October 7, 2013February 16, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders. As I mentioned a couple of TTTs ago, series aren’t really my thing. So this is another challenging one for me – but I’ll do my best! Best: 1. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Obvs. READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TURN OFFS

TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TURN OFFS

Posted on October 1, 2013February 16, 2024 by Rain City Reads

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is all about turn-offs. Top Ten Book Turn-Offs, that is. Only 10? Aw, shucks. Here are some of mine, in no particular order. 1. Grammar/spelling. The odd mistake is fine, to be expected in fact. I can get past that. God knows, I make READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | THE BEST SEQUELS EVER

TOP TEN TUESDAY | THE BEST SEQUELS EVER

Posted on September 24, 2013February 16, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

    This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is all about sequels. THE BEST SEQUELS EVER, to be precise. Now, this is gonna be tough. I don’t read a lot of series, and when I do the books tend to blend together. If I make it to ten it’ll eventually READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST...

TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST…

Posted on September 17, 2013February 16, 2024 by Rain City Reads

   This week’s Top Ten Tuesday list on The Broke and the Bookish is a good ‘un: Books on My Fall TBR List. Oh geez. This could be a very long post. So I’m sure a lot of these lists will be books coming out this fall, and I’ve got some of those. They’re the READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY: BOOKS SET AT THE BEACH/NEAR THE SEA

TOP TEN TUESDAY: BOOKS SET AT THE BEACH/NEAR THE SEA

Posted on August 13, 2013February 16, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is up: Books Set at the Beach/Near the Sea. Oh man. It’s like these ladies are just trying to test my faint memories of books gone by! Seriously doubting I’ll make it to ten on this one, guys, but I’ll give it a READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WISH HAD SEQUELS

TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WISH HAD SEQUELS

Posted on August 6, 2013February 16, 2024 by Rain City Reads

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is up: Books I Wish Had Sequels.This is an excellent topic – I just hope I can do it justice! I warn you there are a few cheats in here. But they’re honest cheats. So bear with me. 1. The Harry Potter Series READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY: BEGINNINGS/ENDINGS OF BOOKS

TOP TEN TUESDAY: BEGINNINGS/ENDINGS OF BOOKS

Posted on July 30, 2013February 16, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

  This week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is another thought-provoking topic: Top Ten Beginnings/Endings of Books. This one is going to be tough for me, I’ll say that right up front. As I discussed in the last “Let’s Talk” post, my reading has been slow and sporadic for the last READ MORE

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TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS THAT MAKE ME *NOT* READ A BOOK

TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS THAT MAKE ME *NOT* READ A BOOK

Posted on July 24, 2013February 16, 2024 by RAIN CITY READS

  This was actually yesterday’s link, so I’m a day behind – but better late than never! And this week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is a great topic: What ten things make me NOT read a book? This is going to require some thought, because a lot of the time READ MORE

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