Top Ten Tuesday #26

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

This weeks topic is my top ten book and movies to get in the Halloween spirit: 

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - I am reading this book right now and even though it is not as scary as I thought it would be it still has a creepy type feel to it.

2.  The Simpsons Halloween Episodes - We don't have Halloween at all in Australia and so growing up the only time I was exposed to it was through watching American TV. The major one I can think of is The Simpsons with their Treehouse of Horror episodes. 

3. Any of the Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine - I grew up reading these and would be perfect to read around Halloween. 

4. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - Both the book and the movie. 

5. ParaNorman - I love animated movies so this one had to be on my list. 

6. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake - a book about a ghost, what more is there to say? 

7. American Horror Story - I never got past the first season but this would be perfect to marathon around Halloween!

8. The Walking Dead - a TV show about zombies which also happens to be one of my favourites at the moment. 

9. Any Stephen King novel - I have only read one of his books but have a lot of them on my TBR. 

10. The Nightmare Before Christmas - I watched this years ago and remember not liking it that much, but considering how popular it is it seems I am in the minority. 

Top Ten Tuesday #25

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

This weeks topic is my top ten series I want to start: 

1.  The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare - Given how much I love the The Mortal Instruments I can't believe I haven't started this companion series yet. 

2.  The Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan - I keep hearing nothing but good things about Rick Riordan so as soon as I finish the Percy Jackson and the Olympians I definitely plan on reading this one. 

3. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin - I really want to watch the TV show based on these books but I never watch anything without reading the books first. I just find these books really intimidating. 

4. The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini - I met the author of this series a few years ago and that makes me feel really bad that I haven't even started his books yet. 

5.  His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman - The Golden Compass was recommended to me over a decade ago now so I feel like it's long overdue that I start this series. 

6. The Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke - I have this series in my list for no reason other than I am sick of seeing it sitting on my TBR shelf. I have had these books for the longest time and just haven't read them. 

7. The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa - I'm not really into faerie books but I have heard a lot of positive things about this series. I have the entire series sitting on my bookshelf ready to be read so that helps. 

8. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr - This is another series that has been on my bookshelf unread for the longest time. 

9. The Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan - I read the first book in the companion series a few years ago and it was interesting so I have no idea why I haven't started what is regarded as the superior series. 

10. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - I was forced to watch the movies last year and even though it broke my 'book first' rule, I hope that the movies can help me get into this series as I find it really intimidating.

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

This weeks topic is my top ten places that books have made me want to visit:

1. Hogwarts - I'm still waiting for my letter......

2. Amsterdam - The Fault in Our Stars made me want to go there plus I've always wanted to go to the Anne Frank House.

3. Chicago - so it might not be the Chicago of today in Divergent, but the constant mentions of looking up at the Willis Tower has made me want to go there.

4. New York - I have always wanted to go to New York but the Mortal Instruments series have made me want to go there even more.

5. Forks - It seems really enchanting in the Twilight books. Plus it has completely different weather to where I live.

6. Narnia - Just the fact that this place has talking animals makes me want to go there.

7. London - There are too many books to mentioned that have influenced me to want to go to London.

8. Paris - Anna and the French Kiss describes Paris in a way that made me want to go there.

9. Corrigan - Jasper Jones made me want to go to this small Australian mining town.

10. Camp Half Blood - I've only read the first 2 Percy Jackson books but Camp Half Blood sounds really awesome.

Top Ten Tuesday #23

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

This weeks topic is my top ten character driven novels:

1. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp



2. Looking for Alaska by John Green



3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky



4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon



5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

6. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King

7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

9. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger



Top Ten Tuesday #22

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

 

 

 

This weeks question is my Top Ten Winter TBR:

 

 

 

Well, it's summer here in Australia (and hot) but here's my list:

 

 

 

1. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater - I just recently read Shiver and Linger and want to complete the series.

 

 

2.  A Dog named Christmas by Greg Kincaid- I have read this before but think it would be the perfect book to read around Christmas.

 

 

3. Insurgent by Veronica Roth - My library has it on order and I am first in the queue for it.

 

 

4. Allegiant by Veronica Roth - same as #3

 

 

5. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien - my dad keeps pestering me to watch the films but I want to read the books first. I think I'll just aim for the first one for now.

 

 

6. The Help by Katheryn Stockett - same reason as #5 except that it's my mum.

 

 

7. Jamaican Inn by Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca is one of my favourite books of all time so I want to read her other books.

 

 

8. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan - I absolutely love this series so far just need to finish it.

 

 

9. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - I have never read any Jane Austen and thought I would start with her first published novel.

 

 

10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - This book looks really interesting and I can't wait to read it.

Top Ten Tuesday #21

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. Each week features a different topic, and you make a top ten list about it.

 

 

This weeks question is the Top Ten Books to Read at Halloween:

 

 

1. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake - Just the house alone is creepy

 

 

2. The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff - It's set partly in a graveyard and partly underground.

 

 

3. Carrie by Stephen King - imagine if you went to Carrie's school.

 

 

4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Not scary, but imagine if you lived in that world.

 

 

5. Any of the Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine - these books were my childhood.

 

 

6. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Not exactly scary but has a gothic feel to it.

 

 

7. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling - It's about wizards. Harry Potter is perfect to read anytime.

 

 

8. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - guy wakes up as a giant bug.

 

 

9. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - I don't think I have to say anything about this book.

 

 

10. Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry - my favourite zombie series