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11 February 2014

Top Ten Tuesday- Top Ten Books That Will Make You Swoon

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. They'd love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

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This week's topic is "Top ten books that will make you swoon." I'm going to take this as books that haven't come out/ I haven't read yet. 

1. The One by Kiera Cass

If you know me at all on here, then you will definitely know how much I adore this series. I am so excited for May, you have no idea. The cover looks absolutely stunning and the characters (mostly America and Maxon) definitely make me swoon. I love Cass' writing style and just the overall storyline of this. I can't wait to hold this book in my hands and own it and read it and love it. 





2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

I loved Divergent. It was so good and I'm aware, I'm two books behind. Sue me! I read the first book before summer began in 2013. I need to reread it and then I will definitely read this one. TRIS AND TOBIAS FOR THE WORLD!







3. Legend by Marie Lu

I picked this up way before I heard all the hype about it. I admit, I bought it because I loved the cover and love me some dystopian. Now it's been sitting on my shelf and my sister has been the only one to read it. She loves it, she's read the whole series by now. I need to get on this one.






4. The Archived by Victoria Schwab

I have been hearing things about this for months. I snagged it over the weekend when it was $0.99 because I couldn't pass it up. Though I prefer having the hard copy of the book (which I will eventually buy), I am sure I will love this. The story sounds beautiful and the cover itself makes me swoon.






5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

I have heard about this from booktubers and friends on a variety of occasions. I have owned this book for a few months and I think it is time I read this. I heard Eleanor and Park have the cutest little relationship, but the ending is sad (thank you sister, I hope you're very happy about telling me this).






6. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Again, this one is kind of a standard one. I love Cassandra Clare and I have loved every book she has written about this world, I can't wait to read more. Jace is one of my favorite characters...EVER!







7. Control by Lydia Kang

I heard about this from JessetheReader on YouTube. He invited me for a read-a-long and I am planning on reading this soon. Though it probably won't be for the read-a-long, it will be soon. I am sure I will love it, it sounds absolutely amazing.







8. The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe

I have mentioned this book before and it sounds absolutely amazing. This sounds like the sweetest story ever. That is all I need to say to this.








9.  When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney

I heard about this from MelissaBooks on YouTube and this sounds like an amazing contemporary novel. I am starting to love these, I can't wait to read it.








10. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

I don't think any of you should be surprised by this. I am practically a professional fangirl (my walls of One Direction appear to prove this to be true) and I have wanted to read this since the summer. I bought this for my roommate for Christmas and want to read it so  badly. I'll buy it eventually, just you watch.







Until Next Time,
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07 January 2014

Top Ten Bookish Resolutions - Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. To find out more about it and its future topics, click here

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Hey Everyone,

So I was going to do something like this, and what perfect timing this Top Ten Tuesday had! I have so many reading related resolutions that I want to do in 2014. 

Read more than 50 books. Last year, I read 37 and that is only because my goal was 30 and I had a slow start to my reading year. Therefore, this year on goodreads, my goal is to hit 50 books.

Read classics. I admit, I am the person to only read classics when I have been told to read them. I have purchased five or six classics and will be reading them.

Blog about book reviews more. I admit, I don't do book reviews as much and am still getting the hang of things in book review world, so I want to better my reviews and get the hang of things.

Read whenever I don't have a lot going on. My problem last year (namely September through December) was that I spent too much time cramming reading in that I forgot to study sometimes. I'm changing that, though. I want to read more on the weekends and study more during the week. Yep, that is what I am doing.

Be more critical of the books I'm reading. I find that I will love a book for what it's worth and appreciate it no matter how bad the writing is. I want to be more harsh and more critical.

Ignore reviews when buying a book. If I see a book that I want, I want to not care what other people have thought and just focus on what books I want. I've done this already, but I want to not look at the ratings and reviews until after I read the book.

Read more debuts and new releases. I was a little behind on the John Green, Cassandra Clare, and the Kiera Cass bandwagon's so I want to get on the new releases that are most anticipated quickly. I am still catching up from 2013!

Happy New Year!
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