Top Ten Tuesday #7



Every Tuesday, The Broke and the Bookish hosts a meme called 'Top Ten Tuesday'

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Top Ten Beach Reads (however YOU define a beach read!)

I personally don't do 'beach reads'. I might live in Florida but I don't live by the beach and I haven't been to the beach in years. Sad, I know. If I did go to the beach, it wouldn't be to lay around on a towel and read. I'd be swimming, walking the boardwalk, or out on a boat. So instead of saying 'beach read', I'll just say 'summer read'. And here's the next problem. I don't do 'summer reads' either. I just read whatever I want, whenever I want. I don't set aside books about people vacationing at their beach homes or books about fleeting summer romances. The only time I set aside any specific types of books to read is during October and those are all dark, creepy, ghost stories or horror novels. The rest of the year I just read anything. I can say that I associate summer with camping, swimming, long bike rides, and adventures in nature but I haven't read books like that since I was a kid (The Boxcar Children, My Side of the Mountain, books by Gary Paulson, etc).

 

So here are the top ten books that I HOPE to read before summer is over.

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
    
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
3. Reboot by Amy Tintera
4. The Forgotten Ones by Laura Howard
5. The Program by Suzanne Young
6. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin (I really need to finish this book!)
7. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (I need to read this entire series soon before Feb 2014)
8. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
9. The Archived by Victoria Schwab
10. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

 

(Didn't have time to add pictures today. Busy with class, counseling, and a read-a-thon.)

 

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