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This and That Thursday - Books From My TBR Pile

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading


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Welcome to my first post for a new feature, This and That Thursday (created by me). This and That Thursday is a new weekly meme in which writers pick two books that match the week’s theme (you can see a list of all the upcoming topics here) and discuss them, comparing/contrasting the handling of the material from whatever angle they want.

This week’s topic is Books on My To Be Read (TBR) List.
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading



Top Ten Tuesday is a great meme created by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish that combines top ten lists and books. She’s come up with a great list of weekly discussion topics and I hope you’ll join in the discussion by commenting on this post or some of the other ones (you can find the list of participating blogs in this week's Top Ten Tuesday post on her site). Oh, and be sure to check out my giveaway while you're here! Over twenty books and two Amazon Gift Cards up for grabs!

This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me.

Our last TTT of 2013 - awww :-( I kind of didn’t know how to answer this week’s TTT – I mean, after all, I want Santa to bring me ALL the books on my TBR list (all 186 of them). :p So I’m going with the top ten twelve books I most want to read of those on my TBR list.
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Top Ten Tuesday: New to Me Authors of 2013

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading



Top Ten Tuesday is a great meme created by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish that combines top ten lists and books. She’s come up with a great list of weekly discussion topics and I hope you’ll join in the discussion by commenting on this post or some of the other ones (you can find the list of participating blogs in this week's Top Ten Tuesday post on her site). Oh, and be sure to check out my giveaway while you're here! Over twenty books and two Amazon Gift Cards up for grabs!

This week’s topic is Top Ten New to Me Authors Read in 2013.

I used to always stick to my favorite authors--mostly the classics (Dickens, Austen, Bronte, etc.) and since becoming an author I've definitely branched out, reading more contemporary authors. That, combined with the fact that in the latter half of 2013, I've made a concerted effort to get my TBR pile under control, means that in 2013 I've definitely read lots of new to me authors. I gave myself a little pat on the back when I was compiling this list!
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books to Read for Halloween

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading



Top Ten Tuesday is a great meme created by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish that combines top ten lists and books. She’s come up with a great list of weekly discussion topics and I hope you’ll join in the discussion by commenting on this post or some of the other ones (you can find the list of participating blogs in this week's Top Ten Tuesday post on her site).

This week’s topic is Top Ten Best Books to Read for Halloween (the alternative topic is Top Ten Scariest Book Covers).

 Okay, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and anything by Edgar Allan Poe are a given, right? Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, and Anabel Lee are my favorite Poe works. To these, I would add the following as best Halloween reads:
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Top Ten Tuesday: Sequels in my TBR pile

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading



Top Ten Tuesday is a great meme created by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish that combines top ten lists and books. She’s come up with a great list of weekly discussion topics and I hope you’ll join in the discussion by commenting on this post or some of the other ones (you can find the list of participating blogs in this week's Top Ten Tuesday post on her site).

This week’s topic is Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait to Get My Hands On.

 Unfortunately, I had to tweak this topic a bit as in many cases, I have not yet read the first book, let alone the sequel. So my list this week, in no particular order, is “Top Ten Books On My TBR Pile That Have Sequels.”
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best/Worst Movie Adaptations

Written on 10 January 2025. Posted in Random Thoughts on Reading



Top Ten Tuesday is a great meme created by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish that combines top ten lists and books. She’s come up with a great list of weekly discussion topics and I hope you’ll join in the discussion by commenting on this post or some of the other ones (you can find the list of participating blogs in this week's Top Ten Tuesday post on her site).

This week’s topic is Top Ten Best/Worst Movie Adaptations.

This is a topic I feel very strongly about—you might have been able to guess that based on the fact that I both have seventeen entries and have divided them into categories. :p As I'm sitting here formatting this post, my husband is naming dozens of other movie adaptions - Stephen King adaptions, John Jake's North and South, Nick Hornsby Adaptations, The Shipping News, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, LA Confidential, Lawrence of Arabia; honestly, I had no idea how many movies are based on books until I really started thinking about it. Thank you, Jamie - this is a great topic! I hope we get to revisit it again some time!

Now, I’m going to get tarred and feathered for some of my opinions, I just know it. :-p ::deep breath:: Okay, well, here goes – just, before you throw the rotten eggs, please remember this is just my opinion! :-)
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