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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books Since Blogging


The top ten prompt today from The Broke and the Bookish is to list those books that have been our favorites since blogging. Sheesh! Are you kidding me? That's  A LOT of books for me! So, I've looked over my Top Ten book lists of each year that I've been blogging and forced myself to pick two books from each year. Hard to do. I wanted to make categories and list all sorts of books, but I'll keep it to the two per year, which still puts me over ten!

Favorite Books Since Blogging (2007)

2007: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy

2008: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

2009: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

2010: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson and Unwind by Neal Shusterman

2011: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

2012 (so far): Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta and The Hollow City by Dan Wells

Ah, I SO MUCH wish I could list more!

Have you read any of these? Did they make it to your favorite lists too?




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26 comments:

  1. kayerjAugust 21, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    I like how you set your post up--a favorite book from each year. nice. kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  2. KamiAugust 21, 2012 at 8:17 AM

    I've only read a couple of those. I LOVE The Book Thief. It is such a beautiful book!

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  3. Karis JacobsteinAugust 21, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    I can't even begin to imagine narrowing down 10 books out of six years! I had difficulty with just shy of two years! Great list though! I'm glad to see another Neal Shusterman fan! I'm going to be giving away a signed copies of UnWholly and The Night Circus on my blog very soon, so pay attention! :)

    Karis @YA Litwit

    My Top Ten

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:21 PM

      Karis: Yeah for Neal Shusterman. Love his stuff. I need to catch up and get them all read.

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  4. gautami tripathyAugust 21, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Lots of titles for me to pick for my reading pleasure!!

    Here is my Top Ten post!

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  5. kathyAugust 21, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    I really need to read The Book Thief. I think I'm intimidated by its size and how good it's supposed to be! My husband just finished Unwind and really liked it.

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:22 PM

      Kathy: You really should read it. It's not as big as it seems.

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  6. MarceAugust 21, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    Dan Wells trilogy made my list.

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:22 PM

      Marce: LOL! Of course they did! :) I wanted to add them too.

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  7. TPAugust 21, 2012 at 11:13 AM

    I read your 2008 & 2011 selections and loved them too. It's so awesome to have a record going as far back as 2007!

    Tanya Patrice
    Girlxoxo.com

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:23 PM

      Tanya: I have been keeping track of my top ten of the year since 2002, but that was way before blogging!

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  8. SeeJennReadAugust 21, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    Wow, first congrats for blogging so long! :) I've read at least one on almost every year of your list (or want to read!). I definitely agree on The Book Thief, the only reason I didn't add it was because it's been on several other lists recently lol.

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:24 PM

      Jenn: The Book Thief almost always ends up on my lists... it pretty much fulfills all the categories for me.

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  9. Lyndsey OHalloranAugust 21, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    What a good list! I haven't read many of them though New follower :D

    My TTT - http://pageafterpagereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/top-ten-tuesday.html

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:24 PM

      Lyndsey: Oh, you'll have to add them all to your TBR for sure1

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  10. kitAugust 21, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    I like how you've chosen books from different years of reading - five years must be hard to narrow down! I really enjoyed The Book Thief, although I read the end of it while waiting for a train and was trying to hide the fact I was crying!

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:24 PM

      Smallgirl: It was very hard to narrow down. Argh!

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  11. AnonymousAugust 21, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    Lovely way to arrange this. I started book blogging around the same time as you, and I may go back and do this at some point. I have done top 10 posts at the end of the year every year, but it would be particularly interesting to see which ones have held up (at least in my memory) over time.

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    1. SueyAugust 21, 2012 at 11:25 PM

      Jessica: It was an interesting little exercise for sure. You should definitely try it.

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  12. JennyAugust 21, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    Most TTT I've been reading are on blogs that haven't been blogging for long so the list wasn't THAT hard. I did wonder what you'd do. I like what you narrowed it down to...well, except for Warbreaker. ;)

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  13. KailanaAugust 23, 2012 at 10:34 PM

    Lots of good looking books on there. The ones I have read I agree and the ones that I haven't I must get to soon!

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  14. Melissa (Avid Reader)August 24, 2012 at 9:31 AM

    You know I love The Book Thief, but I didn't know The Forsyte Saga was one of your favorites! That's been on my list for a long time and I may have to read it sooner.

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