Top Ten Tuesday #9

Top Ten Books I Feel As Though

Everyone Has Read But Me

1. Anna Dressed in Blood (by Kendare Blake)
2. Shiver (by Maggie Stiefvater)
3. Matched (by Ally Condi)
4. A Wrinkle in Time (by Madeline L'Engle)
5. Alice in Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll)
6. Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen)
7. Pretty Little Liars (by Sara Shepard)
8. Wither (by Lauren DeStefano)
9. Elsewhere (by Gabrielle Zevin)
10. Mao's Last Dance (by Li Cunxin)

...are there any books here which you haven't read either?

Top Ten Tuesday #8

Top Ten Three Sequels I'm Dying To Read:

Before I begin, I'd like to point out that I mainly read stand-alone books. This is because I can't usually stand series that go on and on and on... So anyway, this list will be rather short. To be specific, three as mentioned above. :( 

1. Insurgent (Divergent #2) - OMG, can't wait until this one! I loved the first book in the series, and am hoping that I'll love the rest too!
2. Pandemonium (Delirium #2) - okay, so I didn't like Delirium, but I'd like to give the series a second chance. What if it only gets better?
3. Fear (Gone #5) - to be frank, I have no idea why I'm looking forward to this one. Why? Because I haven't even got to Hunger yet. But even so, it's... reassuring to know that the series continues, and probably will do so for a long, long time.

Top Ten Tuesday #7

Top Ten Books Lauren Has On Her TBR List This  Fall   Spring (where I am it's gonna be spring, not fall!) :

1. Wake by Lisa McMann - been wanting to read this one for AGES!
2. Unwind by Neal Shusterman - I'm in need of a dystopian book as challenging as The Hunger Games.
3. Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis - I've been wanting to read this book ever since I was ten... I don't know why, but I just do.
4. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater - highly recommended by one of my non-book-loving friends, and that's saying something.
5. Entwined by Heather Dixon - I'm in love with the original fairytale that this book is based on, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, so it's absolutely necessary that I read this soon.
6. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - haven't watched the TV show yet, but if I love this, I will definitely watch it.
7. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand - I admit it. I don't read many angel/vampire/werewolf/fairy books, but I'd like to start.
8. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma - need I explain why I want to read this book so badly?
9. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - since reading the synopsis of this book, I've really wanted to read this book. It sound awesome!
10. The Boy Book by E. Lockhart - read the first book in the series: loved it. Wanting to read the second book in the series: that should be on my 'do before I die' list.

Top Ten Tuesday #6

I swear that this list was made for me. Anyway.....

Top Ten Books Lauren Loved But Never Wrote A Review For

1. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
2. Parvana by Deborah Ellis
3. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
4. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
5. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
6. The Declaration by Gemma Malley
7. Girl Saves Boy by Steph Bowe
8. Loving Richard Feynman by Penny Tangey
9. The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
10. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Top Ten Tuesday #5

It's freebie week! So I pick...

Top Ten Books that have the weirdest plots:

1. Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp
2. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
3. The End
4. Breakfast at Sadie's
5. Bridge to Terabithia
6. Coraline
7. The Hunger Games
8. Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
9. Forgotten
10. Holes

Top Ten Tuesday #4

Sorry I'm a bit late with the Top Ten Tuesday, but I've had an overload of homework that keeps and piling up on my desk... Anyway, here's the list...

Top Ten Underrated Books:

1. The Declaration by Gemma Malley
2. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
3. The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
4. Girl Saves Boy by Steph Bowe
5. The Book of A Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
6. Clair de Lune by Cassandra Golds
7. Kat Got Your Tongue by Lee Weatherly
8. The Girls by Lori Lansens
9. Once by Morris Gleitzman
10. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

Top Ten Tuesday #3

Top Ten Trends I'd Like To See More/Less Of

More of:

1. Teen issues - a large majority of Laurie Halse Anderson's books are an excellent example of this.
2. Family oriented - too many absent parents in books! The only popular y-a novel that I can think of which mainly revolves around a family is If I Stay.
3. Odd mysteries - by this, I specifically mean more books like the A Series of Unfortunate Events Series.
4. Innocence - sure, it is y-a fiction, which is for teens, but I'd like to come across more PG-rated books from time to time. 
5. Indie books - I really love unique books with unique plots and characters. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a good way of illustrating what I mean.

Less of:

1. Vampires - yes, this is probably in many lists already, but just to rub it in further, people do get bored easily, especially readers. So do authors really think we want approximately 786 vampire books shoved in our faces? The answer is hopefully no.
2. Pretty covers, ugly books - there are too many books out there deceptively giving us a nice, attractive cover when the actual content inside is terrible and not attractive at all. I haven't read it yet, but judging from most of its book reviews, this book is a good example of this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
3. Fast-tracked romances - I'm really sick of books where the main character (usually a girl) gets to Base 2 after a week of becoming acquainted with the 'love of their life',
4. Typos - nitpicking is what I do. I have what you call 'eagle-eyes', so I always notice at least one typo in each book. And I thought there were editors!
5. Series - enough is enough sometimes. Don't you ever get slightly annoyed when another book pops up in a series (that you thought you'd finished)? This happened to me with the Uglies series. By the time I reached the end of Specials, I gave up and never read Extras, even though I loved the series! Same goes with spin-offs.

Top Ten Tuesday #2

Sorry that I'm running late! But nevertheless, here is my list for the Top Ten Books That Tackle Tough Issues:

1. Thirteen Reasons Why -- suicide, depression, bullying
2. Speak -- bullying, exclusion, (spoiler removed)
3. Wintergirls -- self harm, anorexia, death
4. If I Stay -- choices, life
5. Goodnight Mister Tom -- war, abuse, trust
6. Chinese Cinderella -- family, unfairness
7. My Sister's Keeper -- family, illness
8. The Diary of a Young Girl -- war, growing up
9. Parvana -- war, poverty
10. Pink -- sexuality, friendship

Top Ten Tuesday #1

My Top Ten Books that every teen must read:

1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
4. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
5. Forgotten by Cat Patrick
6. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
7. Uglies series by Scott Westerfield
8. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
9. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
10. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher