Top Ten Tuesday has a new home! Thank you to blogger, That Artsy Reader Girl for hosting this great, long running, meme!
This list will involve use of my personal Way-Back machine for the first entry!
1
I was a sophmore or junior in high school when this gem came out! It was a little shocking back in the day. It mentioned things that weren’t mentioned–even things as tame today as tampons. Still, it was not great literature! Wifey by Judy Blume.
2
One of my nearly life-long best friends kept telling me I’d LOVE this series. Sometimes you really don’t know your nearly life-long best friends!! After nearly careening into a semi after one passage of forced sex was my morning commute accompanyment, I had a really difficult time finishing this one, but I did. No, I do not have plans to read any of the other books in the series! Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
3
UGH! I get it. This book is very creative. But ugh all the same. I listened to it on audio. I’d never have finished it in print. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Sanders. You can read my full review here if interested.
4, 5 and 6
All sci-fi. Enough said. You can read more about them here.
7
This book was truly painful. Finishing it was total desparation–it was listen to it or listen to NPR pledge drive week. Ugh Ugh Ugh. Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
8
Possibly the worst novel ever commercially published, this rag has every cliche and then some. Ugh Ugh Ugh Ug. I can’t even glorify it with a link to Amazon–that’s how awful it is!
Finally, two books that were so incredibly good that I can’t believe I was so afriad to read them.
9
This book would never have stayed in my hands in elementary or middle school. No way. Sci-fi? Nope. As an adult, though, I devoured it! It deserves all the praise has ever earned. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. You can read my full review here.
10
This one came out when I was a little too old. I was an adult with a successful career as a law librarian. I worked out daily and took work home. I didn’t read much at that time due to my job requireing at least 8 hours per day of reading. When I did read it–for Banned Books Week, I was over 50, but it was cathartic. Read why here.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
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I really wanted to read ‘a wrinkle in time’ but somehow keeps putting it off. I think I should definitely read it this time.
I have read such good reviews for ‘buried giant’ but I’m thinking I’m not going to read it.
have a lovely day.
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Give Wrinkle a chance–it’s worth it. You have my permission to skip Buried Giant–a giant yawn.
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Ooo! I’m glad you read A Wrinkle in Time. I loved it!
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A Wrinkle in Time and The Perks of Being a Wallflower are definitely on my TBR List!
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I tried reading Foundation once and that was a big nope. Couldn’t get into it, and I love sci-fi. And the Mushroom Planet just looks… interesting! 🙂
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Unfortunately I was forced to read Foundation for an International Relations course. Supposedly it accurately portrays the changing of systems from uni-polar to bi-polar to multi-polar configurations. I wouldn’t know. I couldn’t stay awake! That was ba-gillion years ago!
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I actually wasn’t that keen on Perks, it’s a decent story, but the format didn’t work for me and I much preferred the movie.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/top-ten-tuesday-144/
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I haven’t seen the movie yet, but want to. I tend to like things done in letters or diarires–I did a multi-part blog series on my favorites in the epistological genre even! Here’s a link to part 1–maybe you can find one you’ll enjoy. https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/my-favorite-epistolary-books-part-i-fictional-diaries/
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It doesn’t tend to work for me, but I’ll check out your list, see if there’s anything that captures my eye.
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So you know I loved Buried Giant!
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Ha! I agree about Scarlett, although my pre-teen self thought it was a bit better than it actually is. Will definitely not be re-reading it. I honestly have no interest in reading Lincoln in the Bardo, despite all of the praise and awards.
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Imho you aren’t missing anything by skipping Bardo.
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I read Wifey as an adult and totally agree- not great literature, lol. Sci-fi is a genre that’s hit or miss for me (usually miss), but I’d like to give A Wrinkle in Time a shot.
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Wrinkle has enough “other” story, I believe, to keep a non sci-fi fan interested.
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A Wrinkle in Time is on my TTT too! I read it as a little kid and it was so hard to understand but I really liked it ❤
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I know I would have thrown it back as a kid, lol. Some “kids” books just need the right kid–regardless of age. Thanks for stopping by!
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Really interesting topic. I don’t know that I’ve read any of these. Interesting that “Giant” was so bad — I’ve not heard of it, but I loved “Remains of the Day” by the same author. Glad to know I can skip the GWTW “sequel.” And agree 100% on the sci-fi!
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Giant is NOTHING like Remains of the Day…. I understand that authors want to try new things, but Giant?? Ugh
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Love your story about your experience with The perks of Being A Wallflower!
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Thank you!
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Gone With the Wind is a nightmare…worse still someone I don’t recall wrote a sequel for it!! Crazy! Enjoy the weekend! 🙂
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Scarlett was that horrible sequel!
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