Get Lost in Literature

Today's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl , was listed as a Freebie. Since I have two rather sizeable tote bags of books donated to me by friends over the years, I decided to list Ten Unread Books I Own in no particular order. 1. The Fall of Giants by Ken Follett 2. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks 3. The House Next Door by James Patterson 4. Kiss the Girls by James Patterson 5. Stars and Soil by Dax Murray 6. Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman 7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 8. Oogy by Larry Levin 9. Picture Maker by Penina Keen Spinka 10. State of Fear by Michael Crichton Some of these books I'm not really likely to read and should probably rehome to someone who would enjoy them more, but some of them I'm just waiting for the mood to strike. Have you read any of these? Do you own any books you haven't read yet?

"Kell was not sure if it was a promise or a threat, but he had no choice regardless, and so he stepped forward into the serpent's nest." A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab There are four worlds and in each exists a London. Red London, Gray London, White London, and Black London. Kell, one of the last magicians capable of traveling between worlds, has taken up the hobby of smuggling. Resident of Gray London, Lila, a cutthroat pickpocket spends her time dreaming of piracy on the high seas. When Kell accidentally smuggles a dangerous artifact the two meet and adventure ensues.  The first thing that stands out to me about this book is how the characters complement each other. Both characters are prone to breaking the rules, but where Kell wants somewhere to belong, Lila wants to stand out. Kell is a prince by adoption and is the royal family's messenger between worlds. Lila too is an orphan, but she led the other  orphan lifestyle, alone and fighting for survival. I lov...

  Happy Sunday! The Sunday Post is a weekly news meme created by Caffeinated Reviewer. I will be posting on the first Sunday of each month and I hope you'll join me. We're in drought. We live in an area that's never seen forest fires and yet we've seen forest fires. We got a couple of days of rain and it wasn't enough to consider the drought broken. Everybody has been advised not to run their wood stoves or fire pits... and naturally you can't actually advise anyone on anything anymore so people are doing whatever it is they want instead of worrying about burning the woods down (or their neighbor's house.) I feel like we're either going to get no snow at all this year or we're going to get hammered with it. The books I've read in November were both rereads. I reread The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab. I don't plan to post the review of The Night Circus because it's already been posted.  But A...

Book Beginnings on Fridays by Rose City Reader -  Share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now. "Kell wore a very peculiar coat. It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several , which was, of course, impossible." A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab So I quite loved this series and am rereading it to break out of a reading slump. I think it was better than The Villians duology which was also quite lovable, and way better than The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue which was however enjoyable, a little overrated (unpopular opinion). And the fact that I'm using it to break out of a reading slump makes today's Book Blogger Hop question very well timed.  Book Blogger Hop Q: How do you deal with reading slumps or moments when you can't get into a book? (submitted by Bill...

Today's Top Ten Tuesday hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl was listed as Thanksgiving Freebie and I decided to go with 10 authors I want to give thanks to for the positive impacts they've had on my life. Thank you, 1. Jack London - for teaching me all about survival of the fittest. 2. Brian Jacques - for taking me on so many adventures. 3. Chris Paolini - for letting me ride a dragon and inspiring me to become a writer myself. 4. J.K. Rowling - for never letting me forget the power of friendship, even if your political and humanitarian agendas are not the same as my own. 5. Gregory Maguire - for keeping the magic alive. 6. Bram Stoker - for writing Dracula because that book was epic. 7. John Ajvide Lindqvist - for knowing exactly how to scare me. 8. Edgar Allan Poe - for writing horror as if it were poetry. 9. V.E. Schwab - for the many worlds she's breathed to life. 10. J.R.R. Tolkien - for teaching me to dream big in a world where I'm small and reminding me that 'not ...

Today's topic for Tuesday Top Ten hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl  is officially listed as the Oldest (aka Earliest Published) Books On My TBR (submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits) . The reality is I don't know and my TBR list is so big I couldn't possibly sort through them all to find out. So this Tuesday, I'm doing Books with Red on the Cover. 1. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben 2. Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire 3. Gone South by Robert McCammon 4. What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher 5. A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer 6. Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth 7.Devolution by Max Brooks 8. Vicious by V.E. Schwab 9. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill 10. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman