Jen's Top Ten Books I Just HAD To Buy...But Are Still Sitting On My Bookshelf

 

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND post a comment on our post with a link to your Top Ten Tuesday post to share with us and all those who are participating. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. 

If you can't come up with ten, don't worry about it---post as many as you can!

This week's topic: 

Top Ten Books I Just HAD To Buy...But Are Still Sitting On My Bookshelf

We all have them.  That book that you needed to buy so badly and had every intention of reading it as soon as possible...but they're still on your bookshelf collecting dust or sitting in a pile on the floor.

1. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly: A historical fiction book that I NEEDED to buy.  The title caught my attention (I love tea) and the book sounds really good.
2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky: I want to read this book so badly!  It's been my "purse book" for the past few months and I honestly have not read one page of it.  I haven't had to wait in any long lines or sit in waiting rooms for hours on end or wait for someone who was running late for a coffee/lunch/dinner.  I was even early for my hair appointment last week and they took me in right away.  People, I have a book I need to read!
3. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood: This was one of the first books recommended to me on Goodreads.  I bought it immediately and just haven't read it yet.
4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: Yes, it still goes unread and I don't really have an excuse as to why!
5. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier: I have no idea why but when I think of this book I think of it as a cross between The Fall of the House of Usher and Beauty and the Beast. 
6. Across The Universe by Beth Revis: I swear I had every intention of reading this book as soon as it arrived on my doorstep.  Lately, my only time to read has been at night in bed and I hate dragging hardcover books to bed with me. 
7. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov: I searched high and low for an edition of this book that did not have lips on the cover (I think it's the Penguin edition that all you see is someone's lips...creepy) and last year I finally found a copy but the book still goes unread.
8. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert: I've heard nothing but good things about this book!  Plus, the story of a young girl being taken from her family to live in a leper colony is sad yet intriguing.
9. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford: One of the first books I purchased for my nook!  It was such a good price that I couldn't pass it up!
10. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace: This is a big, scary, intimidating book.  I remember specially going into Borders to buy it with one of their coupons.  It might be a while before I read this one though...it scares me.

This is just a glance of the unread books on my bookshelf.  Honestly, at this point there may be more unread books than read books.  Oops.  I hope to read at least a few of these books in the near future!  They've been neglected long enough, they need some love.  Are there any books on my list that I absolutely must read right away?


Next week Kelly shares her Top Ten Dynamic Duos (those bff's, partners in crimes, or powerful couples that you just can't forget about).