Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Top Ten Tuesday Rewind With Jamie!!

 For the future TTT schedule, go here!

 I decided to go with Top Ten Favorite Books I've Read Since I Started Blogging

 

When I first started blogging at the end of June 2010 I wasn't much of a YA reader. Mostly because I thought YA books = only teens should read them. Slowly but surely I learned that this was not true and I've been trying to catch up on all the great YA books out there -- a task that is truly daunting and never ending but AWESOME. Here's a few of the books that have been my favorites (read: I probably recommend and push on people ALL THE TIME) since I've started blogging!



I cheated a little bit but that's to be expected, yes?

1. If I Stay/Where She Went by Gayle Forman: Both of these books elicited ALL OF THE EMOTIONS from me for different reasons. Mia & Adam are just two really fabulous characters you'll care about immensely. (my review of If I Stay & Where She Went)

2. Anna and the French Kiss & Lola & The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins: I will read ANYTHING Stephanie Perkins puts out. She writes the kind of fun contemporary YA I love! I'm so happy Steph from Steph Su Reads MADE me read Anna and the French Kiss despite how wary I was of it because of the cover. LOVE LOVE LOVE. I will be a Stephanie Perkins card carrying fangirl for LIFE. (my review of Anna and the French Kiss & Lola and the Boy Next Door)

3. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins: I read The Hunger Games very early in my blogging life. The first week actually. I had seen the series on Goodreads for so long and bought THG but then once I saw how crazy the blogging world was about these books I just HAD to start it. Thoroughly enjoyed and devoured! (my review of The Hunger Games & Catching Fire/Mockingjay)

4. Under The Never Sky/Through The Ever Night by Veronica Rossi:This dystopian series was a surprise to me! I didn't expect it to love it as much as I did. Under the Never Sky started out slow for me but soon picked up and LOVED it. Through The Ever Night just solidified it. Cannot WAIT until the next installment. Such a good dystopian read! (my review of Under The Never Sky)

5. Paper Towns & Looking For Alaska by John Green: JOHN. GREEN. How did I live without reading his books for all my life? Next up is The Fault In Our Stars. They are just the kind of smart, quirky reads I love! (my review of Paper Towns & Looking For Alaska)

6. Sloppy Firsts & Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty:Jessica Darling! One of my top characters of all times! I just love how hilarious these books are and how REAL they are. They just seem to ring true to my teen experience. All of the angst. All of the FEEELINGS. Very authentic. Fun to reminisce. I still need to FINISH THIS GLORIOUS SERIES. (my review of Sloppy Firsts & Second Helpings)

7. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard: You know I have this insatiable travel bug so naturally this novel appealed to me but I didn't realize how much I'd really LOVE this one! (my review of Wanderlove)

8. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson: Beautifully,beautifully written! Such a touching story. I felt all the feelings. (my review of The Sky is Everywhere)

9. Between Shades Of Gray by Ruta Sepytus: If you love historical fiction, I HIGHLY recommend this. Even if you aren't a YA reader. I listened to this on audio and sobbed on a mini road trip. Wow. Just wow. (My review of Between Shades Of Gray)

10. The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandunna: This was a more recent read for me -- a new release! I read this in the span of a whole car ride (in which I miraculously got over my car sickness) and just LOVED it. It had lots of feelings but subtly so! ( my review of The Lost Girl)

Honorable Mentions: Wither/Fever by Lauren DeStefano, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, For Darkness Shows The Stars by Diana Peterfreund


48 comments:

  1. I've loved SO MANY of these books. And I know I wouldn't have heard about them without the blogging community. I'm actually reading The Lost Girl right now and Loving. You all keep talking about that Jessica Darling series, so I'm going to have to check it out sometime.

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  2. Love your list. Anna and Hunger Games for sure! And a few on my TBR and then a couple new ones to add to my goodreads. I did Villains since I missed that week :)

    Marissa

    here's my my TTT (villains)

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  3. Okay, so I pretty much love everything that I've read from your list so I MUST read the rest of them asap. I'm especially looking forward to The Lost Girl; I've read so, so many good things about it.

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  4. I feel like I'm having such a book blogger fail moment because I haven't read most of these. *hides* I really need to soon!

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  5. I have read and loved all but two of the books you mentioned. I will have to check out the other two. :)

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  6. The Hunger Games would make me list. Wasn't so keen on 2 or 3 but the first was fantastic!

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  7. Argh! I linked to the wrong post, I linked again to my most current TTT. Sorry about that. Anyway, I appreciate the REWIND opportunity, I got to use your past prompt "Top 10 Books I'd Give A Theme Song To". I'm a fairly new blogger, so I didn't have the chance to use that TTT prompt the first time around. Great post!

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  8. hunger games makes my list for sure! but i might need to check out the others, sadly i have not read them yet, but i have heard of them. great post! thanks

    Katie @ Inkk

    http://inkkreviews.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-ten-tuesday-1010.html

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  9. I am a new book blogger so I haven't read a lot of books, YET. However I'm really looking forward in joining this meme soon! I have only read Hunger Games in your list but I'm checking the rest out. =) I've read a lot of raves for John Green and I'm excited to read Looking for Alaska.

    ~ Marj @ In Library Paradise

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  10. I did this topic as well. Anna, Paper Towns and The Sky is Everywhere made my list too. The rest of your list are ones I either read before I was blogging or ones I want to read!

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  11. Your list is full of my favourite books or books on my tbr! Im glad you love Under The Never Sky- i havent seen much hype about it and i love it!

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  12. I love so many of these books! My favourite would have to be If I Stay/Where She Went. They were amazing!

    My TTT (top ten books on my fall TBR list) - http://ecstatic-for-books.blogspot.sg/2012/10/ton-ten-tuesday-1-rewind.html

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  13. I haven't read any of these! :( Shame on me. I will definitely check them out, though.

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  14. Ah, John Green- what a master storyteller; I started reading his novels since blogging, TFiOS being the first and LFA a month or so ago and I am absolutely in love wiht his work. I can't wait to read more! And THG! I adore those books so much, though without blogging I mayn't have ever read them!
    Happy top ten!

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  15. I have heard really good things about Between Shades of Grey - I know it is going to be on our school book fair, I will have to pick it up.

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  16. I chose to list the top ten book romances that would make it in the real world! This was a challenge for me, as I don't read too many traditional romances, but I managed to come up with 9 out of 10, and I'm pretty proud of some of them! :)

    (And I apologize for linking to my blog twice in the list above--not surehow that happened!)

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  17. Great list! I loved everything on your list that I have read! I really need to make time for Paper Towns soon because I really loved Looking For Alaska.

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  18. I read THG because of all the reviews and I'm still glad I read them. They are not the best books ever, but they were good! And between shades of gray is a pretty book. I've read it before I started to blog, but it's very intense. Great list!

    TTT @thedailyprophecy.

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  19. I did Top Ten Books TBR This Winter - woohoo! :)

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  20. I love your list! Even though I've only read 'The Hunger Games' trilogy out of all of them (eeek!) I've been wanting to read 'Under the Never Sky' for ever, and after reading your reviews of the rest of these, well let's just say I'm off to add to me 'to-read' pile :) Thanks so much for sharing!

    New GFC Follower & New TTT participant!

    Here's my TTT post

    Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows

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  21. Great list! I've only read The Hunger Games, Looking For Alaska, and The Sky Is Everywhere, but I've heard such good things about the rest of the books that I'll get around to reading them eventually.

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  22. Reading lists like yours makes me realize that there are still so many good books out there, but there's so little time! I've only read a few on your list, but now I'm convinced I have to read more.

    Jane

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  23. The Lost Girl was amazing! Just finished reading it, too. My absolute favorite YA will always be the Outsiders, but there are lots of other good ones on your list!

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  24. I think I downloaded between shades of gray on my kindle a few weeks ago. I'm off to check. nice list today. kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  25. Great list! I have read about half of this list, and I want to read all of the others, too. Under the Never Sky was a bit slow for me as well, but I do look forward to Through the Ever Night, especially since you liked it so much.

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  26. I did the bookish confessions this week since I missed it the last time around. Much fun!

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  27. Wanderlove is hands down on of my favorite books that I've read since I started blogging! SO GOOD!

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  28. Great list! love the sky is everywhere. have to check out some of these.

    My Top Ten Fictional Crushes: http://courtneyreadsalot.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-ten-fictional-crushes-8.html

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  29. I did fictional crushes too. I've been waiting and waiting for this day because I knew that was the top I wanted to do. :P

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  30. Such a great list! :) I've got to read 'Wanderlove'!
    I chose Top Ten Books I’d Quickly Save If My House Was Going To Be Abducted By Aliens (Or Any Other Natural Disaster)

    http://aliceinreaderland.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/top-ten-books/

    ~ Alice @ Alice in Readerland

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  31. I haven't read any on your list. I should probably fix that.

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  32. OK, that's it, I'm reading John Green!

    I chose books that make me think: http://kidlibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-10-rewind-top-10-books-that-make-me.html

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  33. I need to read Stephanie Perkins and John Green. Ahhhh! They're going to the top of my list! Must...read...faster!

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  34. Hunger Games would make my list too.
    I opted to do my Top Ten Places To Read for this week.

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  35. I'm with you on all of the ones I've actually read (which is at least half! I think maybe 7 of them!)
    LOVE this list :)

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  36. I'm in the middle of The Fault in Our Stars and I'm now a John Green fan! I love how his books are really genuine and thought provoking.

    I finally read Anna and the French Kiss and now I'm in the midst of tracking down Lola and the French Kiss.

    Crazy Red Pen

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  37. Okay, this is a great list. I love a lot of them, and i'm adding the ones I haven't read yet to my wish list because it seems like we have similar taste!

    This list also reminds me that I REALLY need to read Where She Went!

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  38. I'm so excited to read The Lost Girl! I've had it for a while but I'm trying to save the best for last since I've only heard of good things from it. And since I have a lot of other books to get through it might take a while to get to The Lost Girl :D

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  39. my top 10 this week is about books I want to give as gifts :D

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  40. John Green is perfection! Love your picks!

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  41. This is a great idea - so glad I found it! I started with top 10 I'm glad were recommended to me :)

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  42. Oh John Green...sigh. I love his books. If I Stay had me sobbing like a baby. I loved that book.

    Thanks for the list.

    Sara @ Just Another Story

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  43. There are so many books on this list that I want to read!

    I came late to the party, but hope you will visit my Blast from the Past!

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  44. My list is 10 series I've started and don't know if I want to continue reading.

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  45. Great list! So man of these would be on my list too... and a few I apparently need to pick up.

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  46. Oooh awesome list! I've read a few of those, but I'm definitely interested in checking out more of them if they're in your Top 10 list!!

    Michele | Top 10

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  47. Great list - I might have to check out some of these, since you've included some of my favorites here...thanks for the recs.

    Here's my TTT

    -Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit

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  48. Really interested in under the never sky!

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