For future Top Ten Tuesday topics & info on how to participate, click here!
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today we are talking about those things that will just instantly make us want to read a book!
Jamie's Picks
1. Even a whiff of a hate-to-love romance type relationship: Listen, if it even hints at it in any type of book (even if it isn't a romance/rom com) I'm going to add it to my TBR.
2. Road trip: If I see the word road trip in a summary (honestly though...any kind of huge travel plot) I'm game.
3. Loss of a parent: Oookay this one probably feels like a downer but apparently this is my thing. A few years after I lost my mom in 2006 I started really gravitating towards books about losing a parent. IDK WHY. I know some avoid it for the same reason if they've gone through it but for me it's apparently cathartic and a thing I enjoy (weird word...probably not what I'm going for) so if I see that a book deals with a loss of a parent (especially a mom) in any way it's like Jamiebait.
Kimberly's Picks
4. Magic - I'm such a sucker for fantasy reads. If the description of a book mentions magic, it immediately goes on my tbr.
5. Horses- The 10 year old in me just can't let this go. I've always loved horses (I grew up with a Wyoming rancher for a grandpa, so it was inevitable) and stories about them just make me happy.
Jana's Picks
6. Pirates: I'm a sucker for books with pirates in them! I've probably got a crush on every literary pirate.
7. Mermaids: Underwater worlds and mermaids are my favorite!
8. Travel: If the book has traveling in it I'm all over it!
9. Nerdy Characters: I love adorkable/nerdy/bookish characters so much!
10. Holidays: I love books centered around different holidays. It's so much fun reading Halloween books in October and Christmas ones in December.
Bridget's Pick
11. Any sort of endorsement by one of my favorite authors (Stephen King, JK Rowling, Gillian Flynn, etc)
Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly link-up in the community where we provide a prompt and other lovers of listmaking join in on it with their own top ten list. Feel free to have less than 10 or more if you need to at times and put a spin on the topic if you need to! Just please link back to us if you are participating :)
To join, link up below with the URL to your blog POST (not your blog), your name and your email (which will remain hidden). Then bounce around the Linky!
(Cannot add links: Registration/trial expired)
Travel made it onto my list as well. While I didn't write Loss think I should've included it. Now that I think about it, it's an important part of A LOT of books I read.
ReplyDeleteOOh nice ones! Oddly I felt challenged by this one! Lol! Totally didn't think about endorsements from already favorite authors! That's exactly how I picked up Rachel Vincent all those years ago!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Tuesday Post
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower :)
Great list! Magic made my list too, and I love a good hate-to-love relationship!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT:
https://bookmarkedbliss.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/top-ten-tuesday-things-that-instantly-make-me-want-to-read-a-book/
These are all totally legit reasons to read a book. I could have made a much longer list and it would have included holiday themed books and love/hate romances.
ReplyDeleteJamie! I love a good long a parent book too. So feel free to tell me which ones just got you in the feels because I'd love some recs. I know others avoid parental loss, but I read it to feel all the feels. I miss my Mom tons too.
ReplyDeleteJamie! I love a good long a parent book too. So feel free to tell me which ones just got you in the feels because I'd love some recs. I know others avoid parental loss, but I read it to feel all the feels. I miss my Mom tons too.
ReplyDeleteI forgot nerdy/geeky characters on my list, but there's so many things that make me pick up a book it's not easy to remember "everything".
ReplyDeleteOooohhhhhh PIRATES!!! AND MAGIC!!! YEEEES!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJamie: My favorite Road Trip books https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/road-trip-reads-three-favorite-travel-and-road-trip-books/
ReplyDeleteKimberly--I love horse books. War Horse is a recent favorite. I've blogged about my horse books, too. Glad to find a kindred soul on that topic.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm a sucker for a good pirate story and love/hate romances. Combine the two and I'm seriously a goner!
ReplyDeleteMagic and pirates, yes! They are some of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I love a good magic book as well.
ReplyDeleteEndorsements from my favorite authors made my list, too.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever read a book about pirates. Can you share a recommendation?
ReplyDeleteCatherine and the Pirate by Karen Hawkins is my FAVORITE, but I've got a list on Goodreads of other good ones and ones I hope to read! https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/983479-jana-at-thatartsyreadergirl-com?shelf=pirates
Delete