Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Have Read as a Child

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books I Wish I Had Read As a Child. There are a lot of books I wish I would have read as a child or at least earlier in my life. But there are also a ton of books that didn't exist when I was a kid that …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Like to Own

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books I’ve Read That I’d Like In My Personal Library. This list is long. I try to keep track of books I read and hope to own someday via Goodreads, but I know I'm missing books or I decide I don't want to own such and such anymore. …

Top Ten Tuesday: Dragon Characters

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Character Freebie (any topic you want that deals with book characters!). At first, I wasn't sure what to focus on with this, but then I thought I'd make it fun and share my favorite "dragon" characters from books. Saphira from The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini: Saphira is …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Deserve More Love

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Hidden Gems (which books haven’t been talked about as much or haven’t been marketed as strongly that you think deserve some recognition?). We can all think of a few books that deserve a little more love. Here are ten that I enjoyed! Sea Witch by Sara Henning: A …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Pulled Me Out of a Writing Slump

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump. I don't get into reading slumps often. Usually, if a book isn't working for me, I give up on it and move on to something else. But I do get into writing slumps, and every so often a book …

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Want to Finish

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Series I’ve Given Up On/Don’t Plan to Finish, but instead, I'm going to focus on book series I still want to finish, even if it's been a while since I read the first book.   Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner: I read The Thief years ago …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Dragon Lovers

This week's prompt for Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, so I've decided to list my recommendations for anybody who likes stories about dragons. As someone who loves dragons, I'm always on the lookout for good dragon books (because unfortunately there are a lot of bad dragon books). So if you like dragon books like …