Top Ten Tuesdays - Books I Plan to Have in my Beach Bag This Summer

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  For more information, or to join the fun yourself, check out their blog!

To Books I Plan to Have in My Beach Bag

When I was a librarian (retired 2 years ago) I would take boxes of YA books home to read for fall book talks.  This summer I am going to need boxes again! I will read YA, Adult, and Middle Grade books. 

I am going to catch up on adult reads- so many great recs from friends and family!!!

1-The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

2-The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

3-The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

4-Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

5-Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

6-Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

7-The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

8-The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

9-The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

10-All the Light We Cannot See by A Doerr

11-Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

My YA Books- Many recommendations from blogs:)

1-The Living by Matt de la Pena

2-The Hunted by Matt de la Pena

3-Belzhar by Meg Holitzer

4-The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han

5-Enclave by Ann Aguirre

6-Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

7-Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

8-Happy Again by Jennifer E. Smith

9-Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCouer

10-The Knife of Never Letting Go Trilogy by Patrick Ness

Middle Grade Books (all recommended by The Nerdy Book Club)

1-Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

2-Fish in a Tree by Linda Mulally Hunt

3-Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Top Ten Tuesday- 10 Authors I really want to meet

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  For more information, or to join the fun yourself, check out their blog! This week I am listing at least 10, maybe more, mostly YA authors I really want to meet!!! I have read and loved their books and want to read more, more, more of what they are writing!

1. Cecil Castellucci - The Plain Janes, The Year of the Beasts, Rose Sees Red, The Queen of Cool and Beige

2.  John Green- all of his books and The Nerd Fighters!

3.  Daniel Kraus- horror books Scowler and Rotters!!!

4.  Barry Lyga- serial killer trilogy I Hunt Killers!!!

5.  Holly Black- LOVE!!! LOVE!!! Love all of her books - especially The Curse Workers and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

6.  Cassandra Clare- I have read and loved all of her books, characters and worlds!

7.  Gayle Forman- love all of her books- especially her latest, I Was Here

8.  Veronica Rossi- just lover her worlds and characters in Under the Never Sky trilogy

9.  Matt de la Pena - Great Diverse Boooks!!! Mexican White Boy, I Will Save You- can't wait to read The Living and The Hunted

10.  Clay Carmichael - Love  Brother Brother and Wild Things

11.  Donalynn Miller all of her READING blog posts and The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild

Top Ten Characters I'd like to check in with now that the series is over

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  For more information, or to join the fun yourself, check out their blog!

 

I have read so many series and loved them and missed them after the last book in the series was finished.  Characters I often think about are:
1. Eleanor and Park - I just want  to know MORE about them! The only book I included in this post.
2. Delirium series by Lauren Oliver- Lena!
3. Legend series by Marie Lu - Day and June
4. Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi - Aria and Perry and Roar in the new world...
5. I Hunt Killers series by Barry Lyga - how are Jasper, Connie, and Howie faring now that serial killer dad is dead?
6. Caster Chronicles by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - how is Ethan and Lena, John Brown and Liv, Macon, Ridley and Link?
7. Perfect Chemistry series by Simone Elkeles - OMG!  I love the Fuentes brothers!!!
8. The Curse Workers by Holly Black - Cassel and Lila!
9. Wake series by Lisa McMann - Janie and Cabel!
10. Gayle Forman's Just One Day and If I Stay series!!! I absolutely love Gayle Forman's characters!