Top Ten Tuesday XIV

April 21: Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Authors

When I first saw this, I'm all like pffft! I can come up with 10 alright. There's gonna be no possible way that I can come up with more than that since I hardly ever finish a single series and I know I've pretty much never read everything by any one author, and- Awww drat, that's 20 people, isn't it?

Hiromu Arakawa
author of Fullmetal Alchemist

Kiyohiko Azuma
author of Yotsuba&!

Eoin Colfer
author of Artemis Fowl

Kate Dicamillo
author of The Tale of Despereaux

Cornelia Funke
author of Inkheart

Neil Gaiman
author of The Graveyard Book

Susan Hill
author of The Woman in Black

Katsura Hoshino
author of D.Gray-man

Konami Kanata
author of Chi's Sweet Home

Harper Lee
author of To Kill a Mockingbird

C.S. Lewis
author of The Chronicles of Narnia

Lisa Mantchev
author of Eyes Like Stars

Jun Mochizuki
author of Pandora Hearts

Rick Riordan 
author of Percy Jackson

J.K. Rowling 
author of Harry Potter

Louis Sachar
author of Holes

L.J. Smith
author of The Vampire Diaries

Maggie Stiefvater
author of The Raven Boys

Shaun Tan 
author of Tales from Outer Suburbia

Yana Toboso
author of Black Butler

Showcase Sunday / Stacking the Shelves / The Sunday Post XXXIV

 

Well, I managed to control myself this week. Yay me. :P

Borrowed:

Showcase Sunday / Stacking the Shelves / The Sunday Post XXXIII

 

I think it's safe to say that it was a pretty good week...

Bought:

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Borrowed:

Top 5 Wednesday X

April 8 - Books You Wanted to Start Yesterday

Well, this one is a pain, since I have waaay more than just five books on my TBR pile, and a bunch of them that I meant to read years and years ago. =/ So I just picked a bunch that have been on there for a pretty ridiculously long time........ *not really in any order whatsoever*

Hawksong

I started this several years ago, but I just never got very far. I found it interesting, actually, and wanted to finish it, but I just stopped and never picked it back up again. I really have no excuse since I own it...

Insurgent

I've been meaning to read this ever since I finished Divergent but then my dad read it before me and started talking about it and my brother got negative about what he heard and stuff like that just really annoys me, and then I just never really had any time to start it...

Brisingr

So....I started this twice. I think I never even got halfway through. I wanted to finish this series, but I've truly lacked all motivation in order to do so...

Inkdeath

And again....I started this several times. I think I even got about halfway into it. But it was just so long and had too much going on and someone was a bit negative about it and then it just got set aside..... *sighs*


anything by Brian Jacques

I've only ever read one of his books, and there was one of his Redwall books I tried starting once but never stuck with. I've always wanted to go back and read a few of his stories...

The Way of Shadows

I started this book, like, twice, and I only made it about nearly halfway through. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, either. I found it interesting. But I generally read more YA, so this super thick adult read was much too much for my poor brain. I might try and start it again this summer...

A Game of Thrones

Oh sheesh. I started this twice, I think, but I didn't totally restart it...and I know I only got about halfway through, I think I started off reading it, and then switched to the audio, and still didn't manage to finish......

Top Ten Tuesday XIII

April 7: Top Ten Characters You'd Like To Check In With 

(meaning, the book or series is over and you so just wish you could peek in on the "life" you imagine they are leading years down the line after the story ends).

The problem with this prompt for me is that there are very few series I have actually completed and very few stand-alones that I have read...but I will do my best. Some might not be over, but if they were to end or if I were to catch up, then I have included them as well... Also, I just listed the book/series in general, rather than a specific character.

10.

The Caster Chronicles

10.

The Flora Frydraaca trilogy

9.

The Artemis Fowl series

8.

The Night Circus

7.

The Thief Lord

6.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

5.

Howl's Moving Castle series

4.

Théâtre Illuminata

3.

The Chronicles of Narnia

2.

The Raven Cycle

1.

The Harry Potter series

*edited, added Narnia

Showcase Sunday / Stacking the Shelves / The Sunday Post XXXII

I have no money...

Bought:

 

Borrowed:

Currently Reading: Manga Edition VII

And here's the manga...