Five-Star One-Word-Title Books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Top Ten One-Word-Title Books.

Turns out that I have eleven one-word-title books that I've rated 5 Stars.

1. Twilight (Twilight, # 1) by Stephenie Meyer
2. Confess by Colleen Hoover
3. Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers
4. Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 2) by Maggie Stiefvater
5. Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 4) by Maggie Stiefvater
6. Hopeless (Hopeless, # 1) by Colleen Hoover
7. Push by Claire Wallis
8. Easy (Contours of the Heart, # 1) by Tammara Webber
9. Slammed (Slammed, # 1) by Colleen Hoover
10. Divergent (Divergent, # 1) by Veronica Roth
11. Persuasion by Jane Austen

Which one-word-title books are your favorites? Let me know!

My Last Ten Book Hangovers

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Top Ten Most Frequent Book Hangovers.

Ok so this was kind of hard because I don't always mention book hangovers in my reviews. I often mention them in my Sunday Posts for the weekly wrap up, but it's hard to determine what I was reading prior to that week sometimes. A few of these I specifically stated in my reviews that they caused book hangovers, and a few others I'm just going off how I remember feeling after reading them.

1. Beach Read by Emily Henry (review coming soon)
2. A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, # 1) by Darynda Jones (review coming soon)
3. Shadow Knights (Knights of the Realm, # 2) by Jennifer Anne Davis (review coming soon)
4. All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
5. Well Met by Jen DeLuca
6. Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
7. Push by Claire Wallis
8. Mortal Heart (His Fair Assassin, # 3) by Robin LaFevers
9. The Law of Moses (The Law of Moses, # 1) by Amy Harmon
10. Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Which books have caused your book hangovers? Let me know!

Top Ten Villains

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Top Ten Villains.

1. Various Characters from A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R R Martin - I'm not sure there is anyone who does villains that are more complex that GRRM.
2. Voldemort from Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
3. King of Hybern from A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
4. Levana from Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
5. Various Characters from Red Rising by Pierce Brown (to name them would lead to spoilers)
6. President Snow from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7. Warren from Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi - Because he's not a villain at all but he plays one oh so well.
8. Strigoi from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
9. David from Push by Claire Wallis - Because you can't help but root for him.
10. The Dent Family Jasper Dent by Barry Lyga - Because those folks are CRAZY!

Who are your favorite villains? Let me know!

Top Ten Hidden Gems

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Hidden Gems in X Genre.

I'm just doing hidden gems period because I couldn't come up with 10 in any one genre, but I'll mention the genre for each.

1. PS I Like You by Kasie West Contemporary- I feel like Kasie West is fairly popular, but I also feel like her books are sometimes overlooked because the plot isn't always a new idea and her books are mostly clean with little to no language or physical scenes. PS I Like You is one of my favorite Kasie West books. (review coming soon)
2. Shattered Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima Fantasy- I admit that the first book (Flamecaster) took some getting into, and personally I enjoyed book 2 (Shadowcaster) better, but looking at the number of ratings on Goodreads, this series is definitely under read and appreciated.
3. Hawthorne House series by Kristi Ann Hunter Historical Christian Fiction - Christian fiction just isn't read by mainstream, and in some cases I can understand why. I've enjoyed this series because of the time period and unique situations that the characters find themselves in. Each book has a unique circumstance that I haven't ever seen with this genre before. (A Noble Masquerade, An Elegant Facade [review coming soon], An Uncommon Courtship, and novella A Lady of Esteem, with upcoming release An Inconvenient Beauty)
4. The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep Historical Christian Fiction - Again, this is mostly featured because it is in the Christian genre which I feel is just under read in general, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
5. True Reign series by Jennifer Anne Davis Fantasy - You guys this series consumed me. I read the first two books in almost 24 hours which is unheard of for me. Granted, I was trying to squeeze in all the reading I could before Little Girl was born, but I didn't want to put these books down. (The Key, Red, and War)
6. Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy Dystopian - I never would have picked this book up had it not been that it was a freebie with Audiobook Sync one summer. But the book so closely paralleled events that were happening in real life at the time that I read this and similar events have continued to happen periodically since I read the book which was super scary. Plus I liked the characters.
7. Push by Claire Wallis New Adult, Romance/Suspense - I can't say that I absolutely loved the sequel as much as this first book, but I hadn't read anything like this. It was hard to clarify a genre for this one as it fits in several categories. Do beware of language and scenes.
8. Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes Christian Contemporary - I don't mean to feature so many Christian books as I really don't read THAT much Christian fiction, but as I've said before these are just under read books. And the ones that I like don't beat you over the head with religion. They're just good stories with great messages. This one especially had my tearing up and I can't imagine trying to read it now that I'm a mother.
9. Full Tilt by Emma Scott New Adult Contemporary - As the NA genre does have language and sexual scenes so does this book, but the story had me all up in tears. And the sequel, All In was good too.

Which books are hidden gems for you guys? Let me know!

Ten Characters I'd Never Want As Family

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Freebie so I'm choosing Ten Characters I'd Never Want As Family.

Please know...these are all books that I enjoyed. Just not characters I'd want in my family.

1. The Starks from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin - While I love the Starks their family seems a bit doomed. And talk about DRAMA!
2. The Dents from Jasper Dent by Barry Lyga - Jasper's family is so screwed up I can't even imagine being a part of it. Jasper has his fair share of issues due to his family, but it is amazing that he turned out as well as he did.
3. Stephanie Plum from Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich - Because she has a tendency to get things blown up.
4. Cadence from We Were Liars by E Lockhart - Because while it seems nice to own an entire island, I also don't want to burn alive.
5. Mara Dyer from Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin - Because Mara's a bit crazy and people around her tend to end up injured.
6. The Ushers from The Fall by Bethany Griffin - Because I don't want to be stuck living in that spooky house.
7. Landon from Easy by Tammara Webber - Because what family wants to endure such suffering and tragedy. Landon comes out on the other side of his trauma, but it isn't without difficulty for him to get there.
8. David from Push by Claire Wallis - Because hello serial killer.
9. Blue from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater - Because even though her family is eccentric, I think I'd pull my hair out if they were my family. Always having my future predicted or cards read or death predicted. It's too much.
10. Emma from Emma by Jane Austen - Because if I were subjected to her constant meddling I'd really want to punch her.

What about you guys? Who would you absolutely NOT want to be a part of your family? Let me know!