Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry.

1) Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
2) If I Stay (If I Stay, # 1) by Gayle Forman
3) Point of Retreat (Slammed, # 2) by Colleen Hoover
4) Reason to Breathe (Breathing, # 1) by Rebecca Donovan
5) Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, # 2) by Veronica Rossi
6) Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, # 3) by Richelle Mead
7) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
8) Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes
9) The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William Paul Young
10) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
11) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
12) Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
13) Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

I cannot seem to stick to ten books. Of course, there are TONS of other books that have made me cry, but these are some of my favorites. Which books are guaranteed to make you cry? Let me know!

Top Ten Best Sequels

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Best Sequels.

I'm not 100% sure what counts as a sequel. Is that only book 2? Or any book after book 1 in a series? In order to narrow down my list, I'm only going with book 2 out of a series.

The second book in a series usually takes a hit, especially in trilogies. Book 1 is the build up and either ends in conflict such as a cliffhanger, or the conflict begins in book 2. Book 2 is usually the down period where we struggle through to get to the resolution in book 3. That's just how it is. Keeping that in mind, it was actually harder than I expected to create my list.

While there are tons of series that I love the series as a whole, when I looked at book 2 only, I had to pause. What's funny is that in my list below, a lot of these books are actually companion novels or novels that switch to a different MC and thus don't carry on the story immediately following book 1. I'm counting them anyway. I also excluded books retelling the first book (i.e. Walking Disaster, Losing Hope, etc).

1) Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity, # 2) by Elizabeth Wein (companion)

2) Fragments (Partials, # 2) by Dan Wells (lenghty but worth it in the end) (review coming soon)

3) The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, # 2) by Carrie Ryan (swaps MC and years after the events of book 1)

4) Jet (Marked Men, # 2) by Jay Crownover (companion) (review coming soon)

5) Point of Retreat (Slammed, # 2) by Colleen Hoover (so emotional)

6) Fire (Graceling Realm, # 2) by Kristin Cashore (companion)

7) Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, # 2) by Cassandra Clare (major events take place)

8) Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, # 2) by Marissa Meyer (half companion, half continuation, enjoyed better than book 1)

9) Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, # 2) by Maggie Stiefvater (love Maggie S.)

10) New Moon (Twilight, # 2) by Stephenie Meyer (while I can't say I hated this book ever, I've changed my feelings on it and think it was a great sequel to Twilight)

11) Frostbite (Vampire Academy, # 2) by Richelle Mead (such a pivotal book in the series)

What are your top favorite sequels? Let me know!

Top Ten Books I'd Like to see Turn into a Movie/TV Show

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Books I'd Like to See Turned Into a Movie/TV Show.

Ok so I'm totally excluding any book or series that I know a movie IS in the works or ones that the rights have been optioned (Slammed, Hopeless, etc).

1) Partials by Dan Wells

2) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (review coming soon)

3) Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

4) This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers (review coming soon)

5) Delirium by Lauren Oliver

6) Code Name Verity & Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

7) The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

8) Grave Mercy by RL LaFevers

9) Cinder by Marissa Meyer

10) Firelight by Sophie Jordan

11) The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

These are all ones that I think would translate wonderfully to visual media. I'd pay the ridiculous $10 per movie to see each of these...AND their sequels.

Top Ten Most Memorable Secondary Characters

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Most Memorable Secondary Characters.

I'm choosing to list the books with the most memorable characters and I'll list those characters within the books. If I only did the most memorable characters, Harry Potter would be the only book I listed and then I'd have a hard time deciding WHICH book in the series to use. Also, sometimes it's hard to tell who is considered a main character and who is considered a secondary character.

1) Harry Potter by JK Rowling - The Weasleys, specifically the twins, Lee Jordan, Luna Lovegood, Nevelle, Mad-Eye Moody, Tunks, Doby, Creature, Hagrid, Snape, Dumbledore, McGonagol, Sirius Black...I could keep going.

2) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - Isaac and Peter van Houten

3) Partials by Dan Wells - Marcus and Fragments - Afa

4) Hopeless by Colleen Hoover - Six and Losing Hope - Daniel

5) Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein - Roz'a, Lissett, Karolina, Irina, Anna, Elodie

6) Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi- Roar

7) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead- Eddie Castile

8) Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor- Zuzana

9) Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich - Lula

10) Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley - Poet

Who are your favorite secondary characters? Which books hold the most memorable secondary characters for you? Let me know!