First Ten Books I Ever Reviewed

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 First Ten Books I Ever Reviewed.

1. Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, # 1) by Becca Fitzpatrick
2. Good to Great by Jim Collins
3. The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, # 3) by Carrie Ryan
4. Crescendo (Hush, Hush, # 2) by Becca Fitzpatrick
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, # 4) by JK Rowling
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, # 5) by JK Rowling
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, # 6) by JK Rowling
8. City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, # 4) by Cassandra Clare
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, # 7) by JK Rowling - My only half decent review of the entire series.
10. Sea Change by Aimee Friedman

You guys it is almost embarrassing to even post these reviews. I had no idea what I was doing with reviewing a book. I didn't even know what I wanted my blog to be at that point. And I certainly didn't review ANY of the Harry Potter books (save MAYBE The Deathly Hallows) with any real skill or even worthy of the books or the series themselves. I've always intended to re-read and then update my reviews of the series but I just haven't yet. Which books were your first reviews? Let me know!

Top Ten Throwbacks

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

Some of these throwbacks are so old I never reviewed them on the blog because I read them before I started blogging. But all of these are ones that I've read in my adult life and not like books I read and loved in high school or elementary or anything like that.

1. Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer - Twilight, New Moon

2. Graceling Realms series by Kristin Cashore - Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue

3. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games, Catching Fire & Mockingjay

4. Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead - Vampire Academy, Frostbite, Shadow Kiss, Blood Promise, Spirit Bound, Last Sacrifice

5. Slammed series by Colleen Hoover - Slammed, Point of Retread, This Girl

6. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

7. Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater - Linger, Forever, Sinner

8. The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan - The Dead-Tossed Waves, The Dark and Hollow Places

9. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

10. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

(And of course Harry Potter.) Which books are your favorite throwbacks? Let me know!

Top Ten Books Set At the Beach

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Books Set At the Beach.

I haven't gotten to visit the beach in the last two years so this is wishful thinking on my part. But I'll have to admit, this was challenging. Either I haven't read many books set at the beach or the beach was just a small part of the setting that I couldn't remember enough to be sure to list the book. But I did finally come up with ten. Here they are.

1. That One Summer (Summer, # 3) by CJ Duggan
2. The Lies About Truth by Courtney C Stevens
3. Breathe (Sea Breeze, # 1) by Abbi Glines
4. Things We Know By Heart by Jessi Kirby
5. Out of Breath (Breathing, # 3) by Rebecca Donovan
6. We Were Liars by E Lockhart
7. Breakable (Contours of the Heart, # 2) by Tammara Webber
8. Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, # 2) by Veronica Rossi
9. The Dead-Tossed Waves (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, # 2) by Carrie Ryan
10. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

So obviously I need some good beach setting recommendations guys! Hit me! What are you favorite books set at the beach? Let me know!