Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly listicle featuring a different topic each week. It doesn’t always have to be ten and it won’t always be ten. The topics are fun and it’s a great way to connect, so check out our top tens down below and feel free to join us!
Reading Time: 4 minutes For this week’s Halloween freebie, we decided on books guaranteed to make you smile because they make us smile. We know that just because something makes us smile might not tickle your fancy, but the books on our lists always make us laugh.
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post allowed us to take a trip down memory lane. Though the books listed are books we wish we could read again, there are some books we do occasionally read from time to time.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Carmen and Sash’s literary tastes do not always align, so in the list below there is bound to be a few fictional crushes you never expected and some you never knew should be on your list.
Reading Time: 4 minutes It was really fun coming up with our favourite places to read for today’s Top Ten Tuesday. Most of our Top Ten’s are actual places, but we have a bonus that isn’t a place and more a position.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week we are taking a look at books we want to read based on the title. Titles made it on the list if they raised our interest; we did not read synopses.
Reading Time: 4 minutes When compiling this list I was actually a little surprised how many books I read in one sitting that weren’t romance novels, though I made sure to include some romance novels as well. Some of these were also assigned readings for school, nevertheless, I read them all in one sitting, start to finish.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reading has always been a part of my life. I was lucky enough to have parents who read to me every night and are even big readers themselves, particularly my Dad. I loved having books read to me as a little kid and that love transformed once I was able to read myself.
Reading Time: 6 minutes For this week’s TTT, I (Carmen) am taking the idea of spring cleaning very seriously. But due to my somewhat ridiculous attachment to the books on my TBR and the unfortunate habit of constantly adding to it, the list never really decreases in size. I’m sure that in the bookish community, I’m not alone in my situation. This summer, though, I am going to do something about it.
Reading Time: < 1 minute We decided that we would do something a little different for MBJ’s Top Ten Tuesday post this week. We made a video showing you 10 Purple Yellow and Green Book Covers on MBJ’s TBR. These books came from Sash’s and Carmen’s TBR list. All the books will be linked below the video.
Reading Time: 5 minutes This week’s promo for Top Ten Tuesday is a Valentine’s Day freebie. We at MBJ, not being big subscribers to Valentine’s Day, decided to talk about the Romance Novels we are currently reading. We are also including the upcoming romance novels that we are planning to read or are on hold at the library and a romance book adjacent.
Reading Time: 2 minutes We had quite a bit of fun compiling a list of children’s books written before 1970, the date of which is totally serendipitous and has nothing to do with our ages.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Surprisingly, 2020 was filled with many new authors. Some came across accidentally; others were assigned readings for classes, while others were a result of a recommendation.
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many books we hope to have read before the end of 2021 but we didn’t do as well as we had hoped. Here are just a few books that MBJ meant to read in 2020 but never got the chance to.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Because we at MBJ do not participate in the making of and we seem to have issues abiding by New Year resolutions. So, this year, we will be creating a list of our hopes for 2021.
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a New Year! We at MBJ are not in the habit of making new year resolutions, but we have made an exception this year. To kick start the new year, here are our Anticipated Releases Part One.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sash was really excited about this topic until she sat down to write. It did not go well; it turns out she can only combine music and movies, not music and books. So, I had fun all by myself with this list of 5 book titles that make great song titles!
Reading Time: 6 minutes This week we’re going to be talking about hobbies outside of books! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt allows us to tell you, readers, a little bit more about us!
Reading Time: 7 minutes This Autumn Edition of Book Recommendations is brought to you by MBJ’s apathy for Halloween and good ole fashion procrastination skills! We have realized that there are a select number of books we’ve been talking a lot about but have yet to either do a review or give them their own spotlight.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Finding books with long titles was pretty hard. So, we decided to mix-and-match books that we have read and books that we have not read. Generally, we tend to steer toward books with shorter titles, but we were pleasantly surprised to see that we have quite a few books with long titles.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ah, Fall! We chose the book covers that radiate those Fall vibes. For me, Fall is synonymous with all things mysterious and magical but not scary. I am a total wimp; I like the fluffy Disney side of Fall and Halloween. I have read some of the books I’ve chosen, but I chose just because the cover gave me those Fall vibes. Here we go.
Reading Time: 5 minutes WE’RE BACK! This is our first Top Ten Tuesday since the launch of the new site and we are excited to tackle this week’s theme: a freebie about book covers. After some deliberation, we decided to talk about the covers of books that both do and don’t fit the content of the books.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In creating this list, we discovered that we don’t follow release schedules. Coming up with a list of ten proved to be challenging. We did manage to find a couple of books to look forward to reading in the fall and next year.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Being an English student has taught me to read critically, and with required readings, this is especially true. The four books on my list make me think about larger issues.
This week we get to pick a theme from the back catalogue. I chose Books that make me think.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The books on my summer 2020 TBR are really just the books that I hope to read this August. This summer, I’m going to be super busy with school work, at least until August. After school is finished I will have about a month to find a place to live and shove as much reading into my days as possible. These are the 5 books on my summer 2020 TBR.
Reading Time: 3 minutes We had a fun time going through our TBR list for this week’s topic over the past year. We enjoyed this reminder of the books we had on our list.
Reading Time: 2 minutes So the books that give off summer vibes for me are books that I love that I either read in the summer or are fun to read in general. This week I have five because apparently there wasn’t much variety in genres *things you don’t realize until you have a book blog*.
Reading Time: 5 minutes I recently stumbled across these two series and quickly fell in love! Though I only have eight reasons I love Ella Frank’s series, I have two reasons why I like Ella as an author.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of these books have been abandoned not because I didn’t like them but because I didn’t have time to read them or I wasn’t in the mood to read that particular genre. I intend to pick them up again, and they still have a place on my TBR…
Reading Time: 3 minutes WE LOVE BOOKISH settings where the world within the story and our physical world overlap, enabling us to fantasize about walking the same streets one day and staying in the same houses as the characters we’ve read about.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Okay, not going to lie; I haven’t kept myself updated with new releases or even attempted to look at my TBR list. I had one for last winter, though. After looking at them, I realized I really need to get on it; these books hold promise.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The following books are books that I read as a kid—some of them anyway. I really want my nieces and nephews to read these books because they were important pieces of my childhood.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Edited September 2021 March 21: Read In One Sitting Theme I thought this post would be the most challenging, but as it turns out, the books you lose time reading are the ones that are easily recalled. Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat by Daisy Prescott I finished this book a few days ago. I’m not entirely sure what about it that made me devour it so quickly. The characters were funny, relatable and witty. There was family, love, death, acceptance all rolled into one. It was a surprisingly light read. Paris Lights by C.J. Duggan Claire thinks she is being proposed to when she finally visits the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Paris, for Claire is a long-awaited dream; her love of the city knows no bounds. Instead, she gets dumped. Claire doesn’t turn and run; she sticks it out in Paris, determined to find her love for the city. A picture of Paris was painted, and I can’t wait to visit and see the places mentioned in the book, it was magical. Update: I went to Paris later that year. I probably should have re-read the book before going because it was not magical for me. The Fault in Our
Reading Time: < 1 minute Looking at my list of Top Five picture books from 2017, I’ve realized that they are all excessively White. I will have to update this post in the future to include the diversity of picture books on the market.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This new batch of authors is slowly making a name for themselves, so maybe my list of authors will grow in a few years. So, here is a list of the Top Five authors I’ve read the most books from in this new-to-me genre.
Reading Time: 2 minutes To me, the following books are hidden gems because they’ve impacted my life in some significant way. I learned about disabilities, picked up a new hobby, and taught me something new about myself.
Reading Time: 3 minutes This year, I thought my listicles would feature my Top Five instead of Top Ten Tuesday. Listed below are the Top Five releases I meant to read but didn’t get to (But TOTALLY plan to)! Enjoy!
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year I thought I would do something more manageable than Top Ten and do my Top Five debuts I’m excited for.
Reading Time: 2 minutes My top ten most anticipated novels for 2015 have been chosen because the characters grow and develop over time, so I am excited for these novels to make their big début in 2015. Here goes:
Reading Time: < 1 minute See this week’s Top 10 New-To-Me Authors I read in 2014.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In no particular order, here are the ten authors whose books I own the most.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, Sash lists her top ten favourite TV shows; come check out what she likes to watch.
Reading Time: 3 minutes July 8: Top Ten Book/Blogging Confessions 1. Biggest Library Snob I don’t know if its snobbish but when I got to library and I check out their adult and NA section and I look up authors and if they don’t have most of an authors famous works or some obscure novel that I feel they should have on their shelves because I can GUARANTEE people will want to read it, I feel as if it’s my sole duty to suggest books for them to get. I’ve done this at three libraries and one of them was a small town library and so grateful when I beefed up their shelves. 2. I dog ear library books and if I’ve checked out a dog-eared book I smooth them all out and ear them at the parts that I like, sometimes its the same as the one before me and that makes me smile. 3. I never know what to say my favorite book is Harry Potter is so cliché right? right?! And I’m older now and you’d be surprised how many book snobs are out there, like Fyodor Dostoyevsky as a favorite author, I call BULLSHIT. But seriously, I should have 5 that I can call upon when
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week I will share a list based on the topic provided by The Broke and the Bookish. Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. July 1: Top Ten Classic Books I Read in High School in Canada I know everyone’s High School reading experience was/is different, either you read the same books I have or you haven’t or you really didn’t enjoy them or you have; or they’re on your list of classic books to read before you die, either way here are 10 classic books I read in high school. Canada edition. 1. The Crucible Now that I look back at it, I don’t remember/think I realized it has anything to do with the Salem Witch Trials. This is on my list of books to reread. 2. To Kill a Mockingbird I’m pretty sure this is one classic everyone has read. Boo Radley, Scout, and Atticus. I’m also pretty sure more than one person has named their dog after these three. 3. The Catcher in the Rye This is one of those books you
Reading Time: 2 minutes June 17: Ten Books On My Summer TBR List Moving is hard on its own but moving countries is slightly worse, States to Canada. I’m finding my groove during this transition so bear with me. I conveniently had a Summer TBR list already, thank you Goodreads! So, without further ado, Summer TBR. I said this before in a previous, this book seems to pop-up whenever I’m on the hunt for new books to read. Since it’s all in my face, I figure I’d give it a try this summer. I don’t remember Lane Parker, but I do remember the other two books in the series. I enjoyed them both and I love continuing/finishing a series. Who doesn’t? 2020 Update: I have not read this book. I’ll need to add it the My Book Jar Challenge The name of this book is what caught my eye. A love story with the cat as a matchmaker? Sounds like a fun summer read to me. So glad I’m doing this! I totally forgot about this book for a minute. It was a book club read but I couldn’t get the book so now it’s on my summer TBR list and I need to go
Reading Time: < 1 minute June 10: Top Ten Books I’ve Read So Far This Year What books have you read so far this year? Share in the comments below!
Reading Time: < 1 minute I had a fun time compiling this list, hope you enjoy the books I’ve included in the list as much as I enjoyed making it.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Not really what you’d call summer traditional reads because I’m not a big fan of summer, and I don’t live near a beach, but the following books will be in my metaphorical beach bag this summer.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week I will share a list based on the topic provided by The Broke and the Bookish. Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. May 20: Top Ten Books About Friendship I am really excited about this one. There have been so many books that I cam across that I had to message me best friend and be like, “this is us!” So here are 10 books that remind me of my best friend and our friendship. 1. Gemma Doyle Series by Libba Bray I pestered my friend to read this series. It’s a beautiful story about unlikely friendship that sparks more from desire of power and slowly morphs into something more. 2. Searching Series by Jennifer Probst Isn’t it great to have girlfriends that hit you up-side the head with common sense when needed? Or try their hand at matchmaking to the guy you’re secretly crushing on when you told them not to but they don’t listen? Or when they’re in your corner rooting for you to find your HEA because they love you?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week I will share a list based on the topic provided by The Broke and the Bookish. Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. May 13: Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn’t 1. All the Pretty Lies by M. Leighton I thought about it Sloane didn’t seem mentally mature enough for me. I didn’t put it down though, I’m not sure if I regret it or not. 2. Perfection by R.L. Mathewson Ah man, I actually did put this book down, only to pick it back up again. It was ridiculous and once I accepted that I loved it. 3. Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson This book took me back to 1998 literally. I wanted to put it down for that purpose alone. I’m glad I didn’t. 4. The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton This book gave me a cougar-esque vibe (not that I know ANYTHING about cougars). It was good cougar-like or not. 5. Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec I wish wish I had put this book down t I’ve never read a character that I
Reading Time: < 1 minute March 6: Top Ten Book Covers I’d Frame As Pieces of Art Fall/Autumn is by far my favorite season. I love when the leaves are yellow and orange and red. This cover is ideal, plus there’s something about her walking away or maybe towards something that I find intriguing. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson has always had a pull on me, it’s the lone eye. I really just want Veronica Roth’s Insurgent tree. Holly Black Tithe the butterfly, the center yellow is the main focus and I love it. Not only is Melissa Marr’s Wicked Lovely a great series but all of the covers are ethereal. That Boy by Jillian Dodd makes for great poster hanging material. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch is going in my bathroom. E.B. White’s Trumpet of the Swan was my first ever chapter book, so of course I’ll be framing that. These would go in the dining/living room(s) I don’t I like the furniture themed style of these pics I’d have these three framed together. I like that there are figures partially hidden behind branches. Plus these books were really good.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. April 22: Top Ten Characters Who Piss Me Off I guess cause I like to think of characters as real people who I would want to be-friend. These guys did not make the Friendship Cut. 1. Off the Record – Liz Dougherty I’ve never read about someone who complains so much about a mutual agreed uponcircumstance and who is too cautious or timid to change said circumstance. You have no valid reason to be such a whiner Liz. 2. Wake For Me – Sam Yes, this was an ARC but regardless Sam is spineless, lacking in man parts despite his killer body and fails to believe in his partner. Shame on him. 3. Checkmate (Neighbor Form Hell) Rory AND Connor I was so mad at these two and their childishness (which was no longer entertaining after a while) I wanted to reach through the pages and BANG their heads together. I settled for DNF instead. I am not proud of it but I could not continue. 4. Take This Regret – Elizabeth Ayers Here is a heroine who is irrational and emotional to point of utter and
Reading Time: 2 minutes Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. April 15: Top Ten Bookish Things (That Aren’t Books) That I’d Like To Own (new bookshelves, bookends, cool bookmark, a bookish shirt, etc. You can add things you DO own if you want). 1. A Library I think just about every book lover wants to have their very own library. Mine will be filled with all books I have ever read. My kids will have only the best children’s books that I grew up reading. 😀 2. This Sweater The Perks Of Being a Weasley have these awesome sweaters. 3. Bookmark Collection I had this really cool velvet like bookmark that I used when reading Harry Potter. It was awesome! I lost it 🙁 but I’ve searched for one like it ever since. I want my very own bookmark collection. 4. These HP shot Glasses! If I were to pregame with my friends, I’d give them the shot glasses best suited to their personalities 😀 I kid, I kid. 5.This Awesome Mug Story of my life and I’m not even ashamed. 6. This bracelet I saw it on Instagram and tried to reach through my
Reading Time: 2 minutes Enjoy and please feel free to join me, I’d love to hear your own lists on whatever topics are featured. April 8: Top Ten Most Unique Books I’ve Read (maybe the MC was really different, maybe it was the way it was written, a very unique spin on a genre or topic, etc.) 1. Neighbor’s from Hell Series by R.L. Mathewson This book just brought out the worst in me, yet I could still laugh at the antics. Plus the weird obsession the MCs have with food is not something I’ve ever read before. 2. On Dublin Street Series by Samantha Young These books take place in Scotland. Maybe it because it takes place in Scotland is why everything about the story-line and the characters seem so unique to me. 3. Addicted to You by Krista & Becca Ritchie This series, this book in particular hooked me because it showed me a more realistic side to sex addiction than my imaginings led me to believe. 4. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover A deaf musician, mostly I’ve read books with people dying of cancer or something equally fatal, or something too happy. I’ve never read anything that focused on what others in this world live with; impairments are real and having
Reading Time: < 1 minute Top Ten Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List (to be read list)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top Ten All-Time Favorite Books in Fantasy (Series) Genre Phillip Pullman His Dark Materials I remember when I read them at the time, I thought it was the most genius thing written. My mind was blown Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Series. Although I have yet to read the last installment, these were great when I was in my obsessive phase. I just need to find my way back there so I can finish the series. :/ Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness or the Alanna series as I like to call them. These were awesome. My first venture into a different kind of fantasy. Good times. Melissa Marr The Wicked Lovely Series s I loved these books so much I joined a forum, my first forum ever and where I met a lot of my Goodreads and blogger friends. #darkling #darkcourt Maggie Stiefvater The Wolves of Mercy Falls This wolf to human and human to wolf story was so different from anything I’ve ever read. It made the fantasy seem not so far-fetched. It was attainable in its logic and for that it will always be a favorite. Libba Bray The Great and Terrible Beauty Man, I loved this series when I first read them in HS. I proceeded to shove it off
Reading Time: 3 minutes My list is slightly different than what the title would suggest. These are top 10 popular authors whose books are on my TBR list and I haven’t gotten around to reading or whose books/series I’ve attempted to read and just didn’t finish (yet).
Reading Time: 2 minutes Top 10 Tuesday Rewind allows us to pick from previous topics that we want to do again or may have missed. This week we chose to amalgamate a few different Top 10 Tuesdays into one.
Reading Time: 3 minutes What are some books that will make you swoon? Because, I found some books that made me swoon. And, it wasn’t always the male character that had me fainting. 😏
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have a whole shelf on Goodreads dedicated to books that make me cry. To say I am prepared is an understatement. Honestly, this list took me back down a very sad memory lane.
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was pretty fun finding ten characters I’d never want to trade places with because honestly, it’s just not worth it. There is so much angst and heartbreaking scenarios in these books that the real world is enough for me, thank you very much.
Reading Time: 3 minutes My reading wishlist wasn’t that hard to make. There are a lot of issues present in books that I wish were addressed more or at the very least need to be a part of mainstream reading.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week is all about the Top Ten 2014 Books I’m Excited About. I had a lot of fun writing this list! This list has both books I’m excited about that will turn into movies and books that will be published.