Top Ten Tuesday

This is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They feature a different top ten list every week. This week's topic: top ten books I wouldn't mind Santa bringing me this year.

1. The Hunger Games trilogy box set by Suzanne Collins - Yes I have already read this set but I had borrowed it. Seeing the most recent movie made me want to reread the entire series. It has been a while!

    

    2.  Rick Steves' Prague and the Czech Republic - Yes of course there is a travel book on my list. 

         Living in Italy means lots of opportunity for travel. My husband and I are planning a possible trip 

         to Prague for my birthday in May. And Rick Steves travel books are the best!

     3   The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - I have never read this book, but it is a classic. Shocker, but it is not 

          available on Kindle. D'oh! 

     4.  E.B. White box set with Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The trumpet of the swan - Believe it

         or not, I have never read Charlotte's Web! How on earth is that possible?? I have never read any  

         of those books by E.B. White so I would love this box set!

     5.  Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - I just read Eleanor and Park and absolutely loved it (click here for

          my review)! Reading the reviews for this one makes me want to read it even more.

    6.  The Lottery and other Stories by Shirley Jackson - Have you ever read The Lottery? Scariest 

         short story ever! I read it in junior high and it has still stuck with me. I would love to read the 

         story again, along with some of her other stuff since that story is the only thing I have ever read

         by her. This book is also one of the ones I will be reading for my 2015 Banned Book Challenge.

     7.  The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell - A book about bookshops? Sign me up! Would it be 

         weird if I planned my Europe travel around different bookstores? Or would it be weird if I didn't?

    8.  Redeployment by Phil Klay - This book has been getting so much buzz this year. It tells of 

         different soldiers, what they go through in times of war, and the struggles they face returning 

         home to their "normal" lives. I have only read a sample, but it seems like a beautiful book.

     9.  The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan - A young woman with a 

         promising future ahead of her dies in a sudden accident just five days after graduating from Yale.

        These are essays written by her and they have received so much love from reviewers that I need to

        see what the fuss is about.

    10.  Infinity + One by Amy Harmon - Harmon's book The Law of Moses is one of my favorite 

          books I have read this year. It blew me away (click here for my review). Reviews are just as

         good for her other book as well.

Of course I also wouldn't mind an Amazon gift card. Hint, hint. Ha

Are there any books you wouldn't mind getting for Christmas?