Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday - Gift Card Wish List

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 is top books I would buy with a fully loaded gift card. If I were to get a gift card, my first choices would be to buy the books that are the most expensive. Those are the ones I am least likely to buy with my own money. And apparently, I have more nonfiction on my wish list than I realized.
1. Before The Fall by Noah Hawley

2. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (I was FINALLY able to purchase this one yesterday because the price dropped from $12.99 to $4.99. YAY!!)

3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 

4. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

5. I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around The World by Eve Ensler

6. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

7. Love Wins: The Lovers And Lawyers Who Fought The Landmark Case For Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell

8. In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey To Freedom by Yeonmi Park

9. My Mother's Secret: A Novel Based On A True Holocaust Story by J.L. Witterick

10. The Siren by Kiera Cass

11. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

12. The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler

13. She's Not There: A Life In Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Have you guys read any of these books? Are there any that I should read ASAP? What books would you buy with a fully loaded gift card? 

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  1. I really want Jane Steele too! I love how pretty that cover is as well.
    And ahh I had a hardcover of ADSOM and it's missing! I don't know where I misplaced it. :/ So I'm going to have to buy a copy.

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    1. Nick, I absolutely love Jane Eyre so the concept of that retelling sounds really interesting. And I just read my first VE Schwab book (Vicious) so I really need to read her other stuff.

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  2. Great picks.I have heard good things about Before the Fall and also Jane Steele. I have never read My Mother's Secret, hadn't heard about it until this post but that is a book I would be interested in reading. Great post.

    Here is what I would get with my gift card:https://ahavenforbooklovers.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/top-ten-books-that-i-would-buy-right-now-if-i-got-a-gift-card/

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    1. Thanks Diana! Glad I could help put a few more books on your TBR. :)

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  3. I have had A Little Life on my wishlist forever and always check for price drops and missed that!!! I look forward to your thoughts when you read it. The Girls That Went Away and She's Not There look interesting!

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    1. Grace, I actually check my Amazon wishlist EVERY SINGLE DAY (obsessed much ??) so I managed to catch it.

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  4. I lovelovelove A Darker Shade of Magic and The Song of Achilles and have read both multiple times so I'd say you need to read them ASAP.

    I also have The Bone Clocks, Jane Steele and The Bone Clocks on my to-buy list.

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    1. Sana, I am so glad you loved those books. That is very promising. I love VE Schwab so I am super excited to read A Darker Shade of Magic.

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  5. I've heard Jane Steele is a really fun read so looking forward to getting that one soon too :)

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    1. Suzanne, the premise of that one looks so awesome!

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  6. I'm really curious about The Siren myself. Good picks. Have a great week!

    TTT
    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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  7. The Song of Achilles is one of my favorite books! If I got a gift card, I'd also use it for more expensive books or ones I wouldn't usually purchase.

    Great list!

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    1. I am so glad to hear that Jolien! I would definitely go to my Amazon wishlist and just pick the books that cost the most if I had a gift card.

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  8. Awesome list! I really want to own V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series. I've only read the first one, but I know I'm going to want all of them. :)

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    1. Thanks Jordan! VE Schwab is a great author. I am sure it's awesome.

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  9. I really want to read Siren and The Song of Achilles, I've seen them around so much that I almost feel bad for not having read them. Ughhghgh
    - Jen from The Bookavid

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  10. I haven't read any of the books on your list. Hope you receive the books you want soon. Happy reading!!

    Here's a link to my TTT post for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-ten-tuesday-ten-books-id-buy-right.html

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  11. You should read A Darker Shade of Magic ASAP! It's soooooo good!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/top-ten-tuesday-68/

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  12. I think The Song of Achilles sounds really good, love a mythology tale and I'm not fmiliar with that one. The Siren has a nice cover too!

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    1. Greg, I absolutely love mythology retellings and that is the main reason I want to read this one so badly.

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  13. I just picked up A Little Life, also! I'm afraid to read it, I've heard it's brilliant but harrowing.

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    1. Kwizgiver, me too! I have heard it's heartbreaking. I will have to be in the right head space for it.

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  14. I just read A Darker Shade of Magic a few days ago and LOVED it, although the sequel is not amazing me nearly as much. You list is, as always, really interesting--just added "The Girls Who Went Away," "My Mother's Secret" and "She's Not There" to my TBR!

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    1. I am so glad to hear that, Wendy! Sucks that the sequel wasn't as good, but I am glad to hear the first one was amazing. So glad I could add more books to your TBR. :)

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  15. The Siren sounds so good! Great list!
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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  16. OMG. Love Wins needs to be on my reading list, stat. Thank you for putting it on my radar!

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    1. Joy, I am so glad I could let you know about a new book! I am sure that is a good one.

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  17. The only one of these I own is Schwab's - still haven't read it yet. This week's TTT just made me realize how many books on my shelves I still need to read!! :-)

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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    1. Nicole, I KNOW, RIGHT?!? There are just so many books that I already own, but haven't read. But I can't help buying new ones!

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  18. I would want Illuminae and Six of Crows even though I have arc and audiobook copies, but the books are so pretty!

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    1. Nereyda, aren't they though?? I had to buy the hardcover copy of Illuminae because it was just so beautiful!

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  19. I haven't heard of some of these! Those are mostly the ones that look like nonfiction. A Darker Shade of Magic is amazing and will probably leaving you wanting the sequel soon afterward. Unless you end up not liking it, of course.

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    1. Kaitlin, I don't even read that much nonfiction, but I have been trying to read more of it. You know, go outside my comfort zone and all that. So glad you loved A Darker Shade of Magic. I love VE Schwab, so I am sure it is amazing.

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