Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly link-up over at The Broke and the Bookish where they provide a prompt and other lovers of listmaking join in on it with their own top ten list.
Of all the weekly memes out in bloggerland, this is my favorite. I don't always participate, but this one spoke to me. There are just too many books to read stuff you really don't want to read. And, that's perfectly ok :)
1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett - I'm really picky and sensitive about books about the South. I had no desire to read this book, especially once the movie came out and I saw a preview. I was born and raised in Mississippi, and a pet peeve of mine is a bad southern accent by a non-southern actor. Like fingernails on a chalkboard.
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - not in the least bit interested in time travel...I wish I was, but I just can't make myself :(
3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - cancer, kids...Are you kidding me??
4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - I should like this book...but I'm not the least bit interested in giving it a whirl.
5. YA Blockbusters - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles), Shiver, City of Bones, Daughter of Smoke and Bone...They all run together for me. My oldest daughter has read a lot of them. I can't even keep track of which series is which. I don't need that kind of chaos in my life ;P
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7. The Host by Stefenie Meyer - aliens...meh...nah...Another I wanted to read, but I just couldn't force myself.
8. Grey by E.L. James - I actually read the Fifty Shades trilogy...read them really fast over the course of either Christmas or Thanksgiving holidays...I can't remember. I even started a review about the trilogy as a whole instead of each individual book. But, why the hell would I want to read the same damn story again...even from a different perspective...sounds like fast cash to me.
9. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - I actually have this one on my shelf at home. I've tried at least 6 times to read it. I may just have to donate it to the library.
10. Zoo by James Patterson - I'm mad at Patterson. Can you say formulaic, using others work and slapping your own name on it? Can you say a book about animals who turn on people?
I don't think so. Just what we need to make people feel even more warm and fuzzy about animals. Yes, I have a chip on my shoulder. What's it to ya'??
I don't think so. Just what we need to make people feel even more warm and fuzzy about animals. Yes, I have a chip on my shoulder. What's it to ya'??
Thank God I now know that someone else feels the same way about The Help! I am from NH but have many southern friends and I can detect a fake southern accent a mile away.
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