Tag: toptentuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

• Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
• Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
• Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
• Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

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This week’s topic is Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books. I could have come up with umpteen reasons but I’ve decided to take another tack and give you ten Reasons Why I’m Thankful For Book Bloggers.  

1. Introducing me to books I might not otherwise have known about or read
2. Writing insightful and informative book reviews
3. Creating interesting and addictive memes
4. Hosting reading challenges
5. Sharing other bloggers’ reviews and posts on social media
6. Commenting on mine and others’ reviews
7. Creating luscious images of books 
8. Supporting authors, including self-published authors
9. Supporting small/independent publishers and bookshops
10. Redistributing my wealth to the above

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

• Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
• Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
• Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
• Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

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This week’s topic is Mainstream Popular Authors That I Still Have Not Read, a topic suggested by Rissa at Pretentious Reader. Prepare yourself for a shock horror list.

• Stephen King – I’m a scaredy cat, why would I want to give myself nightmares?
• J K Rowling – Books involving magic don’t appeal to me although I can see myself – possibly – reading one of her Cormoran Strike books
• Richard Osman – Just too cosy for me 
• Lee Child – I’m partial to an action thriller now and again but have never read one of his
• Taylor Jenkins Reid – Never say never… 
• Ken Follett – As a fan of historical fiction I probably should have read one of his books but I can’t get past the fact they’re doorstoppers 
• Colleen Hoover – Not a fan of contemporary romance
• Matt Haig – This is my guilty one because I think I actually might enjoy his books 
• Lisa Jewell – I just know people will be screaming, ‘No way, you must try one of her books!’
• Suzanne Collins – Knock forty years off my age and there might be a chance, but not now