Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday -- 5 of My Most Recent Best Reads & 5 of My Most Disappointing Reads




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I don't rate books as five star reads or 1 star reads all that often. Normally, I rate books somewhere in between these two numbers. Below are five books I've recently enjoyed reading... Followed by five books that I read recently that weren't so great in my opinion.

1. The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack
2. Gone by Stacy Claflin
3. The Assassination of the Archduke by Greg King & Sue Woolmans
4. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
5. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

1. Letter To My Daughter by Maya Angelou
2. Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet
3. Holiday Heat by Noelle Adams
4. A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow
5. Death of a Rug Lord by Tamar Myers

25 comments:

  1. Go set a watchman was a great book. Glad you enjoyed that one. Great list!

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  2. Nice! Those are all totally new to me reads! More books to look into!!

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  3. Go set a Watchman is om my TBR.

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  4. Go Set a Watchman is on my evergrowing TBR. I've heard a lot of different things about this book so I'm glad to hear you liked it!! Lovely list!

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  5. One of these days I'll get to Go Set A Watchman. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  6. Great list, I like how you split it between books you really enjoyed and books you didn't. I recognise a few titles that you mentioned but haven't read them.

    My TTT

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  7. I'm happy you loved Persepolis but I must say I had mixed feelings about Go Set.

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  8. I'm so scared to read Go Set a Watchman. I've read so many good AND bad reviews. Atticus Finch is on my favorite literary characters and I don't want my opinion of him to change and I'm afraid it will if I read Go Set a Watchman.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  9. I haven't read any of these yet although I keep meaning to read Go Set A Watchman! I told myself I'd read it when it came out and somehow I keep forgetting to put it on hold at the library and then I'm too bogged down with other books! It's such a good problem to have though; having too many books in the world :) I like your idea of splitting the 10 into five enjoyable books for you and five not-so-enjoyable books for you!

    Laura @BlueEyeBooks

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  10. I haven't read the Persepolis 2 book, but I did enjoy the first one. It was my first graphic novel :) Great list!

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  11. Glad to See Watchman made your top 5 list (as opposed to the disappointing list!) - I haven't read it yet but have been perturbed by the lack-lustre reviews.

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  12. I need to read Go Set A Watchman! Great list :-)

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  13. Interesting list! I haven't read any of those books, but now I might add some to my TBR... ;)

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  14. Go Set a Watchman sounds amazing! But I still have to read To Kill a Mockingbird first, looking forward to both of them! Happy reading!

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  15. I haven't read any of the books on your list this week. I'll be adding Gone and The Ghost and the Graveyard to my TBR.

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  16. Go Set a Watchman is still on my list!

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  17. Great list! I haven't read any of these books, so it'll be cool adding new books to TBR!

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  18. I just loved Go Set A Watchman! Than you so much stopping by A Real Writer's Life! I really appreciate it.

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  19. I still haven't read 'Go Set A Watchman' but I really need to!
    Thank you for stopping by my TTT!

    Stacy Renee @ Lazy Day Literature

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  20. I read the first Persepolis and really enjoyed it - glad to see the sequel made your list!

    Thanks for visiting my blog. :)

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  21. Yay! I'm so glad someone else liked Go Set a Watchman. I really enjoyed it - more than Mockingbird actually.

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  22. Okay well I can admit to having heard of none of these before but the 5 star ones will be getting some further attention, always adding to my TBR ;)

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  23. These books are all brand new to me, I can't wait to check out the first 5 on Goodreads. Thanks!

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  24. I'm excited that you loved Go Set a Watchman. I've heard so many mixed reviews.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  25. I've been reluctant to read 'Go Set a Watchman' but I keep coming across other bloggers like you who say that it's worth a read so I will probably get round to it at some point.

    Thanks for visiting my blog :)

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