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Monday, December 10, 2018

Top Ten Freebie

  

 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by 
That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new Top Ten list will be posted. Everyone is welcome to join. Link back to The Broke and the Bookish so everyone can check out other bloggers' lists. It's a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers.

This week is a Top Ten freebie and I decided to go with books featuring islands. Books set on islands or in which islands play a prominent role. Why islands? I really don't know! It just came to me so why not?       


Echoes

I loved this one and this is partially set on a deserted island. 

Sanctuary Bay 

An elite boarding school on an island??!?

Obsidian and Stars (Ivory and Bone, #2)

An Ice Age setting and an island plays a prominent role in this one!

Vitro (Corpus, #2)

Genetic engineering and a forbidden island- yes please. 

A Map for Wrecked Girls

Stranded!

Ten

Stranded with a killer!

The Blue

Lots of islands in this one. 

Wreck

Australian setting with a cool island element. 

Fear the Drowning Deep

Set entirely on an island. 

Letters from Skye

Set on the isle of Skye as well as Edinburgh. 

43 comments:

  1. LOL Islands are fun. I'd totally pick the new series from Melinda Leigh that has the awesome island covers.

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  2. Oooh islands! Definitely a good choice. Every time you mention Obsidian and Stars, I want to read the thing, so that's rude hah. I *need* Echoes. I think I have been saying that for a long time, but one of these days! I have A Map For Wrecked Girls and Vitro, so again, one of these days! And I have heard some good things about Wreck, I might have to add that one to my list too. Great list!

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  3. Ten! I think that one got turned into a movie but I've always wanted to read that one for the killer on the island. 😂

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  4. I've heard so much about Echoes. Every time I see it featured on your blog, I'm that much curious to try it out. And now that I know it takes place on a deserted island...one of my favorite tropes!

    ~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

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  5. I REALLY have to get to Fear the Drowning Deep. So many books, so little time.

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  6. A very fun list Greg! I really liked Ten. My TTT

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  7. Hey, if islands is the idea that came to mind, you go with it! I often find it more difficult when there's a "freebie" Top 10 topic because the pressure is on to find an interesting topic. :D

    I've looked at 'Wrecked for Girls' at the store before, but something always holds me back from buying a copy.

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  8. Aw I love this! Now I want to be somewhere warm and have my toes in the sand instead of looking at snow lol! I didn't realize that Obsidian and Stars had an island in the book, I really need to go pick up that series! :)
    Jen @ Star-Crossed Book Blog

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  9. Letters from Skye sounds good. Echoes make my TTT this week too, although I wrote about books that deserve more love.

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  10. Great list! I haven't heard of a lot of these and to be honest I don't think islands are a setting I read a lot - I'll have to check some of these out.

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  11. Ah, you always make me want to add new books to my tbr list.

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  12. Oh nice topic pick! And yay Echoes! Loved that book! Still need to read Sanctuary Bay though! Ten was another great read!

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  13. I would not have thought of a topic like this on my own, and I love it! Good job! Fear of Drowning Deep is a book I want to read. Seen some people who matter say it was great. Maybe I will hit it up one of these days for One Old, One New.

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  14. Fun topic, Greg! An elite boarding school set on an island? Now that sounds sinister right from the start. LOL

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  15. Islands are always a good setting for horror and thriller books! I've read a few I liked with dinosaurs, sharks and monsters! Nice theme and I might check out the blurb on a couple of these!

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  16. Hah! I love this topic! I've never seen anyone do an islands list before. I feel like I need to take a note of all of these for summer reading. Fear the Drowning Deep has been on my TBR for ages though.
    my TTT this week

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  17. Love this topic! I haven't read any of these, but I'm going to add Letters from Skye and Fear the Drowning Deep to my tbr. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  18. I have never heard of Letters from Skye! I love anything Irish! Love the topic. I couldn't think of one so i just posted pics of dogs lol

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  19. I'm dreaming of islands this time of year LOL so I can see why it you may have chosen it as as theme. :-) I remember reading On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves and how the island setting is almost like a character in the book.

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  20. Who knew there were so many island books. Great topic.

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  21. No Shutter Island?! ;) Technically, every book set in the UK or Japan (or plenty of other places!) are, in fact, set on islands ;)

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  22. Great idea for a list! I've read Ten and Sanctuary Bay and enjoyed both but didn't love them. I really want to get to Echoes at some point😁

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  23. I love books set at sea, or featuring epic sea voyages.

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  24. An elite boarding school on an island is a recipe for disaster... Great book fodder!

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  25. I don't remember the last time I read a book that featured an island as the main setting for the story! The cover for Vitro looks fascinating :)

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  26. I've been meaning to read Fear the Drowning Deep since it's release. Love the choice of topic.

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  27. A few of the books mentioned in your post your on my reading wishlist!

    Here's a link to my Top Ten Tuesday post for this week: https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2018/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-free-little.html

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  28. Oh islands!! I love islands in books. Fear the Drowning Deep looks good!

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  29. Islands in books sound like a lot of fun and a lot of adventures! I have not read any of these books, but maybe books with islands should be something worth exploring!

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  30. I love books that are set on islands so I applaud your choice! :D

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  31. Oh man, Greg. I think I've only ever read TWO books which take place on Islands! O_o Anne of Green Gables and Island of the Blue Dolphins. I obviously have to expand my settings. Which of these books would you recommend I pick up first?

    You can check out my TTT here: http://deathbytsundoku.com/top-ten-tuesday-reasons-i-keep-blogging/

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  32. Such a unique idea, I love it! Vitro sounds super intriguing and oh no, I've just gone and added it to my never-ending TBR.

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  33. There's something kind of mysterious about islands, great list!

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  34. I like that you have a unique theme this week for your freebie! Island settings are great for horror books because its so hard to escape

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  35. Oh, cool topic! I love books set in remote places. So many weird and wonderful things can happen.

    Aj @ Read All The Things!

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  36. Very cool topic. Islands always intrigue me too. I think it goes back to my obsession with the TV series Lost a few years back, lol.

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  37. I'm loving your topic choice, islands are cool settings because it sort of keeps everything contained, which is something I love in books. Sanctuary Bay sounds awesome, as does Vitro! Vitro reminds me of this book called Dr. Franklin's Island that I read when I was a kid. Love this one, I'm going to have to check some of these out...

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  38. "Why not?" is pretty much my reasoning for everything on my blog :-P Islands do have a unique kinda vibe in books because of how they usually make the characters more isolated. I've always loved the covers for Vitro and Ten!

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  39. You do ejoy island tales, i actually nevet thought of it like a genre of sorts

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  40. I love books set on islands! I'm in the middle of a Jenny Colgan series that takes place on a tiny little Scottish island. I need to read Letters from Skye. It looks so much like my kind of book.

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  41. Really cool topic choice! Some of these are even on my TBR! :)

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  42. But how did you decide on islands...Freebie topics are so hard for me and I swear all you other bloggers make them look so easy. Hope you have a great weekend. - Katie

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