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Monday, April 1, 2019

Top Ten Things That Make Me Pick A Book

  

 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. It's a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers.

This week is Top Ten Things That Make Me Pick Up A Book. Oh boyoboyoboyoboy... fun! There are sooo many things! So I'm gonna list 'em and include a recent book (or soon to be released) that embodies that very thing.      

1) CLONING

I want ALL the cloning. 

   The Similars (The Similars, #1)

2) BOARDING SCHOOLS

Preferably with secret societies and/ or dark secrets

Girls with Sharp Sticks (Girls with Sharp Sticks, #1)

3) DYSTOPIANS/ END OF THE WORLD

Post apoc!!!

After the Lights Go Out

4) ROBOTS/ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Alex + Ada: The Complete Collection

5) TIME TRAVEL

Here and Now and Then

6) ALTERNATE/ PARALLEL DIMENSIONS

Dark Matter

7) KILLER GRAPHIC NOVEL STORY/ ART

Banks versus Banks (Golden City #2)

8) LOST WORLDS

Le Monde perdu, Tome 1

9) YA WITH A GREAT TWIST

Two Can Keep a Secret

SPACE OPERA

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

11) OFF THE GRID

Watcher in the Woods (Rockton, #4)

12) DINOSAURS

This can overlap with lost worlds, honestly, but not always!

The Extinction Trials (The Extinction Trials, #1)

69 comments:

  1. I really like the idea of boarding school stories but don't think I read them much or have read many. Maybe in 2019 I'll remedy this! Happy Top Ten Tuesday. :)

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    1. I keep reading boarding schools and you'd think I'd be sick of them by now!

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  2. Yes to pretty much everything on here. I recently bought Extinction because I saw it on your blog and I was like, ummm how did I not know about this? It obviously need to be in my life!

    www.tbrandbeyond.com

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    1. Oh I hope you like Extinction Trials. I love that series!!!

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  3. I really enjoyed your list Greg. I can see why you love these things in a book. My TTT

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  4. Boarding schools are the best. And time travel and dinosaurs are definitely awesome. Great list!

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    1. I agree- something about those schools :)

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  5. Many of these are buzz words in the blurb that would make me pick up a book too, especially Off the Grid (and in cold climes) as well as boarding schools. Time travel would make me take a second look too, though they can be hit or miss.

    ~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

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    1. *nods* certain words do get my attention in a blurb! Off the gridis something I'm really liking lately...

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  6. Oh yes lost worlds. That is a great one! I just haven't read that many good ones ._. And cloning is such an interesting topic to explore.

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    1. It's hard to find a really good lost world type of story, I think?

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  7. Nice list! Funny, but I just recently snagged a copy of Dark Matter at a Little Free Library. I've yet to read it.

    Here's a link to my TTT post: https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2019/04/top-ten-tuesday-things-that-make-me.html

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  8. Nice list, I do love a good space opera.
    Here's my Top Ten Tuesday.

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    1. I do too, and it takes me a while to find some!

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  9. Great list. I love a boarding school setting too.

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    1. I can just keep reading those and reading 'em...

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  10. I love everything on this list, but I will say, except for dystopias. I find them so hard to get into these days.

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  11. Great list! Considering I was obsessed with dinosaurs when I was younger, I need to read more dinosaur books. I love a boarding school setting, too - it's always fun to see what kids will get up to when their parents aren't around.

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    1. I hadn't read a dinosaur book in AGES, but extinction Trials has me excited about them all again!

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  12. Ooh great topic picks!! These all sound like fun ones! I read within these areas myself and a few are even on my TBR pile!

    Here's my Tuesday Post

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  13. Ooh I do love a good plot twist! I also like boarding school books & a good dystopia though I started to find them all a bit samey, so I haven't read much of that genre in a while.
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/02/top-ten-tuesday-205/

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    1. Plot twists are the best. And a good boarding school WITH plot twists is one of my favorite reads!

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  14. There are so many graphic novels I've been tempted to pick up just because the art style is so lovely!

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    1. Same! Even some in other languages- I actually bought a French comic on ComiXology the other day and even though I couldn't read it, I could suss out most of it- and the art!

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  15. OMG I adore parallel universes and time travel! They're two of my favourite things. If you've got any good recommendations then I would love some :)

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    1. Parallel universes are the BEST! My top recommendation (off the top of my head) is Dark Matter- that story was a TRIP!

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  16. Time travel ad parallel universes for sure and love YA with a twist!

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  17. Some great reasons here. I am curious about dinosaur books and cloning makes me realize how much I miss Orphan Black. So it finally dawned on me that the girl from The Farm in Riverdale was on Orphan Black for several years the other night.

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  18. All great reasons to pick up a book for sure! I think more than anything now, I just want something fun and unique as well!

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  19. Great list! I like time travel too! I didn't do TTT this week. I couldn't think of anything. I am not as creative as you :)

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  20. Nice list! I like the idea of lost worlds and/or dinosaurs as well. I also enjoy a good YA book. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday

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  21. Dystopian and robots, yes to both of those! I literally never get tired of either one😁

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  22. Dinosaurs were on my list, too. It's so cool to see how various authors imagine them.

    My <a href="http://www.lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-things-that-make-me-pick-up-a-book/>Top Ten Tuesday</a> post.

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  23. Dang it, I see more books to add to my TBR...

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  24. Alternate/parallel universes is my number one favourite thing in the book world! Especially if there are philosophical questions thrown in there.

    Anyway, my list is a little differen this week: https://dinaratengri.com/

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  25. I liked your take on the question. I nodded my head to almost all your choices.

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  26. Totally with you on boarding schools and end-of-the-world novels. And I'm always drawn to dinosaur books and Lost World stories, too. Great list!

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  27. You picked some great topics. I love cloning especially in movies. Mine would be vampires, shifters and romance. lol

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  28. Parallel dimensions is only something I've explored in shows. I need to hunt down some novels that deal with the concept. Great list!

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  29. I love dystopian and off-the-grid books, too! The Rockton series is a great example of the latter. It's one of my favorites in the genre.

    Happy TTT!

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  30. I used to be a sucker for boarding schools but not so much anymore. Time travel, though, I always say I won't read another and then I see a really good stroyline and I'm like 'fine, twist my arm why don't you'.

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  31. Boarding school Greg? really? is there some nostalgia ...or envy? LOL Sophie @bewareofthereader

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  32. I like Time Travel and Dystopians too. Have you ever read Timeline by Michael Crichton? I loved that book. Maybe it's due for a reread, because I've thought about it a couple of times in the last year.

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  33. I wonder if my love for boarding schools started with The Facts of Life? I love the setting for books, TV, and movies.

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  34. Some of these appeal to me too, but not across the board. I mean, I love the boarding-school aspect of the Harry Potter books, but it doesn't appeal to me much in contemporary YA (not that I read much contemporary YA anyway!) Maybe that's because I was a day student at a boarding school, and grew up on its campus?

    Anyway, time travel is another that appeals to me. And occasionally space opera.

    Fun list!

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  35. YES to end-of-the-world stories - love them in books and movies! Time travel is also something I love.

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  36. I like ALL THESE THINGS. And I think I have decided that when I get paid this week I am finally just going to suck it up and treat myself to the damn After the Lights Go Out. Did you start it? BUt whatever I love all the other ones I have read on your list, which of course is most of them!

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  37. You picked some of my favorites here. I love books with time travel and stories that take place off the grid are great. Wonderful list, Greg!

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  38. Dinosaurs! I never really got over my dinosaur phase...

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  39. I love how you did this and what kinds of stories make you pick it up! I didn't think of it that way!

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  40. I really want to know how I'm missing out on the whole dinosaur reading thing. I need to get on that ! lol

    Karen @ For What It's Worth

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  41. It's so funny - we have zero overlapping interests! In fact I go out of my way to avoid time travel and cloning. It just hurts my head! I do want to read more graphic novels. I love all the art I see and there's a few I've seen around that I really want to try.

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  42. Great list! Lots of great reads listed here too.

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  43. Time travel is one that I usually enjoy. Parallel dimensions always sound interesting but I always assume that I'm going to find them too confusing. LOL

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  44. Time travel made my list this week too. Love it!

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  45. Yes to cloning and to apocalypse stories.
    Great list!

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  46. I want to read almost all of these. Yes to cloning and YA's with a Twist! =)

    Mary

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  47. Yes to lost worlds and dinosaurs! You might enjoy the Primordia trilogy!

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  48. Space Operas and AIs for the win! Thanks for sharing your list. 👍✨

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  49. Awesome picks! Many of these topics are why I pick up books as well!

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  50. Cloning, AI, time travel and robots are all things which intrigue me as well. Can you tell I love a good sci-fi book? :D I love your choices and that you featured books for them as well.

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