Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Ten Tuesday. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Top Ten Inspiring Quotes From Books


I've finally gotten round to joining in with Top Ten Tuesday again - finally! It's hosted by the wonderful The Broke And The Bookish - head over to their blog, join in with TTT and post a link to your post in the Linky widget... thing so everyone can see! Join in every week (like I plan on doing from now on!)! :D

Now, this week the topic is:
Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books (anything that inspires you, challenges you, makes you think, encourages you, etc.)
Since there are way too many quotes to choose from, this list might involve some minor cheats...  Oops!

These two (I know, cheating) remind me that everyone is a little bit bonkers and I should embrace my uniqueness:
1.       “We’re all mad here” from Alice In Wonderland and Luna Lovegood’s “Don’t worry.  You’re just as sane as I am”.
These two (another cheat) are about changing things.  The first inspires me to make a difference and the second reminds me that books have more power than most people think:
2.     “Fire is catching!  And if we burn, you burn with us!” Katniss Everdeen, from Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games.  And from The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare, “One must always be careful of  books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
And this one reminds me nothing is truly impossible:
3.      “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,” from Through The Looking Glass
This one challenges me to think outside the box – it’s also so, so true:
4.      “Doors are for people with no imagination,” Skulduggery Pleasant, of course, by the wonderful Derek Landy
This quote inspires me to live every single day like it’s my last:
5.      “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities,” Hazel Grace from The Fault In Our Stars
This quote makes me smile and reminds me to have hope:
6.      “Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light,” as said by the amazing Professor Dumbledore
These two (cheating again, I know) inspire me to confident and sure of myself – and not to feel self-conscious about Tweeting and telling people about my work:
7.      “Time to be awesome,” as said by Daemon Black from Lux by Jennifer L Armentrout, and “I don’t show off.  I merely demonstrate my abilities at opportune times”, as said by the wonderful Skulduggery Pleasant
This one reminds me that I have people who love and support me – and that I have people I love and support in return:
8.     “Take my hands…  And my strength too.  Whatever of it you can use to – to keep yourself going,” Alec from The Mortal Instruments
The next one makes me realise I’m always changing and so is everyone else.  It inspires me to always change and improve – but also to never let myself change completely and vanish.  It also reminds me that books can be as utterly devastating as they are beautiful:
9.      “Every seven years our bodies change, every cell.  Every seven years we disappear,” as said by Tessa from Before I Die by Jenny Downham, the first book that had me sobbing my eyes out whilst smiling
This quote reminds me everyone can be good and bad at the same time.  It encourages me to embrace the light and always try to be as good as I can be:
10.  “We’ve all got both dark and light inside us.  What matters is the part we choose to act on.  That’s who we really are,” Sirius Black.

So, those are my quotes!  Let me know what you think - and leave me a link to your TTT too! or just leave your choices in the comments! :D

Have a great Tuesday!

Happy Reading
Megan

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Top Ten Tuesday (#5)



Hello, lovely followers! I've decided to join in with all the fun of Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the awesome The Broke and the Bookish. It just looks like so much fun! :D

This weeks topic is...


Top Ten Favorite Books With School Setting


Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Officially the best ever book series set in a school.  I mean: Hogwarts!!  Need I say more?!
Vampire Academy/Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
C'mon!!  Who doesn't wanna go to St Vlads and hang out with Rose before heading off to the Sunshine State to hang with Sydney and Adrian?  No one.  Ergo: one of the best book series set in a school ever.  Period.


Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
Yep, one of the best.  I sooo wanna go train at Gallagher Academy...  *sigh*
Probably a bit cheating, this one.  I mean, they're summer camps.  But the half-bloods... they learn there.  That kinda makes it school...  Hey, this is my list!  I totally allow minor cheats like this from now on! ;)
Leading us to...
Study Series by Maria V. Snyder
Yep, another cheat.  So soon.  But Yelena has to learn.  And, y'know, the word 'Study' is in the title.  Studying is what you do at school.  Ergo: allowed.
I love my logic.


Ravenwood Mysteries by Mia James
Vampires, conspiracies, murders...  If all schools were like this, no one would ever leave.
Y'know.  Unless in a coffin or something...
The Medusa Project by Sophie McKenzie
School and superpowers! #SOLD
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
A school for witches, fairies, ghosts, and other various supernatural beings... What's not to love?


Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
It's hot.  Enough said.
House of Night by P.C and Kristin Cast
Gotta love that school...  Awesome...


So that's my Top Ten!!  What's yours? :D

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Top Ten Tuesday (#4)


Hello, lovely followers! I've decided to join in with all the fun of Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the awesome The Broke and the Bookish. It just looks like so much fun! :D

This weeks topic is...

Top Ten Books I Wish Could Have Had Sequels



I don't really want a sequel-sequel.  Cause... well, if you've read the book you know how it ends.  I just want a spin-off about Zoey - Tessa's best friend.  She has some pretty big news in the book and I wanna know how she deals with... everything.
Again, wanna know what happens next to Joey.  I love him so much!
Why do I want a sequel?  BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO LEAVE A STANDALONE NOVEL LIKE THAT!!!!!!!  I MEAN OHMIGOD!!!!!!!!  PURE FREAKING EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I'm done.  Read the book and you'll get all the yelling...


I'm not really sure why I want a sequel to this one.  I just... do...  I can't explain it.  And maybe I don't even want a sequel...  Ok, you know what I want?  Just more from this character - I love her.  That's why.  She broke my heart and I just... I want her to fix it again, ok?!
Again, not sure why.  I think it's cause I love the characters.
This one is probably cheating but I just... I never liked the ending.  I want the immediately-after, not the however-many-years-from-now.

 
Dunno why.  Just really really really liked this one. :D
Again, cheating.  But I want more books from Rose's perspecive.  I love Sydney like mad but still...
One of my fave series ever - it shouldn't've been ended after just two books!!!!


What can I say?  I wanna know what happens next. ;)

Ok, that's my Top Ten!  What's yours!! :D

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Top Ten Tuesday (#3)


Hello, lovely followers! I've decided to join in with all the fun of Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the awesome The Broke and the Bookish. It just looks like so much fun! :D

This week the topic is:

Top Ten Authors Who Deserve More Recognition

And so this is my ten...



She is my favourite author ever - literally.  She is funny, witty,  clever, genius, writes the funniest, most action packed and sexiest scenes ever!  I love her!  And she just doesn't get the recognition she deserves.  Even if all us bloggers know and love her, other non-bloggy people don't and that's just a crime.  She should have billboards, posters, movies, and Daemon Black cardboard cutouts...
Wait, forget that last one... 



I love Gregg's Empty Coffin Series - it's awesome!  But no one really seems to know about it - and I really wish they could, because it's amazing!  So different!  A bit like Medium for teens, but even better!!




Yes, Sarah is huge.  She has a huge following.  So why bring her up?  Because the publishers (the fools) only published the first in her Fated series, which is easily one of my fave series!   How could they have done that?!?!?  Also, I just really want one of her books to be a movie.  They would make the most kickass movies...




Julia is a brilliant British author and all her contemps are so amazing.  I really wish she got more recognition!!




Yep, ol' Julia has three pennames.  And each penname writes equally amazing books.  And each penname should get much more recognition.  I love you, Julia/Joss/Eve!




I loved Sam's The Repossession and really wish more people would read it!! 




Best. Series. Ever.  And Everyone. Should. Read. It.
Everyone.
Everywhere.
And Will should have movies too.  Lots of them.  One for each book.  Hint hint, movie world.




E.J. is amazing.  I love her to pieces.  And she should have one of the huge publishers pushing her books, because all teen girls would love to read them!  They're so funny!!  And she's so lovely!  




This is a weird choice, 'cause Holly is really well known.  But... she should have a Curse Workers movie!!!  Ok!  That's why!  I'm selfish and want a White Cat movie!  Sue me.




Maria's really well known.  But not well known enough in my opinion.  She could never be well known enough.


Well, that's my Ten!!  You probably know them all, but fingers crossed! :D
Oh, and FYI, like four of these authors are taking part in Fortnight of Guests...
Can you guess who?