April 30, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday #8: What Makes Me Pick Up A Book


Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted over at The Broke and the Bookish. 

Here are the Top Ten Eight Words/Topics That Instantly Make Me Buy/Pick Up A Book!

1. Vampires: I love me some vampires. Did you not read my Top Ten Bookish Boyfriends post? Half of them were vampires. I am a huge fan of all the different little qualities that different authors give their vampires.

2. Survival: Fighting to survive? Count me in. For some reason I love a good stranded in a lifeboat, facing a huge storm or fire, or surviving in the arena, etc. type novel.

3. Dystopia: I love The Hunger Games, Divergent and the like. I'm a dystopian fan through and through, when it's done well of course.

4. Bad Boys: I can't say no to them. 

5. Mythology: Mythology was one of my favorite classes in high school. The Percy Jackson series is one of my all time favorites. 

6. Witches/Powers: Whether it is super powers of witchy powers I love reading about them and I wish I had some.

7. Secret Societies: I'm all about the secret societies with secret books and secret secrets.

8. A Unique Setting: I love a novel that takes place somewhere that I don't see on a daily basis, whether it be a different state such as Alaska or a whole different world.

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  1. I love unique settings. That's partly my intrigue in historical settings. I like a setting with flare, it really adds to the book. I highly recommend The Diviners and I also just finished In The Shadow of Blackbirds which was set in 1918. And usually beachy towns feel unique to me. Places I've been to or can imagine but still feel like a whole other world. I pretty much agree with all of these. I'd like to see more secret societies!

    Great list :)

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    1. Thanks! I love a unique setting. If I can get lost in a new place I'm sold. I will have to look into The Diviners next time I'm out. I've heard good things.

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  2. I don't think I can ever get tired of dystopia.


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  3. I totally forgot about secret societies! I'm a sucker for those kinds of books too. Bad boys aren't half bad either :)

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    1. I love secret societies! I can't get enough of them. And those bad boys always seem to catch my attention. ;)

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  4. New follower! I do so love a bad boy. Can't help it!

    My TTT
    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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    1. Thanks for following! Bad Boys are just so enticing.

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  5. Oh.. I love me a sexy vamp too :P I LOVE secret societies... I am thinking of SO many more ideas now that I've been looking at others list and it was so HARD for me at the time :P Ohh.. and can anyone resist a bad boy? Let's be honest .. lol

    Thanks for stopping by my post!

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    1. I don't think anyone can resist a bad boy. ;) I did the same thing, once I started visiting everyone else's list I was like darn, I probably could have come up with 10.

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  6. I took a Mythology course in college and boy, was it awesome or what! I also have survival on my list and ooh, love the secret societies you mentioned! =D Great list.

    Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile

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    1. I love mythology. There is just something about it that makes me giddy. Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Oooooh...secret societies! Great topic!

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    1. I love when there is a secret society in books or movies. I'm always intrigued and normally I wish I could join. :)

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  8. I absolutely love dystopian settings, books of witches/magical powers and mythology! Great list!

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    1. Thanks! I love magical powers/witches books, now if I only had some magical powers. lol

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  9. Dystopia, Survival, and Bad Boys!! oh yes!! Oh yes indeed!! ha ha Mythology is also one of my favs!! Great list!!!

    Magen Corrie
    ~Corrie the Book Crazed Girl

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  10. I do love unique and off-the-beaten path settings. Normal contemp settings and such bore me after a while. I adore mythology - Greek, Roman, Egyptian, you name it! But I haven't come across too many good books recently. Percy Jackson seems a bit young for my tastes. I used to devour mythology books, however, so I need to look for some more current ones. :) And secret societies are also so interesting. I enjoyed reading your picks!

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