Top Ten Books To Get Into The Halloween Spirit

Meme at The Brooke and The Bookish
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Haven't done one of these lists in a while.  I love Halloween, simply because it is a fun festivity.
Also, because it is the perfect time to read or watch a good scary story.  This is my top ten list for spooky theme readings!

Ghosts
1.  Stir of echoes by Richard Matheson
2.  On The Day I Died by Candace Fleming (review)

Vampires
3.  Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
4.  Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris

Demons
5.  Practical Demon Keeping by Christopher Moore - Really Funny with lots of demon eating everything action.

Zombies
6.  The Walking Dead Comic Books by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
7. Dust by Joan Frances Turner (review)

The Fates, Witches
8.  Witchcraft Graphic Novel by James Robinson

Haunted House
9.  The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red by Ridley Pearson

A little bit of everything
10. Prom Dates To Die For - edited by Mari Farthing (review)

Top Ten Books To Read in One Day

Weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish

We all have those books perfect for the bookish marathoner in us.  What is a bookish marathoner? you say!  Well, it's the reader who spends long hours reading the same book just to find out what happened.  This reader has big questions that never he/she can leave unanswered like: What will happen with humanity? Did she escaped? Do they love each other?  Who did she chose?  Is there a preview of second book at the end of the book?

That's who we are.  We keep reading.  We read while doing any chore, we read while waiting for an appointment, we always read.  Some weird days we can read more, a lot more, so we look for that book we can't wait to read.  Once the book is on our hands, the marathon has begun.  We make some stops, maybe to drink some juice or have a snack and we keep going until the end of the book is so clear to us that we are reaching the final pages.  There is no sunlight anymore, but a little lamp by the bed to end those final words... The End.   Then, you turn the page and a promotion for the next book appears.  That will be hunting you forever, or until you get your hands on that book( whatever comes first).

Here is my Top Ten:

1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. Lamb by Christopher Moore
5. Any book from the Southern Vampires Series/ Sookie Stackhouse
6. Breadfruit by Celestine Hitiura - if you are looking for something nice and relaxing to read.
7. Any book from Percy & The Olympians series
8. The Messenger by Lois Lowry
9. Revealing Eden by Victoria Foyt
10. Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice

What's your top ten?  Are you a bookish marathoner?  Let me know with your comments.

 

Tuesday's Memes

Teaser Tuesdays

To participate in Teaser Tuesdays, choose a random page at your current read, take two sentences and share them with your readers.  Keep away from spoilers!  Then go to Should Be Reading , say hi to the meme's host, MizB and share your link.  Why? So others can get interested in your book selection.

"Soft whispers throttled through my mind.  A chill prickled at my arms and goose bumps ran all the way up to my scalp, a tingle burning the back of my neck and along my ears."

The Forever Girl: Sophia's Journey by Rebecca Hamilton (Location 569 of 5201)

Here is the book trailer:

Top Ten Books I'd Play Hooky With
A good opportunity to fight my TBR pet monster!  Here is my list, but probably my new reads(by new I mean not yet inside TBR's cage) will get included.

 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish 

• Matched by Aly Condie
• Crossed by Aly Condie:  I recently won it at Up In The Bibliosphere  .  Thanks Kelsy.
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Tell - All by Chuck Pallaniuk
• Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
• Gone by Michael Grant
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore:  He always writes great, hilarious books.
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui

Top Ten Series and/or Books I Recommend To New YA Readers

Top Ten Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted @ The Broke And The Bookish. This week we can do a list about any topic of our interest(it's freebie week), so I have been thinking about books I would recommend to a new YA reader. This days more and more readers are begin to have interest in YA lit driven by the themes, the characters and all the exposure this genre is having. Monday I posted(for Musing Mondays at Should Be Reading) about reasons people are seen appeal in reading YA. One appeal is the good series and books, and that is why I want to recommend this series and/or books:

1. The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare - This series is great, and never, never boring!

2.Percy Jackson and The Olympians- Real fun

3.The Giver(1994 Newbery Medal), Gathering Blue, The Messenger by Lois Lowry- These are companion books.

4.The Forrest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan - Dead Tossed Waves (2nd book) and The Dark and Hollow Places (3rd book)

5.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

6. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead - The more recent book is Last Sacrifice (Book # 6)

7.Cathy Vickers Trilogy by Jordan Weisman.

8. Forgotten by Cat Patrick - Not a series but I really like it.

9. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

10. Dust by Joan Frances Turner - Frail will be the 2nd book of this series.

Hope you enjoy this list. These are great additions to your TBR list.