Top Ten Tuesday #106 - Books I Will Definitely Reread In 2016...

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous girls cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is a freebie choice so I've chosen

Ten Books I Will Definitely Reread In 2016...

Most of these used to be annual rereads for me but have fallen by the wayside in recent years. I'm desperate to lose myself in The Dark Is Rising again, and When Marnie Was There, and I adored Among Others so much that I want to reread it right now...

The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall

Howl's Moving Castle

When Marnie Was There

Among Others

The Dark Is Rising Sequence

I Capture The Castle

Dark Cathedral

The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen

The Bloody Chamber

Northanger Abbey

Top Ten Tuesday #82 - Favorite Heroines From Books & TV

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Favorite Heroines From Books & TV

I have a vague recollection of doing this topic before but cannot for the life of me remember how long ago it was. Anyway, here's a new list of some of my favorite heroines from books and, thanks to characters from Game of Thrones, television too!

Lila - A Darker Shade of Magic

Mori - Jo Walton

Elizabeth Bennett - Pride & Prejudice

Lyra - His Dark Materials

Sansa Stark - A Song of Ice & Fire

Brienne of Tarth - ASoIaF

Daenerys Targaryen - ASoIaF

Lady Trent - A Natural History of Dragons

Karou - Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Anne Shirley - Anne of Green Gables

Top Ten Tuesday #68 - Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels

Top Ten Tuesday #56 - Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag

I don't really do the beach, or 'beach reads' so I pondered over this one for quite a while! In the end I decided to go with books that I have read in the summer and books that would be a great summer read :)

Second Chance Summer | Fangirl | Cruel Summer

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour | The Summer I Turned Pretty | Anna & the French kiss

The Princess Bride | Pride & Prejudice

The Ocean At The End Of The Lane | Shadow & Bone

Top Ten Tuesday #54 - Books About Friendship

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books About Friendship

Books about friendship - best friends, ex-friends, keep your friends close and your enemies closer 'friends', sisters, friends who are gone, friends who become more. Hands down, my favorite book about friendship will always be the Anne books by L M Montgomery. When I was a child and first read them I used to daydream about all the kindred spirits I would meet!

Anne of Green Gables

Hold Still | Aristotle & Dante | Attachments

Perks of Being A Wallflower | The Secret History | Cruel Summer

Harry Potter | Daughter of Smoke & Bone | Pride & Prejudice

Top Ten Tuesday #6

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books When You Need Something Light & Fun

This is my idea of light and/or fun, what I read when I want something funny, light or fluffy - brain candy as my mother used to say!

Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde

Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Color Of Magic - Terry Pratchett

Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

Harry Potter - J K Rowling

One For The Money - Janet Evanovich

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen

Stardust - Neil Gaiman