A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. – George R.R. Martin
I can’t help but smile as I write this post because The Broke and the Bookish’s Top Ten Tuesday today is almost related to my post last week, Top Ten Books I am Dying to Read.
September 22: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR
But instead of repeating those books, I will feature the 10 books that I ought to finish this fall. They are all part of PopSugar’s Reading Challenge 2015 that I would like to wrap up, soon!
Here they are:
1. A book you own but have never read – Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
2. A nonfiction book – You Can You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner by Joel Osteen
3. A classic romance – Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
4. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
5. A book based on a true story – Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
6. A book at the bottom of your to-read list – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. A book more than 100 years old – Alice in Wonderland (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, #1) by Lewis Carroll
8. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
9. A book with antonyms in the title – South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

I’ve read only three in your list. Adding The Gold Finch to my TBR list too.
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Oh. That would be great! Please share to me your thoughts!
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About the ones I’ve read? Loved the Pelican Brief the most, but then I am a fan of Grisham. I had read Alice once upon a time, but I think that book has layers…and a different layer peels away whenever you read it.
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I actually heard a lot of good reviews for Grisham. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
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These are some wonderful recommendations. I have read only the 7th.
I am sure i will read “Everything” one day.
Love and light ❤
Anand 🙂
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Thank you! 😀
I heard they are all awesome. 😀
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Indeed. You are most welcome, Rose 🙂
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Oh.. you are doing this too… I am stuck in this since I picked all the difficult ones and now I can’t find those books anywhere
Will try and see if they are available online! Good luck 🙂
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Yes, I do! Yay! 😀 Good luck!
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Hmm…. I’m adding Everything Everything to my TBR.😊
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I have read it, just recently and it was indeed a short yet good read! 😀 Thank you for the visit!
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Great that you are attaching your reading challenge to this week’s topic. 🙂 I’ve been hearing good tings about Everything Everything.
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Oh thank you! 😀 I have read it recently and it was indeed a standout! It’s premise is unique. So.. it’s really worth a try! 😀
Thank you for reading!
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Looks like you have a great selection of books there. I’ve read Eat Pray Love, out of the books you mentioned. I hope you enjoy them all.
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ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE WAS AN ASSIGNED READING AT YOUR SCHOOL?! I’m so jealous!! It’s my favourite book of all time ❤ READ IT READ IT READ IT! 😀
Everything Everything was really good. And I'm also kind of reading Alice In Wonderland. My edition has Alice In Wonderland as well as Through the Looking Glass… so I've kind of put it on hold because I don't really feel like reading Through the Looking Glass right now.
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Uhm. Honestly, no. I am not studying anymore haha and this was released way past my school days but I considered this because my high school alma mater now includes this book in their book report options. 🙂
Yep. I’ve read Everything Everything and it was really good! Haha. You’re comment on Alice is really witty! 😀
Thank you for the visit, Jenna! 😀
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I’ve been seeing Everything Everything everywhere lately. I guess I’ll have to give it a try too!
And To Kill a Mockingbird has been on my tbr list for ages now too! 🙂
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I just recently finished Everything, Everything and it is definitely a refreshing read! 🙂
Oh. I thought it was just me. 😀
Thank you for the visit!
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You’re welcome Rosema! I love reading your posts. 🙂
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Alice in Wonderland and To Kill a Mockingbird are both fantastic, so I really hope you enjoy them as well. Happy reading!
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Thank you for the visit, Alicia! I am looking forward to reading those two! 😀
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I want to read Everything Everything too! 🙆🏼
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I am done with it, just last night! And it was awesome!
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I’ve been wanting to read Eat Pray Love for a long time. I loved the movie, but I’ve heard a lot of bad things about the book.. So I’ve been reluctant.
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Oh. Really? I haven’t watched the movie yet… but I think I will give the book a chance. 🙂
Thank you for the visit!
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I’ve already read The Goldfinch and All the Light We Cannot See and I highly recommend them both! I own Alice in Wonderland and To Kill a Mockingbird but I haven’t read them yet.
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Thank you for the visit, Lynn! 😀 I am now reading All the Light.. 😀
Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
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I’m doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge as well! That was a good approach to this list. I’m currently stumped on a book with antonyms in the title and an author with my same initials.
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I actually haven’t seen any book for the author with my same initials. 😀 So I considered it a BONUS. Haha
There are some good books with antonyms. Like Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and the West of the Border… by Haruki Murakami. 🙂
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Although I haven’t read any of the books you’ve got on your list, I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about All the Light We Cannot See so I hope you like it!
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Thank you for the visit Nattie! I just started reading it and so far so good. 🙂
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Hi! I loooooved Love in the Time of Cholera. Such a beautiful book. Great list!
My TTT
Leslie
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Thank you for the visit! I haven’t read it yet. What are your thought about it? 🙂
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I really want to read All The Light We Cannot See at some point! 🙂 Great list. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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You’re welcome! 🙂 I am now reading it. 😀
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I like your categories. Goldfinch can be my bought but not yet read choice.
Lynn 😀
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Thank you for the visit, Lynn. I heard the Goldfinch is a good read! 😀
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The Goldfinch is sitting on a pile of boxes in my library (really a glorified front-porch that became a room).
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is, simply put, the GOD of Magic Realism. I LOVE him.
All the Light You Cannot See is brilliant, and exquisitely written. A moving story.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a masterpiece.
Alice in Wonderland — one of the cleverest, most amusing, intelligent fantastical books ever written. You should definitely read it. I’ve memorized entire pieces of poetry (light verse, really) from it, and they’re FUN.
I would like to read South of the Border, West of the Sun.
I’m not really a fan of John Grisham — although he’s a skilled plotter, I guess.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a well-written, whiny book about a privileged woman. I was put off by the self-indulgence in her tone. She is a very skilled writer, though, and conveys scenes well. Not my favorite book.
Nice list, Rose Marie!
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Oh my! Your knowledge about books is just commendable! Yay. I am fan now.
Thank you for the visit! 😀
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🙂 You’re welcome!
I read because I’m hungry. And I love the glimpse into other worlds that writers bring in their own unique ways. Everyone has a story, and IS a story!
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That’s just so true!!! 😀
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Oh dear, I have a terrible habit of putting holds on every book at the library that catches my eye, only to end up with a never-ending list of books just dying to be read and not enough time! 🙂
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Oh I do have that habit too. But now, I am focusing on finishing the 2015 Reading Challenge. 😀 Somehow I am restraining my self to add more books on my TBR. 😀
Thank you for the visit!
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Great list! I want to read The Goldfinch too, and All The Light We Cannot See but totally forgot about them when making my list so thanks for the reminder 🙂
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Thank you for the visit and you’re welcome too! 😀
I heard those two are great reads. 🙂
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I really want to get around to Eat Pray Love & All the Light eventually! My TTT
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I am now reading All the Light. So far so good. 🙂
Thank you for the visit and for sharing your post! 😀
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That is a great list of books, they are all so varied in subject matter! I’m currently doing the ‘Aussie Author Challenge 2015’ over at bookloverbookreviews.com, but I think I might try the PopSugar challenge next 🙂
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Yay! Thank you for reading! That challenge sounds interesting! 🙂
Yes, I intentionally picked books with diverse topics because Nicholas Sparks have a lot of theme/subject in his novels. Like I said, there is always love, lost, grief, love for family, marriage, death, tragedy…
Thank you again! 😀
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