Ten Books for Awesome-Short-Read Mood

“People who say they don’t have time to read simply don’t want to.” ― Julie Rugg, A Book Addict’s Treasury

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What’s your mood for today?

Moods is the theme of The Broke and the Bookish‘s Top Ten Tuesday today.

March 1: Ten Books To Read If You Are In The Mood For…

SHORT READS! 😀

Most of my followers are busy professionals plus great writers so for them, here are TEN AWESOME SHORT READS  (less than 300 pages) that they may want to read to have a break!

1. Love & Misadventure and Lullabies by Lang Leav

2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

3. The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch

4. Still Alice by Lisa Genova

5. Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo

6. Stupid is Forever by Miriam Defensor Santiago

7. Never Never (Never Never, #1) by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

8. Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) by Jerry Spinelli

9. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

10. The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion

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Photo and link credit: Goodreads

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That will be it for this week!

Have you read some of this books?

What are your most-loved short reads?

Let’s dicuss!

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Ten Valentine Reads (with *kilig* excerpts)

“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love…” ― Christopher Morley

Today is The Broke and the Bookish‘ Valentine’s-inspired Top Ten Tuesday! Funnily, though, I published my own Top 10 Novels to Read on Valentine’s last year (plus Top 10 movies!).

So… for a change… I will be sharing with you my ten recent reads perfect for the love season plus words from each book that made me grin and of course made me *kilig*! ❤

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FYI: 

kilig (A Filipino word with no direct English translation).

1. noun. It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs.

When kilig, one may experience the following:

*butterflies in one’s stomach
*heart melting
*shivers down one’s spine
*irrepressible noises from one’s mouth
*uncontrollable smiling
*an inner conflict between hope of something wished for and reality

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Here are the Ten Valentine Reads with some heartfelt excerpts! ❤

1. Love & Misadventure by Lang Leav

First Love

Before I fell

in love with words, 

with setting skies

and singing birds-

it was you I fell

in love with first.

2. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

“Letters are just pieces of paper,” I said. “Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”

3. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

“…Why would I want to watch other people kissing,” I say, “when I could be kissing you?”

4. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

“I miss you.”
“That’s stupid,” she said. “I saw you this morning.”
“It’s not the time,” Levi said, and she could hear that he was smiling.” It’s the distance.”

5. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

“You have been in every way all that anyone could be.… If anybody could have saved me it would have been you.”

6. See Me by Nicholas Sparks

In the end, the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them.

7. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

In my head I know I’ve been in love before, but it doesn’t feel like it. Being in love with you is better than the first time. It feels like the first time and the last time and the only time all at once.

8. Every Day (Every Day, #1) by David Levithan

The moment you fall in love feels like it has centuries behind it, generations – all of them rearranging themselves so this precise, remarkable intersection could happen. In your heart, in your bones, no matter how silly you know it is, you feel that everything has been leading to this, all the secret arrows were pointing here, the universe and time itself crafted this long ago, and you are just now realizing it, you are just now arriving at the place you were always meant to be.

9. Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) by Jerry Spinelli

“You liked me.”
I smiled.
“You were smitten with me. You were speechless to behold my beauty. You had never met anyone so fascinating. You thought of me every waking minute. You dreamed about me. You couldn’t stand it. You couldn’t let such wonderfulness out of your sight. You had to follow me.”
I turned to Cinnamon. He licked my nose. “Don’t give yourself so much credit. It was your rat I was after.”
She laughed, and the desert sang.”

10. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”

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Words and photo credit: Goodreads

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What are you reading this love month?

Have your read some of these?

Let’s talk!

🙂

❤

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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Not Scary but Definitely Creepy Books

“So what, ghosts can’t hurt you. That’s what I thought then.” ― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

I am no fan of ghosts or monster novels that is why I am kinda having some hard time with today’s The Broke and the Bookish‘s Halloween-inspired Top Ten Tuesday.

October 27: Halloween themed freebie

So instead of promising that this list will be full of SCARY novels, which I cannot actually promise, I opted to share to you books that definitely gave me creeps. Here are the Ten Not Scary but Definitely Creepy Books:

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Death is the storyteller of this book, isn’t it creepy?

2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Susie Salmon, a teenage girl raped and murdered, told her gruesome story from heaven.  Yeah, for me it’s creepy.

3. 1st to Die (Women’s Murder Club, #1) by James Patterson

A serial killer murders who murders newly-wed brides really sounds creepy to me.

4. Defending Jacob by William Landay

The main plot is actually a bit ordinary but the ending definitely give me creeps.

5. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

I had a lot of goosebumps when the main twist was told, it’s just… unexpected.

6. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Just like Leaving Time, I was not also ready when I reached the end of this book. It’s just so creepy!

7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

This novel and its movie are not just creepy. They are insane!!!

8. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

I never sang “Ten Little Indian Boys” after I read this book.

9. The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith

As a sucker of whodunit and muder mysteries, this book indeed gave me a lot of creeps.

10. Rising Sun by Michael Crichton

As the first full-length novel that I have read, this book introduced me to the world of gross murders and thrilling plot. So yes, this complete my list.

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Photo credits: All book covers are from Goodreads.

So that was it!

I hope you agree that these books are creepy enough!

I would love to hear your thoughts!

And to read your list, too!

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Author Duos You’d LOVE To See Write A Book Together

“A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you’re going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.” ― Louis L’Amour

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again and this week, The Broke and the Bookish put the spotlight on the people behind the words, the authors!

October 13: Top Ten Author Duos You’d LOVE To See Write A Book Together

This will take a lot of time but I will try to do it quick! 😀

So here are the duos that I would love to see, hopefully!

1. Kiera Cass + Colleen Hoover = Fairytalish  and suspense/mystery YA

2. Rainbow Rowell + Graeme Simsion = Ultimate book with odd yet lovable characters

3. Anthony Doerr +  Alice Walker = Ultimate historical fiction

4. Alice Sebold + Jojo Moyes = Ultimate tearjerker

5. Stephen King + James Patterson = Ultimate sci-fi mystery thriller

6. Jodi Picoult + Liane Moriarty = Ultimate mystery/romance/family novel

7. E. Lockhart + Gillian Flynn = Ultimately ‘insane’ story

8. Paulo Coelho + Markus Zusak = Ultimate inspiring and spiritually deep novel

9. Gayle Forman + Robert Galbraith = Ultimate love and mystery thriller

10.  Mitch Albom + Nicholas Sparks = THE BEST NOVEL EVER! 😀 ❤ (Sorry for fangirling!)

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That’s it!

Share your thoughts to me, please! 😀

And your links, too!

🙂

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30-Day Book Challenge: The most surprising plot twist or ending

Again, this awesome book challenge is made by beckysblogs! Go check her equally amazing blog! 🙂

DAY 25. – The most surprising plot twist or ending.

I would give the top 5 novels that I was not able to predict. Here they are:

The Vanishing Point by Val McDermid

MY THOUGHTS: This is the kind of ending that will make out re-read the last chapters, and be like: “Wait, what?”

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

MY THOUGHTS: This book’s ending made me a Picoult-fan. I have never ever thought of the way this book was ended. Goosies, indeed!

The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom

MY THOUGHTS: Pay attention to that last phone call from ‘heaven’. You’ll surely have some goosies once you realized what just happened.

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks

MY THOUGHTS: This is a great example of my love-hate relationship with Spark’s sad endings. I never see the ending coming. And yes, it just ain’t fair! Why would you do that, Nicholas?

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

MY THOUGHTS: I don’t know if it was just me or E. Lockhart is really a genius. This novel’s ending is just so creepy yet heartbreaking.

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That’s it guys!

Share to me your thought, please. 🙂

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Super Book Update 1.1

After failing so many promised follow-up blogs now I am here to give the second batch of the new novels that I have read! Yes!

To have a breath of fresh air after reading three consecutive love-related novels, I read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. After their beloved Lydia was found dead in a lake near their home, the Lee family was required to face the turmoil that has been going on within their family. Secrets are revealed. Hearts are broken. The entire family is shaken. Indeed a short yet moving read.

What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.

E. Lockhart written another troubled-family novel, We Were Liars, packed with romance and suspense as Cadence recalled that summer with her cousins and Gat, whom she referred as the Liars. The novels felt like an ordinary summer-fling story at the beginning until a tragic mistake happen. Soon, the reality unveiled itself and yes, the ending is just so surprising and chilling at the same time.

It is good to be loved. Even though it will not last.

So that’s a wrap for my 2014 reads! The next update will be posted soon! (I mean it really! :D)

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