Top Ten Tuesday #5: Favorite Kick-Ass Heroines

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

I think I almost jumped for joy when I saw this week's prompt! Yes, I love my awesome female protagonists :)
Disclaimer: I'll be using DeviantArts in this post, so thank you to all the great artists I link to!

1. Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins)

(by friedChicken365)

Kick-ass doesn't even come close to describing Katniss Everdeen. She hunts in the woods for her family, trades in the black market, she is the Girl on Fire, the District 12 Victor, twice Hunger Games Tribute, and the Mockingjay of a freaking Revolution. Not to mention she has random humorous moments that we can't help but laugh at. Sure, all that results in her becoming a bit... unstable, but still.

Top Ten Tuesday #4: Books to Get into the Halloween Spirit

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

I actually don't read a lot of horrors, but I'll do my best!

1. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This one was featured in a recent Follow Friday about the book I think would make a great Halloween movie! And like I said, this one isn't about violence or gore, but it seriously messes with your mind. It also doesn't help that my favorite manga series have a whole arc dedicated to this story - like a retell of some sorts. I think I got nightmares after I read that.

Top Ten Tuesday #3: Favorite Fantasy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's prompt is Top Ten Favorite Authors In X Genre - and of course, you all know I'll have to go with fantasy!

1. Jonathan Stroud (The Bartimaeus Trilogy): His books are the kind that makes you want to stay up all night reading and then skipping breakfast the next day to read some more. Okay, so that was an overstatement, but he has a style that combines the necessary world-building of a fantasy novel with witty humour - just read The Bartimaeus Trilogy and see for yourself!

Top Ten Tuesday #2: REWIND! Top Ten Books Katie Finds Most Intimidating

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

It's nice getting to catch up with all the old TTTs that I've missed! There were so many great ones, so I randomized them and got this one - here goes:

1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Just like any classics, there are people who love this book and people who just don't even care. As for me, I'm just struck by its sheer size. If this is not intimidating, I don't know what is.

2. The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
The first time I heard of this book is when my aunt, knowing I love fantasies, got me a book 300 pages long called New Threads in the Pattern. And when I found out it's actually the SECOND part of the SECOND book of the series, I was stunned. The series started in 1990 (that's before I was even born!) and - guess what - still haven't ended: its 14th-and-last book is set to be published in 2013. And the reason it has 2 authors is because Robert Jordan died when he was writing the 11th book.
Wow. At least I know what to read when I'm absolutely desperate for books.

Top Ten Tuesday #1: "Older" Books Katie Doesn't Want People To Forget About

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

My first reaction when I read this week's topic is: How should I define "Older"? For this blog, my interpretation would be any book that has been backlisted or have been published for a while ago but still worth reading!

1. The Harry Potter series (1997 - 2007) by J.K. Rowling

This is the one series that I can (and will never) be able to bear forgetting. I read the first book when I was 5 years old - and I got hooked. Not only on Harry Potter, but on reading itself. And it's not just me, but a whole generation! It's not the first (and certainly not the last) of its genre, but it's done something wonderful and... magical. Nothing can put my gratitude for Harry Potter better than the word of the one and only J.K. Rowling: "To Harry Potter! The Boy Who Live!"