Top 10 Tuesday

Happy Tuesday lovelies!  How is your week so far?  Survived Monday with minimal casualties? I know I did! Beyond that, I hope that you all are reading something absolutely wonderful and that you find some joy in today's top 10 list here at the Confessional! 

Lately, I've been on a YA kick.  Lots of books in this genre, and spanning into different genres in general...fantasy, romance, sci-fi, dystopian, and so many more!  Yet, I want to pick just 10 that have easily become my favorites (and chances are some of these will be whole series listed, but don't judge me!)

TOP 10 YA FAVORITES

10. Divergent Series - Veronica Roth

9. The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner

8. The Giver Quartet - Lois Lowry

7. The Dwellers Saga - David Estes

6. His Fair Assassin Series - Robin LeFevers

5. Delirium Series - Lauren Oliver

4. The Grisha Series - Leigh Bardugo

3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone Series - Laini Taylor 

2. The Iron Fey/Lost Prince - Julie Kagawa

1. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Okay, seriously, I think this is by far one of the hardest freaking lists I've ever written!  Because there are so many that aren't on this list that would fit..and I don't want to knock any of them out of position...but SERIOUSLY?!  GAH! 

What are some of your favorite YA novels? 

Top Ten Tuesday: Trilogies

Holy crap! It's MARCH! Where has 2016 gone?! Three months in already!  Holy moley! 

As the first is ALSO a Tuesday, you know what that means!  It is time for another Top Ten Tuesday!!!!! This week, I'm celebrating my favorite top ten trilogies! 

These series have only three books in them, will only have 3 books in them. Three has become the magic number for these awesome series! 

Without further adieu, let's get to the main attraction! 

Top Ten Trios

10. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

9. The Razorland Trilogy by Anne Aguirre

8. Black City Chronicles by Elizabeth Richards

7. Legend by Marie Lu

 

6. All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

 

5. Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown

 

4. Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King

3. The Night Trilogy Elie Wiesel

2. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

Did your favorite trilogy make the list?  If not, let me know what it is!  I've read lots of trilogies, these are just by far my favorites and ones that I repeatedly return to re-read.  

You remind me of the babe...

Those six words popped up on my Facebook newsfeed, and when someone starts a song from one of my all time favorite movies...I must continue the song! I did, the entire opening verse to Dance Magic Dance by David Bowie from Labyrinth.

I'm glad I did.

Why? Because they were worth a fantastic gift from author Sinead MacDoughlas.  A $10 Amazon gift card...which by the way was mapped out to the last two pennies before the email even hit my inbox.  As if reading my mind, I'd checked one of my daily deal mails that had also popped up in my inbox and one of my favorite books is on sale for $2.99...so guess which book ended up on the list?  Exactly.

So, wanna see the new books added to my Kindle?

1.) Fractured Fairy Tales by Catherine Stovall, Leah D.W. Victoria Kinnard, Sinead MacDoughlas (and many more!)

This book has been on my wishlist since it came out in December last year.  I am really looking forward to getting into this book...I think it just managed to worm its way to the top of my TBR pile, and will be read as soon as I finish Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi.











2,) Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

I have read this book before, absolutely LOVE it!  There are not enough words to express how much I absolutely adore this book and the subsequent books in this series (though I've not yet gotten my hands on book three).  This book was the one that I mentioned earlier that was on sale for $2.99 and I had to add it to the list of what I'd purchased with this gift card because otherwise it would have cost the bulk of the gift card to get! Will more than likely get the other two with my Christmas gift card.  We will see.

3.) Whispers from Mirrowen Trilogy by Jeff Wheeler


This book actually caught my attention, and the fact that all three books in this series were on sale (and I had money to spend),  I figured I would give the trio a try.  I will decidedly let you know at least how the first book is, and more than likely, knowing my book OCD I will finish the series anyway.