Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

 

May 13: Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn't

 

1)   The Historian by  Elizabeth Kostova - appears either you love this book or you don't. I finished because I was curious about the ending, but it took awhile.

2)  One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus - still gave this book 3 stars (meaning I liked it)

3)  The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - I ended up giving this book a 4 star rating, I think that I got frustrated with some of the characters here and wanted to reach in the book and give them a shake. 

4)  Alice I Have Been by Melaine Benjamin - kinda creeped me out a little, the relationship thing going on there. Still an interesting look at the creator of Alice in Wonderland (one of these days I might actually read it too.)

5)  Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte - A lot of swashbuckling, that's about it.

 

6)  Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz - I love a good witch story, but this wasn't it. By the ratings I can see that I am not alone. Why did I stick with it?  Good question.

7)  The Sweet Girl by Annabel  Lyon - another one that started out really good, but went downhill and I keep hoping it would get better.  Was glad when it was done.

8)  A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick - could have been a much better book, lacked dialogue.  Started out pretty good but...

9)  Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman - sure would like to know what I missed with this book, it has a high rating and rave reviews, I think that it why I kept at it.  I don't get it at all.

10) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - it's science fiction, not my thing.  But my son and I had a little challenge going one, I would give him a book to read and he would give me one.  This is one that he gave me.