Something to Crow About: April 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

TTT - topics that make me pick up a book

I decided I’m going to start participating in the Top Ten Tuesday posts at The Broke and the Bookish. Books are good. Lists are good. So this should be good (I hope)!

Today’s theme – Top ten words/topics that instantly make me buy/pick up a book (with an example)
1. London.
The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)

2. Cooking/Eating.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

3. Strong/empowered/interesting women.
Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times

4. Travel.
Notes from a Small Island

5. History.
His Excellency: George Washington

6. Eco friendly.
Sara Snow's Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home

7. Gardening.
The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden

8. Memoir.

9. Politics.
The Girls in the Van: A Reporter's Diary of the Campaign Trail

10. Supernatural characters (witches/wizards, vampires, zombies.)
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

TTT–books I thought I’d like more/less than I did

I decided I’m going to start participating in the Top Ten Tuesday posts at The Broke and the Bookish. Books are good. Lists are good. So this should be good (I hope)!

Today’s theme – Top ten books I thought I’d like more/less than I did.

Books I thought I’d like more than I did:

Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6)