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Top Ten Tuesday: Creep-City

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a great way to share what you're loving in list form.  The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Halloween Freebie !  I have a love hate relationship with freebies because the possibilities are endless.  However, being that it's Halloween (the BEST time of year), I'm going with ten books that creeped me out.   Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn Fear Street Series by RL Stine   The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson   Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk The Shining  by Stephen King   Weasel by Cynthia C DeFelice   Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Seeders by AJ Colucci   It by Stephen King What are some of the most creepy books you've read?  Also, look for next week's Top Ten:  ...

Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and it's a great way to share what you're loving in list form.  The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Books With Unique Titles .  There are some doozies out there...here are a few. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel of Letters  by Mark Dunn    Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn   Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes by Lewis Gizzard What?! All Fun and Games Until Somebody Lose...

Top Ten Tuesday: It's a Love Fe(a)st

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a great way to share what you're loving in list form.  The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Books That Mention Yummy Food .  Now, I'll be honest in that I don't read a lot of books that feature food or are set around food; some come to mind, but nothing to build a favorites list around.  Instead, I'm going with my favorite cookbooks :) Super late to the game but...in no particular order:   365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners by Rachael Ray Say what you want about Ray, this book is fantastic! Betty Crocker's Cookbook by Betty Crocker This. Is. The. Ultimate. Cookbook! Culinaria: Germany by Christine Metzger Includes wonderful histories on the regions and WHY certain foods are prevalent. The Jewish Mama's Kitchen: Authentic Homestyle Recipes by Denise Philli...