Hi again, bibliophiles! This is my first experimentation with scheduled posts, so this is technically Top 5 Thursday, but…shh, nobody else has to know…
And IT’S FINALLY SPOOKY SEASON!
Anyway, it’s time for another Top 5 Saturday! This was originally started by Devouring Books, and it sounded like such a fun post to take part in. Today’s topic is intimidating books.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER:
9/26/20—Guilty Pleasure Books
10/3/20—Intimidating Books
Rules!
- Share your top 5 books of the current topic– these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and hated, you can do it any way you want.
- Tag the original post
- Tag 5 people
Let’s begin, shall we?
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Christopher Paolini
The fact that it’s nearly 900 pages long is the only truly intimidating factor about this one for me, but if I handled Dune, I could get through this. I ordered it for my brother’s birthday, and it’s currently sitting in my room, so I could probably sneak in a read before I wrap it up…🤫
After reading The Bluest Eye, I’m certain that this one will be amazing, but incredibly rough. I have several of Morrison’s novels on my TBR, and I think we’ll be reading Song of Solomon either this year or next year for school.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
This one’s become a classic in the past two decades, and I’ve heard no shortage of high praise for it, but again–I’m going into it knowing that it may or may not destroy me.
Again–everyone that I know of who’s read this has loved it, but given the current political climate here in the U.S., I’m…okay, definitely not in the right headspace at the moment. I’d still love to read this, though.
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Another book that I really want to read, but really shouldn’t at the moment, given…well, 2020…
This one’s been in hibernation on my Kindle; my mom sent it to me, but told me to wait until the pandemic’s over to read it. I think I’ll stick to her advice.
I TAG ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE!
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That’s it for this week’s Top 5 Saturday! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 
great choices:) I stated The handmaid’s as the TV show and was thinking… maybe this is not the best time to be watching it… 😂🤣🤷♂️ But I can’t stop .. it really sucked me in
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Thank you! I haven’t seen the TV show, but I might have to watch it after I read the book
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The Handmaid’s Tale is a great book. And while it can be a bit depressing, I think there are much worse books to be reading during the pandemic 😉
The TV show is also very good – but also very depressing.
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I’m excited to read it, but I’m definitely not in the right headspace 🤣
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The great thing with books is, they will wait for you 🙂
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I didn’t really like Perks of Being a Wallflower. The writing style didn’t mesh with me and the plotline was boring in my opinion.
My mom has watched the Handmaids Tale and enjoyed it but I don’t think she continued with it which I have no idea why. I have never really watched it before (or read it)
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Huh, interesting, I’ll keep that in mind
I don’t know if I’ll watch the show, but I’m definitely excited to read the book 🙂
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Good luck. I heard it get’s dark.
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