Tuesday 8 November 2011

Top Ten Tuesdays (8)




Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. There is a new list topic weekly to write, and tons of other bloggers participate, and  you can jump around and see what everyone else thinks! This weeks list is as follows:


Ten Books That I Read That Were Outside Of My Comfort Zone (whether you liked them or not)


1) The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
This was the first book of this type I had read, and I LOVED IT
The Hunger Games


2) Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
These are not the typical books I would have read, the first 4 were already out before I started to read them, and again, I LOVED THEM!!
Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter, #1-7)


3) Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
This was the first vampire book I read, and I liked it, and read a lot more of them now.
The Twilight Saga (Twilight, #1-4)




4) The Pillars of the Earth - Kenn Follett
Not normally a book I would have read, but I was on vacation and borrowed it, and I enjoyed it.
The Pillars of the Earth  (The Pillars of the Earth, #1)




5) Freakonomics - Steven D. Lewitt
This book was popular for a little while, and I picked it up to feel socially relevant, it was interesting, but not good
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything


6) A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
Again, this was very popular once upon a time, so I read it, but it wasn't my type of book. I liked it, but it lost its luster when it turned out not to be totally true
A Million Little Pieces


That's all I can think of. I have a lot of books on my TBR list that are outside my comfort zone, but I guess I haven't gotten around to reading many of them!! I should stop picking all of the same types!!


Suggestions are welcome :)

11 comments:

  1. I love Economics but didn't enjoy the data dump so much in Freakenomics.
    Loved, loved, loved Pillars of the Earth.

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  2. Pillars of the Earth was kind of out of my zone, too. But I found it wasn't that hard to get through the 900+ pages. I really quite enjoyed it!

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  3. I almost included the Hunger Games, then realized I had read Uglies first - which was technically my first dystopian. I never thought of including HP, but it would have been a great addition!

    My TTT

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  4. Pillars of the Earth sounds like a good read. Nice, diverse list. I think Harry Potter's a great choice too.

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  5. Wow. The Pillars of the Earth was a hefty one. My boss lent it to me and I think it sat on my shelf for about a year - UNREAD. Lol. Great list!

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  6. I just couldn't like the Hunger Games, but I did gradually become a fan of Twilight.
    Here's my Post

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  7. I love The Hunger Game and Harry Potter :)

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  8. The Hunger Games is all over the place today! I'm not really into non-fiction, but the apple/orange thing on the cover of Freakonomics is pretty awesome!

    My Top Ten

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  9. Harry Potter is my favorite book series, and I love the Hunger Games!! (:

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  10. I like your list. It seems many were reluctant about Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Twilight. Probably the three series' I had no problem with at all. xD

    All my best,
    Patricia

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  11. OMG good call on Harry Potter!!! I can't believe it didn't even occur to me.. I totally didn't get what the hype was till I finally read it.. Can't believe I forgot that... >_<

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Michele | My Top 10

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