Sep 3, 2013

Teaser & Top Ten Tuesdays

Here are the rules:
1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a page
3. Pick out 2 lines that are SPOILER FREE
4. Name the title, author, etc.


Okay, so because of the holiday weekend, I have yet to start Origin. Sob! I know! But I'll give you the first two lines of the book, so that way I don't spoiler myself! 


"I was on fire again.Worse than when I got sick from the mutation or when onyx was sprayed in my face." p 1


















TITLE: Origin
AUTHOR: Jennifer L. Armentrout
PUBLISHER: Entangled Publishing
GENRE: Paranormal YA
RELEASE DATE: August 27, 2013



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This week's topic is: Top Ten Books That You Wish Were Taught In Schools 


*in no particular order


Oh this one's tough! Not sure how many of my books need to be taught in schools since I don't read contemps and am choosing the second topic choice!
A few of these actually were taught in school or in my classes and I just want to pick them again to reiterate the need for them to be taught!


1. THE PRINCESS BRIDE
by William Goldman
Love the book! Love the movie! It needs to be taught!



2. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
by Alexandre Dumas

What is perhaps my only fave classic! So yeah, teach it up!




3. THE COMPLETE GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES
by The Brothers Grimm

The original, dark fairy tales definitely should be taught! So many themes and topics to examine there!




4. THE HISTORIAN
by Elizabeth Kostava

Quite the interesting read! One that would be good for classes, as there is a lot of historical content!




5. NOCTURNE
by Syrie James

Okay, we're pushing things here! But I just thought this was a beautifully told vampire story and I think we could dig up some themes or whatever English classes need for teaching purposes!




6. THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER SERIES
by J.K. Rowling

Does Harry Potter need explaining? It's such an iconic series now I think teaching it should definitely happen!




7. BENIGHTED
by Kit Whitfield

I read this one so long ago, but I thought it was definitely an interesting storyline! A very early dystopic almost as only 1% of the world population is human!



8. THE FORBIDDEN GAME TRILOGY
by L.J. Smith

I think a LOT of L.J.'s early books would be an awesome class! The beginning of Paranormal YA before there even was a Paranormal YA! What a class!



9. THE BIRTH OF VENUS
By Sarah Dunant

Another book I read back in the days when Paranormal reads were scarce! This one was quite interesting though. It was before I took my own Europe trip so I enjoyed the setting very much. Probably has some good historical content too being a historical fiction piece.



10. THE FEVER SERIES
by Karen Marie Moning

Because it's kickass, of course!