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

"'Are you going to make a habit of winning arguments? It's very unbecoming.'"

'Was this an argument?'

'Obviously not. I don't lose arguments.'" p 189

TITLE: Ruin and Rising
AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Co.
GENRE: Dystopian YA
RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list  that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

This week's topic is: Top Ten Characters Who I Would Totally Want To Be For Halloween

*in no particular order

Kind of difficult to say why I chose these ladies, mostly cause in a way I would want to actually BE them! You know because they either have some super talents or powers or they have adventures...usually with really HOT guys that would HAVE to come along with the costume! ;)

THE YA GIRLS:

1. KATE from Marianne Curley's Old Magic--a teen girl who's a witch and can time travel with the help of her grandmother's spell?! Totally in, plus hot guy!

2. JESSIE from Shannon Delany's 13 to Life--girl with awesome name and has a hot werewolf boyfriend?! With an accent?! Hell yes!

3. KATY from Jennifer L. Armentrout's Obsidian--hell, I'm practically Katy already! Alls I need is my very own Daemon purty please!

4. JESSICA from Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's Demon in My View--the heroine is named Jessica. She's a published author. And she draws the eye of an uber hot bad boy vampire, Aubrey!

5. ALICE from Gena Showalter's Alice in Zombieland--two words: Cole. Holland.

THE ADULT GALS:

 6. CHARLEY from Darynda Jones's First Grave on the Right--Charley is awesome! She's got some pretty cool powers and abilities. Then there's her incredible sense of humor...and oh yes, Reyes!

7. ELENA from Kelley Armstrong's Bitten--she's a werewolf! How cool would that be! Plus she's still a great heroine; strong, brave, determined. And naturally, there's Clay! Gotta love that man! At least I do!

8. RACHEL from Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking--Rachel is incredibly awesome! And in the beginning she has those awesome cuffs you see on the cover with the charms! And I must say, though I am loving Trent (& still gotta read the finale!) I would have to say for my "costume" I would want Kisten by my side for old time's sake!

9. GEORGINA from Richelle Mead's Succubus Blues--she's a succubus and has her own slew of powers, but she's also kind, has great friends, dates a writer and oh yes...works in a BOOKSTORE!

Now for this one, I have to explain; it's NOT cheating per se, because the movie was adapted into a book! So you see, it's a book as well as a movie! ;)

10. SELENE from Greg Cox's Underworld--wow! Selene was a total kickass vampire! She was strong, powerful, fast, and then there's Michael...le sigh!