Top Ten Tuesday

 

This week for Top Ten Tuesday, the weekly challenge hosted at the Broken and Bookish, the theme is Hidden Gems.
The genre I have been studying/reading this year (to enhance my own writing) has been romances. I have read many romance series and especially enjoyed the following:

Susan Elizabeth Phillip: Chicago Stars series
Wynette, Texas series

Roxanne St. Claire: Barefoot series

Irene Hannon: Starfish Bay series
Hope Harbor series

Rae Anne Thayne: Haven Point series

Mary Alice Monroe: Beach House series

Susan Mallory: Blackberry island series

Sherryl Woods: Trinity Harbor series

Bella Andre: The Sullivan series

Some of the authors have other series that are just as enjoyable – these were just ones I had read over the past two years.
What series have you enjoyed??

Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Read in High School

It has been a long absence from blogging, but certainly needed.

It has also been a long time since I took part in Top Ten Tuesday, the weekly challenge hosted at “The Broke and the Bookish”.

The theme this week is a free choice on the theme “Back to School”.

My choice – Top 10 Books I Read in High School

Now – that was asking a lot I know – I graduated from Grade 13 in 1971. But so many of these still resonate today – and should be required reading.

 

 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ( it seems remarkable accurate in many of its predictions)

 

 

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

 

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I was fascinated with her creativity)

 

Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger

 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (another terrifying look at the future)

 

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (this one still horrifies me)

 

The Diary of Anne Frank (a testament to the amazing spirit of a young girl)

 

Animal Farm by George Orwell ( Goodreads “one of the most scathing satires ever published”)

 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (This is still one of my favourite books – if only we all would stand up to racism as did Scout and her father)

 

 

A Separate Peace by John Knowles