Top Ten Tuesday is a really cool original feature/weekly meme created over at The Broke and Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that bloggers join in on answering. And today I'm one of them :)
This week the topic is:
Top Ten X Genre Books:
I'm supposed to fill in the X with my choice.... and I'm going to go ahead and choose:
YA Books about Death/Suicide.... (really cheery, I know)
1. Love You, Hate You, Miss You -By: Elizabeth Scott
I started reading this one and just wanted to read all night to finish it. I love how the main character comes across so real and truthful. You can't help but feel for her.
2. Hate List -By: Jennifer Brown
It's a book about grieving for someone you're not allowed to grieve for. Val is devastated by the loss of her boyfriend, but he did a terrible thing that she can't understand. She's stuck between sadness and anger, suspicion and savior.
3. Cracked Up To Be -By: Courtney Summers
It's all about guilt in this one. Guilt and forgiveness.
4. Thirteen Reasons Why -By: Jay Asher
Well you can't have a suicide list without this book. It's THE suicide book. I really liked this one because of the non-traditional element of it (the whole listening to a cassette tape thing).
5. The Lovely Bones -By: Alice Sebold
Not really sure this is classified as YA, but it's about a young girl so I'm gonna go ahead and put it in that range. Awesomely sad book, so much better than the movie!!
6. Wintergirls -By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Not my favorite by this author (seriously can anything be as good as Speak??), but it's still a good one about death.
7. Aimee -By: Mary Beth Miller
This is another book that you just have to find out what happened, even if you're up til 3 AM.
8. Impulse -By: Ellen Hopkins
I love her books!! Prose books are so cool! I especially loved Connor!!
9. Please Ignore Vera Dietz -By: A.S. King
One of the best books I read last year! So heartbreaking... although I could've done without the whole pet shop thing...
10. Undone -By: Brooke Taylor
A great book about friendship and loss.
So that's it.... sorry I was such a downer today!
YA Books about Death/Suicide.... (really cheery, I know)
1. Love You, Hate You, Miss You -By: Elizabeth Scott
I started reading this one and just wanted to read all night to finish it. I love how the main character comes across so real and truthful. You can't help but feel for her.
2. Hate List -By: Jennifer Brown
It's a book about grieving for someone you're not allowed to grieve for. Val is devastated by the loss of her boyfriend, but he did a terrible thing that she can't understand. She's stuck between sadness and anger, suspicion and savior.
3. Cracked Up To Be -By: Courtney Summers
It's all about guilt in this one. Guilt and forgiveness.
4. Thirteen Reasons Why -By: Jay Asher
Well you can't have a suicide list without this book. It's THE suicide book. I really liked this one because of the non-traditional element of it (the whole listening to a cassette tape thing).
5. The Lovely Bones -By: Alice Sebold
Not really sure this is classified as YA, but it's about a young girl so I'm gonna go ahead and put it in that range. Awesomely sad book, so much better than the movie!!
6. Wintergirls -By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Not my favorite by this author (seriously can anything be as good as Speak??), but it's still a good one about death.
7. Aimee -By: Mary Beth Miller
This is another book that you just have to find out what happened, even if you're up til 3 AM.
8. Impulse -By: Ellen Hopkins
I love her books!! Prose books are so cool! I especially loved Connor!!
9. Please Ignore Vera Dietz -By: A.S. King
One of the best books I read last year! So heartbreaking... although I could've done without the whole pet shop thing...
10. Undone -By: Brooke Taylor
A great book about friendship and loss.
So that's it.... sorry I was such a downer today!
Hi there :) just popping in...
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great list!
I'm also your newest follower :) Here is my choice...
Top Ten Tuesday
I almost did this same topic! I really love sad books for some reason and I love a lot of these. Vera Dietz is one of my favorite books ever.
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I never read the lovely bones, but I have seen the movie:)
ReplyDeleteThe bleakest I've ever read was Nothing. Dark, dark, dark.
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Top Ten Books That Take Place in Paris. I'd love to have you stop by!
I'd never have anticipated that a blog with this title would choose a Top Ten list so bleak! Interesting.
ReplyDeleteHaha yeah, pink polka dots and death don't really go together lol!!
DeleteI love love Wintergirls and Thirteen Reasons Why. And intriguing list. I also never would have guessed that a blog named pinkpolkadot would choose this list! :)
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I love this list. I've read 6/10 and another 2 I've been meaning to read for a long time. The other two are on my TBR now. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I feel like I don't know many people who've read Aimee. I read that 5 or 6 years ago and really really liked it.
ReplyDeleteI love that you did something different! I love Dystopia, but I'm kind of getting sick of seeing the same books over and over, so Bravo! to you. You've earned a new follower in me for your originality! I've read a bunch of these and you have great taste in death books! I would have also added If I Stay by Gayle Foreman (it's kind of a death book) and Everlost by Neal Shusterman! Happy Reading!
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I have If I Stay sitting on my shelf... gonna read it soon!!
DeleteHaven't heard about any of these books, but they sound interesting. Very nice blog, Michelle. Come and visit my blog http://whatafeeling-mailene.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore CRACKED UP TO BE and PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ! I'm so happy to see them on your list!
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Hmm...interesting topic! I agree with what you said about 13 Reasons...I liked the cassette tape thing too, and I thought it dealt with the topic really well. Good list, way to tackle a tough topic!
ReplyDeleteNew follower! I think this was a great list! And I ADORE Ellen Hopkins too! I've read every last one of her books. Wintergirls and 13 Reasons Why are 2 of my faves from your list. Here is my TTT if you'd like to check it out and follow back: http://theonceandfuturelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/03/top-10-tuesday-historical-fiction.html
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting list. I've only read 13 Reasons Why but now I want to read all your other's. Thanks!
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