Top Ten and Teaser Tuesday (2)

Top Ten Books That Tackle Tough Issues

1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Anorexia

2. Crank Series by Ellen Hopkins
-Drugs

3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
-Rape

4. Night by Elie Wiesel
-The author's account of the Holocaust.

5. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
-Suicide

6. There Are No Children Here by Alex Katlowitz
-A true story about two brothers growing up
on Chicago's West Side.

7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
-Grief/Loss

8. Push (Precious) by Sapphire
-Rape/Incest

9. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
-Abusive relationship and drugs

10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Racism

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read, open to a random page, and share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

My Teaser:

  

"In theory, when you're done with training, you should be able to kick a hole in a wall or knock out a moose with a single punch."

"I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered."

-pg. 79 "City of Fallen Angles" by Cassandra Clare

 

<3 Shannon

Top Ten and Teaser Tuesday

Top Ten Books That Should Be Required Reading For Teens:

10. Shakespeare

9. Any book by Sarah Dessen

8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by: Stephen Chbosky

7. The Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins

6. To Kill A Mockingbird by: Harper Lee

5. Speak by: Laurie Halse Anderson

4. The Giver by: Lois Lowry

3. Any book by Ellen Hopkins

2. Thirteen Reasons Why by: Jay Asher

1. Harry Potter  by: J.K. Rowling

This series is first because it is simply magnificent! J.K. Rowling manages to create a story that transcends any age group. This series will always be my favorite and I will never be ashamed to say that I have read this series!

Like Stephen King said: 

"Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity." (the rest of the quote is bashing twilight and not really relevant)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read, open to a random page, and s.hare two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.

My Teaser:

"Maybe he's changed his mind," Simon suggested. "you know how he is. Moody. Fickle."

"I wouldn't know. I haven't really seen him since that time I threatened to kill him with a candelabra. He took it well, though. Didn't flinch."
"Fantastic," Simon says.

-pg. 11 "City of Fallen Angels" by Cassandra Clare

I kind of cheated and did more than two sentence but I'm on page 203 and this is by far my favorite quote so far and I couldn't bear the thought of not putting all of it.

<3 Shannon