Top Ten Tuesday is a Meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish This week's Top Ten is a Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist. In my case, things that I would love to read more of with a few books that I have yet to read. There are certainly some themes that I would love to read more of.
1. Magic is taught here, schools and boarding school settings. Probably not a popular choice but I enjoy reading about magical schools, all the classes in learning to create and perform spells. Hogwarts is the ultimate, but these are a few I've enjoyed. I'll even take kids going to middle school dealing with day to day issues.
2. Dragons There's just something about these fire-spewing reptiles that I enjoy. The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart sounds like a winning combination (Thanks to Brandy at Random Musings of a Bibliophile for the recommendation).
3. Diversity Books with diverse characters or written by diverse authors.
4. MG Historical fiction Maybe just a bit of historical facts but stories with realistic characters.
5. Old Houses or Castles Old mansions with hidden doorways, castles with libraries. Makes me want to do some exploring.
6. Books set in Germany or amongst the swiss alps Basically I would like more books set in Germany that aren't necessarily about the Nazi's or the war. Rewatching The Sound of Music many a time growing up is probably why.
7. Fairytale retellings or mythology This is probably much easier to find than some other books.
8. More Puzzles, Mystery, and Spooky books Lots more spooky books, please.
9. Steampunk Think tin spiders, Nanites, clockwork birds, and flying mechanical dragons.
10. Realistic Fiction Funny stories, books in verse, contemporary or compelling reads.
Did I hit on any of the things on your reading wishlist? Feel free to leave a comment or link to your Top Ten Tuesday.
"Magic is taught here" is such a good book trope! I remember reading Princess Academy a few years ago. I didn't love it, but I devoured the series very fast. It's one of those books that I wouldn't call great, but for some inexplicable reason really enjoyed!
ReplyDeleteI love so many of these kinds of books too! I love stories with dragons, magic, diversity, fairytale retellings, and castles/old houses. So many great ones!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy magical schools as well! Great list. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have so much love for everything on your list. Especially, old houses and castles. So much wonder can be found in exploring a place that has hidden rooms and passageways. Great list! ^.^
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I love all of these (except steampunk...I haven't tried that yet!)
ReplyDeleteMG really seems to go through trends, sometimes every book seems to be historical fiction, then we go through a fantasy phase, or a realistic fiction phase! Which can be really frustrating if your kids prefer books in genres that aren't particularly popular at the moment! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, sometimes I seem to fall into the trends and other times I'm missing the books that I love reading.
DeleteI used to love reading books set in boarding schools, especially ones dealing with magic. I would probably enjoy that making a bigger come back.
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ReplyDeleteYes please to old houses or castles with hidden doorways! I can’t get enough of them, probably because I read so much by Enid Blyton when I was growing up.
Fun list - I love books about old houses and castles too!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see more of so many of these! More boarding schools and dragons would be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGreat list of books! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the things on your list! I have many of the books you showed to go with your list on my TBR list. Reminds me how many books I still have to get to! :)
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Always a leaning tower of TBR for me too! :)
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