Top Ten Tuesday is hosted over @ The Broke and the Bookish
This weeks topic is: Top Ten Books I Had Strong Emotions Over
This weeks topic is: Top Ten Books I Had Strong Emotions Over
I love this topic because I don't often have actual reactions to books. I know what I'm supposed to feel, but I don't always feel it. The special books are the ones that get me worked up, make me yell, make me smile, make me cry. These are some special books -
1. Wildefire by Karsten Knight - with a protagonist like Ashline, who has little control over her emotions it naturally incited a lot of emotions for me. There was one page where literally at the top I was laughing hysterically and by the end of the page I was sobbing.
2. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini - This was one of those books that by the end I was resisting the urge to chuck it at the wall. I was so angry and frustrated (in the best way possible) by the end of this book that I wanted to jump into the pages and just set everyone straight.
3. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult - I read this book years ago, back in high school when I was still waitressing at our local cafe. I finished minutes before my shift started and I went into work completely sobbing. My boss was freaked out and concerned and I had to tell her - no, I'll be just fine, I just finished my book...
4. Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - I just have to say...Manchee. Still breaks my heart.
5. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins - Everything about Anna and St. Clair felt so real and so well cultivated that my emotions were always lingering at the surface. I feel so in love with this story in a way that it still makes me feel all buzzy with happiness.
6. Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff - Something about this book just causes a shift in everything you are. It's one that I felt reverberating in every cell of my body and it's one that I feel like is always carried around with me.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - I've read this book numerous time and every time Harry walks into the woods I become an uncontrollable fountain of tears. It gets hard to breathe and then its hard to read and I have to stop and just let the moment pass.
8. Going too Far by Jennifer Echols - Well, I think all I have to say is there were moments where I was completely blushing - but it's also a book that shows you how to heal.
9. Delirium by Lauren Oliver - I was actually disappointed because my emotions felt so muted through the whole book. I felt like it was one I should have reacted too more, but then the end hit and holy wham - I was so struck by the ending, I had to re-read it to make sure it really happened and then I think I went through all the stages of grief before I was able to read anything else.
10. Everybody Sees the Ants - Reading anything that deals with Vietnam gets me chokey, thinking about my dad who was in Korea during the war. I automatically project him into any Vietnam story so that hit me hard in this book. That and the outrage at the bullying and the lack of power that rings through the whole book just made me angry and sad.
