Top Ten Tuesday is sponsored by The Broke and The Bookish.
I am going to choose books that for some reason either made me learn or feel something that I’ll never forget and that I am thankful for whatever it was. Books that really made something happen or change in my life. I’ll post a picture along with one sentence or so with each book to tell you why I’m thankful for that book.
1.
I am thankful to this series because for a while, it brought me and one of my younger sisters really close. So close that when she moved to New York City, I had to go visit her when the last movies were coming out, because we had the tradition of seeing them at the midnight premieres for each one. It also led me to get my first tattoo, the cover of Twilight.
2.
I am thankful that I read this and then fell in love with JLA, and so then I had to sign up to go to the NOLA Storycon in 2016 so I could meet her, which meant I also decided to try to read books by the new authors that would be at that convention, which meant I fell in love with some of my now all time favorite authors like Samantha Young and Jay Crownover.
3.
This was the first book I read by Maggie Stiefvater, which made me fall in love with her books. Then, because I loved her books, I went to see her when she came on tour to my town, and I also ended up meeting and finding two more favorite authors: Brenna Yovanoff and Tessa Gratton, because they happened to be with her on tour. Because of that, when I got to go and see them all again at BEA one year, my picture of seeing them got picked by a publisher to put in a biography of Maggie, and now I have a published photo!
4.
This book was one of the first e-galleys I ever read from Netgalley. I then looked up the author on Twitter and followed her, tweeting to tell her how much I loved her book. When I went to visit my sister in NYC as I mentioned above, she followed my tweets, and I asked if I could possibly meet her somewhere and get an autograph. She was so awesome that she did a crazy thing and met this crazy fan and we ended up going and getting a drink and talking for a long time! It was one of the neatest experiences of my life!
5.
I read this book in college, while I was working on getting a degree in Earth Science Education. I really remembered my earlier love of dinosaurs and fossils during this time. My parents found an article in a newspaper about the museum where this paleontologist worked at the time, and that they let people come work on their dig, well, for a price. My parents ended up paying for me to go spend a week there, as a college graduation present. Another of the greatest moments of my life.
6.
This series. I just loved it so much! I couldn’t stop reading! It is the reason I got my 2nd tattoo.
7.
Okay, this might be a little silly of a “thank you”, but this book gave me my all-time book boyfriend. It was Daemon Black, who is till one of my top 10 all time, but Mal is # 1.
8.
My #2 all time book boyfriend is Nate, and this is another author I’m glad I read because of getting to meet her at NOLA StoryCon, because I thought she was another one of the coolest authors ever.
9.
I’m going to pick this one because it helped me to feel like I should get back to writing the romance I had started several years ago, as well as giving me the inspiration for the one I started last November that I need to finish!
10.
I’m going to pick this book because I loved it so much that I decided to read it with my group of students in the class that we had no curriculum for. It is really one that I enjoyed getting in depth with them, and caused me to decide to go ahead and get certified to teach English, which in turn I think helped me with finally getting to be a school librarian.
So, can you think of any books that you are grateful for?
Oooh, great list! I didn't think to add Twilight to mine, but it was so important to me as a kid. I remember being so obsessed with the series and it made me some great friends during that time in my life.
It definitely made me some good friends, and made for some great memories. Thanks for stopping by!
Ooooh, Digging Dinosaurs looks like exactly the kind of thing I'd love. Good list!
I love that book, it was a quick, fascinating read. Thanks for visiting!
I loved Smut!
Me too! Thanks for stopping by!
While I have mixed feelings about Twilight, it and Harry Potter did renew my love of reading many years ago. Great list and thanks for visiting The Farm.
Say what you like about Twilight, as a teacher, I saw so many students fall in love with reading again because of the series, so between how much I loved it, and they loved it, I will always be thankful for it. But Harry Potter does the same. However, even as a Harry Potter fan myself, I often find a bit of snobbery among our fans. 🙂 Thanks so much for returning the visit!
Digging Dinosaurs! Nice. I'd like to read that. And I just started The Hunger Games- my first time!!!
Happy tHanksgiving!
Wow! Can't believe you are just now reading The Hunger Games, I loved it so much! Digging Dinosaurs was a great read, you should check it out! Thanks for stopping by!
I'm in the minority here but I didn't really like Twilight at all. That said, I am thankful for what Twilight did to the YA market. Because of this series, YA exploded and as a result there are now A TON of authors writing amazing books in this genre 🙂
Also The Hunger Games is awesome!
I think everyone loves different books, and that is why it is so great there are so many different types! 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting!
This is a very thoughtful list. I love that you included a nonfiction book and a book that may inspire you to revisit your romance novel.
I tried to be really specific on this. Thanks for stopping by!
I love the titles of the Anne Todd series. They are enough.
https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2017/11/books-im-thankful-for.html
I love them as well! Thanks for visiting!
I totally forgot about The Hunger Games, but I am definitely grateful for it.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/top-ten-tuesday-134/
I seem to find books on other lists that I forgot about myself. Thanks for stopping by!
That's so cool that you and your sister had such a great bonding experience with the Twilight series.
I am definitely thankful for it. And thank you for visiting!