Top Ten Tuesday (33)

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It’s Top 10 Tuesday (hosted at The Broke and the Bookish) and the topic is:

Top Ten Worlds Books That Made Me Cry

Yeah, so this is awkward.  I have a thing about books that make you cry. I kind of seek them out. Why? I don’t know. I like to torment myself, I suppose.  When I went to make this post, I counted 48 books in my Goodreads that could be on this post.  And that was grouping series as one book.  So, obviously I have issues.  And this post was incredible difficult to choose just ten.

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A Year in Review — Hello 2014, Goodbye 2013!

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2014 is finally here if you can believe it (I can’t!).  In some ways, 2013 was the longest year and in others it flew by.  It was definitely a year of challenges, but it ended a lot better than it started.

PLUS, I found my place in the world when I came into this blog.  So, I can’t help but be thankful for that.  Here’s a little review about 2013, as well as my look forward to 2014!

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Super Six Sunday (10)

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Super Six Sunday is an original bookish meme created by Bewitched Bookworms and inspired by “Top Ten Tuesday” from The Broke and The Bookish .  Today’s topic is:

Super 6 Books that Scared The Bejeebus Out Of Me!

As a kid, I LOVED books (duh!), but I particularly loved books that would scare the hell out of me.  And I paid the price, after reading books like The Shine, It, etc. at like 10 or 11 — I am still a (tiny) bit afraid of the dark.  But, there is something about a book that can scare you — it is a controlled scare, which makes it fun without a lot of risk.  SO, here are six of what may not be the most scary books in the world, but six that definitely scared the bejeebus out of me.

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