Top Ten Tuesday {4} Old Books

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish.

Top ten books you don't want people to forget about:





I read all of these many years ago, so some I don't remember all that well except a general feeling of enjoying the book. Others I've reread so many times that I have favorite parts I skip to. I might make it a challenge for myself to reread all of these next year for nostalgia's sake. What are your top ten old books you don't want forgotten? Leave a link and I'll stop by to see!
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On the Shelves Today!

All the way from down under, newly released in the United States in paperback form! It's Wolfborn by Sue Bursztynski, published by Random House.

Break the curse or howl forever.

Etienne, son of a lord in the kingdom of Armorique, goes to train as a knight with Geraint of Lucanne. Geraint is brave and kind, a good teacher and master - but he has a secret that he has kept from his family. He is bisclavret, a born werewolf. When Geraint is betrayed, Etienne must ally with the local wise-woman and her daughter, themselves bisclavret, to save his lord. But time is running out. If Geraint's enemies have their way, Geraint will soon be trapped in his wolf form.

And Etienne has his own secret. The decisions he makes will change his life forever . . .

Inspired by a medieval romance, this engaging novel forces us to question everything we thought we knew about werewolves
Make sure to pick up your copy!
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October TBR {Halloween!}


I know it isn't technically Halloween yet, but it's the month of Halloween, and I love this month so much! I didn't get to it in time last year, but this year I've planned some themed reading. I'll be aiming for thirteen books that are related to Halloween by theme. Here they are!

Witches
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
Under My Hat edited by Strahan
Witch Song by Amber Argyle

Demons
Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
Misfit by Jon Skovron
Soul Thief by Jana Oliver

Zombies
Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
The Forests of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Ghosts
Body & Soul by Stacey Kade
The Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

And the lone Vampire book!
Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst

So excited to finally read all of these books! A few I've had for a while, weeks or months, and others I only recently acquired. And my goal is to get reviews posted for all of them in October as well, so there's something to look forward to!

Happy month of Halloween everyone! :)
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In My Mailbox {55}


In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren, showcasing what you received in the mail, bought, or borrowed from friends or the library for that week. So here's what I got this week! All links lead you to Goodreads.


borrowed 
Tithe by Holly Black 

for review 
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
Forgot I'd entered the giveaway for this on LibraryThing when I purchased a finished copy!

purchased 
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George (review forthcoming)
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
Under My Hat edited by Jonathan Strahan
Torn by Amanda Hocking
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan (read last year, really liked!)
Circle of Silence by Carol M. Tanzman (review forthcoming)
The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long (review forthcoming)

Plus a huge stack of manga I've bought!

 
So what did everyone else get this week? Let me know and I'll come visit your book haul post!
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Bloggiesta Autumn 2012 Starting Line!


I'm a bit late at getting this up today, spent the morning finishing my reread of A Beautiful Darkness before getting to A Fractured Light. So excited for this sequel. Anyways, here's my to do list for the weekend.
  • Write my October TBR/Halloween post
  • Catch up on reviews {6}
  • Figure out what I want in my sidebars and arrange them
  • About Me page
  • Review Policy page
  • Update other pages I currently have if needed
  • Bring back my Series page
  • Clean up my Goodreads shelves
  • Make sure Goodreads and Shelfari are synced
  • Cross-post reviews to Amazon & BN
  • Schedule future meme posts
  • Gather all the books not featured in a haul and set that up Next 3 weeks IMM's done!
  • Format reviews for books read in October
  • Create a posting schedule and try to stick to it.
  • Complete some mini-challenges
  • Comment on a minimum of 10 participating blogs
  • Restart my fantasy spotlight feature
 Wish me luck, I don't know if I can get it all done this weekend, but I'm hoping for at least half of that done. I wish everyone else participating good luck! Hopefully I'll be coming around today to cheer people on. :)
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