Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that caught my eye. It was brought to you by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was previously hosted at The Broke and the Book. This week’s topic is spring cleaning freebie.
I wasn’t sure what to do for this week, then I thought I could do an update on my ‘these books will destruction in 12-months’. Spoiler alert I haven’t read many.
First Light by Rebecca Stead
I bought this book many years ago, and it has kinda lost my interest, but I dislike unhauling books without even trying them.
Thea has never seen the sun. Her world lies deep within a glacier, a place of great beauty, hardship and superstition. She longs for her people to return ot the surface, but her search forces her to defy her powerful grandmother -- and reveals the truth behind her mother's tragic death.
Peter has arrived in Greenland to live on the ice while his father studies climate change. There, he is troubled by strange visions -- visions that lead him to a crevice in the glacier…’
The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter
This book I am still interested in, but when I made this list I wasn’t. I’m a bit hesitant to read it as it is about mental health and I am not sure if it will be triggering to me or not.
Cassie O’Malley has been trying to keep her head above water—literally and metaphorically—since birth. It’s been two and a half years since Cassie’s mother dumped her in a mental institution against her will, and now, at eighteen, Cassie is finally able to reclaim her life and enter the world on her own terms.
But freedom is a poor match against a lifetime of psychological damage. As Cassie plumbs the depths of her new surroundings, the startling truths she uncovers about her own family narrative make it impossible to cut the tethers of a tumultuous past. And when the unhealthy mother-daughter relationship that defined Cassie’s childhood and adolescence threatens to pull her under once again, Cassie must decide: whose version of history is real? And more important, whose life must she save?
Zac & Mia by A.J. Betts
This book isn’t really my cup of tea but it was a gift so I do want to give it a try.
So says seventeen-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him to the presence of Mia, the angry, not-at-all-stoic cancer patient in the room next door. Once released, the two near-strangers can’t forget each other, even as they desperately try to resume normal lives. The story of their mysterious connection drives this unflinchingly tough, tender novel told in two voices.
Soldier on the Hill by Jackie French
It sounds interesting but, I don’t really enjoy the author’s writing style.
It is 1942, Joey and his mum have left the city and the danger of bomb attacks. But Joey discovers a Japanese soldier hiding in the hills outside the country town where they now live. What can he do?
The One Dollar Girl by Lauren St.John
Another book I bought a while ago and have lost interest in.
Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London’s grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world’s greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials. When she rescues a starving, half-wild horse, she’s convinced that the impossible can be made possible. But she has reckoned without the consequences of her father’s criminal record, or the distraction of a boy with melty, dark eyes, with whom she refuses to fall in love. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you jump, or how fast you gallop, you can never outrun the past.
Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough
This is another book that isn’t really my cup of tea but it was another book that was given to me.
Harriet Price has the perfect life: she's a prefect at Rosemead Grammar, she lives in a mansion, and her gorgeous girlfriend is a future prime minister. So when she risks it all by creating a hoax to expose the school's many problems – with help from notorious bad-girl Will Everheart, no less – Harriet tells herself it's because she's seeking justice. And definitely not because she finds Will oddly fascinating.
Take the Reins by Jessica Burkhart
I feel like this book is targeted for a much younger audience, and will be too young for me but it’s about horses so I want to give it a try.
When Sasha Silver and her horse, Charm, arrive on the campus of the elite Canterwood Crest Academy, Sasha knows that she's in trouble. She's not exactly welcomed with open arms. One group of girls in particular is used to being the best, the brightest, and the prettiest on the team, and when Sasha shows her skills in the arena, the girls' claws come out.
The Book of Horses and Unicorns by Jackie French
This book is by the same author as Soldier on the hill so it’s on this list for the same reason.
Take a journey through the ages and around the world - from ancient Greece, to the time of Genghis Khan to Arthurian England and then to outback Australia in the 1950s. Each story weaves the fantastic into the commonplace or focuses on the special relationship that exists between humans and horses. Some stories are based on true stories, some on fantasy, all are brimming with heart-warming magic and adventure.
That’s all the books that are left on my list with 2 months left.
