Top Ten Books To Save If Our House Were Abducted By Aliens (or any other disaster struck)

Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly event hosted at The Broke and Bookish.

This week’s topic:

Top 10 Books We’d Quickly Save If Our House Was Going To Be Abducted By Aliens (or any other natural disaster…)

This is my first time doing a Top Ten Tuesday post but I've been meaning to get into this meme for a while now so here goes! This week is a tough one because I have SO MANY amazing books and a TON of signed books at that. So I'm gonna cheat a little. I know you're probably thinking, "Jeremy, what are you even thinking?! This is your first week ever and you're already breaking the rules of Top Ten Tuesday? Who do you think you are?" And to that I say, "Whatevs." It's just too hard to choose, especially when I have whole series I need to protect.

1. My hardback set of Harry Potter (see?! that would've been 7 just right there!). I would honestly try to get my entire HP collection if I could but that is comprised of 21 copies (UK, US, foreign, etc.) It's by far been my favorite series growing up and you can never replace the ones you read as a kid.

2. ALL THE CASSIE CLARE'S. Here's another 6 books I can't leave. For one, they are all signed to me and it's also one of my all-time favorite series.

3. ALL THE JOHN GREEN'S (5 books). Mainly for the same reason as Sash and Em...because they are all signed and I just don't think I could do without my copy of TFiOS, which I cherish.

4. All my David Levithan's (8 books). I look up to David a lot as a friend, mentor, and amazing author. Having his books grace my shelves is an honor and they're also all signed to me (see a pattern here?)

5. Beautiful Creatures series (3 books). This has been one of my favorite YA series for a few years now. I would hate to see the aliens take them from me.

6. Hole by Louis Sachar. I own two copies of it but I would grab the one that is in horrible condition. The one I read 10 times in a summer because I loved it so much. The book that taught me to love reading and became my favorite childhood read.

7. Harry Potter Page to Screen. This one is HUGE. I would hold on to it for dear life because 1) I love it and 2) my girlfriend bought it for me so it's irreplaceable.

8. Across the Universe/A Million Suns by Beth Revis. Because if I'm gonna be in space with some aliens, I might as well know how to live on a ship.

9. The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan (4 books). Carrie is one of my dearest friends and to have all the books signed and personalized on top of being one of my favorite series ever, I could never let it go.

10. Curse Workers series by Holly Black (3 books). I just adore this series. And Holly. Plus they're signed.

I know I cheated and named A LOT more than 10 specific books (39 to be exact) but I have a brother who can grab books too. And who knows? Maybe with all these books, we'll be too heavy for the aliens to care about even more. We're fighters.

So what books would you guys grab? Let us know in the comments below!

Review: Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore

Hardcover: 229
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Books
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For as long as Esmerine can remember, she has longed to join her older sister, Dosinia, as a siren--the highest calling a mermaid can have. When Dosinia runs away to the mainland, Esmerine is sent to retrieve her. Using magic to transform her tail into legs, she makes her way unsteadily to the capital city. There she comes upon a friend she hasn't seen since childhood--a dashing young man named Alander, who belongs to a winged race of people. As Esmerine and Alander band together to search for Dosinia, they rekindle a friendship . . . and ignite the emotions for a love so great, it cannot be bound by sea, land, or air.

Dun dun DUN. ANOTHER book saved from the slag heap aka #10pagetrial. What was the reason it was on trial to begin with? Well, DUH. It’s a mermaid book. All fin and flippery nonsense.

But, to be honest, I don’t know where my bias against mermaid books came from. I mean I LOVED The Little Mermaid as a kid (who wouldn’t?! She’s a redhead!) and LOVED Splash! (*hears the crickets* What? Tom Hanks as a youngin’? Daryl Hannah? John Candy? Ron Howard’s first directorial hit? No? Oh, you children of the 90s and later... what you have missed!) But other than those two movies, I don’t think I’ve even ever READ a mermaid book.

As I read the first few pages, the summary swimming (LAME PUN INTENDED) around in my head, I was struck by the idea of a mermaid and a winged boy. Perhaps I watched too many movies as a child, but the quote “A bird may love a fish, my lord, but where would they live?” (Ever After... come on, you MUST know that one!) ran through my head. And I got INTRIGUED. Best thing ever for a book, worst thing ever for my sleep patterns.

So this book had one little element that will always and forever bring me to my knees. Childhood romance. I love it like a fat kid loves ice cream. With big puffy red and ribboned hearts. So Esmerine and Alander are not only star-crossed, but childhood-mated. Oh, my poor, poor bleeding heart.

Guess I should mention more than just the obnoxiously cute romance, eh? Well it was a fast read (like 3 hours top), interesting, yet simply explained world, awesome characters, compelling writing AND a perfectly light overall story. After reading a few heavier books, this was absolutely what I needed!

All-in-all such a perfect little fairytale romance! I will certainly be checking out more of Ms. Dolamore’s work now! And as if my little fin bias came back with a vengeance, I am already reading another mermaid book. Not by intention! It was all accident. But I’ll admit it, I like it already. Can we say doomed?

By the way, I am going to shamelessly self-promote myself here, but if you like my #10pagetrial reviews (I DO!) don't forget to follow me on Twitter. I'm @JustlyJennifer and I do them at least once a week, usually in the evenings!

In My Mailbox (50)

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

This week was a phenomenal week for us! Just look below and you'll see. Many people to thank for them too. Many thanks to Scholastic, Macmillan, Gabrielle, Anna, and Kelsey.

Finished Copies:

Abandon by Meg Cabot (paperback)

ARCs:

Perception by Kim Harrington

Black Heart by Holly Black (for giveaway)

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

Audiobooks:

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

 Thanks for checking out our mailbox this week! We hope you got some good stuff too and wish you an even better week to come! Happy reading!

Author Interview: Lisa McMann

This past week, Lisa McMann's latest YA release, Dead To You, came out in stores. And being the awesome person that she is, Lisa agreed to do an interview with us over Skype! We told her in the beginning that we were trying to keep it short lest we end up with really long 4-part interviews like the last two...then we realized after over an hour that we were still talking and recording. Which made editing even more fun for Jeffrey.

Not only do we talk about her latest release, but we also talk a good bit about her newest project, The Infinity Ring series, written with a few other authors, and many more fun things.

Check out the videos below to see this awesome and fun interview!

Have you guys read Dead To You yet? Are you excited for the Infinity Rings series? Her new YA Paranormal, Crash? We are!

If you have any questions or comments, leave them below!