Once Upon a Twilight!: Top Ten Tuesday: 11/08/11 - Books I read outside my comfort zone

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Ten Books That I Read That Were Outside Of My Comfort Zone (whether you liked them or not)

Yara's List

Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala.
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins.
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott.
Stay by Deb Caletti.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.
OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Jenny's List:

Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott.
Where the Rain is Made by Keta Diablo.
No One Lives Twice (Lexi Carmichael Mystery, #1) by Julie Moffet.
Almost Human - The First Trilogy by Melanie Nowak.
April & Oliver: A Novel by Tess Callahan.
Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil
God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says by Michael D. Coogan.
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris.
The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes.
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott.

Tammy's List:

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Postmortal by Drew Magary
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves - It was very, very strange
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - rough topic to read about- Teen Suicide
Most dystopian books are very hard for me to read, though they are usually very addictive- (The Hunger Games by Su Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth to name a few)
I don't like books about Zombies and have a hard time reading books that deal with Ghosts.

4 comments:

Kayla LambNovember 8, 2011 at 1:14 AM
The Lovely Bones - now why didn't I think of that? Ditto at dystopian books, I figured it wasn't really my thing either, but it's funny how things change.
ClaireNovember 8, 2011 at 5:14 AM
The Lovely Bones made my list too. I guess it pushes a lot of readers out of their comfort zone.

My top ten is here if you'd like a look :)
April (BooksandWine)November 8, 2011 at 7:44 AM
I LOVED To Kill A Mockingbird both times that I read it. What a fantastic book to include on your list!

I'm guessing that contemp is outside the comfort zone? Since that's what a lot of those seem to be. Yeah, I was never like a HUGE contemp person, but if the synopsis is good and not too after school special I'll totally read it.
FiktshunNovember 8, 2011 at 4:00 PM
I had Before I Fall. Contemps were never in my comfort zone until I read that book. It was because of that, that I ended up reading If I Stay. Love those books now.

I've been wanting to read Thirteen Reasons Why, but it is a tough topic and way outside my comfort zone.

Great lists! I have to check out a few of these books.