Top Ten Tuesday: 7/10/12 - Top Ten Books That I Surprisingly Loved

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Top Ten Books That I Read That Surprised Me How Much I Loved It.

• Rush by Jeremy Iversen
• Blood and Bullets by James Tuck
• Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer
• Belles by Jen Calonita
• Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel by Harlan Coben
• Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
• Rae of Hope by W.J. May
• Otherworld Chronicles: The Invisible Tower by Nils Johnson- Shelton
• Want to Go Private? by Sarah Littman
• The Dovekeepers: A Novel by Alice Hoffman

• The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle
• The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater
• Hot Wheels and High Heels by Jane Graves
• Moon Spell: a Tale of Lunarmorte novel by Samantha Young (this was the first series of hers that I read and fell in love with her)
• Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
• Seers of Light by Jennifer DeLucy
• Zan-Gah: A Prehistoric Adventureby Allan Richard Shickman
• Going Underground by Susan Vaught
• Whirlwind by Robin DeJarnett
• Destiny by Laura DeLuca

• Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma - A book with such a big taboo was not one I expected to impact me so hard. This is the book that stays with you for a long time. Amazing.
• Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala - Such a strong voice in this book, it leaves you speechless.
• The Host by Stephenie Meyer - I didn't think I would love this book knowing my favorites vampires and wolves would not be present, but its it own entity and a great one at that.
• The Twilight Saga  by Stephenie Meyer - I picked this one up a back in 2008 just because the cover caught my attention, I didn't even know what YA was back them. You know how the rest of the story ends.
• Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren - Totally caught off guard by this book, I never thought I would love so much a historical as much as I do this whole series.
• The Iron King by Julie Kagawa - when you think fey, I picture Tinkerbell. So when I read this book and saw that fey can be dark, I was sold!
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin - I still to this date, don't know what it is about that book but something about it makes you fall hard for it.
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers - Another first in a new genre I had not died out, High fantasy mixed with Historical. I couldn't stop think of how great this book was.
• On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves - Just finished this one recently and all I can say is WOW, its survival at its finest. Blue Lagoon has nothing on On the Island.
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi - I almost passed on this book. I began reading it and just couldn't get passed the scratch out lines but then listen to it on audio and its grip me so hard i couldn't not stop. Its just extraordinary!!!

What's Book Surprised You?