Top Ten Tuesday: Books Featuring Travel in Some Way

Top Ten Tuesdays is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is:

Top Ten Books featuring travel in some way

I couldn't really think of any books featuring travel off the top of my head, so I had to scroll through my Goodreads read shelf looking for books I enjoyed that featured travel. Because of that this week's top ten are not in order.

 

 

 

1. Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi - I love this book very much, but that's only partly due to their long journeys, which are a vital part of the story.
2. Blood Red Road by Moira Young  - Saba travels so far in the book in order to find her brother and really develops as a character in this time. It's great to see the transformation and to join such a distinct character on her long journey.
3. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner - I really liked this book because traveling across the desert just seemed to impossible to me. Being somewhere so hot would truly be a nightmare for me and it was great to see how they all coped without much water in such boiling conditions.
4. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - Tally has to follow her friend's instructions on how to find her, travelling through some tough places that are hard for her to cope with considering she comes from a dystopian society where they don't ever need to trouble themselves to get around.
5. Homecoming by Cynthia Viogt - I really enjoyed this book when I read it. Four siblings (aged 6-13) are abandoned by their mum in the middle of Connecticut and have to travels miles upon miles to their aunts house, however they can. 
6. The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean - This is a kids book but is really very good, as are all the books I've read by this author. The MC travels all around his country with boats, trains and even on his kite, which he straps himself onto for circus shows. Very good indeed.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling - I love this book. It'a so different from the rest of the series but still so amazing. Their travels are exciting and very interesting to read about. 
8. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien - Although I don't like The Lord of the Rings I found The Hobbit quite sweet and charming. Bilbo's adventures all over the county are very exciting and fun to read about.
9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - In this Robert Langdon travels around Paris and even has to go to England to solve the mystery. Or at least, I think it's in The Da Vinci Code that that happens but it could be in The Lost Symbol or Angels and Demons. I read all three books quite close together and they've sort of become muddled up with each other in my mind.

Top Ten Tuesdays: Book Covers of Books I've Read

Top Ten Tuesdays is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is:

Top Ten Book Covers of Books You've Read

1. Matched by Ally Condie - I just love this cover so much. It's so simple and modern and cool. Plus all the covers from the books in this series have a lot of meaning. With this one she's trapped in the ball just as she's trapped in the society, the colour green represents the green pill which Cassia is strong enough not to need and she's wearing the green dress she wore to the matching ceremony. 
2. The Blemished  by Sarah Dalton  - The beautiful cover is what drew me to this book. I just love the shades of purple in it and love the background. Wonderful cover.
3. Unwind by Neal Shusterman - The reason this cover is so great is how creepy it is, with the thumb print covering up the trapped person. In that way it's just like the book.
4. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - This is really really pretty! I love the blue colour and the font of the title.
5. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - I love how simple and modern it is. The red of the shoe really stands out against the pale lag and plain background.
6. Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate - This isn't the edition I read, but I prefer this one to the plain black UK cover. It's a lovely colour and the jigsaw apple is really cool.
7. Forever by Maggie Steifvater - I like all the covers of Maggie Steifvater's books but this one is my favourite. It pretty and it fits the story very well.
8. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Roth - It's the lovely warm colour and the swirly writing that I like most about the cover.
9. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi - I really love this old edition of the cover. The new one's pretty cool too but  this one is just great.
10. Divergent by Veronica Ross - This isn't the cover that's on my copy but it's the cover that first drew me in to this book. I think this cover is perfect for this great book.
    

Anyone else love these covers? I think they're all really good.

I've just realised that all the covers I've picked are YA. I guess that means that means that YA books have the coolest covers. Either that or I'm only attracted to them because I'm a teen, in which case the marketing people have done a great job in guessing what sorts of covers appeal to teens.

Top Ten Tuesdays: Books dealing with tough subjects

Top Ten Tuesdays is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is:

Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects

  

  

 

1. Ma, He Sold Me For a Few Cigarettes by Martha Long -This book records Martha's terrible childhood from the ages of 4 to 13. It tackles subjects of physical, sexual and emotional abuse but the author manages to keep it lighthearted at the same time.
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosk  - Most of you probably know at least something about this book. Hidden within the amazing story is molestation of children, drug use and mental health issues. These are so well disguised with the interesting story that I barely realised the severity of what I was reading.
3. Unwind by Neal Shusterman - I'm a huge fan of this book. Not only does it have an amazing story-line and a scary vision of the future but also manages to tackle issues of death and pro-live vs pro-choice arguments, which are really big deals in some parts of the world.
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - This book mixes humour, wit and interesting characters with the reality of cancer and what it does to the sufferer are all those around them. Very sad, but very good.
5. The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti - I reviewed this book just last week, which describes in more detail what I'm saying here. Really this book is such and eye opener to all the suffering in third world counties.
6. XVI by Julia Karr - Tackles issues of teen sexuality in a world where the media constantly shoves sexual ideas down our throats.
7. A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer - The very sad real life account of the author's childhood while being abused terribly by his cruel mother. When I read this as a nine year old I was utterly terrified and shocked.
8. You Against Me by Jenny Downha - About a rape trial and the effects such an accusation has on both families involved.
9. Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman - In this dystopian book the roles of different races are switched round, giving us a closer look at racism and prejudice.

That's all, I don't have a number 10. I really liked this week's theme. It was a little dark but sometimes it's good to read books that tackle tough issues.

P.S. I've decided to only do Waiting on Wednesdays every other week.