Book Titles That Describe Me & My Life

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. 

Book Titles That Describe Me & My Life

I highly enjoyed coming up with books for the topic this week.  Such an interesting idea to get to know readers. I have read most of the books below and own each of them. 

1. Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2) by Jasper Fforde- There aren't many days I'm not "lost in a book" and hopefully they're good. Definitely, one of my favorites for this list. 

2. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell- I am a proud fangirl of so many different fandoms. Fangirl is one of my absolute favorite young adult novels. 

3. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider- This one made me laugh and I had to put it in this list. One of the first things I do when I go to someone's house and they have a bookshelf, I'm always looking at the books on it. Love seeing what books other people choose to own. I love Grant Snider's books. They are always so great!

4. The Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold #1) by Traci Chee- Pretty self-explanatory. I have yet to read this series, but would like to do so very soon. 

5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky- I related to Charlie very much when I read this in middle school and high school. Definitely was a wallflower. 

6. I Wrote This For You by pleasefindthis, Ian S. Thomas, (photographed by Jon Ellis- As I writer of poetry for most of my life, I have written many different pieces about people. 

7. A Stoke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett- Had to have a Terry Pratchett book in this list. Another book title showing my love of writing. 

8. Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook- This title also makes me think of writing poetry. 

 

9. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke- Another book for my love of literature.  

10. We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra - The title of this book comes from one of my favorite poems Song of Myself by Walt Whitman. Definitely relate to this title very much and I adore this beautiful epistolary novel with all my heart. 

Heartstopper Conclusion

 Alice Oseman posted the epilogue for her webcomic, Heartstopper today and I cannot help feeling bittersweet. I've been reading it for over nine years. In 2017, I started reading a good amount of webcomics, mostly all queer ones. Heartstopper was one of the ones I connected with on so many levels. I adore how Alice shows so many different identities in all of her stories. Many can find someone they relate to in them. 

 

 This world has been a joy to watch evolve and I have adored following these characters. Nick, Charlie, Tao, Tori, Elle, Tara, Darcy, etc. have grown so much from the first chapters all those years ago. I loved seeing their journey. These characters hold a special place in my heart. 

I will be picking up Volume 6 for my collection and will reread this section like I did for ever other volume. Alice Oseman has a wonderful style in her illustrations and character work. I look forward to seeing what she will work on after this.