Top Ten Tuesday...

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week's theme is supposed to be THINGS CHARACTERS HAVE SAID.  But I haven't really been keeping track of that, and while I do collect quotes from the books I read, none of them seemed to fit this prompt. So, I'm going rogue.

Last year, my blogging friend and reading buddy, Melody Lee, passed away. And I have really missed her this year. I've missed chatting with her about books, and reading her posts, and most of all, I have missed our buddy reads. Over the years we must have read over 30 books together. So for this week's TTT, in honor of my friend, I decided to post MY FIRST TEN BUDDY READS WITH MELODY.

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

One Was Lost by Natalie D. Richards

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson

An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

Happy Reading!

Randomness...

 TV shows & series that I really miss:  

⏺Dwight in Shining Armor

⏺The Big Leap

⏺The Eco Challenge (which was the best adventure race ever!)

TV shows I'm very happy are coming back soon:

The Amazing Race

Project Runway

New album I am totally loving:

(Nate Smith:  California Gold)

 

And my list of 'glad things' from last month: 

• 
  One of the fourth graders I work with told me I was her favorite teacher.
• I bought a new game called Trails that is a lot of fun to play.
• My nephew got his first 'grown up' engineering job which made my entire family cheer.
• I got a cute dragon squishmallow for my half birthday that totally makes me smile. 
  
• A friend gave me daffodil bulbs about twenty years ago and I planted them in the front of my house, and every year they're the first flowers to come up; they remind me spring is on the way. I'm always grateful and glad to see Susie's daffodils blooming.
• And Beth Brower's Emma M. Lion books continue to amuse and delight; I've now read the first seven books in the series and loved them all. Though I am sad there's only one more to go.