Top Ten Tuesday #66: Ten Books That Should Be Read In Creative Writing Classes

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 
 
This Week's Topic:

Ten Books That Should Be Read In Creative Writing Classes

 

When I took a Creative Writing class in high school, we would spend one day each week just reading, so here are a few books that I think students should read!

 

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If I were to teach Creative Writing, I'd want my students to read a wide variety of works. From Middle Grade to New Adult, and Fantasy to Historical Fiction, I'd want them to experience different genres to find out which one they like the most. DoSaB was actually recommended to me by my CW teacher, and I recommended The Chemical Garden Trilogy to her after she saw the chapter page design.

 

What would you have your Creative Writing students read?

Top Ten Tuesday #18

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

 

This week is a freebie, so chose the top ten books that I would sell my first born child to have right now!
 

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I know this book already came out, but I haven't been able to get my hands on it yet! I've heard great things and I need it now!!

 

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I want to add that I hate these new covers. Just sayin' the other ones were better. I still need to read the second book, but it's JLA so it'll be perfection!

 

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I still need to read the third book, but this series is super cool! I still need to catch up on the Parasol Protectorate series, but this is a nice YA version of it!

 

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I can't wait to get to know Winter! I just seems so fascinating and tormented and I can't wait to get in her mind! And a happy ending would be great too!

 

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I really like this trilogy, not as much as her Chemical Garden trilogy, but it's still great! I want to know what happens between Internment and the world below! And I love Pen!

 

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This is the UK cover, but I don't know if it will look different for the US version. The ending of The Falconer was so crazy and I need the sequel to know what will happen!

 

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I plan on started Ensnared later today, and I know that I'll be desperate for this book once I finish!

 

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I about cried after the ending of The Winner's Crime! I'm so mad at Tensen and I just want Kestrel and Arin to be together!

 

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Some queenly shit better be going down or I'll have to punch someone! And, pretty please, a Celaena and Chaol reunion! I don't want to give up!

 

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This book was supposed to come out at the end of this year, but it got pushed back! Sob! It's Susan Dennard, so of course I'll love it!

 

I need these books, like, yesterday! I can't wait for all of these books and am super excited!

Top Ten Tuesday #18

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

 
This week is all about the top ten authors that we would love to meet!
 
This one was pretty easy! I know my favorite authors, however, I just have to make sure that I only choose ten! No particular order as I love them all so much!

 

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Marissa Meyer

I'm counting down the days until Winter is released! I need it so badly!

 

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Jodi Meadows

I recently read the first two books of her Newsoul trilogy, and they're amazing! I have The Orphan Queen sitting on my nightstand and I'll read that soon!

 

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Lauren DeStefano

One: Her writing is amazing. I can't wait for the third book of her Internment trilogy! Two: Her tweets are so funny! I feel like she'd be super fun to talk to!

 

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Jennifer L. Armentrout

I want to know where she got the ideas for all of her series! Aliens, half-gods, and gargoyles and demons! Oh my!

 

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A.G. Howard

I love how her Alice in Wonderland retelling is so dark and creepy and I want to know where she got that idea! And I NEED Untamed!

 

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Marie Rutkoski

I just started The Winner's Crime, and I already know that it's going to be an emotional rollercoaster! And the cover for The Winner's Kiss was just revealed!

 

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Megan Shepherd

I'd love to know where she got all of her inspiration and ideas for her The Madman's Daughter trilogy! And her new trilogy sounds amazing! I need to get my hands on it!

 

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Susan Dennard

I've almost met her. TWICE. She was doing a book signing, but I couldn't go because it was the day after I got my wisdom teeth out. And the second time I couldn't get off work to go! I loved her Something Strange & Deadly trilogy and can't wait for Truthwitch!

 

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Sarah J. Maas

She seems so sweet and her writing is fantastic! Plus she loves ballet so I'd want to talk about that with her, as I am a dancer and love people who support it! I can't wait to get my hands on A Court of Thorns & Roses!

 

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J.K. Rowling

Bow down to the Queen! Harry Potter is what helped increase my love for books, even though I read it when I was 15/16, a lot older than everyone else when they read it. I've been to The Elephant House, where she wrote some of the books, and it was an amazing experience!

 

These are all of my favorite authors! Well, ten of them anyway. They're all incredibly amazing and they're books will always be favorites! Because of this, I really want to meet them! Hopefully one day...

"Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)" by Lauren DeStefano

"Fever (The Chemical Garden, #2)" by Lauren DeStefano

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Published: February 21, 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance
Pages: 341

Format: Hardcover

Source: Library

Read January 25 to February 21, 2013

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Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind. Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness. The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary. In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.

"Wither (The Chemical Garden, #1)" by Lauren DeStefano

5 out of 5 stars

Read November, 2012

Pages: 358
Published: March 22, 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

This cover is stunning. Absolutely STUNNING. I love everything about it. The dress the model is wearing, I would wear it, and her crazy hair. I love how her ring, the bird in the cage, and her sad expression are brought to attention by being circled.