Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list  that bloggers are welcome to join in and answer. 

This is going to be quite a short list. And you have no idea how much that bothers me. My OC-self is nagging me to finish it but I just couldn't see any other books to fit in. So instead, I'll give honorable mentions at the end. That'll ease her up (I think).

Here are the Top Ten...err, Top Six Books I've Read So Far This Year:

CRESS by Marissa Meyer

I truly have nothing but praises for this book. Possibly the best book sequel I’ve read this year! A bit presumptuous when I said that around February of this year, but we are in June now and I don’t think there’s any sequel I’ve read that tops Cress. This book was a blast to read!

STOLEN SONGBIRD by Danielle L. Jensen

Normally I don’t buy the whole love-hate relationship, but this works. Such a gorgeously done romance. I just adore Cecile and Tristan!

SWEET RECKONING by Wendy Higgins

Ah… such a sweet, sweet conclusion (or so I thought) for our protagonists. Just when you think you can’t love Kaidan Rowe any more, there he goes, making him way yummier than he already was.

Gayle Forman in Manila!

Event: Gayle Forman Book Signing Event
Event Date: January 18, 2014
Location: National Bookstore, Glorietta 1

What a day!

To be honest, I'm not a fan (yet) of Ms. Gayle Forman. I haven't read any of her books prior to the event, but I have been seeing reviews of my Goodreads friends and I've seen them gush over how much they love her books and how badly they cried over their favorites. And since I saw the stills of If I Stay movie-adaptation, I decided to brave the event. 

(L-R) Me, Karla @ Reads and Thoughts and Eunice @ Book Overdose
*Above photos courtesy of Eunice @ Book Overdose

I've been to two book signings last year and I swore that the next one I'd be attending I'd be really early during registration. So... tada!!! I was number 5, baby! Yes, that's a great achievement for me considering I'm always late and I tend to belong to the number 100+ registrants. Also, since I was early, I scored us sweet seats near the stage. Woohoo! (To much excitement for someone who hasn't read the books yet, huh?)