I'm a little distracted at the moment, so forgive me for the fact that this Tuesday Ten post doesn't have the usual pictures/links/descriptions. The theme this week is "books that broke your heart a little," and this week I'm going super-simple with just the title/author and the briefest of descriptions.
1. Splendor, by Anna Godberson - EVERYTHING WENT HORRIBLE OMG THIS ENDING. *dies*
2. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Patterson - This might have been the first book that really truly wrecked me. Prior to reading it I had no idea what it was about and those two chapters about the fastest kid in fifth grade? SO SAD.
3. Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver - I just kept hoping for a different outcome.
4. Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell - When certain people in this book died, there were many tears.
5. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott - BETH!!!
6. Hold Still, by Nina LaCour - Oh goodness. This book just had so much emotion in it; the desperate feelings of Ingrid come through so clearly.
7. Leverage, by Joshua C. Cohen - Brutal.
8. Shine, Lauren Myracle - Drug use!! Horrible, horrible horrible drugs!
9. Twenty Boy Summer, by Sarah Ockler - I realize the awful sadness comes at the beginning of this book, but it hit me really, really hard. Poor Matt.
10. THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR SOME FUTURE TITLE, OR ELSE MAYBE THERE ARE JUST SO MANY BOOKS I CAN'T CHOOSE.
Shine, Little Women, Twenty Boy Summer, Hold Still, Splendor, and Terabithia all would have been on my list, but they didn't make the ten this week around! Otherwise our TTT list would have been very, very similar :)
ReplyDeleteBridge to Terabithia ranks up there for me- it's one of my all-time faves as well as being the most heartbreaking. We read it in grade 6 I remember everyone being shocked and genuinely sad.
Bridge to Terabithia movie killed me, I don't know if I could read the book too!
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Lol - I love your number 10 - because there will be another book(s) that make us all teary eyed.
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