Top Ten Tuesday (10)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by the Broke and the Bookish where a new top ten list is posted each week. This week is: Top Ten Books That Have Been On My Shelf For The Longest But I've Never Read. As you might guess from my blog name I have a massive heap of to-be-read books. These might not actually be the oldest, but these are ones that have been there for so long I can't remember when they appeared.

1. Mistrals Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton
When I was first getting into urban fantasy I read the Anita Blake series and really enjoyed the earlier books. I also picked up the Merry Gentry series but as the books became more and more sex with less and less plot I stopped reading. When I heard that the six book series had been extended this was relegated to the back of the to-be-read shelf.

2. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
I've had this one so long I don't really remember what it is about. I know it has black edged pages and that it was a Christmas gift from my Mum, but beyond that I have no idea. It does have a pretty cover though.

3. Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn
When I read the first Kitty book I liked it, but wasn't really hooked. I picked up the second out of boredom but really enjoyed it. By the time I picked up a copy of the third, I'd had time to worry about whether it would be closer to the first or the second.

4. The Damned by L.A. Banks
I started this series back in 2006 and I really enjoyed it. I read through the first five books, picked this one up in a bookstore and stopped. I can't even remember why I stopped but I've since collected the rest of the series which is now complete.

5. Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
I stumbled across Bones by accident, watched it because it has David Borenaz in and fell in love. I got this in a library book sale only to realise it's not the first Temperance Brennan book. I'm a sucker for reading things in order so it was put on hold.

6. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
I really liked the movie so I picked up a copy of the book. Then I was on goodreads and noticed a lot of people talking about how different the two are, and how most people vastly prefer the book. I'm usually a read-then-watch kind of girl so I'm worried what my reaction to the book will be.

7. Blood is the New Black by Valerie Stivers
This book is why I now refuse to be rushed if I'm picking books as part of a 3-for-2 offer. I couldn't decide what I wanted, saw this and thought 'The Devil Wears Prada plus vampires = cool'. I've never been motivated to pick it up to read though.

8. Sunshine by Robin McKinley
I had this book recommended to me over and over again when I joined Goodreads. I've tried reading the first few pages a couple of times but I've never really gotten into the book. I'll probably read it eventually, but I don't know when. The cinnamon buns sound amazing though!

9. Turbulent Sea by Christine Feehan
This is another middle of the series impulse buy where I now own the whole series. I like Christine Feehan's books but, while my Carpathian and Ghostwalker books are slowly moving off the to-be-read, the Drake Sisters are still sitting there.



10. The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Another book I brought after seeing the movie, but this I'm not worried about because without the movie I wouldn't know the book existed. The movie is brilliant, but I'm guessing I could be missing details as I don't speak Russian.