Top Ten Tuesday

#TopTenTuesday: The (Book) Squatters in My Head

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We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is: Books That Live in My Head Rent-Free (submitted by Emma @ damppebbles.com)

Gotta admit that with my stellar goldfish memory + brain fog combo, books rarely “live in my head rent free” no matter how much I loved them or how much they impacted me emotionally. It doesn’t take me long to forget most details and unlike many readers who become obsessed with a book, I can’t recall many specific scenes from books that are even in my all-time favourites list. However, every now and then, there will be snapshots of scenes that sudden pop into my mind, and often when I think about a book that I’ve loved (and that became a new favourite), the overwhelming emotions I felt when I read it still linger.

So those will be the books on today’s list (also, there will are two bonus books because I couldn’t keep it to 10)! You probably will notice a pattern, too. 😂 Just please don’t test me on them, lol.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Have you read any of these books? Do they also live rent free in your head?

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12 thoughts on “#TopTenTuesday: The (Book) Squatters in My Head”

  2. Ooh The Shadow of the Wind is a good one! I didn’t include that but I definitely could have. I read it well over 15 years ago and it still pops up occasionally!

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  4. I am the same too! I mostly recall a specific scene and the emotions not the entire plot haha. Still counts! I have a few books from your list that I want to get to! I sadly decided not to read Little Life because it would be too triggering for me but glad you enjoyed it!

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  5. Oh, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! I still often think about that book too! And I’m the same, I forget a lot about books after reading them, but some things like scenes or quotes, or just feelings, do stick around, at least for the favourites 🙂

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  11. I get it, I very seldom remember details about the books I read too, but I remember the emotions I feel when I read them and some stay with me long after I’ve forgotten everything else. You’ve got some good books on your list. I loved Jade City and Tomorrow x3 so much. I also loved Addie Larue and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter but not as much as the first two 😂

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