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Top Ten: Books on My TBR Because of Their Adaptation

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme was a book to movie freebie, so I decided to list ten books on my TBR because I saw their movie or TV adaptation.

♥ Atonement by Ian McEwan → Atonement
♥ Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller → The Dark Knight Rises
♥ Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty → Big Little Lies
♥ Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan → Crazy Rich Asians
♥ Divergent by Veronica Roth → Divergent

♥ The Magicians by Lev Grossman → The Magicians
♥ Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang → Arrival
♥ To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han → To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
♥ Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh → Trainspotting
♥ Watchmen by Alan Moore → Watchmen

New to the Queue #12

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Jamie of Perpetual Page Turner started this and I love it so I’m (politely) stealing it!

I add a lot of stuff to my TBR list, my Netflix queue, and my library holds list. Here’s stuff I want to actually seek out and consume right now.

Stuff to Read

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green // I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown // The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang // Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else by Maeve Higgins // The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando // Social Intercourse by Greg Howard // Time Was by Ian McDonald // Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World by The Women’s March Organizers // What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson

Stuff to Watch

BlacKkKlansman // Blockers // Christopher Robin // Crazy Rich Asians // Destination Wedding

Fahrenheit 451 // The Happytime Murders // Nanette // Sharp Objects // The Spy Who Dumped Me

Stuff to Listen To

Crooked Conversations // High as Hope by Florence + the Machine // Pray for the Wicked by Panic! at the Disco // Shawn Mendes by Shawn Mendes

Have you also added some of these? Have you already consumed them?? Let me know!

New to the Queue #6

On By Rachel @ thewasofshallIn new to the queueLeave a comment

Jamie of Perpetual Page Turner started this and I love it so I’m (politely) stealing it!

I add a lot of stuff to my TBR list, my Netflix queue, and my library holds list. Here’s stuff I want to actually seek out and consume right now.

Stuff I Want to Read

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan // Demon, Volume 1 by Jason Shiga // Difficult Women by Roxane Gay // Future Sex by Emily Witt // Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

I’ll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell // The Terranauts by T.C. Boyle // The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North // The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang // A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt

Stuff I Want to Watch

Arrival // Get Out // Hidden Figures // I Am Not Your Negro // Table 19

What did YOU add to your queue?? Let me know!