TOP 5 TUESDAY – Top 5 Books That Start With A-B-C-D-E

I’ve never actually participated in Top 5 Tuesday, but I love the theme of July’s topics and I am going to try and partake every Tuesday this month!! (and possibly even after that!)

Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm. It is a weekly meme where you pick your top 5 books for a given topic.  This month’s topics are books that start with specific letter’s.  Today is A-B-C-D-E.

My goal is to pick one book from each letter that I have read and want to spotlight (not necessarily my favorite book, because Shanah’s goal is to spotlight books we love that are overshadowed by our normal favorites) and one book that is on my TBR!

I loved The Adventures of Robin Hood as a kid and it kicked off my “Robin Hood Phase” where I read and watched a ton of different Robin Hood adaptations!

I have been meaning to read more of Jay Kristoff’s books since I fell in love with Nevernight and I have heard such great things about Aurora Rising! (and I bought a copy of it so I really need to read it!)

Baby Island will always hold a special place for me because it is one of the books my mom read to us in the car on a road trip. (I don’t actually remember anything about the book, but I enjoy the memory!)

I have been meaning to read Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance for FOREVER! And this is another one I own a copy of and just need to get around to reading it.

City of Dark Magic was one of the first audiobooks I ever listened to (it might even have been the first) and it was super weird.  It was about a musician that eats Beethoven’s toenails in order to travel through time and solve mysteries. (I told you it was weird!)

Remind me again why I decided to do the TBR part of this? Courting Darkness is ANOTHER book I own that I haven’t read yet…

Dealt The Devil’s Hand is one of the first Romance novels I ever read and I loved it!

Finally a TBR book that I don’t own already! (its the little things) This one is on my TBR because I love the cover!

Ella Enchanted is a weird one for me because the first time I read it I hated it, but years later I saw the movie and loved it. Then I re-read the book and loved it too.  People controlling other people (this includes body swapping, like Freaky Friday, where they no longer have control over their own bodies) has always made me deeply uncomfortable and in general I dislike reading about it.  (I’m pretty sure his stems from my fear of losing control of myself, but lets not get into that) I think when I was younger I couldn’t get past that uncomfortableness. I saw the movie when I was a little bit older, and I realized that the book is totally against the control.  Its not meant to be a comedy thing, and even the movie shows how messed up it is.  The story isn’t about her being controlled its about her breaking free.

An English Bride in Scotland has been on my Goodreads TBR longer than any other book.  I love Scottish Romances but there are so many I may or may not ever get to this particular one. (There are a lot on my TBR but I usually like reading the ones I find in old bookstores)

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I had a lot of fun coming up with these! I can’t wait to do next week’s topic (I’m assuming it will be F-G-H-I-J) even though I know it will only get harder!

Have you read any of these?  Do you have books that hold random special memories that usually get pushed aside because your favorites tend to take the spotlight? Let me know!