Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is: Top Ten Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught X 101 (examples: YA fantasy 101, feminist literature 101, magic in YA 101, classic YA lit 101, world-building 101)
So, I have had this particular list in my head for ages, waiting for the most perfect Top Ten for it. And when I saw the topic for this week, I just knew it was time. I present to you…
And don’t worry- I checked, each of these is considered a pest in some area or another!
Pictures link to Goodreads!
Hahaha this had me laughing. I love your topic for today. It’s definitely very interesting. Great picks! Is it bad I hadnt heard of some of these…?
My TTT
Nah- The Year of the Rat was pretty under the radar- and The Serpent King is a most anticipated 2016 for me!!
I try to keep the weird in TTT 😉
Great list I love Grasshopper Jungle and In the Shadow of Blackbirds and I think it’d be so fun to take a course where you can discuss them!!! Great other picks as well. I am especially curious about The Year of The Rat- never heard of that book! Thanks for sharing your (fake) syllabus with us!
Aw thanks! Hahah yes, hopefully no one will actually squash our books 😉 I am excited to read some of these- especially GJ and ItSoB! Glad you loved them 😀
MY PRECIOUS RAVEN BOYS AND SIX OF CROWS! NO! NO EXTERMINATION OF THEM EVER.
Also this is seriously the coolest topic ever.
Bwhaha thanks! And no, these are just a guide- you see these animals in real life, and you squish them. Bring your Kindle along for proper identification 😉
Interesting list, and topic. Books with pests, I like it. It’s unique.
Check out my TTT:
Aww thanks!!
Haha I love this!! Fantastic idea for this week!
Aw thanks 😀
Ahh, a different list, it made me laugh, but a good one, seriously. Lord of the Flies and of Mice and Men are on my TBR. I will check out other books too.
Here is My TTT
Happy Reading!
Aw thanks! I am glad, I was going for laughter 😉 I read both of them, but AGES ago- I hardly remember them!
Ha! I think this has to be one of the most unique lists I’ve seen this week! I love it. 🙂 (Can’t wait to read Six of Crows!)
Aww thanks! And ME TOO! I need to read it ASAP!
Ha I love this. I also love that you said you have been thinking about this for a while!!!
Aw thanks! I have- it came to me when I bought Mosquitoland and was like “what is with all these bug books?” hah.
I absolutely love your topic. It’s so creative!
The Raven Boys is probably one of my favorite series ever. And I can’t wait to read Six of Crows. But I got some new recommendations from your post too! I’m very curious about The Serpent King, I’ve never heard of it. And I really want to read The Scorpion Rules too.
Aw thank you!! The Serpent King will be out early in 2016 and The Scorpion Rules in less than a month! And I can’t wait to read Six of Crows either- soon, soon!
This is a brilliant list idea—it made me laugh so much when I saw it on my Bloglovin’ feed. I love The Raven Boys, and I don’t know but maybe The Scorpio Races could count for list too? Clearly Maggie Stiefvater really likes pests!
Aww thank you!! I am glad it brought some laughs 🙂 I was considering looking up more info about The Scorpio races (because I admit I haven’t read it yet and wasn’t sure in what context “Scorpio” was!) but then I realized I’d had ten already haha. She DOES seem to like her pests!
I’m envious of your topic, Shannon. It’s so unique :D. I actually haven’t read any of these books. Some obviously because they haven’t been released yet. I think I’ve been telling myself I am going to read The Raven Boys for months now, and have yet to get around to doing it.
Awww thank you!! I was the same way about The Raven Boys, but everyone convinced me, and I was glad I did, I really liked iT!!
Such a fun list! I’ve only read The Raven Boys, Of Mice and Men, and Lord of the Flies but a few of these are in my September TBR, like Six of Crows and The Scorpion Rules. Great list!
Thanks 🙂 Those are the only ones I’d read too! I finished The Scorpion Rules right after I posted this! But I agree that I cannot WAIT to read Six of Crows either!
Lol, best list idea ever. The only ones I’ve read are Of Mice and Men and Lord of the Flies. I loved both of them.
Aww thanks!! I’ve only read 4 of them myself actually 😉 They’re all on my TBR though!
Interesting take on this weeks list!
Thanks!
I absolutely love your topic, Shannon. Definitely unique. I have to pick up The Raven Boys and Mosquitoland in the near future 🙂
Aw thanks! I am dying to read Mosquitoland! Hopefully soon 😀
Bahahaha. I love this list. So creative! So many of these are on my TBR. I am not sure about Of Mice and Men though. That may be one of those classics that I will never get to. 🙂
Aw thanks! Of Mice and Men was just okay. I can’t get into classics really. It just happened to fit the theme 😉
Oh wow. This is so funny, I like this post it’s super unique XD I’ve only read Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men for school. The rest I haven’t at all, but I might try Year of the Rat and Raven Boys soon. I’ve been hearing a lot about Six of Crows and Scorpion Rules. Have you read them And if so what did you think? 🙂
Aww thanks! I read those for school too 😉 I didn;t really love either of them. The Raven Boys was really good, and I have heard nothing but AMAZING things about Six of Crows! Scorpion Rules was okay, but not my favorite- not terrible though either. And while I haven’t had a chance to read In the Shadow of Blackbirds, I will blindly endorse anything written by Cat Winters, she is amazing!
We should definitely not have any mosquitos or rats! Great selection of books 😉
NO, we don’t want these. I would call the exterminator ASAP for either of those 😉
ooooooo your topic gives me the creepy-crawlies LOL My TTT
Hahhah thanks, I think 😉 Sorry about the creepy crawlies- it could be worse though, I could have included spiders 😀
Love the list! I have read a few but have wondered about the Raven Boys as I DNF her Wolves series.
Thanks 😀 I have only read The Raven Boys (not Sinner, it didn’t seem like my “thing”) but from what I hear, people love the Raven Boys MUCH more than Sinner, if that helps!
Hah, what a unique idea! This is great. I don’t think I know of any other books that would fit this criteria. Not off the top of my head at least.
Aw thanks!! And yeah, it was kind of tricky to find 10, especially since some people keep mice as pets- I don’t even know if it technically qualifies 😉
What a fun topic!
Thanks 😀
Cute idea! I haven’t read any of these, but a few are on my TBR list!
Aw thanks 😀
Haha, like I said before, this makes so much more sense now that I’ve seen the books you chose for this. 🙂 I love it! Especially the graphics.
It was hard to explain- or at least, I was doing a terrible job of explaining! 😀 And thanks!
I’ve seen a lot of TTT this week and this one is the most unique by far, BUT I AM A BIT CREEPED OUT, I’m not gonna lie. Australia has a ton of creepy crawlies and now I am nervously looking over my shoulder after seeing this list, haha!
Hahhah thanks! Sorry for creeping you out 😉 I feel like Australia has meaner and bigger creepy crawlies than here in the northeastern US. So you have every right to look over your shoulder! And for maybe not reading these books right now!
OMG the topic you chose! I am laughing… but also I’m entirely grossed out by those bug pictures! Ewwwwwwwwww.
Bwhaha sorry(ish) 😉 It was NOT fun looking for bug pictures either!
Oh My, I am laughing and laughing! I love this! 😛 I actually haven’t read any of them yet and need to so this is a great reminder. I got me some reading to do!
Hahah thanks! There are a bunch of these I MUST read for sure 🙂
I’m probably strange but I just got super excited over your inclusion of both Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men. Two of my favorites from high school that I’ve been meaning to reread! <3
Aww thanks, I hope you enjoy your re-reads! I haven’t read them since high school either (and to be honest, I barely read them then haha)
OMG, this list made me crack up! Awesome idea Shannon!
And girl, I am just so awed by your graphic skills!
Aww thanks! And this one was actually pretty easy- just some clip art bugs and other vermin 😉
*LOVE* your take on this week’s TTT, Shannon! So funny and clever. Side note: The cover of In the Shadows of Blackbirds has always freaked me out!
Aww thanks! I agree it IS kind of creepy, but in a good way- I love Cat’s books, and the covers are amazing 🙂
Aww… thanks for sharing this book collection.
This is a very creative way to keep an interesting book list handy. It must have taken a little bit of time or a lot of inspiration to get this “pesty” book list together.
Aww thank you! It was funny, it popped into my head one day, I have no idea how or why ?
Also… The Grasshopper Jungle cover is so simple it could almost use the additional bug images you added. And you have a wide range of titles here, from classics to modern.
Hahhahah I agree, I think I do like it with the bug a little better 😉
Great
Thanks for this informative article, I’ll be anticipating more from you. I really feel that I can learn a lot. Great post Shannon
Hey
It is always creepy to have pests around. Pest control services will enforce the most effective pest prevention schemes into your home, they will alert you to the valuable information you need to know, and if you do have any pest problems at the current time, they will exterminate them for you.
Thank you for sharing a great post.
Your statement about cockroaches is completely true. They could survive a nuclear fallout and the baking soda-sugar mixture is a unique way to address it.
I think you’ve got the most well-known titles there. Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men are both classics, and two of my most favourite reads. I actually really wanted to read The Serpent King when it first came out, you’ve just reminded me I need to put it on my list!
I don’t think I could read a book that has rat in the title. We’ve just had a really bad rat problem at home (we live in London, and there’s lots of them about!), and had to call out these pest controllers http://www.pestcontrolinlondon.co.uk/ to handle the problem, because we had heard they were the best in our area for dealing with rats.
Thanks for this great list of good reads!