Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
There’s nothing like blog posts to really showcase my personality. This week’s prompt gives me an opportunity to showcase posts I’ve written that give you the best glimpse of me. This is a fun topic, because I get to browse through all of my post and show off my favorite ones that I wish everyone would read. Here they are in no particular order, with links to the posts if you’d like to check them out:
- Bookish Discussion Sunday — Antisemitism. I wrote this in January of 2024, and unfortunately, antisemitism has continued increasing since then. This has also become a huge issue in publishing and the book community overall, and I’m super proud of this post calling attention to it, so hopefully you’ll take a few minutes to read it. Plus, I aim to post about Jewish books and issues whenever possible, so this seemed like a really important topic to discuss.
- Meet the Book Blogger Tag. I wrote this in March 2021, and it kind of gives you a good overview of who I am.
- The Assignment. I read this in 2020, and it was mind-blowing. Liza Weimer took a real-life scenario that was occurring in schools around the country and turned it into the most compelling and meaningful YA book that I’ve read in a long time.
- How to Crush Your TBR List. I’m a pretty fast reader, and I learned some great tips and tricks to read faster here, so decided to share it. I’m super proud of this post.
- Seven Deadly Sins of Writers. This was one of my earlier posts, and I think it’s still relevant. It came about after the 4672659265th time I saw an author acting up in an inappropriate way on social media.
- Five Tips for Reviewer Etiquette. Another early post, and I think everyone should be aware of these tips.
- Five Bookish Pet Peeves. If you want to get to know someone, get to know their pet peeves, right?
- TTT Reasons I Love Fantasy. This is one of my most read genres, and I get to talk about all the reasons I love it in this post.
- Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop. This is the first book in a cozy mystery series by Darci Hannah that I absolutely love, and I think it is criminally underrated.
- Ten Years Gone. Another series starter, Jonathan Dunsky kicks off his historical fiction mystery series featuring a Holocaust survivor who used to be a cop but is now a private investigator, and it’s incredibly addictive.
These are some of the posts that I’m most proud of since I started blogging. I’m really looking forward to seeing yours, so drop your links below too and let me know what you think of my post!
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
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It is fun to see someone’s posts that, while sometimes still about books, are also topics or discussions that look beyond books. We all are so used to a book list on these weekly visits so this kind of topic is a fun reminder that we write about other things, too! 🙂
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It is! I love getting to know people a little better outside of books. Even if we are all book bloggers, each of us has a life outside of books.
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Meet the Book Blogger Tag seems like a great way of introducing yourself to other bloggers! I may have to do that at some point. 🙂
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Thank you! I figured that it was a nice way to let my readers get to know me a little outside of books. Consider yourself tagged!
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I read Murder at the Beacon Hill Bakeshop earlier this summer, while I enjoyed it, I don’t think I’ll continue with the series. It felt like it took forever to get to the heart of the story.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/who-am-i-ten-books-that-offer-insight/
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It isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. That’s the perks of loving cozy mysteries, there are so many to choose from!
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It’s nice to be able to share some of our favorite posts. The post on antisemitism is especially timely.
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Thank you – it was such a tough one to write, but I felt like it was important.
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I agree with all of those reviewer tips!
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Thank you! I wrote that on my old blog and carried it over to this one when I switched to WP. I try to live by those tips, and haven’t had any problems.
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What a great list of posts!! I need to read so many of them!
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy them when/if you find the time to check them out.
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i’m so sorry that you had to write a post on antisemitism – and that this abuse happened to you and others. It’s not right. But thank you for writing it and drawing attention to this heartbreaking increase in hatred. It’s important to call it out. My TTT
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Thank you, I appreciate that. I had hoped to stimulate a little more discussion on the topic. This last year has really been a turning point for Jewish people – we’ve always experienced antisemitism, for me it started in school, but now things have gotten bad enough for non-Jewish people to really take notice. Hopefully this motivates more people to call it out, and not just Jewish people.
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A great list. I didn’t think that I did a lot of personal stuff on my Blog, but apparently I do 😂 even when I write a review I do a little bit at the beginning that is personal 😂
Religion is such a big topic. What I don’t understand is that every religion teaches love so why can’t we all do that regardless of which strand of religion we believe? It’s very sad ❤️
I haven’t read Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop but will add it to my list. I am however a very slow reader 😂 I tried to speed up once but it hampered my enjoyment of the book so gave up.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
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Thank you! I didn’t think I did a lot of posts that were personally focused, but apparently I do. And that’s in addition to the little bit of personal oomph that I always add to my regular posts anyway.
I’m not sure – in Judaism, there’s specifically a line in one of our prayers that says, “You practice in your way, and we’ll practice in ours.” And I can’t help but think that if more people practiced that, it might make our world a better place.
Weirdly enough, I get it. I tend to slow down my reading when I am really loving a book, and I couldn’t quite figure out why until I realized it always happened when I was reading one of my top reads.
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It’s strange looking back isn’t it 🤣
Interesting. I agree. Why are people so concerned with what others are doing?
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I have no idea, maybe they don’t have enough excitement in their lives? If that’s the case, I strongly suggest getting a puppy. They’re endlessly time-consuming yet entertaining and lovable. lol
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Maybe.
Yep. A great idea 😂 I’ve put my foot down on getting any pets. Not that my partner wants any and my oldest son doesn’t particularly like animals so 😂
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