Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature over at That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is a school related freebie since it’s back to school time. I decided to do a list of required school reading, but I’m going to split it in two.
The first five books are ones that will probably be or already have been required reading in school and that I thought were great.
The last five books are what I think should be required reading to keep your sanity in check when school gets stressful and you need a good book to make you feel happy and relaxed.
1. Hamlet by William Shakespeare | 2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
3. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | 4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | 5. Lesia’s Dream by Laura Langston
6. Not So Nice Guy by R.S. Grey (or any of her books, they’re all amazing) | 7. Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
8. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | 9. Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake (third book comes out this September!!) | 10. Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke
A Lovely Book Affair 
I know only the first four books on your list. I can see how The Book Thief might be interesting, but I never cared for it. I was just saying, on another site, how I felt Shakespeare’s tragedies were a bit too much for high school kids. But this is keeping in the mind the place I come from. 🙂
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Three Dark Crowns is on my TBR, and I keep hearing great things about it. The Book Thief and The Great Gatsby are on my favorites list! One year for my birthday, my (at the time) boyfriend gave me a signed copy of The Book Thief. I married that guy! Haha. Here’s my TTT.
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Three Dark Crowns was good, but it’s sequel One Dark Throne was even better! It’s definitely worth the read.
That’s an amazing gift! He’s a keeper that one 🙂
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I want to read it Emergency Contact
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It’s so good ❤ I highly recommend it!
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Great list! I need to catch up on Kendare’s series 🙈
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You should! It’d be just on time for Two Dark Reigns which comes out next week 🙂
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I’ve had The Book Thief in my ‘tbr’ for 5 years and have yet to read it!! I really need to read it.
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week: https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2018/08/top-ten-tuesday-back-to-schoollearning.html
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Hamlet and Macbeth are definitely my top two favorites by Shakespeare!
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