Hello All!
Thought I would take a break from WWW Wednesday this week and do a Top 5 courtesy for Top 5 Wednesdays over at Goodreads!
Today I’m going to introduce you all to the Top 5 Books that BLEW MY MIND!! You know those books that you finished and you suddenly find yourself dazed and confused, half way to Mexico thinking “….what just happened???”
Okay… maybe that’s exaggerating a little, BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!! Now these are in no particular order as it’s hard enough for me to MAKE a list, let alone PUT IT IN ORDER!! You’ll also notice that all of these books are a little newer. Well, I’m pretty sure I am getting senile. With all of the books I’ve read, I can only seem to remember the ones that Goodreads can remind me about unless I look through my physical collection which is 90% packed up in boxes due to lack of room… so, this is a list of the Top 5 I can REMEMBER!!
Have any of you ever seen the movie “Cube”?? It’s a classic, and one of my favourites! (Okay, so in a cheesy way… Cube 2: Hypercube was EVEN BETTER!) This book blew my mind like that. Words cannot describe. I hope to review this book for a #TBT someday when I have time to re-red something again! Check it out on Goodreads, and if you’re smart, ADD IT TO YOU TBR LIST!!
So, if any of you say”but I saw the movie and it wasn’t very good!” …I WILL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN!! The movie was BAD. Just steer clear. But, PLEASE! Read the book!! It is very weird, but in an amazing way!! (Another one I want to re-read as a #TBT!! Mostly because I now have book #3 in the series “What the Hell Did I Just Read” and I want to go into it fresh!) Check it out on Goodreads!
I had to add this one to the list because, it not only left me AT THE END thinking “what just happened??” It started me at the BEGINNING thinking that! I had no idea what this book was about, and I think that’s how EVERYONE should go into it! I’m going to leave a link to Goodreads. But, DON’T READ ANY REVIEWS!! Just read the book yourself, you’ll thank me!!
Okay, so I know that I talk about this book….A LOT. But, SERIOUSLY there’s a reason for that!! It was so much better than anything I would have expected!! It was a little bit of every sort of horror! check out my review HERE if you missed it, also check it out of Goodreads!
A FANTASTIC Graphic Novel Series that has such an intricate story and such FANTASTIC illustrations! I would read them again and again if I had the time, because I feel like every time I did I would learn something new!! I’ll leave you a link yo the first one on Goodreads so you can add it to your TBR!
I’m glad to know you enjoyed Dark Matter. I will have to give it a second chance someday. I couldn’t finish it the first time around.. I think I stopped around him acting as the guy everyone thinks he is when he knows he shouldn’t be at the strange place and needed to find his wife and kid even though the wife doesn’t know him.
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Ha ha ha!!! Part of the reason it blew my mind was how crazy all of that was. It’s definitely not an EASY read!!
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Another total mind-blower is “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski. That book will mess with your head for days afterward.
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I’ll have to add that one to my list! I know that I’ll probably think of others that I should have added to mine… But, I’m always so addle-brained I can never think of anything when put in the spot! It’s like people who pull amazing quotes out of thin air! I didn’t start making notes of quotes until I started blogging, so anything I read more than 5 months ago is lost to me. 😕
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Checking the good reads reviews, so far nothing sparking me off.
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Well, I guess they can’t be for everyone! 😉
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Will be working through the Dirty Jobs guy for a while yet!
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I love John Dies at the end – I ask people is “that’s the same axe” all the time…. People stop talking to me a lot
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Ha ha ha!! Well, they probably stop talking to you because, IS IT THE SAME AXE?? I really don’t know that it would be… And I LOVE that you brought that up. 😋💖🍻
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Lock & Key looks really awesome! Sometimes it is hard to buy graphic novels since they are usually more on the expensive end. Maybe my library has it!
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That would be awesome! I feel like you’d enjoy it. It wasn’t too badly priced, but you’re right, they can DEFINITELY be expensive!!
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I’ve been building up my Fables and Saga collection and I’m still behind lol.
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I really need to try Saga. I’ve heard nothing but good things and I love the look of Lying Cat… Okay, I love the look of ANY cat! 😉
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Dark Matter and The Girl With All the Gifts blew my mind too! Great post!
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Thank you! I’m glad you agree. I went into “the girl with all the Gifts” without looking at much about it. It was just in sale or something… I TOTALLY didn’t expect what it was actually about! 👍📚
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Dark Matter has been popping up a lot lately. I feel like it has been on my TBR forever. Maybe this is the year I finally get to it haha
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You really should!! I read it a while ago and I’d love to go back to it to write a proper review!! 👍🍻
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I’ve heard nothing but great things about Dark Matter and I keep telling myself I would pick it up. 😛 Great list!
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You should really check it out!! SO GOOD! Definitely one of those books you could read multiple times and still get more out of it! 💖
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100 Word Horrors… are they all just 100 words?
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I could also just go on along now to the review for which you left a link…. 😉
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Exactly 100 words. No more, no less. And they are AMAZING! Some are a little funny, some are gory, some take you a minute to grasp and you just go “….. Wow.” literally, I can’t describe how awesome they are and the nice thing is that since they’re just 100 word stories you and pick them up and read a few whenever! It also gives you a feel for a lot if amazing authors! 💖💖 I can’t say enough good things about this collection!!
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True… you just take in a bit of the horror and then take a break.. Come back as some later point. You are certainly excited about this one. Your enthusiasm is infectious! 😉
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OMG!!! THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD READ!!! I’M AN IDIOT! GET IT!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖
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Hahahahahaha
I was wondering if it would come to this. Lol
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It just took me a while on the uptake! Ha ha! I was out with the in-laws, so it wasn’t sinking in. 😋
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LOL. Too many drinks? 😉
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… I plead the fifth. 🍻
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😇😃
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Love this post! You are hilarious! I took note of all of these! Haven’t read any!
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Well, I really hope you enjoy them if you do get to them! SO GOOD!!! Definitely let me know what you think. Make sure you follow my tip and Dont look at ANY reviews of “the Girl with all the Gifts”!! It’s so much better going in blind! 👍🍻
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Yes. That’s a great reminder! I usually don’t read synopses or reviews right before I start or book or while I read it. Too many books ruined that way! I actually think I have that book on my kindle languishing and I know I have Dark Matter from BOTM.
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Came back to say, I do read synopses and reviews but I tend to forget them as long as I am not about to or currently reading the book. 😊
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👍👍💖🍻
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Ooo!! Read them!! Ha ha! … Or, let me know when you do. 😋
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I love how I’ve never even heard of any of your top five books and you probably wouldn’t have heard of mine if I wrote this list:)
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But, that’s what makes following other blogs AWESOME!! So we can introduce each other to new and amazing books! 😄
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Exactly!
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I have the gift-girl book at home but haven’t read it yet 😂 must ..soon
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Definitely read it!! Let me know what you think! It was definitely unexpected for me.
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I just started Homo Deus..it’s a huge book. But I think this summer I can read 👋😀
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