Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Had a Strong Emotional Reaction To

Nice one, Broke and Bookish! We all know how much I like to talk about my feelings, and now we have a blog post where I am at liberty to talk about them all I want. Huzzah.

1. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh - This one stirred feelings of the romantic variety. I was so invested with these characters. I was telling my sister about it last night and she said, "What, is it like Twilight or something?" Um, maybe a little, but like a sophisticated, creepier Twilight. Where the boy is actually awesome, and the girl is still kind of annoying, and I get butterflies every time anything infinitesimally romantic happens.

2. Kartography by Kamila Shamsie - This is my favorite book, so of course I had a strong emotional reaction to it. I felt like I could relate to all the messed up emotions the characters were experiencing in their messed up, tangled relationships, even though I don't live in a war zone.

3. Delirium by Lauren Oliver - Okay, did you read the last page? I don't need to say anything else!

4. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - And while we're on the subject of Lauren Oliver... While Before I Fall wasn't my favorite book, I was bawling pretty hard during the sister farewell scene. If you've read it, you know what I mean.

5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Mr. Zusak has a knack for manipulating all my emotions and making me cry on public transportation. Which is why I Am the Messenger is number 6.


7. The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman - If you have not already noticed, I am a sentimental sap. I was even worse when I was younger (actually, I am still just as bad, only I know that it is more socially acceptable to not show it to every single person on the planet -- just those unfortunate enough to be in my circle of close friends and family). I used to put rose petals and flowers in the romantic parts of my favorite books. I thought this was very sophisticated and artistic of me. Anyway, my point is that my copy of The Amber Spyglass (which, to my utmost sadness, is lost, possibly forever) had many rose petals in it. It is subtle but powerful.

8. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. I adore this book but the end of it killed me. I need to read it again one of these days but it might have to be one of those every-five-years rereads, because I think it had me down for a day or two after finishing. Down in that really happy way because it was so amazing and beautifully written, but still down.

9. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. When this book ended it still reverberated with me for days.

10. I can't think of one last shining example here. The Last of the Mohicans is a good one, although it doesn't stand out in my mind as much as a strong emotional reaction book. But it is the one I am writing, because I am tired. Woot.