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Books That We Want in Physical Form (Beryl and Audrey)

We all know that more and more people are reading ebooks. Even so, we still prefer physical copies. Since we barely have space in our house anymore for all our books, we only buy physical copies for books we really, really want. Today, we'll be making a list of the books that we want to have a physical copy of.

1. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

2. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

3. Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

4. Lola and The Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

5. Isla and The Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

6. This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer Smith

7. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

8. Landline by Rainbow Rowell

9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

10. John Green Boxset

- Paper Towns

- The Fault in Our Stars

- Looking for Alaska

- An Abundance of Katherines

So that's our list! There's a lot more that we didn't include because we'd probably never finish. What books do you want to have a physical copy of? What did you think of our list? Leave a comment!

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Wibbly Wobbly Wednesdays: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

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Wibbly Wobbly Wednesdays is a new feature on this blog where we talk about any book that has something to do with the concept of time. The book may be about time travel, set in the past or future, or just has a bizarre timeline. If you are a Whovian, you know what we're talking about! :)

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, # 1)

Title: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

Author: Ransom Riggs

Publisher:Quirk

Hardcover: 348 pages

Synopsis (via Goodreads):

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

We read this a while back and just remembered that this book actually had time travel in it. We decided that it would be perfect if we used this book for the Wibbly Wobbly Wednesdays feature this week. Not only was it creepy, it also had cool time travel portions. We admit that it was quite awkward to realize that the love interest in this story was also the love interest of the grandfather but we just try to ignore that as much as possible. Anyway, we really enjoyed the parts about time travel and how the past was shown.

Have you read Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children? What did you think about it? What do you think about our Wibbly Wobbly Wednesdays? Leave a comment!

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Unique Books I've Read

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week, there is a different topic. This week's topic is the top ten most unique books that we have read. It could be because of the main character or the plot or just anything that made it unique.

We are very excited for this since there are many books that are so unique and deserve to be read by everyone. Enjoy!

1. Every Day by David Levithan
Recently, we made a review of this book. We stated there that its plot was very unique. It really was. The plot was very unique and so were the characters so we decided that it would be perfect on this list.

2. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Here, it's the main characters that are unique. Instead of the main characters who say they are ugly but are actually pretty or handsome Eleanor and Park were both just average. Their personalities were also very unique and their voices were very distinct.

3. The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry
The main characters here are also unique. Kate has diabetes and Aidan lost his arm. This makes them very memorable since they are not perfect either. They are also different from the usual YA books with disabled people as their main characters.

4. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
This book is the only book we've heard of that has a female football captain. That's what makes it unique.

5. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
All four of the main characters are unique. They are all very different from each other and yet they're still friends.

6. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
The way this was written was very unique. Instead of in the usual way, it was written using words and their definitions. We all were amazed by how the author was able to write the story like that. We know we can't write like that. We'd probably go out of our minds trying.

7. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
This dude has been mentioned, like, thrice already! Seriously! Levithan just manages to make books that are so unique! It's so unique that this whole thing is being written with exclamation points! YAY!

8. Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Instead of a homosexual who wants to be out of the closet but can't find it in him to come out, this is a book about a homosexual who already came out, decided he hated people knowing, moved to another place and pretended to be straight. That sounds kinda weird but if you look at it from his point of view it makes sense.

9. Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Umm... This is pretty obvious so we won't explain anymore.

10. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
It's told using pictures and words. It has a very unique plot with a very unique main character and very creepy children.

What's your Top Ten Tuesday? What did you think about ours? Leave a comment!

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we gather to share what we have read for the past week and what we plan to read this week. It's a great way to meet new blogs, add new titles to your TBR list, and network with other bloggers.

Though we've all been busy this week, we managed to find an opportunity to make this post. We've also managed to read a couple of books last week, even though Audrey had her periodical tests last week and Beryl was prepping for her periodical tests the week after. Kimi has been doing college-y things that people in college do so we can guarantee that she has been very busy as well. We have compiled all of the books that we have read last week, books that we plan to read this week, and books that we plan to read next week.