Top Ten Topics/Words That Make Me Instantly Pick Up a Book
117April 29, 2013 by Alice in Readerland
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
This week for Top Ten Tuesday I list my Top Ten Topics/Words That Make Me Instantly Pick Up a Book (with pictures/gifs)!
1. Detective/Mystery
2. Time Travel
This is my cat Figment. He says bow ties are cool.
3. Fairy Tale Retelling
4. Road Trip
5. Foreign Country Settings
6. Mentioning a Fun/Cute Animal/Pet
7. Spy/Espionage
8. Dragons
9. Lost Memory
10. Adventure
What are topics/words that make you instantly pick up a book? Do you have any book recommendations for me based off of my choices?
Alice in Readerland 
Foreign settings are always appealing especially when they’re done really well! I like adventure stories too, they’re so much fun! Also I love all the memes and gifs you used in this post :).
Thanks, I had fun looking for the right gifs/memes! :)
I think I went on and on about foreign settings today on my list, lol…Yay for time travel being on your list too! *high fives*
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*High fives you back* Hooray! Off to check out your list! :)
Ooh I love that you did this using the images and gifs! Awesome!
I see we share more than a couple on each others’ lists. I totally forgot to add road trips! that’s another one that grabs my attention, too.
Thanks, I had fun finding the perfect gifs/pics for each topic! :)
How did you get the gifs to play? I can’t get them to play on mine. Is it because mine is a free account maybe?
Mine is free too (although I just bought a “.com” instead of “.wordpress.com” 2 months ago, but that doesn’t change the writing layout), but sometimes they freeze on me and won’t play depending on what web browser/computer I’m on. I’m still frustrated that I can’t get HTML to work on the free one!
ooh good to know. thanks.
The lack of html use on the free accts frustrates me too. Especially when the fee to upgrade to a premium acct is in my opinion too much for what I use my blog for.
I agree, it’s definitely too much ( & if I had the $, I’d probably use it to buy more books, anyway ;) ). I know that you can have Google followers and HTML on BlogSpot, so I thought about switching, but I already worked out my blog design for wordpress, so I’ll wait. :)
Yeah I’ve considered switching numerous times now, but I worry about starting “almost” all over. I still need to work on the design for my blog. A couple of months ago I was changing it daily and then I made the executive decision to leave it alone for the time being.
I am loving the retellings like Cinder. I don’t think I have read enough spy books or time travel. I need to get on that!
I loved Cinder (and am excited for Cress)! :)
I am in the middle of Scarlet right now. Marissa Meyer is a great author.
I absolutely love Fairy tale retellings as well. I very nearly put road trip in my list too. Great list :D
My 2 favorite books that I’ve read (for the first time) this year are both fairy tale retellings! :)
Awwwwww Toothless!! I love that movie! :) Dragons are on my list too! ;) I love your pics I never think of something that cool. Great list.
The movie was so cute! Thanks, I had fun finding the gifs/pics! :)
I really love retellings and I don’t read enough of them! If you like cute animals be sure to read The Book of Broken Hearts. Pancake is the cutest dog ever!
I’ll be sure to look it up! :)
I agree and very much love your list, Alice! Time travel, adventure, travel, lost memory…I could go on and name every point on there because I love them all. Great pictures and gifs too :)
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Thanks, I had fun looking for the gifs/pics, and I’d really love to read more books related to my list! :)
Yey Dragons!
There needs to be more dragon stories! :)
I love all your cats!!! Figment is such a cool name! I totally love road trip books… I wish there were more of them!! And there are SO many amnesia books, but I LOVE them!! It’s so cool for someone to not know what happened to them and not know who they can trust!
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Aw, thanks!!! :) I love the whole amnesia idea, it always makes for such a great mystery!
First, I love the gifs and pics. They’re so much fun. Second, great list! I have a few of these on my list as well. I especially love dragons.
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Thanks, I had fun finding all the gifs/pics! :)
I love your image/animated list! Time travel and retellings are on my list too – definitely the two most common categories out there. So why arent’ there more time travel books??? Oh yeah and dragons and memory made my list too. yes!
Here’s my top ten list
I’d love to read more time travel books (as well as dragon and memory books)! :)
I love the gifs you put! Especially Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. And I agree about Adventure and Lost Memory/Amnesia… how could I have forgotten them? Stupid me…
Great list!
I couldn’t resist adding a Toothless gif, he’s so cute! :)
YES! Lost memory! I totally didn’t clue into that, but that is a topic that makes me instantly intrigued. I love fairy tale retelling as well.
I recently read Unremembered by Jessica Brody (and loved it), so I was thinking about it! :)
Ya, the first thing I thought was that book too! I haven’t read it yet, but I’m looking forward to getting a copy and devouring it :D
Time Travel books, tv shows, anything are so good! Plus, you really sold me with the Dr. Who gifs.
I definitely would like to see more time travel stories! Thanks, I love that TARDIS gif and then I just couldn’t resist adding the picture of my cat in. :)
Bow Ties are so cool!!! Your list is very creative.
“I wear a bow tie now. Bow ties are cool.” Yes, yes they are. ;)
I really enjoyed your list and the images/gifs were brilliant. Spy/espionage is a good topic and I should probably have added it to my list.
Thank you, I had fun looking for the gifs/pics, and I’d love to read more spy/espionage books! :)
Great list! I love the way you laid it out. I’ve been seeing foreign countries on a lot of people’s lists and I wish I had thought to include that.
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I’d love to read more books set in foreign countries! :)
Ooooh spies, amazing pick! Great list, love the dragon gif. :D
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Thanks, I knew I had to add a dragon gif (go dragons!)! ;)
Mysteries are great. I never thought to add dragons to my list but I definitely enjoy a good dragon story.
I love mysteries and dragons, I need to read more books with them! :)
Great list, yes to all of them except the dragons! I’m lukewarm about them :-)
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I think what we really need is a story of a time travelling cat detective whose best friend is a dragon from Prague who, uh, has amnesia. Do you think JK Rowling is available for commissions?
I want to read that book now!!! :)
Figment is adorable! He looks so so dapper. :-)
Aww, thanks! =^..^=
Can I just say I died a little when I saw that cute gif of the bunny! :o
Love your list! =)
~Stephanie @ Bookfever
It’s one of my favorite gifs! :)
Toothless!!! The picture makes me want to watch HTTYD all over again…except my friend has had my copy for a few months now. Grr!
True story? I wasn’t a fan of dragon books until I watched HTTYD and went through withdrawal during the long wait for it to come out on DVD. One of my favorites I read during that time period was STARLIGHTER by Bryan Davis. Have you read that?
And that bunny!!
I think I want books in your categories based on those images alone ;)
No, I haven’t, but I’m definitely going to look it up now! Thanks for the recommendation! :)
Haha, I love the images you put in your post! :) I agree with most of your picks. I’m not sure how I feel about fairytale retellings yet, though.
Thanks, I had so much fun finding all of the gifs/pics! :)
I didn’t even think about foreign places! Those are some of my favorite stories! Great list!
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I wish I would have remembered to include road trips on my TTT as well! Thanks for stopping by The Hiding Spot!
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Great list – love dragons, Paris, and road trips too
I’d love to read more books with those topics! :)
I totally forgot about time travel! I love time traveling books!
Me too, I need to read more of them! :)
Love your list- your cat is adorable!
Aww, thanks! =^..^=
I agree with Fairy Tale retellings. That is all I have been reading lately, but I’m going to be diving back into Adult books soon.
My 2 favorite books I read (for the 1st time) this year are both fairy tale retellings! :)
Lol, we have the same tastes, I say! Seriously, did you somehow hijack my list? Great list and it definitely fits me too!
Cool! (I can’t find your blog address, so if you see this, send it to me!) :)
Fairytale retellings <3
Mel@thedailyprophecy.
My 2 favorite books that I read for the first time this year are both fairy tale retellings! :)
I love the pictures you included! XD Foreign country settings are awesome, and I’m just sort of getting back into time travel books again :) Great list! Thanks for stopping by earlier!
I need to read more time travel and foreign country books! :)
I agree with all of your choices, especially Mentioning a Fun / Cute Animal / Pet — I love animals in books ;)
Fabulous top ten!
I’m a big animal lover! :)
How did I not think of Mystery novels?! Silly me. They are also some of my favorite books. I haven’t read any, though, which is unfortunate.
I love mystery novels, I need to read more of them! :)
I don’t have anything insightful to say. I just wanted to say I love the cat pictures you chose! :D
Thanks, I had fun finding them; I’m a sucker for cutest pictures! :)
Great list- I love the pic of your cat! So cute. =)
Thank you!!! ~^..^~
How did I forget Fairy Tale Retellings?!?!
My two favorite books that I’ve read (for the first time) this year are both fairy tale retellings! :)
awwww I just love all the gifs and images, especially of the animals! I have to agree on dragons and detectives and cute animals! LOVE animals! Great list! :D
Thanks, I had fun finding the gifs, and I’m a huge animal lover too! :)
Woo! Love that you included a Doctor Who gif. Love your list, so many that are on my list, and a bunch that almost made it on my list!
As soon as I listed time travel I knew that I had to include a Doctor Who gif! :)
I wanted to put fairytale retellings on my list, but I don’t exactly check out every fairytale retelling, so…
And how could I forget to put lost memory on my list?!
Thanks for stopping by my TTT Alice! (:
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Road trips!!!! I knew I would forget so many things I liked! I love road trips- especially where a romance is involved! Golden by Jessi Kirby has one of my favorite road trips in it. I also like fairy tale retellings, even though I’ve only read one so far. (I need to remedy that!) Great list Alice!
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I’ll definitely have to check out Golden! :)
O lost memory! Yes! I do love that one.
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I just finished reading Unremembered by Jessica Brody and I loved it! :)
AAAAAAH YOU HAVE A LEVERAGE GIF I LOVE YOU. :D
It’s my favorite TV show!!! :)
Oh, I do agree with quite a few of these. The only one that really doesn’t matter to me are fun/cute animal/pets, but they are quite nice when used in a blog post like this! ;) Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier! :)
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I love your whole list. All of it. So much. ESPECIALLY the graphics. And ESPECIALLY the Sherlock/Doctor Who comments. Seriously. And Road Trips and just everything. Can I borrow this list? Or rather, let’s share. ^_^
Hooray!!! Glad you love it as much as I do! :D
these are great! bowties ARE cool. and fezzes.
I’d try a fez on Figment, along with the bow tie, but he would probably just chew on the tassel! ;) Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Your cat is adorable! And I love his name!
I never really thought I liked dragons… but just looking at my shelves I have Seraphina, Eragon, Game of Thrones and many many more dragon stories. It turns out I auto buy them without even noticing! I love the pictures youve used…. even if the Who am I one made me burst out into song (I’m Jean Valjean!… yep I’ve always been a bit of a Les Mis fan. I was in the chorus when we did it in high school.)
Hope you have a great week :)
Thanks! =^..^= Les Mis is my favorite musical, and now you’ve got me singing too (“two-four-six-oohh-oonnneee”)! :)
1,3 and 5 on your list speaks to me :)
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OK the dragon gif is my favorite. Lovely list! Can’t believe I forgot lost memory, I have been reading so much of that lately and LOVE it
Thanks, I recently read Unremembered by Jessica Brody and loved it! :)
I will have to get that one, thanks!
Adventure! I totally should have put that one, too! Then again, if I put everything I enjoyed, the list would have been waaaay too long. :) Excellent list!!
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I saw a link to your blog on someone else’s blog. I agree with the fairytale retellings , I am currently reading splintered by A.G. Howard. The one theme that makes me instantly read a book is magic, any type. I love the idea of the list, I will be doing this on my blog at some point. Thank you for great idea.