Top 5 Tuesday: books with air

Hey, guys!
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
Today we’re finishing our mini-series of T5T topics related to the elements! We’ve already covered water, earth, and fire – so all we have left now is earth.

#1 Grishaverse

In Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels, Grisha have certain powers. There are a bunch of different abilities but one of those is manipulating air. I guess, technically these books also would have worked for all the other elements, but somehow I only thought of them for air.

Shadow and Bone on Goodreads

#2 A Court of Mist and Fury

Some of the things I associate with air are wings and flying. So, if you follow that line of thought, you will inevitably arrive at SJM’s ACOTAR series. I believe it was the second novel that prominently featured wings and flying for the first time, so I’m going with A Court of Mist and Fury!

A Court of Mist and Fury on Goodreads

Top 5 Tuesday: books with fire

Hey, guys!
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
We’re continuing our little mini post series of T5T topics related to the elements. Today we’re tackling fire before finishing up next week with air!

#1 Blood and Honey

There is a character in the Serpent & Dove series who cries tears that are rather dangerous. Why, you might ask. Because those tears cause fire, and not just any fire. It’s a fire you can’t put out again. This is rather significant in Blood & Honey, which is why I chose book #2 of the series.

Blood &Honey

#2 Fahrenheit 451

I have a feeling that this novel will be very popular today. How could it not be? When you say books with fire this is the very first thing I think of, and then there is a big gap before I can come up with anything else.

Fahrenheit 451 on Goodreads

Top 5 Tuesday: books with earth

Hey, guys!
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
Continuing our series of posts on the elements, after doing water last week, today we’re going to talk about earth and books I associate with that.

#1 Lord of the Rings

I can’t remember which of the LotR books it is that they pop up in, but earth makes me think of the Ents. Green things, growing things, nature!

Lord of the Rings on Goodreads

#2 1922

The more I thought about the topic the more my brain kept honing in on the idea of earth = farming. And once my brain was set on that thought, I couldn’t for the life of me come up with books outside of that framework. So, that’s why we now have Stephen King’s 1922, which takes place in a rural setting on a farm.

1922 on Goodreads

Top 5 Tuesday: books with water

Hey, guys!
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
This month, we’ll be going through the elements. To kick things off, let’s talk about some books that feature water!

#1 Fable

When I read the theme, this is the very first book that came to mind. A good chunk of the story takes place on ships, the main character spends a lot of time diving (finding gemstones this way is a lucrative trade in the story), and if we’re not on or in the water, we’re in a port town. I can guarantee this novel will give you a very strong desire to hit up an ocean near you!

Fable on Goodreads

#2 Voyage of the Dawn Treader

When I hear water, I think ocean, I think ships. I haven’t read too many books that incorporate that – as it turned out. However, another novel that quickly came to mind was Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Admittedly, I didn’t love the Chronicles of Narnia books, but if the shoe fits (the theme)…

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader on Goodreads

Top 5 Tuesday: books with war / battle

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It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
Today we’re going to talk about books that feature some pretty epic wars and battles!

#1 The Golden Enclaves

Technically, there are several battles and fights strewn in across this entire series. I specifically picked the final book though because this is where the fight kind of changes and the way the battles happen is rather unique!

The Golden Enclaves on Goodreads

#2 Wheel of Time

As I am writing this, I am on book 12 out of 14 in this behemoth of a series. There are countless battles fought, wars references and let’s of course not forget about the upcoming final confrontation with the Dark One that surely needs to happen at some point soon! There are too many battles to pick a specific one though. Also, the books have been dragging on to an insane degree and it’s taking me forever to get through the series, so I couldn’t even tell you which battle happens in which book if my life depended on it.

The Wheel of Time on Goodreads

Top 5 Tuesday: fan theories

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It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a bookish favorites post. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Meeghan over on Meeghan Reads and is quite simple: check out the topic and write a post with your picks.
Today we’re going to talk about some fan theories that sound intriguing. To be honest, I wasn’t familiar with many of them before writing this post, but I had the best of times researching some of the stuff people up with!

#1 A Song of Ice and Fire

There are probably a lot of theories regarding A Song of Ice and Fire. Oh rather, there definitely were before GOT concluded. When looking into theories for this post, I came across one that I hadn’t heard of before, though. Westeros is Middle-Earth (well, in some distant future)! The idea is that the Riders of Rohan became the Dothraki, Hobbits eventually turned into the children of the forest, and Mordor is Old Valyria which met its doom when Mount Doom erupted.

A Song of Ice and Fire on Goodreads

#2 Winnie the Pooh

I think this theory is a lot more well-known. At least I came across it several times before. It’s the idea that all the characters in Winnie the Pooh all represent different mental illnesses. The Canadian Medical Association Journal even published an article on that. According to this theory, Tigger has ADHD, Rabbit is obsessive-compulsive, Eeyore is suffering from depression, etc.

Winnie the Pooh on Goodreads