Top Ten Tuesday rewind: romances I think would last in the real world

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week the participants post their top ten to a specific topic.

This week's topic is a rewind, meaning we can choose an old one we missed. I picked my Top Ten romances I think would last in the real world. Sorry to those who saw it yesterday, for some reason I thought it was Tuesday already and was wondering why the linky wasn't up x_X

1. Cat & Bones, from Jeaniene Frost's Nighthuntress novels
   What I love about Cat & Bones is that they work reall well as a team. It's usually them against hte world, and not some artificial drama about whether they can stay together.


2. Kaylee & Tod, from Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers series
   Once these two found one another they just clicked. I can't imagine them apart anymore.


3. Rose & Dimitri, from Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series
   They kick ass and after all they've gone through I think they could overcome anything together.


4. Adam & Mia from Gayle Forman's If I Stay / Where She Went
   Their personal journey of growth and how they went their separate ways to find each other again has brought them to a higher level. They both have their passions and careers and there's so much respect between them now.


5. Rule & Shaw from Rule, by Jay Crownover
   They are such rich and wonderfully drawn characters! Once they finally saw one another for what they were... yeah, I can't imagine anyone coming between them anymore.


6. Jamie & Claire from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series
   Epic journey together. No way they wouldn't last after all they've gone through and learned about one another.


7. Anna & Cas from  Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake
   In the real world, if Anna wasn't a ghost? Totally. Then again, her being a badass ghost was part of the reason why he felt attracted to her and fell for her. Hm...

This topic is actually surprisingly hard! So many couples, especially in YA, are forming sort of tentatively and there are always issues and the book sort follows them as they get together... I was going through my 'read' shelf and remembered so many of them as still sort of unstable. So here are three couples I think wouldn't last in the real world.

1. Abby & Travis from Beautiful Disaster, by Jamie McGuire
   Don't hit me. But I think 2 years later they will be divorced or one of them will be dead. Or they'll have a kid and a terrible marriage. Their so-called love is a catastrophy waiting to happen...


2. Luce & Daniel from Lauren Kate's Fallen series
   I haven't read Rapture yet but I'm still sort of hoping Luce will decide to finally leave Daniel and have a life of her own. I really liked Torment as a book because she begins to question things.


3. Tris & Four, from Divergent by Veronica Ross
   At the end of book two... I'm not sure. I love them both as characters and as a couple, but do I think they would last in the real world? If there was no threat for them to conjointly fight against? After the things they've kept form each other? I'm just not sure.

So this is it... I'm not perectly comfortable with all my choices to be honest. What means 'in the real world' anyway? If one of them wasn't a vampire/angel/demon/whatever? Isn't that often part of the attraction in the first place? If anyone else has chosen this topic, I'd be very curious to see their answers. What do you guys think of my topic/choices? And what topic did you pick today? 

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors on my auto-buy list

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week the participants post their top ten to a specific topic.

This week is about authors that are so amazing and that we trust so much, we'd buy anything they wrote.

There are only a few authors from whom I'd buy absolutely *anything*. I mean, if I read the book description and it's about an issue that just doesn't interest me, or if they suddenly go into another genre, or if their new book is about a topic that is a trigger for me, I'd stay away, or at least not buy the book immediately. But there are many authors that I trust and whose writing I am totally in love with so that I preorder their books.

1. Melissa Marr
   I love love love her writing style. I've read all her Wicked Lovely stories including the mangas, many stories she has in anthologies (though not all because there are so many and I only have so much money and time) as well as Carnival of Souls. However, not sure about that middle grade series she has coming out soon... but that's because at this point I'm just not into MG.
   
2. Holly Black
   Her. Writing. Is. Magic. I've loved it since I read (and reread and reread and re-borrowed so I could re-read before I had my own copy) Tithe. I'm so excited about The Coldest Girl in Coldtown coming out in the fall! And the Curseworkers books just blew my mind.
   
3. Kim Harrison
   The Hollows series. Rachel. Jenks. Ivy. Al the coffee-loving demon. Kisten. Enough said ;)
   
4. Jeaniene Frost
   Cat and Bones are among my favorite couples :) Also, I love how she combines fun writing and banter with action and creepiness. She creates memorable characters that come to life on the page!
   
5. Richelle Mead
   Fun, action, heartbreak, redemption... I've read all her books apart from the Dark Swan ones because I haven't gotten to them yet. Her style is just so readable for me, I don't want to stop and just dive into the worlds she creates :)
   
6. Kelly Creagh
   Her writing is just sooo beautiful! I love how she brings the Poe elements to life in her books but also twists them and makes them her own! I read her books slowly just so I can savor them. I'm very curious about what her next project after the Nevermore trilogy will be!
   
7. Rachel Vincent
   Her writing is just so gripping and real! And I love the characters she creates. She doesn't shy away from letting them make risky decisions and facing the consequences. Very strong heroines. No sugar-coating the bad things. I'm very curious about that new YA project she's been hinting at!
   
8. Erin Morgenstern
   She's only published one book but seriously I loved The Night Circus so much I couldn't even review it because I have no idea how. It's a masterpiece. I'll buy whatever she releases next without thinking twice about it.
   
9. Kate Griffin
   What an imagination! I love her version of urban fantasy. So magical! Gives me a book high and lets me see the world with fresh eyes. Also, reluctant heroes that don't want to do heroic things by default. Love it :) Oh Matthew Swift...
   
10. a tie between Julie Kagawa and Sarah Rees Brennan and maybe Cassandra Clare
    Yup. Julie because I was hesitant about trusting her with the vampires but she was amazing at it, and I also loved her adult story in the 'Til The World Ends anthology. If she decides to go for adult horror next, I'm in.
    Sarah Rees Brennan because her writing is jus so fun and addictive, but also heartbreaking! She sure loves to torture us poor readers :P I loved the Demon books and Unspoken, but I haven't bought Team Human yet. I just don't know if I want to. I'm sure it's funny but... I dunno. The co-authoring bit might also play into my decision...
    Cassandra Clare because I don't know if she can do anything non-Shadow Hunters. I love those novels, the Infernal Devices even more so. But another trilogy? I mean, I'll certainly read it, but I'd also like to see her branch out a bit. I read a non-nephilim short story of hers in an anthology once but that one didn't really do it for me...

There are quite a few authors I feel sort of bad about not including but yeah... there can only be ten. And unlike for other people, J.K. Rowling is not an auto-buy for me.

What do you think of my list? Anyone you'd like to chuck out? Someone you also picked? Also, leave a link to your own list, I'm curious about maybe discovering new authors :)

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop: Choose 1 of 15 books

Hey guys :) Welcome to my stop of the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop, hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & The Diary of a Bookworm. There are about 500 blogs participating, so make sure to hop along with the linky at the bottom of this post.

I love Halloween! I don't get to do much because the event isn't really celebrated in Switzerland much, but I love all the pictures of costumes and decorations that show up on my twitter feed around this time from the Americans I'm following.

And of course, I love spooky books and movies. So let's get to the goodies ;)

There will be one winner who can pick one of the following books:









Click the covers to check the books out on goodreads. Those are all books I have either read and loved or heard awesome things about.


Rules:

• Open internationally as long as The Book Depository ships to you.
• One entry per person / household. 
• Duplicate entries or any other type of cheating results in deletion of all your entries. I will check ALL of them before I pick a winner.
• You have to be at least 13. You have to be 18 to pick one of the following: Drawing Blood, Lost Souls, Halfway to the Grave. Those are NOT YA.
• The winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before I pick someone new.
• The cover/edition of your pick may differ because of regional restrictions. I will order paperbacks if available (Ember will be kindle format, as I cannot order paperbacks from amazon.com and it's unavailable from TBD).
• I am not responsible for what happens to the book after I've ordered it for you.

Now have fun and enjoy the spooky season!




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