Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the awesome people at The Broke and the Bookish
This week’s topic is: Top Ten Best Bookish Memories
Here they are in no particular order:
This was my first and only midnight release for a book. The excitement! I honestly don’t think think I have ever been as excited for a book as I was for BD. Sigh…but the release was fun. I’m sure it would have been even more fun if I would have had Twitter back then.
I was a very late bloomer to the Harry Potter series. I didn’t read them until the Summer of 2009, I think. I only read them then because I had made this deal with my husband (see #8). I was very reluctant to read them, but after I finished book 2 there was no looking back. I was completely and utterly hooked. I read them all back to back in less than 3 weeks, then I watched all the movies in preparation for the release of Half-Blood Prince. It was awesome.
Midnight releases always make the experience 100x better!
2010 was my first year at the festival and I was just amazed! It was the ultimate bookish weekend.
This was the very first book signing I ever attended.
Dark Days Event
This was only last year, but it was so much fun. I mean I got to meet Lauren Oliver! And see all my favorite blogging friends.
Me & Angela
Angela and I have been online friends since…2008. We finally got to meet in 2011 and it was so much fun!
After the Twilight movie came out husband was a little intrigued by the story. He kept asking me all these questions about what was going to happen. (This was when we were all still enamored. The new hadn’t worn off and we hadn’t quite realized how horrible KStew is) I kept telling him that he would just have to read and find out. We evetually made a deal, if he would read the Twilight series I would read the Harry Potter series. (Who do you think got the better end of this deal? Me, of course) Anyway, one of my best memories is waking up at like 2am because hubby came in the room to get New Moon off the shelf because he had just finished Twilight.
I love you guys so much and I have no idea how I would have spent the last 4 years if it weren’t for you and blogging.
I love the story about your husband reading Twilight!!!! I don’t get mine to take up a book .. ever!
And yes, among all my favorite moments are also those where I got to meet my girls and going to BEA! Woot!
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I wish my husband would read ANY book!
I remember the first time I ever heard the name Harry Potter. I was a waitress at Applebee’s and this little kid was reading this huge book. I told him that was quite a big book and he looked at me like I was crazy and said, “It’s Harry Potter.” If this little kid was reading such a big book then I’d better see what was so good about it. Best. Kid. Ever.
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That deal with your husband is all kinds of adorable. I can’t get my boyfriend into reading much more than ESPN magazine or the front cover of US Weekly! : )
Bookish memories are the best. Midnight book releases, movie releases, just so much fun. Cheers to many, many more.
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OMG my first signing was also with Richelle Mead LOL what a coincidence. I wish I could get Hubby interested in reading, then maybe I can get some peace when I’m reading LOL
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Angelica @ Paperback Princess
I’ve never been to a midnight release but it is fun to go to special book events. I didn’t read Harry Potter until the year Order of the Phoenix was released after my sister convinced me to give the books a try. Then like you, I read all of them in one week. I hope there will be another series that I will be just as excited about someday.
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Amazing! You got your husband to read Twilight?! My friends (who are girls, by the way) haven’t even touched it!
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Haha! Getting my husband to read something, pssh!
HP seems to be on almost everyone’s lists! and Kait and I are going to the Dark Days tour this year!!
It’s great to hear other bookish memories, and get a different perspective!
-Beth @ YA Vixens
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hahaha!!! loove that you got your husband to read Twilight and he got you to read the amazing HP series which is much better of course!! Great list Lori!! Love this amazing community of book bloggers. =D
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I should have included getting Duke to read! So cute!
I love that we included each other!
#8 is SO cute! Serious props to your husband for reading Twilight. But I think you did get the better end of the deal!
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These moments are great!! I am so excited that I will be adding the Dark Days event to my bookish memories this Thursday!! I am super excited to meet the fabulous authors!! Also I love midnight showing for books to movies. I went to almost every HP one The first few Twilight ones, and The Hunger Games. I will so be going to The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Midnight showing too!!!
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You know, I’ve never been to a midnight release but I WILL GO ONE DAY. Maybe. Also, awww to your husband reading Twilight. Meeting Lauren Oliver is fantastic.
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My hubby actually read Twilight voluntarily after liking the first movie…New Moon was his least favorite of the books because there was “too much love triangle crap” — apparently he could just skim over all the lovey dovey stuff and was really into the rest of the storyline, lol. He also voluntarily saw all the movies with me — but don’t think for a second he didn’t tell the guys at work that he grudgingly “promised to take his wife” to see them. I’ll won’t call him out on it though
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Your list is wonderful. I particularly love the story of you making your husband read Twilight! He sounds like the bestest husband ever.
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GillyB recently posted..Top Ten Best Bookish Memories
The community is the best part of blogging, and it’s always been my favorite! Your list made me smile, especially the part about you reading the Harry Potter series! That’s always going to be one of my favorite series, mostly because I grew up with Harry and the others.
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I love your story about your husband getting New New Moon at 2 am!!! Hilarious!!
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Reading Harry Potter should be on everyone’s Top Ten Reading moments, no question there. Book signings are so fun but also intimidating. I never know what to say to the author!
Janita @ Book, Interrupted recently posted..Warm Bodies: The Movie
Ok, so this makes me love you even more (than I already do). You see — I made my husband read Twilight too. I read HP.
I definitely agree we got the better ends of the bargain! xo
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Awesome list! It makes me think of my favorite memories!
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Aww I love this list! Congrats on getting your husband to read Twilight! xD Getting mine to read anything at all is a challenge, but it’s usually non-fic that he chooses.
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Say what you will about the Twilight series, but those books are CRACK. Not quality crack, but super addictive none the less.
Lisa the Nerd recently posted..Top Ten Bookish Memories
Ahahaha I love that one of yours is making your husband read Twilight.. I should’ve put on my list that one of my first dates with my fiance was “tricking” him into watching Twilight because “it’s about vampires.. and you like vampires, right?” Hahahhaa
Great list!!!
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Holy heck, I had no idea you were from the Decatur area! I live in North Druid Hills.
What a small world. 