Top Ten Tuesday (14): Books I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

This week's topic is top ten books I wish I could read again for the first time.

1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding

I wish I could read this book for the first time again because the first time I read it, I didn't like it. But I think the reason I didn't like it is because I read it for school. I read it in high school, but my teacher had us all sit in a circle and take turns reading out loud, and when I have to "read" or experience a book like that I get bored really fast, and that made it so hard to like this book. So, I wish I could read this book for the first time again so maybe I could read it properly and I may stand a chance at liking it.

2. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

If you've been following me for awhile, you know I'm in love with this book. I would love to be able to read Mafi's unique writing style again for the first time.

3. Alice In Zombieland by Gena Showalter

4. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

I think this is the last book that made me cry, and I read this all the way back in 2013. I want to feel that kind of emotion again.

5. Unwind by Neal Sushterman

6. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Goldman

7. Legend by Marie Lu

8. Variant by Robison Wells

9. Need by Carrie Jones

I think all my blog posts must mention this book at this point, so it should come as no surprise that I would love to be able to read this book for the first time again.

10. Revived by Cat Patrick

I'm ending my list with another emotional one. I remember crying reading this one, and just like with Elsewhere, I would love to feel that emotion again while reading.

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Author: Gena Showalter
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 404
Date Published: September 25 2012
Publisher: Harlequinn Teen

Introduction
       Alice 'Ali' Bell thinks her father is crazy for saying that he can see monsters. She would give anything to have normal life with her sister, her mother, and a totally normal father. After a car crash, Ali is the only one of her family to survive. That terrible day when Ali lost her family, also marks the first day that Ali ever saw the monsters that her father spent his whole life warning her about. But now Ali is left alone to deal with the monsters. Until she is forced to move in with her Nana and Pops. When she is forced to attend a new school, she meets Cole Holland. A rebellious boy with a lot of rebellious friends, always covered in bruises, missing weeks of school at a time. She also seems to have a strange connection with Cole, sharing visions with him every time they meet each other's eyes. As she gets to know Cole, she finds that he has a lot of dark secrets of his own, and she is determined to find out what they are, even if they cause her life to spiral out of control yet again.

Cover
       I love this cover, despite the look on Alice's face. I also love the reference to the original Alice in Wonderland at the bottom where it says 'off with their heads'.

Zombies
        This book puts a little twist on the original decaying type zombie. Instead, the zombies are infected spirits that have risen from human bodies. Also, not everybody can fight them, if you can see them, to fight them you have to be in spirit form.

Cole
       I loved Cole, unfortunately, I can't talk about him too much without revealing everything about him. But I absolutely loved his personality. I loved how much he really did like Alice, and how he helped her as much as he could without overprotective, and also didn't spill spill sugar all over every word that he said to her. I love how he has violet eyes, and not because he is special or something, he has violet eyes just because he was born with them.

Alice in Wonderland References
       This book isn't dripping full of Alice in Wonderland references. The only ones that I could think of was the rabbit, and, well of course the main characters name is Alice.

Conclusion
       I absolutely loved everything about this book, the characters, the story. Everything. Just be warned, this book does mention a few things about sex. Nothing happens, but it is mentioned.