Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Thanksgiving Tag

It's time for Top Ten Tuesday again–and it's nearly Thanksgiving for those of us who live in the U.S.! Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!

Top Ten Tuesday is a tag hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's prompt is "Thanksgiving/Thankful Freebie".

I decided to do a Thanksgiving book tag that was originally created by Becca and Erica (@Fangirlscity) on YouTube, and which I discovered on A Book Wanderer.

1. Bread - What book is purely fluff, and has no real plot line?

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, by Jeanne Birdsall

I know a lot of people absolutely love this book, but I very much did not. It was so boring and had no plot. I think I read somewhere that Jeanne Birdsall wrote this in the tradition of Little Women, but for me it really was all fluff and no plot. Which is not a compliment, by the way, much as I love bread.

2. Turkey - What book made you want to fall asleep?

Selling Sexy: Victoria's Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon, by Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez

There was some interesting information in this book, but I felt like it was both poorly organized and poorly analyzed, making this a rather mind-numbing read at points.

3. Gravy - What book makes the whole series worth reading?

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

I'm a liiiittle obsessed with this series, having read it for the first time this year, and I think Catching Fire was my favorite, if only because I already knew a lot of spoilers for the first book and the last book is just so depressing.

4. Stuffing - What book is stuffed full of action scenes?

The Fantastic Family Whipple, by Matthew Ward

It's been a while since I read it, but I remember this book being just piling one thing after another after another, which made it a fun, if rather dizzying, read.

5. Mashed Potatoes - What book looked good, and then wasn’t?

The Last Tiger, by Julia Riew & Brad Riew

Loved the concept, cringed the whole way through the book.

6. Cranberries - What book has the sweetest romance?

What You Wish For, by Katherine Center

I love how Katherine Center writes romance. Sam and Duncan were absolutely the cutest! I'm swooning over loopy post-procedure Duncan even as I write this. "We won't remember this anyway." 😂

7. Corn - What’s the corniest book you’ve ever read?

Assistant to the Villain, by Hannah Nicole Mehrer

Maybe not THE corniest, but it's definitely the first one I thought of. (This is not a recommendation, by the way.) I'm still debating whether I want to suffer through 300+ pages of terrible writing to finish the series ...

8. Green beans - What book is too long and needs to be shortened?

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

I apologize to my sister for this, but it really is just too long. Also Les Misérables, but I thought of JSAMN first.

9. Pumpkin Pie - What book do you read to get out of a reading slump?

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

I don't really have reading slumps, but I just finished my fourth reading of this and it reinforced how much I freaking love Sophie and Howl, and Diana Wynne Jones's writing style.

10. Dog/Cat - What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food that you would steal from the table?

I would have to say rolls. Or mac and cheese, if you think of that as a Thanksgiving dish! Ooh, or sweet potatoes! Brussels sprouts if they're done right. Or pie ...

Questions below in case you want to do the tag!