May 9 Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things On Your Reading Wishlist

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Happy Tuesday. This week’s TTT topic is: Ten Things On Your Reading Wishlist (if you could make authors write about these things you would. Could be a specific type of character, an issue tackled, a time period, a certain plot, etc.)

Here are my picks with a few examples from books I have read….

1. May/December Age Gaps in Romance
Romances where the woman is a few years older than her love interest. When this is written well, it really works. I like it. Give me more.
Examples: Jane’s Melody and On the Island.

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2. Sad Endings
It’s okay if a main character dies at the end or if a couple decides that even though they love each other, it just won’t work. Go ahead, break my heart a little. I can take it.
Example: Nights in Rodanthe 
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3. Characters With Physical Disabilities/Illness
One of the reasons I enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars so much is that John Green tackled the topic of cancer with grace and respect. (TFIOS can also go with #2 on my list.) I have read a few other books where a main character is dealing with a mental illness or PTSD and those were well done. I’d like to read more like that or ones where a central character has a physical disability.
Examples: The Fault in Our Stars and I Know This Much Is True By Wally Lamb
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4. Bilingual Characters
I’d like to read books where a main character is fluent in another language. Spice it up some. I haven’t read any book where there was a main character legitimately speaking Spanish. I would like to see that. If you know of any, please share.

5. Books Where a Main Character Crochets 
I’m not talking about a murder mystery cozy, nothing against those but I’m talking about a novel where a main character goes home and crochets to unwind after a long day. I have yet to see this happen in a book.
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6. Stories set in Latin America
I really enjoy Latin American settings. Gabriel García Márquez is great for this, his writing and descriptions are so rich and vivid, he sweeps me away. I want more of that.
Example: Of Love and Other Demons
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7. Snowed in settings
There’s something cozy about being snowed in. So far the only snowed in books I’ve read were horror/thriller types, but this would work for romance too. I’d like to read a romance where the couple is snowed in.
Examples of snowed in thrillers: Mind of Winter and The Shining
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8. Nerdy Main Characters
I haven’t seen much of this in the books I have read, but I did find it in regency romance with A Week to Be Wicked . The heroine is a scientist who digs up fossils. I’d like to see more intelligent/nerdy type main characters. Speaking of  which, the hero in A Week to Be Wicked has PTSD, which goes with #3 on my list.
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9. Books with Social Media/Computers in the Storyline
This is another theme I haven’t seen in any of the books I’ve read. If you know of any, let me know.
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10. Interesting Nonfiction About Historical Figures
When I read Marie Antoinette: The Journey I was fascinated, I could not put it down. I would love to find other biographies like that one.
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That wraps up the Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist. What are yours?
Enjoy your week and thank you for stopping by.

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28 thoughts on “May 9 Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things On Your Reading Wishlist”

  1. I feel like internet/social media should be much more present in books. I’m hoping it does so, soon! Great list!

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  3. Great theme for this post.

    I am glad to hear that you liked the Marie Antoinette biography. I was thinking of reading it. I think that in the end I would find it very sad. Her fate was so bad and I thing that she gets something of a bad wrap in history.

    I also love.

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    • Hi Brian , that book was so good, really well written. Her story was a sad one. I liked that the author of this particular biography showed both the good and the bad. Reading it made me feel for the Queen who was married off a such a young age for political reasons. I went to the Met in NY and saw the special exhibit they had of Marie Antoinettes portraitist. It was such a treat to see those gorgeous paintings, a few of them were in the book so it was nice knowing the story.
      Enjoy the rest of your week 🙂

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  4. Nice TTT! I agree with you that more books need to have the theme of social media/computers in the storyline. A good example of this is Who’s That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane.

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  5. Oooh I love this list. I especially agree with bilingual main characters. I live in NYC and know a TON of people who speak two languages. So it would be super cool to see this incorporated into more books, especially when they take place in cities with diverse cultures.

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  6. Hi Naida,

    I’m actually quite happy with the eclectic mix of books coming across my review desk right now.

    They cover a diverse range of subjects, from deadly viruses, racial tensions and learning disabilities, to domestic abuse, gangland revenge and police procedurals.

    Although I am quite active on social media / internet, I have to admit that I haven’t really ever got into fiction storylines which particularly highlight those areas, but if they come along then that will be fine by me!

    The only time I have ever known a charcater to go home and get out their knitting or crocheting, is in a cozy mystery, but then I enjoy those books from time to time as well!

    What a lovely post, thanks for sharing and putting so much thought into your selections 🙂

    Yvonne

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    • Hi Yvonne. Enjoy the nice mix of books! I would definitely enjoy seeing someone crocheting in the storyline somewhere. The cozies that feature crocheting and knitting look like fun reads though.
      I remember reading a contemporary romance where the main character actively ran a book blog. I can’t remember the book title but it was neat aspect to the storyline.
      Thank you and have a great week 🙂

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  7. Naida, I agree with Yvonne: thank you for this thoughtful post! Marie Antoinette: The Journey does sound fascinating. I am familiar with some of your selections (mainly as movies) and they are good examples. I’ll keep your Top Ten list of ideas in mind.

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  8. Enjoyed reading your answers, Naida! I’m totally with you on the sad endings and nerdy characters. Although it’s always wonderful to have a HEA ending, sometimes sad endings make a story more bittersweet, thought-provoking and unforgettable (well, at least to me.)

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  9. Oh Naida, I really like your list! And I almost added Nerdy Characters and Snowed In Settings to my own list so I especially like those. So awesome! Great job.

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  12. Great list of choices! I had to look for some of these titles and have since added them to list. Like you I like romances that have some nerdy/intelligent characters. To me they almost feel more realistic.

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  13. Yes, I also loved how “The Fault in Our Stars” represented cancer patients. I’d check out “I Know This Much Is True” but it’s probably too long for me. I read a lot of mental illness and Latin America books [Love Marquez!] so maybe we’ll have the opportunity to chat about them 🙂 There a few reviews under “Disability”, “Mental Health” and “Multicultural Interest” on my blog if you visit again 🙂

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  14. I love these suggestions (and for crocheting, I’d love to see a male character do that. I have a thing for good-looking guys who know how to sew/knit/crochet…)

    It’s funny but when it comes to nerdy main characters who use computers and social media a lot, a TV show comes to mind – Leverage (and its hacker character, Alec Hardison, played by the charismatic, funny, handsome Aldis Hodge).

    But I agree – more nerds please (especially not nerdy in a really exaggerated stereotyped way, but just people who geek out about stuff and know a lot about the areas they’re interested in…)

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    • Hi HKatz, yes about crafty men. I follow an account run by a guy on Instagram who crochets, and really well. He’s insta-famous for it lol 🙂 It’s impressive because you don’t see to many guys out there crocheting/knitting like that.

      I like nerdy characters like you say, not in an exaggerated way, but geeky in a good way.
      Enjoy your week!

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