My Shakespeare professor once asked us to open our "Complete Works of" tomes and put our finger down randomly on a word. Then, we would write an essay on how that word functioned in a play of our choice. My word was "wish," and it has remained a special word to me ever since. What is the power of a wish? Some characters seem to always succeed in making their wishes come true, while some never do, and some are in between. I've added books that I wish to read someday--we'll see how much of that comes true. So, thank you for letting us choose the word for this Top Ten Tuesday topic over at That Artsy Reader Girl!
- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, trans. Danusia Stok (The Witcher #0.5)--Ok, this one I have already read, but I couldn't leave it off!
- The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories #1) by Chris Colfer--I was interested in this even before I realized it was written by the actor who played Kurt (obvs. the best character) on Glee.
- As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes--Need to read for millenial reasons, obviously.
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer--Books plus kind of sounds like The Westing Game for adults.
- A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology--A lot of authors I've been meaning to read--I've started to get tired of YA recently, but these might be bite-size enough to enjoy!
Comments
@Karis--Oh wow, that is good to know! I will definitely be checking out the audiobook!
I just checked my reading list and only found four with the word wish in the title. However, I really like that you did the five you did, I shall remember that, as well. Thanks for the ideas.
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