Top 5 Wednesday - October 2016

October 5th: Books That Took You the Longest to Finish
--These are the books that you had on your nightstand "in progress" for months or years. The books that you took weeks to read because they put you in a slump. Those books that were an uphill battle. These are books you started and actually read, not books you've just had on your shelf the longest.

1. The Lord of the Rings Omnibus , JRR Tolkien (1 year 4 months)
2. Odd Apocalypse, Dean Koontz (6 Months)
3. The Stand, Stephen King (9 Months)
4. Fast Fodd Nation, Eric Schlosser (3 Years)
5. Dracula, Bram Stoker (1 year)

October 12th: Inaccurate Book Covers
--Those books that have nothing to do with the story, or the cover model doesn't look anything like the actual main character, or it's a really cheesy cover for a great read!

1. Deceptions and Betrayals, Kelley Armstrong (different covers from the first two novels in the series which fit the books so well)
2. The Darkest Minds, Alexandra Bracken

With a variety of covers to chose from with audiobooks, thankfully I don't often have this problem of publishers changing cover styles mid trilogy or series. 

October 19th: Favorite Non-Canon Couples
--These are the couples you love, but they never got together in canon (canon meaning: what actually happened in the text). Or that did get together, but weren't together in the end of the series. Or a couple you ship but it's actually impossible for them to be together because they are from different worlds, franchises, etc. Let your heart run wild. I know mine will.

1. Thornhallow and Grace Mae, A Madness So Discreet, Mindy McGinnis - a "more" in thier relationship was hinted at but I would like to see them "official"
2. Harper Greyson and The Fireman, The Fireman, Joe Hill - again hinted at but never came to full fruit
3. Datura and Patrick Bateman, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis and Forever Odd, Dean Koontz - the psychopathic pair would be a murdering cult leader wet dream
4. Cole and Ruby, The Darkest Minds, Alexandra Bracken 
5. Alex and Francis Alex, Pierre Lemaitre, Red Dragon, Thomas Harris  

October 26: Favorite Spooky Settings
--These can be settings that exist in books or ones you'd like to see in books. Also, if you are like me, you don't really have to make this about horror or scary settings. You can also use eerie, atmospheric settings. Macabre settings. Eclectic settings.

1. The Attic of the Dolarhyde home, Red Dragon, Thomas Harris
2. The Sewer System in Derry, It, Stephen King
3. The Cellar, Beast House Chronicles, Richard Laymon
4. The Church, Horns, Joe Hill
5. The Basement, The Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum