top 5 wednesday
T5W: Books You Want to Read Before the End of the Year 2016
The end of the year is getting close. The summer is pretty much over and we’re racing our way into fall. The next thing we’ll know there’ll be four feet of snow on the ground and Chelsey and I will wa...
T5W: Most Unlikeable Characters
This week on Top Five Wednesday, Chelsey and I talk about our top five unlikeable main characters. These are the characters that we found boring or were unable to relate too. Our choices are based on ...
Top 5 Wednesday: Most Recent Additions to Your Wishlist
This list was very easy to come up with. Pretty much everything that Chelsey and I want is coming out in the next four months, meaning the next four months are going to be insane. From additions to ou...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books About Hard Subject Matter
After sitting down and talking it over for a bit, we realized that it wasn’t hard to come up with books for this list. In fact it was fairly easy. Hard subject matter was a fairly broad term, giving u...
Top 5 Wednesday: Least Favourite Book in Your Favourite Series
Not every series is perfect, even the ones that we love with all of our hearts. This week on Top Five Wednesday, the topic ios: your least favourite book in your favourite series. As a disclaimer, ...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books We DNF
It was a difficult week for Top Five Wednesday. This was a hard list because I have a habit of dragging myself through every book I ever pick up. Even if I don’t like it. Chelsey is similar, but not t...
Top 5 Wednesday: Biggest Book Hangovers
Book Hangovers can come in many different shapes and sizes. Sometimes it’s because a story was so good you’re convinced nothing will live up to it, so you can’t bring yourself to try and read somethin...
Top 5 Wednesday: Fictional Items We Want
Chelsey and I talk about the top five fictional items we want. How many times have you been reading a book and you’ve come across an object (magical or otherwise) and wished that it existed in the rea...
Top 5 Wednesday: Series We Want to Start
It’s almost the end of the year, meaning it’s time to start making next years reading goals. What can I say? Here at Death of the Author we like to plan ahead. It gives us a sense of purpose. Last wee...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books to Read By the Fire
Winter is no longer coming, it’s finally here. There’s no better way to spend the cold dark days curled up inside under a few blankets with a crackling fire in your fireplace. This week on Top 5 Wedne...
Top Five Wednesday: Favourite Retellings
Whether they be retellings of some of our favourite fairy tales or different spins on classic novels there were a lot of choices for this list. So without further ado, here is our list… see if you can...
Top 5 Wednesday: Favourite Audiobooks
Audio books were something that I never used to do until the last few years. Chelsey put it best to me one day during our time at university. She had somehow caught the really awful strain of the stom...
Top 5 Wednesday: Books We Are Thankful For
In the spirit of American Thanksgiving (because the Canadian Thanksgiving was a month ago) we have this week’s top five Wednesday list: books we are thankful for. This list was pretty difficult for us...
Top 5 Wednesday: Series We Wish Had More Books
Sometimes you love a book or a series so much you would be willing to give your left arm for another story that takes place in that world. This week for Top 5 Wednesday, Chelsey and I talk about our f...
Top 5 Wednesday: Hated Character Tropes
For every handful of tropes that we love, there are a few that we really don't like. For this week on Top 5 Wednesday, we talk about our top five most hated character tropes in fiction and why we don'...