Every Tuesday over at the  The Broke and Bookish we all get to look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) examples to demonstrate that particular topic.  The topic this week is:

Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim

So, these are books that I sort of idly picked up, not based on recommendations or were just found at book sales when I wasn’t looking with anything particular in mind:

1. Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – I actually found this at a second hand book store and just quite liked the cover and blurb – I also figured it might be something my dad would enjoy so I thought ‘why not’!
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – was another book store find – similar to the above.  I think it was super cheap so again I thought I’d give it a try.
3. Poison Study by Maria Snyder – which I loved and also found similarly to the above.
4. Longbourn by Jo Baker – I really did pick this one up in a moment of whimsy because I’ve never liked the idea of authors tackling subjects written by other authors – and look what happened – I loved this!
5. Jane Steel by Lindsay Faye – I was sent this book by the publisher and was so intrigued by the concept, plus it has a similar storyline to Jane Eyre which is one of my favourites so I though I’d have a go – I really enjoyed this one.
6. All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry. Oddly enough this book was a recommendation but to be honest it was one that I didn’t really fancy having a go of.  Fortunately I went for it and I’m so pleased I did.  This is a really compelling tale.
7. Witch Light by Susan Fletcher.  This is one of my favourites.  I found this in a ‘3 books for £5 sale in The Works and think I chose it to make up the numbers.  As it happens it was an absolute ‘find’ and I’ve read everything by this author since!
8. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice – this was another of my The Works ‘specials’ and I was really pleased with it.
9. The Rebel Angels by Gillian Philips.  This wasn’t a recommendation but I saw an article about the first book – Firebrand and decided to give it a go.  I loved this series.
10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier – I found this, along with a lot of other favourites, amongst my dad’s books.  He never actually told me which books to read I just slowly made my way though them and Rebecca was and still is a firm favourite.