Today’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted over on That Artsy Reader Girl) is books you’d like to mash up together. I like to keep my books seperate thank you very much. In my head that is like the whole characters from two different books romance question some book tags have. I can’t quite mash that up in my head. And when I see a synopsis with this book is a combination of this and that, it rarely lives up to it.
So instead I am just going to share some topics together that I’d like to read more of in books. Do you have see certain combinations and just scream, yes I need more of this? Well I do. In my head anyway. Shouting wakes the toddler. You do not wake sleeping babies.
I couldn’t quite make this go to ten. Well not at all really but I am sure you all can help me fill up this list and go beyond ten.
Time Travel + Pirates/Ships
Ever since I read The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig I have a desperate need for a ship that can travel through time. How cool is that?
PTSD + High Fantasy
Recently I read Witchmark which had veterans in a magical Britain who had PTSD. I’ve read so much high and epic fantasy over the years and yet rarely do you see those that have gone on the battle field display the after effects. Or it is downplayed or condemned.
Necromancer + Dragons
How cool would a necromancer riding on a brought back from the dead skeleton dragon be?
Double Agents + Romance
Now you might find this an odd something on my timeline but when a book has this it automatically will apeal to me I have discovered. Like with The Love Interest. I didn’t like the execution but was drawn in by that premise.
Yesss to necromancers and dragons! 😀
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Both are amazing and they need to be together more often. 😀
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I 100% Ned more time traveling pirate ships!
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Yes so much more!
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Ahhh I like the twist you put on this weeks theme!! I really like your PTSD and High Fantasy mix, you’re right though. Characters go into battle and then never show signs that it ever happened. I loved your list!!
Amber ♥ The Book Bratz
My TTT!
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Thanks. 😀 Right? We need more of that.
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Double agents & romance has SO many possibilities! And yes I’ll take a necromancer on an undead dragon, thank you very much. 🙂 And yes, time travel and pirates/ ships would go well together! I would read it.
Good point about PTSD. I think everyone in Westeros would have it.
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It does. We need to see more of it.
Oh my gosh don’t get me started on Westeros haha.
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I’m not one for dragons, but I would definitely want to see big dragon skeletons flying around. And I am 100% with you on mental health being discussed more in fantasy. Not everyone comes back from war perfectly fine and that needs to be shown in more than just “realistic” fiction.
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Agreed!
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Like your twist on the topic this week. I also found it a bit tricky this week, even though I’m really enjoying the creativity of other bloggers. I tend to keep my books separate from each other as well. 🙂
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Thanks! It was a tricky one. I’m glad that others also changed it a little bit. 😀
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I love your ideas this week! I’m finding it difficult even to comment on some of these posts this week, even though I love all the crazy ideas, because so often there’s one book of every pairing that I haven’t read!
I like the idea of time traveling pirate ships! After all, we couldn’t always have the Delorean!
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Same! I struggle with that too.
Hah we should have a Delorean be able to transform into a time traveling pirate ship. That would be epic.
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A necromancer and dragons sounds like a perfect combination! That would be so cool. It kind of reminds me of The Bone Witch, because she brings back these monsters from the dead too. Love this list! I didn’t do this week’s topic because like you said, I just couldn’t mash up books and characters in my mind? It just didn’t work.
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Oh now I need to read that one even more. 😀
Right? I kept staring at this topic and somehow ended up with this but sticking with the original topic I could not have done.
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Necromancer and Dragons should so be a thing 😛 Love what you did with the topic!
My TTT: https://bookslifeotheroddities.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/10-books-id-mash-together/
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Yes! It should be.
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Necromancer + dragons=YES THIS NEEDS TO BE A THING. That’s like two of my favourite things, so yup absolutely should be a thing.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/top-ten-tuesday-171/
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Yes! Authors, write this!
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They 100% should!
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Interesting twist. This one was actually really hard.
Here is our TTT: https://thebookdutchesses.com/2018/08/07/ttt-39-books-youd-mash-together/
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It was!
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I love you’re take on this week’s topic! You have some excellent ideas. You definitely make a good point about PTSD and high fantasy. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday
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Thanks. 😀
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You should read Invictus by Ryan Graudin. It’s sort of a space pirate ship + time travel. 🙂
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Oh cool. I have that on my shelf (I actually pre ordered it and then never read it and I shall now hang my head in shame).
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Ooh I like your twist on this topic. How fun. Also, I really need to read Witchmark. 🙂
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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Thanks. And yes! It is so good.
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I like your take on this! Finding actual books to mash together sure was a challenge. xD
OH. MY. GOSH. Necromancers and dragons? YES. SO MUCH YES. Someone needs to go out and write that and throw it at me, please and thank you?
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So much challenge!
Yes. We have a desperate need authors.
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What fun combos!
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Thanks. 😀
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Love the way you did this topic! Because I agree with you completely about the actual book mashup thing! I love the ship and time travel- such an amazing concept! And really, I am here for ANY MH issue and fantasy- it’s such a rare thing for some reason!
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Right? And yes I need more MH and fantasy.
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Your concept of PTSD in High Fantasy books really spoke to me. You’re right, the after effects of the brutal wars in those books are very rarely featured, or if they are, they don’t last for too long. It would really be interesting (and important) to have this feature more.
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Yes it super important to see it so much more. Things have after effects and not showing that is just not realistic.
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I’ve been seeing those books for awhile now and I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about them! I hope I get to read it soon.
If You Liked This, Then You’ll Like THIS is for my Top Ten Tuesday this week!
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The Girl From Everywhere you mean? They are pretty good. 😀
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Time travel and pirates sounds like a perfect mashup to me!
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To me too. 😀
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Yes to all of these, especially time travel and pirate ships!
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Yes!
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I’m on board for the necromancers and dragons. The books would definitely have to have full page chapter head illustrations! 💀🐲
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Yes or at least a very gorgeous illustrated cover.
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Pirates vs time travel??? I would read that any time! 😵
Great TTT!
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Right? Me too 😀
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I would not object to both dragons and necromancers. I’m already imagining the amazing cover this story would have.
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The cover would be drool worthy!
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