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Top Ten Tuesday (#107) (09/08/15) Ten Finished Series I Have YET to Finish

9/08/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 

Ten Finished Series I Have YET to Finish


Oh boy.  I am TERRIBLE about finishing series, although I've been trying to be much better with this. Here are my ten. Honestly, there could probably be 50 series that could be on this list, so I had to narrow this down further.  I am only including books where I have read more than one from the series and those where I actually do want to finish the series, I just haven't done it yet.  That means that series that I broke up with won't be on this list and books where I only read the first book and never read any others also don't make it.  Even with all those conditions, I STILL had to cut out over six series.  Here are my Ten.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8306857-divergent

Probably the most popular series on this list.  I LOVED the first book.  I really enjoyed the second book.  I got half way through the final book and then stopped.  I have no idea why I haven't gotten back to it.  I really need to read it before the next movie comes out. It's probably the book that I am trying to get to most.  Hopefully this book never makes another list of books I haven't read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6999776-city-of-bones

Sad fact is that I own every book in this series. However I've only actually read the first two. Darn those $2.99 sales. I liked the series, I just didn't love it.  I do plan on reading the rest of the books, I just don't know when.   

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6087756-white-cat

I loved this series.  The first two books are fabulous. It's completely inexplicable why I haven't read the final book. I have it.  I've been meaning to read it forever, it's been on my priority reading list for the last three years running.  I just haven't gotten to it yet.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6380822-the-dark-divine

I read the first two books in this series as they came out.  I have yet to read the final one.  There is no excuse, I've had it sitting on my shelf for years now. It's a really good series, and I remember it well, i just never got around to reading the final book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/872333.Blue_Bloods

There are 7 books in this series not to mention all the novellas.  I've read all those novellas as well as six of the books.  The final book is staring me in the face on my book shelf.  Where it's lived for years.  I can't believe I got this invested in the series, but never started the final book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7778981-halo

Another series which I thought was good, but not fabulous.  I guess why reading that final book in the series hasn't been a priority, however I have it on my shelf so there is no good reason I don't grab it and get it out of the way.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6707693-my-love-lies-bleeding

This book has six books and about 1.2 million short stories.  I never got around to reading most of the shorts, but I did manage to read the major books.  Well, all but the final one.  I have had it sitting on my kindle since it came out, and I have yet to get to it.  No excuse.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162085.Pretty_Little_Liars

I started reading long after it started, maybe 4 years after the first book was released.  So that may be why I never caught up.  I enjoyed the first three books that I did manage to read, and one day I may read the rest.  I just don't know when.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381489.Private

Another series I came to late, so I wasn't grabbing them as they came out.  Which may explain why I've read half of the 14 book series.  I really enjoy these books and I keep meaning to get back to them. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7488244-unearthly

This was a really popular series at the time, and I really enjoyed the first two books. Then I got the ARC of the final book, and just never made it a priority. I actually managed to avoid all spoilers, so I still don't know how it turns out.  I just never got around to the final book.


Top Ten Tuesday (#105) (08/25/15) Top Ten Books That Would Be On My Syllabus If I Taught YA Dystopia 101

8/25/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Books That Would Be On My Syllabus If I Taught YA Dystopia 101


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11235712-cinder

Part Dystopian, a lot Sci-Fi, this series is just great.  Cinder remains my favorite of the series, but they are all wonderful and Meyer does a great job of world building.  It's just an interesting take about what would happen to a society that is facing a horrible disease and what would the leaders do to fix it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11614718-delirium

I loved the concept of this series, a society where the ability to love is surgically removed from the citizens is just a fascinating concept.  Unfortunately, I think this is the best book in the series, and it just goes downhill from the first.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergent

Another book that does a great job of world building.  It also kept me absolutely riveted and breathless.  It's easy to dismiss it as Hunger Games light, but I think it stands up really well on its own.  It would be interesting to see a comparison paper evaluating Divergent and the Hunger Games.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games

One of the champions of dystopia.  It's probably the most well known and the gold standard.  All other dystopian YA can only wish to have the success as it has had.  I once read an interview with a publisher who said they wouldn't even buy dystopia because it just won't be able to compare to this series.  I think the entire series was expertly crafted and the story so unique to YA at the time it was published.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10637748-the-pledge

Here is the first of the books that has a society that has an instituted caste system.  It also has some very interesting paranormal elements.  I also kind of love that in this world Women hold the power.  It would be interesting to see a comparison of the caste systems between this series and the Selection series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10429045-shatter-me

A very interesting take on a society that's ruled by the military.  The paranormal element takes most of the billing and not so much the dystopian society and how the citizens are dealing with the government.  Even so, it's a great dystopian book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8525590-wither

I love the idea of this series.  Nobody lives past a certain age.  I must confess I haven't read the others in the series to see how it ends, but the first book is so strong and it builds such a fantastic world that it would be worth including.


A series I love to hate. I think the most fascinating aspect of this series is the caste system that's in place. The selection process while entertaining is actually less interesting and fascinating than the world that the characters live in.  The ramifications of going outside your cast was the best part of this series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched

This series gets a lot of grief for being as slow as it is.  It's not a fast paced series by any stretch of the imagination.  I also was rooting for the other guy at the end.  However, why I would pick this book/series is the interesting take on how a society has so severely limited creation of art and beauty.  The public only has access to 100 books, songs, etc. This series probably has the most regulated population and it makes it fascinating.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6468718-the-forest-of-hands-and-teeth

I was actually surprised to see this as being dystopian, but by the definition of dystopia it totally fits.  The story is post zombie apocalypse why a small group of survivors that is lead by the church.  The entire village has to live by the rules that the church set up.  It's a fascinating take on how a group reverts back to the morals and rules of a society that in our current day society have been left in the long distant past. 

Top Ten Tuesday (#98) (07/07/15) Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read

7/07/2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read


So so many books that could be added to this list.  Some I want to read and I just haven't gotten to, and others will remain unread.  Here are my 10.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307-graceling?from_search=true&search_version=service



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22628.The_Perks_of_Being_a_Wallflower?from_search=true&search_version=service

I can't believe I haven't read this book yet.  It seems like the kind of read I would love, I just never got around to it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17383918-allegiant

I am actually half way through this book, I just completely lost interest.  I pretty much know what happens, so I don't feel like I'm missing too much, it's just kind of a thorn in my side that I never finished it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8857824-clockwork-angel?from_search=true&search_version=service

I read the first few book in the Mortal Instruments series, and then I lost interest in reading the rest of them.  I know people love this series, I just don't know that I'll ever get to it.  Sadly I own this both in print and as an ebook.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49750.An_Abundance_of_Katherines?from_search=true&search_version=service

I have a confession, I've only ever read two John Green books. This and Paper Towns could be interchangeable in that I haven't read either one.  I do plan on reading both at some point.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6512140-going-bovine?from_search=true&search_version=service

Another book that I can't believe I haven't read yet.  I have really enjoyed the other Libba Bray books, so I'm not sure why I never read this one.  Maybe one day.
 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7747374-i-am-number-four?from_search=true&search_version=service

Never going to happen.  I doubt I will ever read this book despite owning it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8490112-daughter-of-smoke-bone

 Another series where I've heard amazing things.  I really have no excuse for not reading this series, particularly because it is so loved. Maybe one day.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9275658-legend?from_search=true&search_version=service

 See above.  No excuses except for lack of time.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578077-obsidian?from_search=true&search_version=service


Top Ten Tuesday (#57) (04/29/14)

4/29/2014

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Books If You Like the Television Show...


I don't watch a whole lot of TV, except my addiction to Discovery ID.  So here is my best attempt, some of these are a HUGE stretch.


If You Like the Show Nashville
Country Music, and making it in the country music business.


If You Like the Show The Bachelor


If You Like the Show Once Upon a Time
All about fairy tales come to life.


If You Like the Show Orphan Black


If You Like the Show Revolution
Life in a dystopian society.  With lots of violence.


If You Liked the Show Reaper
 All about the grim reaper.


If You Like the Show Alphas
I think the later books more closely resemble Alphas, but start with the beginning of the series.


If You Like the Show 90210


If You Like the Show Fame
Takes place at a performing arts school.  Just like Fame.


If You Like the Show Freaks & Geeks
All about the 80's.

Top Ten Tuesday (#50) (03/11/14)

3/11/2014

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 
Top Ten Favorite Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Books

My absolute favorite genre is contemporary. Particularly romantic contemporary.  I have mentioned over and over on this blog my favorite contemporary books.  That being said, I do enjoy a good dystopian book.  Here are my favorites:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13335037-divergent

I thought the first two books were great.  The first definitely being the winner.  I am only half way through the final book and so far the first is the winner.






https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10429045-shatter-me

I love this series.  I haven't read the last book yet, but I'm including it anyway because the first two were so fantastic.







I've only read the first book in this series, but I loved it.  So compelling and so interesting.  I really need to read the second and the last one comes out later this year.






https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10507293-the-selection












https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11235712-cinder

It's more sci-fi than dystopian, but it really covers both genres, so I'm including it.  I love this series. If you haven't read it, please do.