**Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and Bookish.**
This week I am talking about series I have not finished or have fell behind in, either because I didn't love them or because I just... got distracted. Hey, it happens! I am the queen of procrastination and sometimes it spills into my reading. :P
THE MAZE RUNNER SERIES BY JAMES DASHNER
Read: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials
Need to Read: The Death Cure, The Kill Order (The Maze Runner Prequel)
*Not sure why I am behind. I really do plan on continuing on with the books at some point. So crazy and different, but they totally grabbed my attention.
PARANORMALCY SERIES BY KIERSTEN WHITE
Read: Paranormalcy
Not Read: Supernaturally, Endlessly
*I thought the first book was cute and fun, just haven't made the effort for the rest of the series yet.
DARKEST POWERS TRILOGY BY KELLEY ARMSTRONG
Not Read: The Reckoning
*I thought the first 2 books were good enough but I didn't love them. When I read these, the library didn't carry the last book yet, which is why I didn't finish at the time. I am curious to how it ends but fear this series may remain incomplete for me.
CASTER CHRONICLES BY KAMI GARCIA AND MARGARET STOHL
Not Read: Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption(Out 10/23/12)
*I am soooo behind in this series. I read the first book while I was in a slump and it took me a month to finish. I really liked it, but it was bad timing, so I remain behind. I hope to read them all before the movie comes out though!
GRACELING REALM BY KRISTIN CASHORE
Not Read: Bitterblue
*LOVE these books, especially Graceling. I've been so excited to read Bitterblue and get more of Katsa, Po and of course see Bitterblue all grown up. I think I have put it off purely because the length intimidates me. Which I guess is a silly reason. lol
IMMORTAL BELOVED SERIES BY CATE TIERNAN
Not Read: Darkness Falls, Eternally Yours(Out 11/6/12)
*I liked the first book alright but I had a lot of issues with it too. Not sure I will be picking up the rest of the series.
HUSH, HUSH SERIES BY BECCA FITZPATRICK
Read: Hush, Hush, Crescendo
Not Read: Silence, Finale(Out 10/23/12)
*I know this is a love them or hate them series for a lot of people but I side on the LOVE THEM! I first started this series when the Hush, Hush cover popped out at me while I was buying The Hunger Games way back when. It started my love for the angel genre! I don't know how I got behind, but I am definitely tackling the last 2 books back to back when Finale is released next month!
THE BODY FINDER SERIES BY KIMBERLY DERTING
Read: The Body Finder, Desires of the Dead
Not Read: The Last Echo, Dead Silence(Out 4/16/13)
*It really hasn't been that long since The Last Echo was released, but after a few months if I haven't picked up the latest in a series, I almost feel like I might as well wait until the next one, right?
LUMATERE CHRONICLES BY MELINA MARCHETTA
Read: Finnikin of the Rock
Not Read: Froi of the Exiles, Quintana of Charyn(Out 9/26/12-in Australia at least)
*I read Finnikin of the Rock in early summer and I fell in love with the characters. I think again my only hesitation to continue has been the length of the novels combined with some of the confusion I had from the world building. I have that problem occasionally with the fantasy genre. Hopefully it will be better for me with the remainder of the series.
Think I will leave the list at 9 for now. I really hope by this time next year I will have finished the ones I plan on finishing. And hopefully not too many series will have been added to the list. Any series you have abandoned or fell behind in? Leave a link if you got one!
Bitterblue was fantastic! (Although Graceling is still my favorite.) I remember zipping through Bitterblue, though, so if I remember correctly this is probably a case where the book is fat, but the text is a decent size with large margins and all that. So slightly misleading.
ReplyDeleteThat makes me feel a lot better, thanks!
DeleteI'm in the same place in the Paranormalcy series as you. Need to finish that one as some point...
ReplyDeleteI would really like to start the Graceling series at some point, I just need to catch up on all my other series first..LOL
I know what you mean. Sometimes you really want to start a new series but then you look at all the ones you are already in the middle of... lol
DeleteOh man, your list made me realize how many series I haven't finished that I didn't put on my list. I rarely read past the first book just so I can get a good feel for a variety of authors and styles. But occasionally I can't stop myself from moving on. I will finish the Graceling series and may read the next books in the Finnikin of the Rock series. But then there are so many new series demanding my attention.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few series I started with recent releases that I left off but think might make the list next year... LOL There are soooooo many books so it is hard to keep up.
DeleteI haven't finished the Beautiful Creatures series either. I finished the second one and was so mad at it that I just gave up on it.
ReplyDeleteOh no, really? Now I'm nervous. LOL
DeleteI love The Darkest Powers series but haven't finished the series either due to lack of access to the third book.
ReplyDeleteI am so curious to how it ends. I feel like the first 2 were setting it up in a way that I would really like the last book. We'll see. At this point it has been so long I don't really remember much. :(
DeleteOh Darkest Powers was really great for me! :) I also haven't finished Graceling Realm, for some reason and Hush Hush is my guilty pleasure! Others I have yet to read.
ReplyDeleteThis is My Top Ten
I love guilty pleasures. LOL :)
DeleteI love The Body Finder series & Paranormalcy made my list as well.
ReplyDeleteA great list :)
Thanks! I really do love Jay and Violet in The Body Finder books. I have to catch up with that series. :)
DeleteI'm way behind on the BC series as well. I've only read the first two. I need to get caught up on them asap! Froi is amazing! You should read it. :)
ReplyDeleteMy Top Ten
I hear that about Froi! I saw it at my library, I'll have to pick it up sometimes soon-ish!
DeleteI haven't started any of the series that you listed, but so many of them are on my TBR list. I even own The Maze Runner Series.
ReplyDeleteMy Top Ten
It's funny because a few of these that I haven't finished, I do own the next book! LOL It's just a matter for finding the time and motivation I guess. :)
DeleteThe Summoning, totally forgot about those books! Paranormalcy & Supernaturally were fun, I haven't got the time to read Endlessly yet. Nice list :)
ReplyDeleteMy top 10 Tuesday.
Thanks! I do hope I can finish the Paranormalcy series someday. :)
DeleteGreat list! Oh, ugh. I am on the hate side of Hush Hush...like all the way to the side lol. Maze runner and Graceling are both on my list, though!
ReplyDeleteHere's Ours
That's okay, none of my close reading friends like the Hush, Hush books at all. I often feel alone. LOL
DeleteGreat list! The only series on here that I've read is the Hush, Hush one, but the rest are on my TBR!
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I hope you won't get as behind on them as I have! :)
DeleteGreat list! I still need to read the latest books in The Maze Runne and Beautiful Creatures series too.
ReplyDeleteI am not alone! LOL :)
DeleteI'm up to date on The Body Finder series and Hush, Hush (I LOVE Patch) bu I need to read the last book in the Paranormalcy series. The rest of the series I haven't read but I have sooooo many unfinished one too. Morganville Vampires, Blue Bloods, Wicked Lovely, Nightshade, Wither, Delirium,and I still need to read the last Mortal Instruments book!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Wither and Delirium series! And of course The Mortal Instruments! I haven't read any of those others you mentioned though. Too many series! lol
DeleteYou said the things I think about the Paranormalcy series and the Graceling Realm books. Like, straight out of my head.
ReplyDeleteGreat list - thanks for sharing!
Great minds think alike! :)
DeleteI love this topic.
ReplyDeleteSome series I love. But sometimes a book just doesn't need to be a series. Sometimes it just gets stretched out into one and then I feel annoyed.
I totally agreed. And sometimes 3 is enough. Dragging it on past that doesn't always work. Except for Harry Potter, of course. :)
DeleteBitterblue was soo amazing that even though it was a little daunting to see the length of the book at first, I found myself wishing it were longer as I speed through it, loving every moment! Trust me, you will not be disappointed in this one, especially if you liked the fist two books. Honestly, Bitterblue was my favorite of the three.
ReplyDeleteThat makes me really happy to hear!
DeleteGreat list! We have a lot of the same books, and you have some on here that I did finish! The Darkest Powers were okay, but I didn't love them. I love The Body Finder books--it's got death, but it isn't very dark, which I like. I recently finished Paranormalcy after stopping it, and while Evie's voice is great, I didn't love the book. I thought Beautiful Creatures was okay, but I want to read both series. And you must read Hush, Hush! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteRachel @ Beauty and the Bookshelf
We agree on so much! I will definitely be catching up on Hush, Hush. I refuse to let that series slide by. :)
DeleteI have only read Hush, Hush, and I'm on the "didn't like " team. I might try to finish the series though, see if it gets better. Other than that, I want to read all of the others..lol
ReplyDeleteGreat list!
Yeah they definitely aren't for everyone. Most of my friends who have read the Hush, Hush books don't really care for them either. I do though! lol :)
DeleteThanks for stopping by mine. All of the series you put I heard are great. I have only started reading the Hush, Hush series, but I want to read most you put =D
ReplyDelete-Becky @ Book Bite Reviews