Showing posts with label Cassandra Clare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cassandra Clare. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

To Read, or Not Read? That is the Question {A Top Ten Tuesday Post}

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

  ♥ Top Ten Books I'm Not Sure I Want To Read... For Whatever Reason

Obviously my TBR list is lengthy, just as yours. I add a book and forget about it - why it's there, why it appealed to me in the first place. Unless, of course, it's by an author I really like(d) or has had LOTS of buzz. I came up with a few for this list on my own, but then I ventured over to Goodreads to see my list of books to-read. I tried to choose books that I remember putting on there, rather than the miscellaneous ones I thought "I don't even remember your cover, your title."  :) That being said... 

Anything New by Lauren Oliver

Rooms
I want to read this one, but I'm scared I'll not like it. :(
Hate that statement. I *loved* the Delirium series... even the last one. But I've also read Before I Fall & Panic, and I didn't love either of those. In fact, I barely liked Panic at all. I only finished it because it was Lauren Oliver and I was expecting it to be/get better.

Anything New-ish by Jodi Picoult

Second Glance
This is one of my favorites of hers.
Guilt. That's what I feel over this one. I fell in love with Jodi's books many moons ago, and devoured them. I couldn't WAIT to get my hands on them. And I still want to own them all. Maybe one day I will read them again. I think the problem may be that they started getting so incredibly heavy and full of such controversial subjects that I just bogged down in them. I still think she's an awesome author, I just stopped wanting to be in her stories. I've read them all up to House Rules, I think. I think that's where I stopped, anyway. ;)

Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling

The Casual Vacancy
I, like hordes of others, LOVED Harry Potter. There's a few authors I would read anything they write - even it were a take on the alphabet or a phone book - but this one? It's on my shelf. I might read it. I don't know. I've heard so many things about it. I don't expect it to be anything like HP... I don't know what to even expect. 

The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

The Future of Us
I think 13 Reasons Why is one of the best books ever. But I've heard some negative reviews about this one, so, while it sits on my shelf collecting dust, I have yet to make a decision about whether or not to read it.

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4)
I read The Mortal Instrument Series before it became more than three books. And that felt like a solid ending, really. So do I want to go on? I own this one, so it's definitely a possibility. And I really like Cassandra Clare's writing/storytelling. But I think I would have to re-read or refresh my memory on what happened in the first three.

Flutter by Gina Linko

Flutter
I won this book in a giveaway a while back. I just haven't "felt" it any time I've picked it up as an option. 

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

The Archived (The Archived, #1)
This has been on my Kindle for ages. I love the concept, I just can't get into it (and I've tried a few times). Do I need to get past a certain point? That could be the issue. I don't know.

Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)
This sounds promising and has great reviews, so why am I wary? I have no clue.
 

 The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave, #1)
Malissa loved this one so I should be all over it. It sits on my shelf, waiting to be read, but I just don't know.

The Selection by Kiera Cass

The Selection (The Selection, #1)
I have an ARC of this one that I got off the YA Book Exchange. While I think I like the premise, I don't know if I want to read it, despite good reviews.

So... convince me. Do I read these? Or do I let them go? 


Smiles,
B

 

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

♪ Santa Baby, Hurry Down the Chimney Tonight ♪ {A Top Ten Tuesday Post}

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

  ♥ Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE! Or not, if you don't celebrate. Happy Hanukkah? Anyway. I love receiving books for Christmas. Who among us doesn't? I've already received some pretty awesome ones... I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone by Stephanie Kuehnert (signed!), Just One Day by Gayle Forman, and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. All of which I'm excited to read. That being said, here's some others at the top of my wishlist. :)  

Also Known As (Also Known As #1) by Robin Benway
Also Known As (Also Known As, #1)
 
Antigoddess (Goddess War, #1)
 
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
 
Girl of Fire and Thorns (Girl of Fire and Thorns #1) by Rae Carson
The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)
 
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
 
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
 
Someday, Someday, Maybe
 
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 
 
The Archived (The Archived, #1)

All Our Yesterdays (All Our Yesterdays #1)
 


What about you? What's on your bookish Santa list?

Smiles,
B

 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How Do I Love Thee?

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they provide a Top Ten topic for you to create your list, then you share it on their post so others can find you. :)

♥ Top Ten Favorite Romances ♥
In no particular order...

Sean & Puck ~ The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
 The Scorpio Races

Hazel & Augustus ~ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
 The Fault in Our Stars

Clary & Jace ~ Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
 City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

Dash & Lily ~ Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
 Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Lena & Alex ~ Delirium series by Lauren Oliver
 Delirium (Delirium, #1)

Annabel & Owen ~ Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
 Just Listen

Katniss & Peeta ~ Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)

Remy & Dexter ~ This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
 This Lullaby

Gansey & Blue ~ The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater


The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, #1)

So, yeah. That's nine. For some reason that's all I got. I have wracked my brain into submission and it refuses to think of more. I keep telling it that it will be okay if it thinks more, but it's balking at the idea of more work, apparently. So I guess I'm ending it at nine, not ten. And I imagine there are tons more out there that I've read and fallen in love with so it's kind of depressing that I'm ending it. :(  Such is life. 

What romances have you loved? I'm sure as I'm visiting others I'll see some I wish I had added. So to those couples I left off, I apologize. Please forgive and know that I don't love you any less simply because I forgot about you. I promise.

Smiles,
B