Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week's theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!
This week's theme is 'Ten Finished Series I Have YET To Finish', and I found this topic really, really difficult. I'm amazed I managed to make it to eight, because for a while I honestly thought I might have to settle for three.
I love a good series, don't get me wrong, but I was wary of them for the past few years. I was tired of the same structure to every trilogy I picked up, which is one of the main reasons I read so few YA series nowadays. I've read quite a few first books in series, but I didn't want to include series on my list that I knew I wasn't going to continue. I hated Legend and I wasn't all that impressed with Angelfall, so there was no way those two were going to make their way onto my list.
In terms of series, I have a lot more finished series that I haven't started yet, never mind finished, so I wasn't going to include them either. And then there are the series I love that are ongoing, such as the White Trash Zombie series and The Lunar Chronicles, as well as a lot of graphic novel series that I love.
So in the end I managed to scrape together eight, and here they are!
The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy: I didn't start this series until I was in uni, and I thought it was fantastic. I speed through these books and they're so much fun; I love Derek Landy's sense of humour. Then uni got in the way, and for whatever reason I just didn't return to the series - I want to, though! I read the first six, I believe, but rather than start at book seven I think I may actually re-read those first six and read the series in its entirety from start to finish.
The Dust Lands trilogy by Moira Young: One of the few starts to a YA trilogy that I loved was Blood Red Road, and even though I own Rebel Heart and Raging Star I still haven't read them. Boo me!
The Joanna Stafford trilogy by Nancy Bilyeau: This historical crime trilogy came to an end this year, and I read the first book, The Crown, in February. I enjoyed it (and reviewed it here!) and I got my hands on a copy of the second book, The Chalice, I just haven't read it yet. I'm not sure when I'll complete the trilogy as I'm hoping for the release of an edition of the third book, The Tapestry, that will match the two I already own.
The His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LaFevers: I have NO IDEA why I still haven't finished this trilogy, it's kind of ridiculous. Maybe this is something I should get to this month, because I loved Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph.
The If I Stay duology by Gayle Forman: Maybe Where She Went is more of a companion novel than a sequel, but give me a break, I'm clutching at straws here. I really enjoyed If I Stay, it's probably one of my favourite contemporaries, so I'd like to read Where She Went soon.
The Healer trilogy by Maria V. Snyder: I didn't love Touch of Power, but I liked it enough to want to know what happens next.
The Khalifa Brothers duology by Salman Rushdie: I had to read Haroun and the Sea of Stories when I studied postmodernism during my first year of university, and I loved it. Now I just need to get my hands on a copy of Luka and the Fire of Life.
The Fruits Basket series by Natsuki Takaya: Love the manga and love the anime, I just haven't gotten around to finishing the manga yet!
Which books made your list?
I love a good series, don't get me wrong, but I was wary of them for the past few years. I was tired of the same structure to every trilogy I picked up, which is one of the main reasons I read so few YA series nowadays. I've read quite a few first books in series, but I didn't want to include series on my list that I knew I wasn't going to continue. I hated Legend and I wasn't all that impressed with Angelfall, so there was no way those two were going to make their way onto my list.
In terms of series, I have a lot more finished series that I haven't started yet, never mind finished, so I wasn't going to include them either. And then there are the series I love that are ongoing, such as the White Trash Zombie series and The Lunar Chronicles, as well as a lot of graphic novel series that I love.
So in the end I managed to scrape together eight, and here they are!
The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy: I didn't start this series until I was in uni, and I thought it was fantastic. I speed through these books and they're so much fun; I love Derek Landy's sense of humour. Then uni got in the way, and for whatever reason I just didn't return to the series - I want to, though! I read the first six, I believe, but rather than start at book seven I think I may actually re-read those first six and read the series in its entirety from start to finish.
The Dust Lands trilogy by Moira Young: One of the few starts to a YA trilogy that I loved was Blood Red Road, and even though I own Rebel Heart and Raging Star I still haven't read them. Boo me!
The Joanna Stafford trilogy by Nancy Bilyeau: This historical crime trilogy came to an end this year, and I read the first book, The Crown, in February. I enjoyed it (and reviewed it here!) and I got my hands on a copy of the second book, The Chalice, I just haven't read it yet. I'm not sure when I'll complete the trilogy as I'm hoping for the release of an edition of the third book, The Tapestry, that will match the two I already own.
The His Fair Assassin trilogy by Robin LaFevers: I have NO IDEA why I still haven't finished this trilogy, it's kind of ridiculous. Maybe this is something I should get to this month, because I loved Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph.
The If I Stay duology by Gayle Forman: Maybe Where She Went is more of a companion novel than a sequel, but give me a break, I'm clutching at straws here. I really enjoyed If I Stay, it's probably one of my favourite contemporaries, so I'd like to read Where She Went soon.
The Healer trilogy by Maria V. Snyder: I didn't love Touch of Power, but I liked it enough to want to know what happens next.
The Khalifa Brothers duology by Salman Rushdie: I had to read Haroun and the Sea of Stories when I studied postmodernism during my first year of university, and I loved it. Now I just need to get my hands on a copy of Luka and the Fire of Life.
The Fruits Basket series by Natsuki Takaya: Love the manga and love the anime, I just haven't gotten around to finishing the manga yet!
Which books made your list?
I loved If I Stay and thought I would love Where She Went too but I hated it. I felt like it ruined the magic of the first book so be warned! I hope you enjoy it more then me though.
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Oh no, I'm sorry to hear you didn't like it!
DeleteOoooh I need to read Dustlands and the Healer Series too! I haven't even read the first books for either of those series, despite owning a copy! And I read Grave Mercy last year but I have yet to go on with the series - I really need to do so soon, I've heard the 2nd book is the best one. I really enjoyed the first one so that's exciting :D
ReplyDeleteI loved Dark Triumph, so I definitely recommend reading it soon! :D
DeleteThe only one here I've read is If I Stay, and I did read Where She Went, which was okay but didn't feel absolutely necessary. (I prefer the author's other duology, Just One Day and Just One Year). I'm with you, though, I'm pretty much done with starting YA series. It seems like it's becoming more and more rare to find a good YA book that tells a story without being continued in multiple books!
ReplyDeleteI keep meaning to read Just One Day, but I think I should probably finish this duology first! ;)
DeleteI just started The Dust Lands trilogy...I didn't love Blood Red Road, but the synopsis of Rebel Heart sounds much more interesting to me so I'll have to give it a go!
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I hope you enjoy it!
DeleteThe Joanna Stafford trilogy sounds really interesting!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about having so many series you want to read but haven't even started yet! I'm the same way. Sometimes knowing a book is the first in a series makes me leery to start it because I feel like I have to commit to multiple books instead of just one!
The Crown isn't the best historical fiction book I've read, but it was really refreshing to read some historical crime with a woman at the centre. :) I agree! Sometimes knowing a book is the first in a series makes me not want to pick it up.
DeleteI really want to read Grave Mercy! I shall have to try and add it to my huge TBR. Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier. :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it, I know I did!
Deletehmmm I haven't even started any of these lol My TTT
ReplyDeleteI haven't finished Fruits Basket yet either. It's been so long since I've read them I'd definitely have to re-read them all to remember what was going on towards the end. I have Blood Red Road but I haven't started it yet.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Where She Went- I think I preferred it to If I Stay, actually. And I LOVED Rebel Heart! Raging Star fell a little flat for me, but it wasn't terrible or anything! I have to read the His Fair Assassin series soon too! Hope you get to read these ASAP!
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