Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I've given up on reading/finishing

                Hello everyone!  Top Ten Tuesday is just how it sounds, a topic is picked and we put our Top Ten for that in a post and share and check out everyone’s answers.  Top Ten Tuesday is now being hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

The top ten today is:   Books I think I’ve decided against reading (at the moment)


The Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith- I started reading before the show ended up liking the show way more. Also I hate Damon...I made it like 5-6 books in and I still hate him for stuff from book 1 lol. 

The Fallen series by Thomas E. Eniegoski- So I started reading this when I heard there was a TV movie featuring one of the vamps from The Vampire Diaries so yeah I read…they didn’t really capture me.

Riley Bloom series by Alyson Noel- I enjoyed the original series back when I first started out but I never go into the books from Riley.

Thirst series by Christopher Pike- I go back and forth on this, more now since I’m only apparently one book from finish it (thought I had more than that) the story was interesting but I remember it being a bit too far out there for me. 

Immortal series by Gillian Shields- I read book one forever ago and I’m pretty sure I picked it up because the cover was pretty.  I have the other books but I don’t remember what the first one was about fully so not sure if I’ll finish them.

Dark Guardian series by Rachel Hawthorne- I found the whole series for super cheap and I was looking to stock up my shelves and thought they looked cool….I ended up with way too many books I will never catch up on and I don’t remember what they are about anymore.

Eve series by Anna Carey- I don’t think I ever knew what these were about but I got them because the cover was pretty and the title was my name!

A Shade ofVampire series by Bella Forrest- So a friend recommended this to be forever ago and I got the first couple on my kindle thinking I would dive in before too long.  Cut to recently when I was looking through and found them and realized that there are like 55 books in the series and that is just a bit too intimidating for me at the moment.  That’s a serious commitment. 

Under theNever Sky series by Veronica Rossi- So these had pretty covers for me and looked interesting when I first started out but I never got to them and now I don’t have that desire for them as I did back then.

Tempest series by Julie Cross- the first cover drew me in and I was in an angel faze having just read like Hush, Hush, Halo, and Fallen and thought this would be one but it was actually about time travel or something I think but I didn’t pick it up again and now here it sits on my shelf.



                So what do you think?  Should I give any of these a try?  What have you given up on?  Tell me what you think of my list in the comments below.  Also please link back to your Top Ten as well so I can check out your list and see what I missed!

29 comments:

  1. None of these are books I tried myself...I've heard of most but they didn't pique my interest enough to start!

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    1. See that is the kicker I don't know if these are books I would pick up now.

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  2. I hadn't realized that 'Shade of...' Vampire series has so many books. That's insane! I too went through an angel-themed reading frenzy, I still have a love/hate relationship with Hush, Hush. I think it's my favorite terrible book series. Like, it's so bad, but I love it anyway.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog! Marie @ Pages to Explore

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    1. haha I can enjoy so many books but I think sometimes you get overloaded. When you read 8 different vamp/angel/werewolf/etc series back to back they get a bit old. So I've found I like to jump around to keep things fresh :)

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  3. I haven't read any of these, but I did watch the entire Vampire Diaries series. I had a friend tell me the show was better than the books, so I've decided not to read the books...for now. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  4. I read Thirst years ago but can honestly say, it wouldn't interest me now. In fact, I can see what these made it to your list. Thanks for sharing them!

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    1. Yes but now that I've made the list and know I only have one left to finish....I might just go for it because it's so close!

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  5. I wouldn't even consider picking up the books from The Vampire Diaries to be honest. There's no way I'd like those better than the show - and that's saying something coming from a bookworm, right? I can't even imagine ever hating Damon again so those books are definitely not for me, I reckon!

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    1. haha I know the show was amazing fun for me to watch with my bestie!

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  6. Oooh I haven't read a single one of these either but none are on my TBR either. Several were at one point but my tastes have definitely changed over the years.

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    1. I know same here but I never get rid of things it's physically painful to get rid of some things (books/movies are the worst)

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  7. I gave up on Eve. I really didn't enjoy it!

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    1. I never even started but I was thrilled to have a character named after me let alone a whole SERIES (spelled Eve not Eva or Ava because despite what my grade school teachers said they are not the same)

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  8. I hope you give Under The Never Sky a read sometime. I really enjoyed all the books myself. The characters are so precious!

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    1. Yeah see that was one of those I was unsure of but who knows I'm not tossing them so they may end up resurfacing again!

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  9. Funnily enough I enjoyed the Riley series more than the original ones about Ever! Then again, that's probably because I read Riley first (when I was like 12 lol--I didn't read Ever's books until several years later). I agree with you on Under the Never Sky...I've pretty much given up on getting back to that series. I really loved the Tempest books though! Especially the third one :)

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    1. See I was older when I started so her story seemed a bit too young for me.

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  10. It took me a long time, but I finally read Under the Never Sky. I enjoyed it, but it's been a while and honestly, it's kind of a forgettable book.

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  11. I've read a couple books by Anna Carey but not that series. And I guess I didn't really know that Vampire Diaries was a book series... or maybe I did but forgot. I did watch a few episodes of the show ...

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    1. haha yeah it is amazing how many things you watch now that started as books!

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  12. I remember reading Thirst a few years ago. I also thought it was interesting but a bit unusual. I don't think I ever managed to finish A Shade of Vampire but I can't remember the reason. The last series I gave up on was Falling Kingdoms. It just wasn't what I was looking for at the time but it's not a bad series.

    Thanks for sharing, here is my Top Ten Tuesday
    ~Elena

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    1. Yeah well while I may have wanted to check out the Shade series 55 books is insane lol!

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  13. Haha, totally agree with you on The Vampire Diaries series. At some point I wanted to read it too, but now when I have already watched the whole series (and I loved it) I kind of feel it little pointless to read the whole thing again?

    My TTT: http://flippingthruthepages.com/2018/02/ten-books-want-read-beautiful-covers-featuring-black-women/

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    1. oh and from the 5 or so books I read in the series WAY WAY WAY different. Like different universes basically.

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  14. I know this TTT is about books people aren't going to read, but it's such a great way to learn about new authors and books I haven't heard of before -- like these!

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    1. haha I know I have seen some on other lists that I think sound right up my alley! They are great because everyone is different!

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  15. I read The Fallen series in high school and I was pretty hooked - I had no clue there was a tv movie though - huh!

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