Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Top Ten Hyped Books I’ve Never Read.
Never gonna happen:
- The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
- The Fifty Shades series by E. L. James
- Divergent series by Veronica Roth
Meh, doesn’t interest me:
- Anna and the French Kiss series by Stephanie Perkins
- Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
I tried, I really did:
- A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
- Delirium series by Lauren Oliver
- The 5th Wave series by Rick Yancey
I need to get on this:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I’m linking up: 
A BIBLIOPHILE'S STYLE 
I love how you organized your TTT this week. There are a couple of hyped books that I feel like I will never read (nor do I want to). Congrats for never buying into the Twilight hype. I kind of wish I’d never read the first two. Eek.
My TTT- https://amandasnoseinabook.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/top-ten-hyped-books-ive-never-read/
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Thanks! I was a brand new mom in 2005, when Twilight came out, so I wasn’t really paying attention to new books. By the time I became aware of it my younger sister had read the first book and warned me off.
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The Book Thief! You would LOVE it! Definitely read that one!
My TTT!
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I own a copy, I just haven’t gotten to it yet. It sounds like something I’ll love though.
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Throne of Glass? Really? Is it the picture on the front?
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Nope, the picture is actually pretty cool. The description just doesn’t pique my interest. Also, I’m sick of series (except mysteries).
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I hear you on the series front. ‘Tis why I’m rewriting my story so that it’s truly a standalone. 😀
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Speaking of which, I finally finished reading the last re-write that you gave me. I’m sorry it took so long! I will email you later today.
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Ah, no worries. Remember, I’d been maundering on it myself. And now I feel terrible making you go through all that reading and then turning right around and throwing out practically all of it in my revamped plan of making it a standalone. Am also thinking of making it third person limited POV from David’s perspective, which means excising all the parts with the Borea boys. Decisions, decisions…
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The Book Thief and The 5 wave is so good books.
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I’ll definitely be reading The Book Thief. I tried to read The 5th Wave but I found the main female character really annoying.
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It’s funny, I haven’t read the top three on your list either. I actually own the Twilight series but just haven’t felt motivated at all to read them. You really do need to read Book Thief, though. Be prepared to cry!
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Hmm, I bet The Book Thief would make a good follow up to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Have you read that one?
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Twilight was horrible and I didn’t really enjoy The Book Thief either… And I don’t think I will ever pick up Fifty Shades Of Grey or Anna And The French Kiss. I really enjoyed Throne Of Glass though and I will probably start reading The 5th Wave soon.
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You might be the first person I’ve heard say they didn’t like The Book Thief – there is so much hype! What didn’t you like about it?
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I wasn’t convinced by the prose: too many unnecessary German words and translations, a lot of swearwords… And seeing things through the eyes of Death is original, but sometimes the paragraphs gave away spoilers. I did like the plot and characters though.
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Thanks for the heads-up. Liking the plot and characters is important, but sometimes it’s the details that make or break a book.
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Very true. I still gave it a 3 star rating back when I read it if I remember correctly… I just wasn’t as overwhelmed as most people.
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Having now read the first 20% I find that agree with you. The overuse of German words followed directly with their translations, the constant swearing, and Zusak’s writing style are not for me. I think when I really want to read about the Holocaust I’ll stick with first hand accounts, like The Diary of Anne Frank or The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.
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I guess Zusak’s writing style is not for everyone… I prefer WWII memoirs myself as well. Have you read The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman? It’s one of my personal favorites.
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One of my favorite college professors had us read first hand accounts instead of a history textbook (his lectures provided the necessary framework), and I’ve preferred memoirs ever since. I haven’t read The Pianist but I will now. 🙂
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It’s definitely a great way of learning more about what happened during WWII… I wish my professors would have done the same. The Pianist is a really strong memoir and they even based a movie on it.
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I’ve not read a single one of those either.
I’m finally reading The Night Circus and loving it so far. It’s my Teaser Tuesday this week: http://wp.me/pZnGI-o1
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Every time I hear about The Night Circus I think about the weird traveling circus in the TV show Heroes and it turns me off. Isn’t it odd how certain associations can affect you?
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Yeah, you never know about associations. I didn’t watch Heroes, although I hear it’s coming back.
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I heard that too. I stopped watching after awhile. Lost taught me that hanging onto a floundering TV show until the bitter end just isn’t worth it.
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I read the first Twilight book because it came highly recommended by a friend, but wish I hadn’t; it was terrible. I feel bad because Stephanie Myer has a great imagination, but she is not a good writer. At all. I stopped after the first book and don’t regret it.
I actually did read the Divergent series. I thought the first book was pretty good. The other two just got worse as they went on. You’re right to skip those.
I love the Song of Fire and Ice series. I’m all caught up and eagerly awaiting the next one, but I totally support your skipping of 50 Shades of Gray. I’m just not interested in that series at all.
I too need to read The Book Thief!
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I tried reading A Game of Thrones. My favorite character was Bran because he reminded me of my little boy. Well, you know what happens to Bran early in the book . . . I couldn’t handle it. 😦
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I remember there was a lot of hype around the Delirium series because of the television pilot that was released. I thought it was a good idea to check it out to see if I could feel the hype bug after watching it. But nope. Least to say that they condensed the entire first book (I think) into the pilot episode LOL and the hype bug was never more.
Cheers,
Joey via. thoughts and afterthoughts.
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I tried it simply because it was available as an eAudio from my library and I was looking for something to listen to. I got 1-2 chapters in and had to DNF. I found it weird that the teenage girls were simultaneously terrified of love (thought it was a disease) AND a little boy crazy.
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Shenanigans–all of it!
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#10. Definitely try it!
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That’s the general consensus. I will try to get to it this year or early 2016. 🙂
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Highly recommend The Book Thief, as I see other commenters have as well. And I too got stuck on Game of Thrones—I made it about halfway through A Feast For Crows before giving up (and that was my second go-round; the first was before it was widely popular and a friend who is a HUGE fantasy fan told me to read it. I bought it, read about 20 pages, and didn’t pick it up again for about six years).
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I went into A Game of Thrones knowing nothing more than that it was a really popular fantasy series. I ❤ fantasy so I figured I should read it. Ugh. Not for me.
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