This week’s top ten list: book series I haven’t finished for one reason or another (as hosted by The Broke and The Bookish). I should also preface this by saying I am not a big series reader, so this list took some thought. Thus, I’m dividing this up: the first five are series I believe need to end (preferably a few books ago) and the second five are ones that I have been shamefully neglecting and haven’t caught up on yet…
In no particular order:
10. The Alex Cross series by James Patterson: In general, I just feel this series needs to end, but I haven’t read the last 5 or so books so maybe it improved…? The start of it was great!
9. The Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson: Perhaps I just have a James Patterson problem…
8. The Night Huntress series by Janiene Frost: I just lost interest eventually…
7. Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella: This is another one I felt had run its course, but it just keeps going!
6. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) series: it needed to end a few books ago.
These are ones I can’t wait to catch up on…
5. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King: I haven’t read the newest one (this one is shameful, I love this series).
4. The Locke and Key Series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez: I need to get the latest entry
3. Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon: I’d love to find out what’s going on with Jamie and Claire, the novels are just SO LONG.
2. The Crowther and Westerman novels by Imogen Robertson: I want to catch up with these too
1. Wolf Hall series by Hilary Mantel: I still need to read book two.
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What about you? Any series you gave up on?
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Locke & Key is fantastic! Desperate for more! I am all caught up with nothing to do but wait. Outlander is on my some day list. Like some day when I finish these crazy long George R.R. Martin books….
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Outlander is on the eventual list for me too, I’ve read the first three, but the rest of the entries are the size of a door stop. I’ll read them….someday.
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Diane Gabaldon series is wonderful and yes, long! I’ve read the first Shopoholic and laughed! Should read more…
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I don’t tend to read a series of anything. I almost didn’t finish Wolf Hall. Let’s face it – that book is mammoth and I count it as a great achievement for me that I actually finished it! I don’t have any inclination to go onto the second book though. I couldn’t finish David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. I found it impossible to follow but since I put it down there’s been so much talk about it and now a movie…Looks like I might go back to that one at some point. I also couldn’t finish Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain. That was a while ago and I’m starting to think maybe it was a poor translation i was reading (excuses, excuses) so I want to go back to that one also.
I generally finish the book I pick up but someone recently made me stop and think. She said ‘I don’t have enough years left to waste my time on a book I’m not enjoying so I move on’.
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I’m very excited about the Wolf Hall sequel as well! I’m currently trying to get through the first book, and I’m just in love with the way Mantel writes a history textbook with a heart. She really does know her stuff.
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I’m also very excited about the new WOLF HALL installment. I’m just madly in love with the way that Mantel writes a history textbook with a heart. It’s very refreshing.
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Yes so much to the Night Huntress and Southern Vampire books. It’s so freeing to give up on series books, isn’t it? I hear the Outlander series is great but agreed the books are very long!
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