YA Series that Made Me Quit Dystopia Genre

No bad blood, just honesty,
I used to love these books, wholeheartedly.
After jaw dropping first books,
followed by ‘okay’ second books,
series finale always give me
a disappointed look.

Instead of ranting, let’s now reveal
the series with great beginnings,
and disappointing endings
that made me quit reading
YA dystopia genre.

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Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1), Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2), Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

I do love the first and second book but I don’t like the ending.

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Divergent Series by Veronica Roth: Divergent (Divergent, #1), Insurgent (Divergent, #2), Allegiant (Divergent, #3)

Like Hunger Games, the first and second book are great. BUT the ending is just soooo heartbreaking. -_-

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Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld : Uglies (Uglies, #1), Pretties (Uglies, #2), Specials (Uglies, #3), Extras (Uglies, #4)

I read the first book and the DNF-ed the second book. I quit the entire series because I don’t like the characters, especially Tally.

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The Selection Series by Kiera Cass : The Selection (The Selection, #1), The Elite (The Selection, #2), The One (The Selection, #3), The Heir (The Selection, #4) and The Crown (The Selection, #5).

I LOVE, still love, the first three books but not the fourth one, because of Eadlyn, but I will still read The Crown. 😀

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Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi: Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1), Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2), Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)

The first book is awesome, then the second is okay then the third… -_-

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Photo Credit: Goodreads, Amazon, Kat of ImpossibleGirlBlog

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In response to The Broke and the Bookish‘s Top Ten Tuesday today:

May 24:  Ten Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed (less love, more love, complicated feelings, indifference, thought it was great in a genre until you became more well read in that genre etc.)

P.S. Do you agree or disagree with me? Either, please let me know. 🙂

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Titles in Love: A Book Spine Poetry*

Titles in Love: A Book Spine Poetry*

All the Bright Places
All the Light We Cannot See
Shatter Me
Unravel Me
Ignite Me
Everything, Everything
Every You, Every Me

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©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.

Photo credit: Josh Felise

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In response to Napowrimo Day 10.

 

Today’s prompt comes to us from Lillian Hallberg. She challenges us to write a “book spine” poem. This involves taking a look at your bookshelves, and writing down titles in order (or rearranging the titles) to create a poem.

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*Book Spine Poetry

It’s a kind of poetry that you don’t really write from scratch – instead, you “find” it by arranging book titles to make a poem. This type of poem can be serious or funny, just like in regular poetry.

Some fun images of book spine poems can be found here.

Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From

This is my first time to participate to an established book meme and I am really excited to do the Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

I know this post was scheduled for August 11, last Tuesday, but I still want to do this this week. (I hope it’s okay. :))

So let me present you my Top Ten Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From according to my Goodreads account!

10. Colleen Hoover , Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and Tahereh Mafi (3 books each)

“How odd to be made of flesh, balanced on bone, and filled with a soul you’ve never met.” – Colleen Hoover

BOOKS READ: Never Never, Never Never: Part Two and Ugly Love

“We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” – Veronica Roth

BOOKS READ: Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.” – Suzanne Collins

BOOKS READ: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay 

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.” – Tahereh Mafi

BOOKS READ: Shatter Me, Unravel Me and Ignite Me 

9. Kiera Cass (4 books)

“It’s always the fear of looking stupid that stops you from being awesome.” – Kiera Cass

BOOKS READ: The Selection, The Elite, The One and The Heir 

8, 7 and 6. Stephenie Meyer, Emily Giffin, and Michael Crichton (5 books each)

“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” – Stephenie Meyer

BOOKS READ: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and The Host 

“Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.”  – Emily Giffin

BOOKS READ: Heart of the Matter, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof and Love the One You’re With

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree. ” – Michael Crichton

BOOKS READ: Congo, Next, Disclosure, State of Fear, and Rising Sun

5. Mitch Albom (6 books)

“The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” – Mitch Albom

BOOKS READ: For One More Day, The First Phone Call from Heaven, Have a Little Faith: a True Story, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Time Keeper and The Five People You Meet in Heaven

4. and 3. Lis Wiehl and James Patterson

“The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” – Lis Wiehl

BOOKS READ: Face of Betrayal, Hand of Fate, Heart of Ice, A Matter of Trust, A Deadly Business, Waking Hours and Darkness Rising 

“You can’t tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.” – James Patterson

BOOKS READ: Mistress, 12th of Never, The Christmas Wedding, Cross My Heart, First Love, Private L.A. and 1st to Die

2. Paulo Coelho (10 books)

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho

BOOKS READ: The Alchemist, Brida, Aleph, Eleven Minutes, The Devil and Miss Prym, The Winner Stands Alone, Manuscript Found in Accra, The Zahir, Veronika Decides to Die and Adultery

I think you already guessed this… 🙂

1. Nicholas Sparks (18 books)

“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.” – Nicholas Sparks

BOOKS READ: The Last Song, Three Weeks With My Brother, The Best of Me, The Longest Ride, Dear John, The Choice, Message in a Bottle, The Notebook (The Notebook, #1), The Wedding (The Notebook, #2), The Guardian, True Believer (Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell, #1), At First Sight (Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell, #2), The Rescue, The Lucky One, Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember, Safe Haven, and A Bend in the Road.

That’s it! 🙂

Do we share the same love for these authors? Please let me know.

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2015 Reading Challenge SUPER UPDATE Part 2: 17th to 20th Book

I am here again! Just want to give you an update on how I am doing with my reading challenge!

So here it goes:

A book that became a movie (17th) – Still Alice by Lisa Genova

The movie version of this book gave Julianne Moore two Best Actress trophies from no less than Golden Globe Awards and Oscars. I haven’t seen the film yet but I have seen the trailer and I can already say that Moore was able to depict the depth of emotion and struggle described through words by Lisa Genova.

I am not actually a  fan of medical drama novels but this one really moved me. Genova was able to tell the horrors of Alzheimer’s disease in a brave manner. It’s just moving, really.

A trilogy (18th to 20th) – Shatter Me, Unravel Me and Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

Those eye-inspired covers are just gorgeous right?

So this is the trilogy that I have read and just what I expected, the story will start great and the ending will just be good. I am sorry to the fans of this trilogy, there are a lot I think because the goodreads rating of these books are high, but I am not quite impressed. I like it yes, but I don’t love it.

In all fairness to Mafi, she was able to paint a vivid picture of the setting and most especially her characters. But maybe I am just tired of reading dytopia YAs. Maybe I’m getting old? Haha!

So that’s it for now!

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