Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday #72

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Ten Bookish Things I Want to Quit Or Have Quit

This will mostly be a random list of things that I want to quit, like a book series or a bad blogging habit I do. I actually wanted to do just one topic for the whole list, but mehhhhhh.


Commenting On Posts I'm Not Truly Interested In - This is something that I have already quit doing, and I am happy that I have. Without an overload of posts that I feel obligated to comment on, I can actually leave longer and more meaningful comments on blogs. And since time is not something I have a lot of, this has helped me to love blogging again (and also view it as a hobby rather than a job).
Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton - Oh...this book. I don't want to offend anyone, but MAN I hated this book so much, and I will never, ever, EVER continue on with this series. Because no no no. NOPE. 

Restrain From All The Amazon Deals - THIS I have also been doing a pretty good job of, kind of. Like this one time, the Memory Painter was a deal for $1.99. But seeing as I already requested a hold at the library, I restrained myself! Along with all the other deals! Ha...haha.

The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa - I just...ugh..I honestly could not care about what happened after the third book, The Iron Queen, and I actually liked the way Kagawa originally ended the trilogy in the first place. Which is why I'm just going to pretend that is the end. There never is a fourth book nope. Nope. AND THERE'S ALSO THE SEQUEL SERIES? Featuring Meghan Chase's little brother...like what.


Request Books I May Not Want To Read - I remember I used to request books from Netgalley that I wondered WHY I even requested in the first place. Now, I've done such a great job at just requesting the books I am actually interested in. Like those Harper Drops? I don't request them ALL anymore, nope.

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards - Here's one series where I WANT to quit so badly, since the second book didn't go as well as the first book did for me, but I JUST CAN'T. Let's just say it has something to do with being a perfectionist. For me, Earth Star was all tell and no show, and was basically Jarra just not doing ANYTHING WRONG. Gah. Do I even want to read Earth Flight? (Yes, I want my aliens)



Eat All The Food...oh uh.. - Like Popcorners. The popcorn that are chips. Yes. OK wait this is not bookish, well I do snack a lot when I'm blogging, and this ends up not being good because I cannot eat while I type. It gets way too messy, and I end up putting a pause on my blogging. WHICH LEAVES MORE THINGS UNDONE. Shame on me.


The Winter People by Rebekah Purdy - This is me and Kayla's inside joke. We both absolutely HATED this book and we didn't even finish it, and the fact that there is a sequel for it makes it even more hilarious. I feel bad for making fun of it, but I just can't not. It had a love square for goodness sake!


Not Get Too Caught Up With New Releases - And try to read the books that have been on my shelves for years and months. Seriously, I need to stop getting distracted by the shiny!

After the End by Amy Plum - Sorry Shannon, I know you liked this series, but I just didn't really buy into the plot. Like it was SO WEIRD. And very, unbelievable....yeah.

Heard of any of these series? Did you love them, or plan to quit them like I will? Do you share the same habits as I did? 

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I definitely need to get caught up on the books I've had for ages, too.

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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
I don't think I ever will, lets be honest hahah
Hahaha! I didn't like Seeker either, and I felt like such a black sheep because everyone else seemed to love it!
1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
What? REALLY? I didn't know that people liked it....because everyone around me hated it....ahahhaha.
#1 for sure. This is a hard habit to break. But man time is against me, then I get guilt over not commenting. Bad cycle. Also I am with you on Amazon deals and requesting only what you want to read. I am getting better at those at least - Great list!!!
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
Exactly! Like there is only so little time in my life. Sure I could leave one sentence comments on all the posts, but why would I do that? It's no fun. Thanks Grace!
I feel the same way about Earth Flight. I really don't want to read it, but I her to. It's a weird compulsion. Those books are okay, but somehow they've trapped me and I need to know what happens. Also, I've seen your graph on Earth Star, so perfect. That book was super repetitive.
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2 replies · active 494 weeks ago
EXACTLY you know? And I'm glad you agree with me on Earth Star hahaha. I loved that graph, it was so on point ahahaha. Are you going to review it anytime soon?
I probably should. Maybe I will review the whole series in one go! Sci-Fi November is coming up...
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I actually do the opposite to you in relation to new releases. I spend all my time trying to catch up with backlist books that it takes me months or even years to get to new books. Naturally, I buy them as soon as they come out.
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
Well seee? Why buy them when they release if you won't get to them into much later? I seriously think we (all of us) are tempted to have things that don't exist yet. But when they do, it's like MEH.
I feel you on Seeker. I couldn't even finish it.
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
Yeah I don't know why I finished it...
JESUS LORD SEEKER. WHYYYYYYY. Also, The Winter People - why didn’t we quit it?

*scrolls down* Oh hey look there it is xD Those books don’t deserve covers that pretty. For shame
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
THEY REALLY DON'T. We have such bad luck when it comes to review books. Or at least we did. I have been restraining haha.
I loved how you added some bloggy things in here as well Val in amongst some new releases! I don't really request stuff on Netgalley at all, but I do still buy stuff on Amazon here and there. Such a shame about the Iron Fey series!
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
Yeah I even have some books preordered that I probably won't read until later. But I just like pre-ordering so that I have the books! And yeah, the Iron Fey Series was okay, but if I read another book I will implode
Seeker is such a mess! And yet for some inexplicable reason, I want to read the next one? No, I want someone ELSE to read the next one and tell me about it (I actually have it shelved like that on Goodreads!) I also want to read Winter People because of the love square and overall awfulness. And note to self: Do not begin Iron Fey series. That makes me mad FOR you :(

And can you PLEASE teach me how to do the first one? I'll pay for lessons. Seriously.
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT READ THE NEXT ONE. How many times do I have to tell you? You seriously will just regret it once you start. Please do not start the Winter People.

If you pay me, I will teach you. All I have to do when I come over is just to delete your EW and Netgalley account. SIMPLE
I haven't read any of the books in the series you mentioned here, but I own a few of them so NOW I AM SCARED ABOUT READING THEM. I guess I'll see how I go.

Ohmygosh I REALLY need to stop caving to the Kindle deals. Seriously. I have SO MANY cheap books that I have bought, and I have not read one. Not. One. So i think I need to read at least some of them before I cave again and buy more books (but they're so cheap. I mean ... can you blame us for buying them?).

I requested so many books that were just vaguely interesting to me back when I first started blogging, but now I am a LOT BETTER. I actually make sure that I 100% want to read the book because it sounds like something I would really like, instead of just requesting ALL THE BOOKS because I can. I am a lot more organised with my review copies nowadays, hurrah! :D
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1 reply · active 494 weeks ago
JUST READ THEM ANYWAY. Unless....uhhhh The Winter People and Seeker.....I don't know if I would say the same...

I cave all the time it is crazy. I mean it is ONLY $2 BECAUSE WHY NOT (idk for AUS but I would guess the same lol). I actually have read one. Out of the 20 I have bought already. oops.

Same here! I only request one or two when there's a huge drop on EW or on NG!

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