tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post3277990412889914514..comments2023-10-28T07:58:16.825-07:00Comments on Regarding Reading and Writing (and Sometimes Life): Series I've Never FinishedAbbey Stellingwerffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-8323930528065316872017-11-16T18:28:44.898-08:002017-11-16T18:28:44.898-08:001. I wouldn't worry with finishing the Anne se...1. I wouldn't worry with finishing the Anne series. The first one is lovely, but the others actually fell a bit flat for me??? I've heard the Emily series is good though, so I might give those a try!!!<br /><br />9. I have heard SO MUCH about The Scarlet Pimpernel!!! It's actually fairly high on my TBR because of that!!!<br /><br />10. Ughhhhhh. I quit after the first book two. Horrible writing. Not worth wasting my time on.<br /><br />16. I have NOT read this book/series, but I heartily agreed with what you said -- either have language in your book or don't. Halfhearted attempts to censor it make everything worse.<br /><br />18. Ooooooh!!! I WOULD encourage you to read Mockingjay!!! A lot of people were disappointed with it, I know. Thought it was depressing or hopeless, but I actually love it...<br /><br />AND I LOVED THIS POST!!! THANKS, ABBY!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-54669446734414719962017-08-22T10:48:40.785-07:002017-08-22T10:48:40.785-07:00I'll keep that in mind about L.M. Montgomery&#...I'll keep that in mind about L.M. Montgomery's books. I've heard a lot of people praise Emily of New Moon. Maybe I should try that series before Anne of Green Gables. <br /><br />I love British humor, so I think if I read Hitchhiker's Guide again, I would enjoy it much more than the first time. <br /><br />I didn't know that about Ender's Shadow! That's so cool. *scootches it up on the TBR*<br /><br />Exactly! You put my thoughts about the Mistborn series into words. All that political stuff in the second book was genius, and his worldbuilding and magic system are incredible, but political drama for 400 pages does not make, as you said, a compelling story. I've heard the follow-up series to Mistborn is really good, though (and more in the flavor of The Final Empire than the other two Mistborn books).<br /><br />Haha, that's so funny about being a compulsive series-finisher! I am totally the opposite (as this post showed). It's so easy to be distracted by other books when a whole series isn't out yet, isn't it? *shakes heads* Books. *shakes fist* Books! Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-77418238162245571292017-08-22T07:30:21.251-07:002017-08-22T07:30:21.251-07:00I can identify with a few of these. And I've r...I can identify with a few of these. And I've read the full series of many others. Let's see...<br /><br />Anne of Green Gables - honestly, the first book is the best in the series. If you want to read more L.M. Montgomery, I would recommend the "Pat of Silver Bush" or "Emily of New Moon" trilogies instead of picking up the rest of the Anne series... this is one of those places where I do feel the movie was better.<br /><br />Hitchhiker's Guide - I think they're hilarious. But the British humor is not for everyone. <br /><br />Ender - You can read Ender's Shadow without rereading Ender's Game. The two books are parallel, so they are the same story from different perspectives and Ender's Shadow is better!!! I would then recommend continuing with the Shadow side of the series (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant), and skip Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind altogether. <br /><br />I liked the sequels to City of Ember okay... but they don't stand out in my memory as amazing.<br /><br />I have also never read the sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel... I am curious... but it's not high on my TBR pile currently.<br /><br />I haven't read the rest of the Eragon series, either. I hated the first book... so I have no reason whatsoever to read the rest.<br /><br />I feel exactly the same about Mistborn. I think Sanderson is a technical genius when it comes to world-building and magic systems... but I'm not convinced he actually knows how to tell a compelling story. (blasphemy, I know... ducks and hides) Also, Kelsier dying pretty much took all the happiness from the series for me. I mostly kept reading hoping he would come back. Spoiler: he doesn't.<br /><br />I read the second book in the Inkheart trilogy and liked it better than the first, but haven't gotten around to the third one yet.<br /><br />Fun post! I am a nearly compulsive series-finisher... so I don't have a ton of series that I've started and not finished... unless the series is not complete when I start reading it... then it will often happen that I will read until there's no more to read... and then I read other things while I'm waiting for the next book, and forget about the series I was reading, or decide to just wait until the entire series is out so that I don't get interrupted again... so then there will be long gaps between me starting and finishing a series. heheJenellehttp://jenelleschmidt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-77343106134463037452017-08-16T20:23:27.385-07:002017-08-16T20:23:27.385-07:00They are huge. I have the first one on my shelf, b...They are huge. I have the first one on my shelf, but I haven't read it yet. <br /><br />I want to read more Brandon Sanderson. He's a talented creator. Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-16007441674107348942017-08-16T20:21:48.331-07:002017-08-16T20:21:48.331-07:00I loved the first one! I can't see myself fini...I loved the first one! I can't see myself finishing the series any time soon, though. There are just too many other books that have my attention. <br /><br />Haha, that's exactly how I feel about The Scarlet Pimpernel! <br /><br />That sounds like me and the movie White Christmas. My friend and I watched the first thirty minutes of it SO many times, and then I would have to go home. Finally, we finished it one day. Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-37385276869050242742017-08-16T20:19:07.597-07:002017-08-16T20:19:07.597-07:00I haven't seen the show yet! I want to watch i...I haven't seen the show yet! I want to watch it. Someday... <br />I haven't read any L.M. Montgomery books (other than Anne of Green Gables)! Again, someday...Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-80886234023816209842017-08-16T20:18:20.074-07:002017-08-16T20:18:20.074-07:00I agree. It was really good, but it was a bit youn...I agree. It was really good, but it was a bit young. <br />It DOES ruin your life!!Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-37553722433041308512017-08-11T07:50:25.803-07:002017-08-11T07:50:25.803-07:00My biggest unfinished series is the Wheel of Time....My biggest unfinished series is the Wheel of Time. Twice I've started and gotten to about book 6 (half way?) and then it just dies for me. I can't see me ever finishing that one; partly because it's such an investment to get back in each time. Those books are HUGE!! <br /><br />I enjoyed the world of Ender's Game and read a couple more books in the series. Ender's Shadow was my favorite and really should be read, especially if you've already read Ender's Game.<br /><br />I enjoyed the Mistborn series, though the 1st book was far better than the next 2. His follow-on series in the same universe (Wax & Wayne Series), starting with Alloy of Law was great. It had me laughing a lot!! You don't need to finish the first series to begin the next. They take place in the same universe, but at significantly different dates on the timeline.BigEehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444327215397464366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-51950410547740812612017-08-10T16:29:53.334-07:002017-08-10T16:29:53.334-07:00Personally I love the entire Mysterious Benedict S...Personally I love the entire Mysterious Benedict Society series! I found them enjoyable even though I read them for the first time as a teenager. But maybe they're not for everyone. <br /><br />I AM THE SAME WAY with The Scarlet Pimpernel. I love it SO much and I'm DYING to read more of Percy and Marguerite, but somehow neither of those reasons have caused me to actually prioritize reading the rest of the books...it's an unexplained phenomenon. <br /><br />As for others, I think I read The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander probably three times over my childhood before ever reading the rest (I have now). And I've read Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson and loved it, but also for some unexplainable reason never continued. And usually I'm the kind of person to finish a series that I start...Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482268161702710098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-11211709432380035122017-08-10T13:15:40.748-07:002017-08-10T13:15:40.748-07:00Oh have you watched the Horatio Hornblower Movies/...Oh have you watched the Horatio Hornblower Movies/Shows thing ? Loved those!!! :) My sister went on to read the books too. But not me :P Have you read any of L.M. Montgomery's stand alone books? I think I loved Jane on Lantern Hill better then Anne of Green Gables :P I love her style of writing though, so that's a reader taste too. Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708966985087473956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-90993482264601914442017-08-10T13:01:13.271-07:002017-08-10T13:01:13.271-07:00I loved the Mysterious Benedict Society too! I don...I loved the Mysterious Benedict Society too! I don't know if I'll continue the series though...It IS a bit young for me...<br /><br />Haha, I don't blame you for not finishing the Twilight series. <br /><br />YES about Illuminae!! I thought the format was really cool and intriguing, but the swearing really bothered me and it didn't quite make sense to me. :P<br /><br />And don't you just hate it when authors kill your favorite characters? IT RUINS YOUR LIFE. *cries*Madeline J. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651322832150574847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-14752825263905879632017-08-10T09:54:05.889-07:002017-08-10T09:54:05.889-07:00Aw, that's sad! The first one was so good!
Il...Aw, that's sad! The first one was so good! <br />Illuminae had the potential to be such a cool book! Yet another YA disappointment, unfortunately (I've run into a lot of those... as this blog post shows. I just counted, and over half of the series that I haven't finished are YA! Oops).<br />Hee hee, thanks for the warning! Abbey Stellingwerffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10426609355118356332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739961185981895710.post-54115280877161120902017-08-10T08:55:02.121-07:002017-08-10T08:55:02.121-07:00I have read many of these. My thoughts:
Don't ...I have read many of these. My thoughts:<br />Don't worry about finishing Mysterious Benedict Society. The first book was terrific and mind-boggling, but they go very down hill from there. <br /><br />I agree with you on Illuminae. The swearing. Ugh. And the stuff in it made no sense! <br /><br />I've read a few others. Mockingjay shredded my soul and turned me into a paralyzed sobbing mess, so if you want to avoid that... don't read it. XD R.F. Gammonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134854415617023273noreply@blogger.com