Top Five Book Series You Wish Had More Books | Top Five Wednesday

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This weeks topic is the top five series that you wish were longer and had more books.

5 The Heroes of Olympus

I wish the Heroes of Olympus, or Percy Jackson and the Olympians, by Rick Riordan, had more books. Either would work, but I just want more Percy in my life, and Leo and Annabeth and everybody else, too. They were good characters. This is low on my list, though, because there are already ten books in the two series, so it's not a necessity in my life.







4 The Hunger Games

I would kind of like the Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins, to be longer. I feel like the series did end well, but it was so good, and it would always be nice to have more. It would be cool to see Panem recovering and trying to get back on its feet, but that's still not a top priority and not at the top of my list.






3 The Lunar Chronicles

The Lunar Chronicles, by Marissa Meyer, was originally going to be at number 2, but I think that may be a bit of a premature judgement. The series isn't even finished yet, but I can already tell that I'm going to want more as soon as I finish Winter. I love this series, the characters, and the world, so I would always accept more. 







2 The Legend Trilogy

The Legend trilogy, by Marie Lu, was one of my favorite trilogies of all time. I read this a couple of years ago, but I loved it and I was obsessed with it. I could always have more Day and June in my life, and I just remembered how it ended, and, oh, would I have loved to see more of the trilogy after that ending. For those who have read it, you know what I'm talking about, if not, you should really go read that trilogy, it's so good. I should really go reread Legend now.





1 Harry Potter

How can I not say Harry Potter? This is a constant conversation on all social media platforms and all over the internet, and everybody will always want more Harry Potter in their lives, including me. I don't think I need to elaborate further. 

Top Five Tropes You Hate | Top Five Wednesday

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This weeks topic is the top five tropes you hate. A trope is basically an overused plot device or a cliche of sorts. I should preface this by saying, I'm talking about all these tropes I don't like, but I still read and sometimes really enjoy books that include these tropes. I don't hate a lot of tropes, so this is just a kind of dislike list.  

5 The Only Thing Special About a Character is Their Power

I couldn't think of a shorter title for the trope, so just go with it. I hate it when a character is treated as ordinary and unimportant, until they learn they have some secret power and then that just becomes their defining trait or characteristic. I feel like a character can be special and important in their own way before they learn about this extra special part of them.

4 Female Main Character

This may be a specifically YA problem, and I mainly read YA, so I don't know if this is as prevalent in other genres, but there are mainly female main characters in YA. I don't exactly hate this, because I enjoy those books I read with a female POV, but I do feel like there need to be more male POV's in YA. Out of all the books I've read this year, I have only read one YA book from a male POV.

3 Instalove

Nobody likes instalove. Nobody that I know of at least. The best part of a relationship in books is many times the build-up and the tension between the characters, and a lot of that is lost with instalove. Also, instalove just feels fake and kind of like a cop-out. A good romance isn't just love at first sight. That just doesn't really happen, and if it does, then that doesn't last.

2 When All Characters Are Perfectly Paired Off

Again, I couldn't think of a shorter title for this, so just work with me. You know that moment in a book, when every character just ends up with some other significant character, and everything just wraps up nicely, almost too nicely. Yeah, I don't like that. Not every person, especially in high school, is going to be in a relationship. Some people remain happily single. It just strikes me as off when at the end of a book everything just works out too perfectly.

1 Unnecessary Romance

Like the last trope, not everyone is always in a happy relationship at all times, especially as a teenager. This is kind of a combination of the last two on the list. I just don't like it when the author doesn't want a character to be alone, so they give the character a relationship that is completely unnecessary and unneeded for the plot. I appreciate platonic friendships, I actually really like them. A character can have a friend that doesn't end in a relationship, it's okay, these things do happen, the world will not end, I promise.

Note: I enjoy romance and relationships in books way too much for the top three tropes I don't like to all be romance based. Oops.

Top Five Favorite Required Reads | Top Five Wednesday

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This week's topic is your five favorite required reads, which are books that you had to read for school. I know that I'm posting this on a Thursday, but I really wanted to do this topic, so better late than never, I guess.

5 A Midsummer Night's Dream

Just this past year, I had to read A Midsummer Night's Dream for my English class, and this is the first work of William Shakespeare's that I have read. I actually liked this book more than I expected. We read most of this in class, so our teacher helped us decipher most of it, and I thought it was pretty funny. No Fear Shakespeare also helped for the portions that I had to read at home.






4 Tuck Everlasting

I had to read Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt, for a project that I had to do in 7th grade. I don't remember a whole lot about the book, but I do remember enjoying it, especially more than I thought that I would. It was pretty easy to read, from what I remember, and I liked the story and the characters, too.






3 Killing Mr. Griffin

My class read Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan, together in seventh grade. I remember thoroughly enjoying this book, much more than a lot of what we had read in the class that year. This was sort of a mystery, and the whole class always wanted to read more of it whenever we got a chance. Also, there was a little bit of controversy for reading a book about killing a teacher with seventh graders, but that just made the book more fun for us.




2 Flowers for Algernon

I considered giving this my top spot, but I decided not to. In eighth grade, my class read Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, aloud together. I remember loving this book. I loved how the book touched on mental illness, which probably had to be something kind of controversial at the time that this was written. I really liked the main character, and seeing his progression throughout the book, and I think this will remain on my top list for awhile. Also, for those who have read it, you'll probably there are a few sexually explicit topics, which was fun for an eighth grade class.




1 The Giver

A majority of us probably had to read The Giver, by Lois Lowry, at some point in our school careers. I read it a little later than most, since I read it in eighth grade, while many people read it in middle school. I loved the dystopian world in this book and I found it so fascinating, especially after I had read so many newer dystopian novels that have some aspects that are similar to this book.