There are books that it seems like everyone else has read, but you haven’t for whatever reason. What are they?
Julie:
My reading has slowed down so much in the last couple of years so it feels like everyone has read everything but me! I mean, I was the one super late to the Harry Potter game (but better late than never)!
Let’s see, here are just a few that I haven’t read.
- The Cursed Child (or Fantastic Beasts – I did mention the original Harry Potter series before and should include these)
- The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings series
- Game of Thrones series – A Song of Ice and Fire
- Black Dagger Brotherhood series, though it’s on my todo list, even though it’s forever many books long
- The Feverseries. Lynn is pushing me to get on this one soon.
I may not even be interested in reading some of these because length or topic or genre or whatever but still.
I’m sure there are a bajillion more but let’s not just sit here all day OK?
Lynn:
For me, this is probably the majority of my TBR pile! I get ideas from books that everyone else is reading. So many books, so little time.
I’d include any of these in a list of books everyone is talking about, but I haven’t read. Yet.
- The Giver
- The Magicians
- The Selection
- Queen of the Tearling
- Red Queen
- Illuminae – I at least have this one scheduled to read for January book club
What about you? Are there books that you haven’t read that everyone is talking about?
Oh, definitely give The Giver a shot, Lynn. 🙂 It’s short and so beautifully written. I put it off for years because it has such a devoted readership. But I picked it up before the movie came out because I had to know what it was all about.
And Julie, I read the first book in The Song of Ice & Fire series and listened to book 2 and book 3. Then book 4 goes off the rails (it’s a bridge book in the series and none of the well know known characters have major parts). So I’ve given up on the books and the show…we got distracted by other things like Grimm and Daredevil.
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I haven’t read any of Julie’s list either- including Harry Potter after Book 1! And from Lynn’s list, I only read The Giver and Illuminae (seriously though, read Illuminae!). I plan to read Red Queen at some point, definitely, and A Song of Fire and Ice. And maybeeee Queen of the Tearling? It’s hard, SO many books!
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Up until this year, I would have had Harry Potter on this list. I can’t believe it took me so long to read that one. Other than that, I haven’t read Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and many of the classics, like Huckleberry Finn for instance.
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All of the books on Julie’s list would apply to me too! I’ve read most of the ones on Lynn’s list (except for Queen of Tearling, which is on my sooner rather than later TBR).
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The Hobbit series and the Fever series are both completely worth it, Nicole!
Lynn – Queen of the Tearling is one of the books on my list — I didn’t like the title, ha! But, Epic is running it now on FIRST5 and I have to say I am getting hooked. Drat. Won’t ever do Game of Thrones. . . just not my cup of tea. And. . . gulp. . . Harry Potter. I read 1 & 2, listened to 3 & 4, and stopped there. Haven’t missed a movie, of course!
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Lol about the Queen of the Tearling on FIRSTS. I’ve been reading those this week as well, Kristine. And I was getting hooked as well.
I only just read the Harry Potter books last year too! So don’t feel too bad, Julie.? And I don’t even think I want to read The Cursed Child, eeep. I’ve heard too many negative things about it!
Also The Giver is suuuuuch a good book, Lynn!! I hope you try it someday. 😀
That’s good to know, Cait! I should really check it out!
Oh my gosh – no way can I read all the books! I have read Game of Thrones series though – and I have to say, I liked them (mostly) but the tv series is just as good as the books.
Good for you for reading the GoT books, Tanya. I read the first two and gave up!
There are so many – Hunger Games (kids killing kids turned me off!), Feverborn (I dislike fae mythology intensely), any of Kristen Ashley’s books (her back catalog is simply too massive and intimidating for me), A Court of Thorns and Roses, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter (the fantasy genre and magic doesn’t really call to me in book form even though I love movies in those two genres) series to name just a few.
Of the ones Julie mentioned, I’ve only read the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I stay current on that one because now I only read it via audiobook, I love Jim’s narrating style. Like Lynn, I have Illuminae on my TBR because I chose it as one of my freebie paperback ARCs at the 2015 Pasadena Loves YA book festival. I tend not to read the more hyped novels, so I’m always not going to be part of the cooler crowd of readers.
I definitely agree with you, Livia, on not being part of the cool crowd. There are too many books to keep up with!