Monday 28 March 2016

Top 10 Book Series I Love :D

This is a list of book series that I have read all over the years and loved. This are the books that I usually suggest to my friends. It only contains book series that are already complete.

1) Harry Potter by JK Rowling
I wasn't going to write this as the number one because I feel like it's implied but oh well. I really really love this series. This is the series that introduced me to how wonderful reading is. The wizarding world is a very amazing one. I'm glad to have been part of the generation who grew up with it. I reread this back in 2014 and god, it was amazing af. 


2) The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
I read this when I was a fourth year high school student and I loved it (except for the last book because it came out after I graduated). Cassandra Clare's shadowhunter world is a really amazing one and her writing is fabulous. I love the characters, especially William Herondale, and their relationships with each other. All of the love stories, even the side characters, are really written well and would really make you feel a lot of things. When I reread this back in 2014, I was still amazed. It still made me feel a lot of things and I cried at the end even though I was in a public area. 


3) Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
I read this back in 2014. Laini Taylor's writing is very mesmerizing. I didn't think I would fall in love with angel books again but after I read this, wow. I love that this was set in Prague because it's the first time I read a book that was set in Prague. The fact that the chimaeras were the good side was really interesting to me because usually angels are the ones that are in the good side. The plot's twists and turns were really fun to read but there were also scenes that were really heartbreaking and I wished never happened.


4) Angelfall by Susan Ee
I read this last year and it was my top read of the year. I usually don't like post-apocalyptic books but this one was really worth the read. The fast pace of the book really made me like it. I finished it quite quickly and loved it a lot. The characters were really great and their conversations were really interesting and fun to read for a post-apocalyptic book. I shouted a lot when I was reading the last book which made my parents wonder if I was going insane.


    5) The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
    This ranked lower than the Infernal Devices because there were times that I felt kind of bored even though I still loved it. I decided to reread it last year but I never finished the City of Fallen Angels again. Maybe I'm biased towards The Infernal Devices because I really love books that are set in the Victorian London. Still, the plot of this series was a unique and interesting one. I love how the characters here have some connections with the character from the Infernal Devices. I really suggest reading Infernal Devices first before this series to appreciate it more. 



    6) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
    This is my favorite vampire series as of now. The vampire world Richelle Mead created was a really interesting one with different types of vampires that were easy to read and love. Except Strigoi - they're assholes. I love the plot and the characters of this book more than the spin-off, Bloodlines (but I still loved that series). 



    7) Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
    This book series started my addiction with mythology based books. I love Rick Riordan's writings and the fact that he created a world where different mythology exists and interacts - Egyptian, Norse, Roman, and Greek. When I read it, the series was already finished and I marathoned it during the summer break after my first year of high school. I love the stories and the characters that Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson will always be one of my fictional crushes. 



    8) Sea Breeze by Abbi Glines
    This is the only non-fantasy book series in this list. I really like this series even though Abbi Glines's stories usually follow the 'good girl falls in love with a bad guy' concept. I have read all the books she has written and even though I didn't love all of them, I loved the Sea Breeze. I can't put Rosemary Beach here because it's not yet finished. I love that all of the stories in this series contains different characters but they all live in Sea Breeze. You would see characters from the previous books interact with the new pairings.


     
    9) The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
    This is one of the series I read during my addiction with Greek Mythology based stories and I loved it. I love the concept of using the Hades-Persephone story as a basis and the story Aimee Carter created with it. I love how the gods here changed their names to follow the trend of the humans. Henry - Hades, is one of the fictional characters I loved because of his intense love for his family and the one he loves. I reread this back in 2014 and guess what, I still had the same feelings for it.


    10) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    As of now, this is the only dystopian series that I loved. I loved Suzanne Collins's writing and the story she created. After I read it the first time, I decided to read it again although I stopped at Catching Fire because my heart couldn't take Mockingjay. I love that the film adaption was accurate to the books even though I didn't love the male lead cast of the film. 

    Thursday 17 March 2016

    This semester.

    This semester's been really hectic and also I've kind of been in a reading slump so I haven't read anything much for this year. So far, for February I've only read After You by Jojo Moyes and for this month only Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - review to come next week or this weekend. I've enjoyed reading that. I couldn't concentrate on academic stuffs until i finished it. Hopefully next week during our short break for this semester, I would be able to finish Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard and A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab but i'm still not sure because I have exams the following week. This month's been really a stressful one. I have an exam/exams scheduled for every week for this month.

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