Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by the
wonderful ladies over at The Broke and The Bookish.
This week’s topic is a Freebie, so I’m
doing “Top Ten series I want to finish in 2017”
The fact that I so easily came up
with ten series I haven’t finished is something I’m not very proud of. However, let’s take a stroll through some of
the many series I’ve started and still haven’t resumed despite the fact it’s
now years later. (and to add to my shame, most of these series I own the rest
of the books to, so they just sit on my shelf mocking my laziness)
1
The Grisha trilogy
This is a series that I only started last year. I loved it and flew through the first two
books and then lost steam by the time I got to the third. This frustrates me greatly because I got SO
CLOSE.
2
The Young Elites series
The Young Elites was one of my
favorite books of 2015, and I read it back when it first came out. I had a minor fit when I realized I’d have to
wait two years for the rest of the books.
It’s two years later and the series is finished. Do you think I’ve finished it yet? Of course not.
3
The Winner’s Trilogy
I read the first book
of this series almost exactly two years ago.
I bought the rest of the series intending to finish it. I even started The Winner’s Crime, but as you
can see from my Goodreads it’s been on my “currently reading” for 6+
months. I got 50% through. Why did I
stop? I waited too long and kind of forgot why I was supposed to ship Kestrel
and Arin, which is kind of the motivating factor behind this series. So, the second book wasn’t much fun for
me. I hope to try again, even if I need
to reread the 1st book.
4
The Lunar Chronicles
This is one of my
favorite series of all time. However, I
still haven’t yet finished it. I think
it’s a case of me not wanting it to be over yet, despite the fact that Winter
came out quite a long time ago now.
Really, it’s shameful.
5
Splintered series
I must’ve started this
two years ago now, too. I loved the
first book but never moved onto the second one, and now there’s four books in
this series I think.
6
Starbound Trilogy
These books have been
sitting on my shelf for so long it’s not even funny. I have all of them. I read the first book way back in 2014. This series has been over for so long that these
authors are now in the middle of/wrapping up other series. (that I’m also not caught up on)
7
The Wrath and the Dawn Duology
This was one of my
favorite books of 2015. I had absolutely
no excuse for not reading the second book the minute it came out. Especially considering this series is only a
duology and I pre-ordered the second book on Amazon, so it’s literally been
sitting on my shelf since the day it came out.
Again, I’ve waited so long this author has already written another book
that's getting published in like less than six months.
8
The Ascendance Trilogy
The first book in this
series, The False Prince was fantastic.
However, do you think I’ve picked up the rest of the books yet? No. Want to know how long it’s been? I read The
False Prince with my high school book club back in my Sophomore year. I’ve graduated school now. That’s how ridiculous this is. Even my mom finished this series before me.
9
The 5th wave series
I read The 5th
Wave back in 2015. This series is now
over. Heck, they’ve even made it into a
movie by now. And the movie is like a
year old (bought it at Target ages ago, still haven’t watched it). Again, my mom has actually read the second
book already so she’s ahead of me.
10
The Book of Ivy series
Again, it’s been two
years for this one. The first book was
amazing and left on such a cliffhanger.
I have the second book and it would be such a quick read, especially because
this is only a duology. And while we’re
on the subject, yes, my mom has also finished this series before me.
Well, that’s the end of
my long list of shame! This list so
easily could have been Top 15, and that’s actually pathetic. Also, how is my mom better at finishing my
book series than I am? Not to mention
she’s also finished The Selection series (which I have not), although that’s
super low on my priorities list.
Anyways, there’s no
telling how many of these series I’ll finally be able to tackle this year, but
I’m hoping to try my best. Is anyone
else super bad at finishing series? Let
me know if you’re in the same boat as I am, and I hope that you’re able to
conquer some of your unfinished series this year!
Olivia
