It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to really enjoy books all year round – school has had the better part of my time for the past four years. I’ve finally got a few months off and a year that’s busy but not entirely taken, so what better way to spend it than ticking 10 books off of my TBR pile?

1. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard I started reading Red Queen close to its release date and this sequel didn’t come out for some time, so by the time it was published, I had forgotten the entire story!! I haven’t heard the same raving reviews about book 1 and 2 as I did with Red Queen, but I’m definitely going to give it a shot.
2. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare I’m currently re-reading The Mortal Instruments, so I can’t wait to dive into the world again, including her short stories from the Bane Chronicles and this.
3. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Another C.C. book! Last time I read her novels, the dark artifices was pure speculation and now that the entire trilogy is published, I need to get my hands on it.
4. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern I received this title about 3 years ago… I really need to get into the right mood for reading it though. I get the feeling it’s a little bit off of the beaten track.
5. Torment by Lauren Kate I read and loved Fallen a long time ago, but never purchased the rest of the series, so I’m looking forward to finishing it. The story reminds me a lot of Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, which I L O V E D!!
6. Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella Sophie is honest to God one of the best chill-book authors I’ve ever read. I started with her Shopaholic series years and years ago, but didn’t buy Shopaholic to the Stars when it came out, because I was in my YA dystopia phase and didn’t have time for chick flicks haha – can’t wait to re-read the series and then get on board with the new additions.
7. A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray I bought this because I’ve heard a little bit about it in this community and I loved the title, plus the synopsis sounded kind of interesting, but never got around to cracking the spine… maybe it’ll be a great summer read?
8. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins This series gives me DIMILY (Estelle Maskame) vibes, which I can totally get on board with. Can’t wait to delve into this by the beach.
9. The Heir by Kiera Cass Yet another unfinished series… I feel in love with the uniqueness of The Selection (mixed dystopia with royalty, from memory) and can’t wait to reread it in its entirety.
10. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff To end this list on a bang, I want to mention this insanely jaw-dropping series. This is a book you have to read in paperback to get the full experience. I read Illuminae a while ago, and then life got in the way when Gemina was published.

 

2019 looks like a great year for reading, I can’t wait to share it on this blog!

 

 

 

 

This week, for Top Ten Tuesday, I am participating in The Broke and the Bookish‘s book blogging meme {yeah, the one that won an award in the 2011 BBAW awards!}.

The theme of this week’s T10T is “Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession {bought, borrowed or gifted}”.

My memory is not great, so these titles are in no particular order…

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To arrive at this topic, I asked my awesome Instagram followers to suggest some themes, so here’s this week’s T10T topic: 10 of my least favourite characters in all of the books I have read.

1. Beatrice Prior, Divergent I personally thought that Tris was too reliant on other people for a Dauntless and Abnegation girl. Tobias always had to be at her side, to keep her out of harm’s way (and even then, she managed to make silly decisions).
2. Rixon, Hush Hush Saga Come on, is there one person on this planet that did like this evil, back-stabbing guy? I don’t believe that Rixon needs an explanation.
3. Elara Merandus, Red Queen The perfect villain and the worst queen. She’s so evil and rude towards Mare, and she truly believes that she has the right to enter other people’s heads, just because she’s of great nobility. I think that no one should have this right, and this is why I do not like Queen Elara one tiny bit.**
4. Evangeline Samos, Red Queen Oh my, Evangeline was at the receiving end of my (imaginary) death stares throughout the entire book! She was rude and heartless and completely undeserving of the title of ‘Future Queen’. I also disliked the way that she turned many of the Queenstrial ‘applicants’ against Mare.**
5. Valentine Morgenstern, The Mortal Instruments Valentine literally ruined Jonathan’s life before he lived. Jonathan was meant to be a lovely guy, but instead of letting it be, Valentine ***SPOILER*** injected him with demon blood and created a devil of a man. In the seven minutes that Jonathan was Jonathan, we really got to understand that Jonathan was being controlled from within.
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7. Nathaniel Gray, The Infernal Devices Last but not least, we have the worst brother that anybody could ever wish for… The devious, betraying Nate who almost got HIS OWN SISTER KILLED. Wow. There are literally no positive aspects of this wicked villain.
8. Jessica Betram, Confessions of a Shopaholic I’m not sure whether I was the only reader who found Jess to be annoying, but from ‘Shopaholic and Sister’ until the end of the series, I felt a strong hatred towards her and her ‘hippie’ ways. She was always trying to control Becky, even though they only knew each other for a tiny amount of time, and tried to change her lifestyle too much for my taste.
9. President Coin, The Hunger Games The rebellion in this trilogy was meant to be for the greater good of the nation that Katniss lived in, however, with President Coin in charge, it was impossible for the world to live peacefully. Throughout Mockingjay, Coin did so many things that Katniss hated and that would be detrimental to the rebellion’s outcome.
10. Brenda, The Maze Runner Oh my Gosh… Don’t even get me started on how awful Brenda is. Thomas was definitely meant to be with Teresa and she sunk the ship! I always felt that she was there purely to ruin their relationship, since she did nothing else to help the team.
11. Wilson, Branded Oh… My… Patch… This guy was the most frustrating, evil, horrible and did I mention evil guy in this entire universe. Cole and Lexi are still one of my favourite ships, and all that this man cared to do was break it up… NO! No one can break Colexi!

** At this point in time, I am only on page 195 (around the half-way mark) of Red Queen, so if these two characters do something drastic and change their personalities, I wouldn’t know. These two characters are in my “Burn Book” 😉 while I’m at this point in time.

So now that I have got all of my hatred out, regarding my least favourite characters, you can tell me all about yours! Who are your top five least favourite fictional characters (from books)? Why do you dislike them so much?