Top Ten Tuesday: Series I Don't Plan to Finish

Welcome to Ton Ten Tuesday, a linkup hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week's topic: Series I've Given Up On/Don't Plan to Finish. Finding ten was somewhat of a struggle for me, since my neat and tidy soul screams that I must finish a series once I've started it, but I referred to the booklist I've kept since 2012 and managed to find the requisite number. And here they are!

1. The Lara Jean trilogy, by Jenny Han. I read To All the Boys I've Loved Before and then looked up the plots of the other two on Wikipedia. (I know, not bookworm protocol.) I know that many people like these books. And the characters were great (Kitty actually reminded me of someone I know). But . . . but . . . it made me so stressed. (Why couldn't she just tell the truth? I mean, telling the truth is hard, but hardness in the short-term would have saved Lara Jean a lot of heartache in the long-term.) Also, I'm sure other people have noticed this too, but it bugged me that Peter . . . has the same last name . . . as Kavinsky from The Raven Cycle . . .

2. The Great Library series, by Rachel Caine. I read Ink and Bone and then I couldn't take it anymore. Again, I know that many people love these books, but I just couldn't connect with the characters. I didn't care about any of them, beyond the basic "Oh it's a human" kind of caring. And for me, characters are not the icing on the cake. Characters are the cake. And if the cake's not there, you can't really devour it.

But I must admit, this cover is amazing.

3. Redwall, by Brian Jacques. I love Redwall! I read three of them. But there are so many and they all start to feel the same after a while. Kind of like jazz music. (I'm sorry if I just offended jazz-lovers.)

4. The Babysitters' Club, by Ann M. Martin. These books are okay, they're just kind of "young". I read a couple and then lost interest.

5. Warriors, by Erin Hunter. I didn't think the writing was great. I read a couple, but didn't care enough about the characters or the stories to continue.

6. Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George. To be fair, I read Thursdays with the Crown, the third book, first. Which was probably not a brilliant idea. But I did enjoy it . . . just not enough to finish the series.

7. Reckless, by Cornelia Funke. Again, I cheated and read Fearless, which is #2, first. It was too violent for me, and I didn't like Jacob. (Also, I invented my own MirrorWorld before I even heard about this series. Just sayin'.)

8. Magnus Chase, by Rick Riordan. Magnus was basically the same as Percy Jackson with a few tweaks here and there to disguise him, and the story didn't feel all that different either.

9. Discworld, by Terry Pratchett. I actually read the first one (The Color of Magic–which is an awesome title) first, but I still didn't love it. I mean, it was a great book, but it left me with no desire to continue the series. There was no point. I didn't care about Rincewind. At all. In fact, I had to look up his name just now because I couldn't remember it. Honestly, I would have been perfectly happy if he'd just died. Sorry, Mr. Pratchett.
I did love the creativity that oozed from every page. It was wonderful.

10. Mitford, by Jan Karon. I actually listened to most of these and they were good, but when I started reading them with my eyes, I found they made me depressed and anxious. The characters are so real. Their problems are so real. I just couldn't handle it.

So that's my list of series I don't plan to finish! Tell me in the comments if you did Top Ten Tuesday! And even if you didn't, please talk to me!

Thanks for reading,
KB