the best books you will never read...ever

THE BEST BOOKS YOU WILL NEVER READ...EVER SERIES

I bought it because I was going to a Fierce Reads author signing (my first author signing) and I wanted all the autographs. I’m so glad I took the plunge!Īnother gateway book! This was my very first fantasy novel. The cover is kinda cheesy and the title is a little gaggy, but this is now one of my favorite books of all time and it opened me up to a whole world of really great YA contemporary romances. This was my first YA contemporary romance! I was never a fan of contemporary novels, and stuck to dystopia or thriller or historical romance, so Anna was my gateway book. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins It is beautiful and I loved it, but it was very hard to read.ħ.

The final push, though, was when I was assigned to read this in grad school as well. He was soooo nice and I wanted to read his book. That was what made me decide to bite the bullet. I met Markus at ALA one year and he personalized a beautiful hardback copy (free from the pub) of this for me. I have a hard time with holocaust books and crying and death. I wanted to read it because I had heard it was beautiful and unique and amazing, but I was so scared because of the subject matter. I hate cancer books, I hate crying, and I was not at all a John Green person… this book had absolutely nothing going for it in my mind, and I had no interest in it. Another required reading in grad school, this time for my YA Lit class. And really, I didn’t like it much anyway. I really hate Alice In Wonderland, so I was not at all interested in this book except for the fact that I love Marissa. Ok, so I only read this book because Marissa Meyer wrote it.

THE BEST BOOKS YOU WILL NEVER READ...EVER SERIES

Now I’m working my way through the series and it’s so much fun! 17 years after I DNFd the book I finally read it, and really enjoyed it. The only reason I read this book is because a professor in my library and information science grad program required it for an assignment in my Children’s Literature course. I still wasn’t interested, though, because I won’t succumb to peer pressure. I even donated my copy! I vowed to never force myself to read them because I was so not into the first one, but then the movies started coming out and the book blogging world became major pushers of the series for me. And honestly, I went years before I even heard of these books again. I bought it and brought it home and read 3 pages before I gave up. I’d never heard about this book, and none of the other books had been released yet so nobody was really talking about it.

So… I found this book in a Scholastic book fair (in 1997) at my school library when I was a little kid and I thought the cover looked cool. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. My mom and I decided to read it together for fun, and I was hooked.ģ. That was the first time I’d ever seen the cover of the book I’d been hearing about. In what universe would I ever fall in love with a vampire? Again, I kept hearing about it… And then a guy in my Color Theory class brought his wife’s copy in for an assignment where we had to get up in front of the class and analyze color choices of products.

When I first heard about this book I was a sophomore in college, and the idea of sexy vampires was unheard of to me. I really loved it, but I still can’t believe I actually took the plunge. I figured it would be way too disturbing, but then I kept hearing about it and my curiosity got the better of me. The premise of this book (kids killing each other) seemed SUPER upsetting to me and like something I would NEVER want to read. I’m excited to see how you’ve spun this topic! I’m kind of all over the place with my list. Were these books out of your comfort zone? Were they guilty pleasures you’re embarrassed to admit you read? Were they a genre you hate or for an age group you don’t typically read? Were you forced to read it in school and were surprised you actually did it instead o pretending you did? Perhaps they were intimidating to you, had a million pages, were on a topic you tend to shy away from, etc. I made this topic broad on purpose so that you could interpret it however you’d like.

This week’s topic is “Top Ten Books I Can’t Believe I Read”.

The best books you will never read...ever