Books I Wasn't Fond of (And Why)

This is a list of books that I have read, and that I didn't really enjoy. I didn't hate any of these books, because I have a policy of never hating books, but I did dislike them. If you like any of the books on this list I can totally respect that. Everyone has different opinions on books and everyone's opinion is equally valid. However, I would not recommend any of these books to you if you have not read them.

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong: This is the first book in an urban fantasy trilogy. I read the whole trilogy two years ago, but I almost didn't. I can't actually remember why I didn't like it, and you see, that's saying something. Usually books leave me with a picture of them, or they leave a few scenes stuck in my head. This book left... nothing. All I remember is that is was very boring.

The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood: I have no idea why I read this book. It was probably during that phase I had when I was twelve where I would only read things about Shakespeare. Anyway, it was awful. Characters that had no personality, a plot that made literally no sense and way too much random unnecessary information. I do not recommend it.

The Selection by Kiera Cass: I honestly don't understand why people like this series so much. I have read the first two books. I considered reading the third, but then I realized that I already knew what was going to happen. I'm not saying this book series is predictable, but, it's very predictable. And that's not even why I don't like it. I honestly don't mind if a book is predictable, as long as there are things to like about it, such as, oh, I don't know, interesting characters or a fascinating writing style. The Selection has nothing to like. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't an awful book. In fact, I even kind of enjoyed reading it. It's such a quick read. But overall, there was nothing good about this book, and so I couldn't bring myself to like it.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner: Some people love this series, and I can understand why. But I didn't. Honestly, dystopian is not my favourite genre. I don't hate dystopian, it's just that I won't read books simply because they are in that genre (unlike with epic fantasy). There has to be something else interesting about them, or they have to come highly recommended. The Maze Runner did sound interesting, and it did come highly recommended. I actually liked the first book. The plot was interesting and suspenseful. The characters were boring, but I can forgive that. If there had only been one book, I would have liked it. But, unfortunately, there were two other books in the series and a prequel. In my opinion, the books just got worse and worse. The plot dragged on and on and characters died way too often. I don't mind character deaths, but I do mind them when they happen every other page. They become kind of meaningless. I could never get to know any of the characters because they just kept dying off. I honestly can't understand why some people say this series is better than the Hunger Games, but we all have our own opinions.

So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane: This book is probably the worst book I have ever read. There are weird books, and then there are books that are just so weird that they make your head explode. And then there is this book. I don't even know how to describe it. The plot makes literally no sense. And the characters are made out of cardboard. Please do not read this book.

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick: Apparently some people really like this book. I could not finish it, and that's really saying something. In that past three years, I have only not finished three books. I'm not sure what exactly put me off this book. I think it was the male main character. He was literally the most annoying thing ever. I don't even remember his name.

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto: This book was, in one word, boring. I read about half of it. Nothing seemed to happen, and the characters were too perfect.

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen: This book was okay, but I found it boring. It's just about a guy surviving in the wilderness. I never would have read this book if it hadn't been a pick for a book club that I was in. This is really not my kind of book.

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch: This book came out last year, and I was hearing such good things about it. I really wanted to like it. Unfortunately, I didn't. There are a few reasons why. First, there were several things in the book that didn't make sense. I'm not going to say anything specific, but the world just seemed really illogical. And, yes, I know it's fantasy. Second, the characters. Most of the characters had no personalities, and the ones that did made no sense. They would do things or say things and I couldn't understand why they were doing or saying those things. The final reason I didn't like this book was that IO found it quite boring and hard to get into. (I'm not listing this as one f the reasons I didn't like the book, but I guessed the plot twist from almost the beginning of the book.)

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs: Some people really love this book. The thing is, it's just really not my thing. It was actually pretty good, but I just didn't like it.

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi: This is a science fiction book that I read a few years ago. I barely finished it. I don't actually remember what exactly it was that made this book unappealing. I just could not get into it. I was bored the entire time. I've considered the possibility that I was just not in the mood for this particular type of book when I read it, but I have not felt the urge to read the rest of the books in the series.

Magyk by Angie Sage: This is the first book in the Septimus Heap series. It's a children's fantasy series, and I actually read the whole thing. However, I didn't like it very much. It was written kind of weirdly and it was the most predictable thing I have ever read. I did actually enjoy reading parts of the book because some of the characters were quite amusing, but overall, I don't think this series was written very well.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Some people love this series. Objectively speaking, I thought it was fairly good. But I just didn't enjoy reading it. The plot was interesting, but the characters were what made me dislike this series. It wasn't that they were under-developed exactly, it was that they were infuriating. I honestly hated all of the characters. I couldn't stand them. I read the entire Uglies series because I felt bad for disliking it. I've even considered reading some other books by this author. I just didn't really enjoy the Uglies trilogy.

The 100 Lists

The 100 is currently my favourite TV show, so here is a post all about it. All of these lists are in order with absolute favourites as number one.

Top 5 Episodes:

1. Blood Must Have Blood
2. Spacewalker
3. Bodygaurd of Lies
4. We are Grounders
5. Remember Me

Top 5 Favourite Episode Titles (Because some of them are just so awesome)

1. Murphy's Law
2. Rubicon
3. Bodygaurd of Lies
4. Blood Must Have Blood
5. I am Become Death

Top 10 Characters:

1. Clarke Griffin
2. Lexa
3. Raven Reyes
4. Octavia Blake
5. Marcus Kane
6. Anya
7. Monty Green
8. Lincoln
9. Abigail Griffin
10. Kyle Wick

Top 5 Romantic Relationships:

1. Clarke/Lexa
2. Lincoln/Octavia
3. Kane/Abby
4. Clarke/Anya
5. Clarke/Raven

Top 5 Friendships:

1. Clarke/Raven
2. Clarke/Anya
3. Monty/Jasper
4. Clarke/Octavia
5. Clarke/Monty

Top 5 Quotes:

1. "I tried to be the good guy." "Maybe there are no good guys."
2. "I bear it so they don't have to."
3. "Maybe life should be about more than just surviving."
4. "Victory stands on the back of sacrifice."
5. "Who we are and who we need to be to survive are two entirely different things."

Complete List of my Ships

Underlined ships I ship as friends, but not romantically. Bold ships are not canon.

Doctor Who: Rose/Doctor, Clara/Doctor

The 100: Clarke/Lexa, Clarke/Raven, Kane/Abby, Octavia/Lincoln, Clarke/Anya

Harry Potter: Harry/Hermione, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Luna, Sirius/Remus, Molly/Arthur, Remus/Tonks, Bill/Fleur

Percy Jackson: Percy/Annabeth, Hazel/Frank, Reyna/Nico, Annabeth/Piper

Avatar: Korra/Asami, Aang/Katara, Katara/Toph, Mai/Ty-Lee, Aang/Toph

Merlin: Merlin/Gwen

Elementary: Sherlock/Joan

Mortal Instruments: Tessa/Will, Tessa/Jem, Will/Jem, Magnus/Alec, Simon/Clary

The Raven Cycle: Blue/Gansey, Adam/Ronan, Gansey/Ronan

Legend: June/Day

The Lord of the Rings: Frodo/Sam, Tauriel/Kili, Bilbo/Thorin

The Winner's Curse: Kestrel/Arin

Throne of Glass: Celaena/Rowan

Torchwood: Gwen/Jack

Orphan Black: Cosima/Delphine, Felix/Sarah, Felix/Alison

Top 25 Favourite Characters #12

I've written eleven "Top 25 Favourite Characters" lists before, as it changes often. Here are the links to my first eleven:

My Opinion: The Top 25 Awesomest Book Characters

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25. Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter
24. Annabeth Chase from The Heroes of Olympus 
23. Amelia Pond from Doctor Who
22. Adelina Amouteru from The Young Elites
21. William Herondale from The Infernal Devices
20. Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender
19. Richard Gansey III from The Raven Cycle
18. Toph Beifong from Avatar: The Last Airbender
17. Cassie Sullivan from The 5th Wave
16. Merlin from BBC Merlin
15. Martha Jones from Doctor Who
14. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games
13. Korra from Legend of Korra
12. Guinevere from BBC Merlin
11. Octavia Blake from The 100
10. Blue Sargent from The Raven Cycle
9. Joan Watson from Elementary
8. Rose Tyler from Doctor Who
7. Raven Reyes from The 100
6. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass
5. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
4. Lexa from The 100
3. The Doctor from Doctor Who
2. Clara Oswald from Doctor Who
1. Clarke Griffin from The 100

Book-to-Movie Adaptations

Here is a complete list of the movie adaptations of books for which I have both read the book and seen the movie. I've also included two ratings. The first rating (the movie rating) shows my opinion on how good the movie was. The second rating (the adaption rating) shows how well I thought the movie was adapted from the book it was based on. Both ratings are on a scale from 1 to 5.

The Fellowship of the Ring: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
The Two Towers: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
The Return of the King: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
An Unexpected Journey: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 4
The Desolation of Smaug: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 4
The Battle of the Five Armies: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 4
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: MOVIE: 2 ADAPTION: 3
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 3
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 3
The Hunger Games: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
Catching Fire: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
Mockingjay Part 1: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
City of Bones: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 2
Divergent: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 4
Insurgent: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTATION: 2
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: MOVIE: 1 ADAPTION: 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters: MOVIE: 1 ADAPTION: 1
The Maze Runner: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 4
The Book Thief: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 4
The Fault in Our Stars: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
Eragon: MOVIE: 1 ADAPTION: 1
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTION: 5
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: MOVIE: 2 ADAPTION: 3
The City of Ember: MOVIE: 2 ADAPTION: 2
Vampire Academy: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION: 3
Ender's Game: MOVIE: 3 ADAPTION:  3
The Giver: MOVIE: 4 ADAPTION: 3
If I Stay: MOVIE: 5 ADAPTATION: 5

2014 Movies and TV

I did a thing at the end of last year where I chose my favourite books published last year in several categories. I decided to do the same for movies and TV shows, even though it's no longer 2014.

List of movies and TV shows I have seen published last year

1. Mockingjay Part 1
2. Divergent
3. The Maze Runner
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
5. The Fault in Our Stars
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Vampire Academy
8. The Giver
9. If I Stay
10. Legend of Korra
11. The 100
12. How to Get Away with Murder
13. Elementary
14. Broadchurch
15. Doctor Who
16. Sherlock 
17. Orphan Black

Favourite Male Main Character:

• Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies
• Augustus Waters from the Fault in Our Stars
• Sherlock Holmes from Elementary
• Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock
• The Doctor from Doctor Who

Favourite Female Main Character:

• Katniss Everdeen from Mockingjay Part 1
• Avatar Korra from Legend of Korra
• Clarke Griffin from The 100
• Raven Reyes from The 100
• Octavia Blake from The 100
• Joan Watson from Elementary
• Clara Oswald from Doctor Who
• Sarah Manning from Orphan Black
• Cosima from Orphan Blaxk

Favourite Side Character:

• Tauriel from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Asami from Legend of Korra
• Lexa from The 100
• Danny Pink from Doctor Who
• Kira from Orphan Black

Favourite Villain:

• President Snow from Mockingjay Part 1
• Kuvira from Legend of Korra
• Rachel Duncan from Orphan Black
• Missy from Doctor Who

Favourite Relationship:

• Korra and Asami from Legend of Korra
• Clarke and Lexa from The 100
• Clara and Danny from Doctor Who
• Cosima and Delphine from Orphan Black

Favourite Friendship:

• Christina and Tris from Divergent
• Bilbo and Thorin from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Clarke and Raven from The 100
• Joan and Sherlock from Elementary
• John and Sherlock from Sherlock
• Clara and The Doctor from Doctor Who

Favourite Actor:

• Peter Capaldi
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Martin Freeman

Favourite Actress:

• Jennifer Lawrence
• Tatiana Maslany
• Jenna Coleman
• Eliza Taylor
• Viola Davis

Best Plot:

• Legend of Korra
• The 100
• How to get Away with Murder
• Doctor Who
• Orphan Black

Best Episode of a TV Show:

• The Last Stand (Legend of Korra)
• Spacewalker (The 100)
• The Night Lila Died/ It's all my Fault (How to get Away with Murder)
• Dark Water/ Death in Heaven (Doctor Who)
• By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried (Orphan Black)

Most Anticipated Movie or TV Show of 2015:

• Mockingjay Part 1
• Paper Towns
• The 100
• How to get Away with Murder
• Doctor Who
• Orphan Black

Best Adaptation from a Book:

• Mockingjay Part 1
• The Fault in our Stars

Best Movie:

• Mockingjay Part 1
• The Fault in Our Stars
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• If I Stay

Best TV Show:

• Legend of Korra
• The 100
• Doctor Who 
• Orphan Black

The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra Lists

I recently finished watching Legend of Korra and I am currently obsessed with Avatar, so here is a post dedicated to it. All of these lists are in order with absolute favourites as number one.

Top 15 Episodes:

1. Sozin's Comet
2. The Crossroads of Destiny
3. Light in the Dark
4. The Last Stand
5. The Day of Black Sun
6. Venom of the Red Lotus
7. The Siege of the North
8. Endgame
9. Korra Alone
10. The Southern Raiders
11. The Blue Spirit
12. The Deserter
13. Tales of Ba Sing Se
14. Beginnings
15. Zuko Alone

Favourite Seasons:

1. Legend of Korra season 4
2. Last Airbender season 2
3. Last Airbender season 3
4. Legend of Korra season 2
5. Legend of Korra season 3
6. Last Airbender season 1
7. Legend of Korra season 1

Top 10 Characters:

1. Korra
2. Toph Beifong
3. Iroh
4. Katara
5. Zuko
6. Jinora
7. Asami Sato
8. Lin Beifong
9. Tenzin
10. Opal

Top 5 Villains:

1. Zuko
2. Azula
3. Kuvira
4. Zaheer
5. Ozai

Top 5 Romantic Relationships:

1. Korra/Asami
2. Aang/Katara
3. Mai/Ty-Lee
4. Opal/Bolin
5. Zuko/Mai

Top 5 Friendships:

1. Zuko/Iroh
2. Zuko/Aang
3. Katara/Toph/Aang/Sokka
4. Koora/Asami/Mako/Bolin
5. Aang/Toph

Top 5 Fights

1. Katara and Zuko vs. Azula in Sozin's Comet
2. Korra vs. Vaatu in Light in the Dark
3. Aang vs. Ozai in Sozin's Comet
4. Korra vs. Kuvirain The Last Stand
5. Aang and Katara vs. Azula and Zuko in The Crossroads of Destiny