as told by zaheerah

TOP TEN TUESDAY IS A WEEKLY FEATURE HOSTED BY THE BROKE AND THE BOOKISH! EACH WEEK, A NEW TOPIC IS PUT INTO PLACE AND BLOGGERS SHARE THEIR TOP TEN ACCORDINGLY. This week’s feature is all about books that you feel differently about (Do I love it now? Hate it even more? Maybe it’s complicated?)

The Mortal Instruments is definitely a series I no longer enjoy. I first read the series a couple of years ago. My initial thoughts were “seems cool” but as I grew older I began to be more aware of the many problematic issues within her novels. And it doesn’t help that Clare blocks fans who point out problematic content rather than discussing it and, hopefully, try to fix it.  (If you’re wondering what my thoughts are on Shadowhunters: I think it’s much better than the book series in every way possible, giving us better POC representation, removed the girl hate trope, and actually conveyed the Downworlders-Shadowhunters racist metaphor much better than the books. I could go on…)

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! Each week, a new topic is put into place and bloggers share their top ten accordingly.

• Andreil (Andrew & Neil from All For The Game) – Well, actually, we already know how their lives play out, thanks to Nora’s extra content on Tumblr. But I would so love to read a novella (or a another trilogy lmao) of the full story of them calling their damn cats sir fat cat mccatterson and king fluffkins. (how am I supposed to take these angsty boys seriously when they name their cats THOSE NAMES)
• Parker Grant (Not If I See You First) – OKAY THE ENDING WAS REALLY OBVIOUS BUT REALLY VAGUE. But I liked her enough to want to know how her life is going now.
• Literally anyone in the series (Saga of Darren Shan) – Tbh, I want a huge novel of everything that happened after Darren.
• Madeleine (Everything, Everything) – imagine living your life thinking you’re allergic to the world and then finding out you’re not. I think it would be interesting to see how Maddy learns the world around her.
• Rose (How I Found You) – The ending was weird, and the story wrapped up too quickly and fast
• Penryn and Raffe (Penryn and the end of days) – I thought the ending was disappointing and it would be cool to see what happens after the whole war.
• Amy Dunn (Gone Girl) – Seeing Amy as a mother would be …..interesting.
• Aristotle and Dante (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe) – They were so cute, I need to see their future. EDIT: I JUST FOUND OUT THERE’S GOING TO BE A SEQUEL FJDJDFJDIFJ
• Ryden (What You Left Behind) – I wouldn’t even need a novella/book for this. A short paragraph to know what happens later would be nice. I felt quite bad for him for the majority of the novel so I like to know what happens after with him and his daughter, Hope.
• Claudia Miravista (Behind the Canvas) – the ending for this was so sad. I just want to know if Claudia’s alright. And if she ever went back into the world of paintings again.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! Each week, a new topic is put into place and bloggers share their top ten accordingly. Bookworm delights refers to book related experiences that make you happy!

1. Looking for books at used book shops/ charity shops- I’m a broke student okay most books I own are either presents or from charity stores lmao
2. Stumbling across a random book series by accident and loving it – I love that feeling when you come across a book/series that isn’t well known, usually self-published one, and find yourself falling in love with that story SO much and you just want to chuck the book at anyone and everything. (see: The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic)
3. Stunning book covers – We’ve all been there, picked up a book and saw the blurb and thought “ok sounds good but what the actual fuck is that cover tho?” (sometimes if they have ugly covers, I like to re-imagine better ones for them in my head) But every now and then, you’ll see a book with such a pretty cover that you spend more time looking at the cover rather than reading it. (see: Rebels of the Sand – Alwyn Hamilton – this post is on a queue and I bet I still haven’t read the book yet when it’s posted)
4. GLOW IN THE DARK COVERS – ok the only series I’ve read that had these were Morganville Vampires and I’m still low key bitter that they changed them halfway through the series.
5. Designs on hardback copies (without the dust jacket on) – I don’t even know how to explain this haha. But I like it when hardback copies aren’t plain. Here’s an example:

   

6. When the title of the book is referenced in the book – ok I’m really picky about this but I only liked it when the title is referenced without being really obvious. (sorry thg and divergent, you don’t count this time) A great example would be Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine (k i love this book to death and will most likely never stop talking about it) I actually had no idea how the title fit with the story until the quote “You have ink in your blood, boy, and no help for it. Books will never be just a business to you.” There’s also another quote but I can’t find it right now. And then it made sense, and it made me a bit giddy and more excited to read it. lmao this is so poorly explained but yeah, I like it.
7. Watching a book fandom grow – This is related to The Foxhole Court. Since I joined that book fandom in late Jan/ early Feb, and the fandom was small and in the span of a month, it exploded and it was AMAZING. So many new headcanons, fanart and fanfic! (I’m so going to make this happen to Ink and Bone – any bookish person needs to read it)
8.  Meeting someone who likes to read the same things you do – This isn’t very common for me since I don’t know many bookish people in real life so actually meeting someone who liked (or dislike!) the same stuff as me is rare.
9. Knowing you have all the time in the world to sit and enjoy your book – Right now, I’m in exam frenzy so I barely have time to sit and fully enjoy book. (July 23rd needs to come soon!)
10. Someone loving a book you recommended – For some reason, I am incapable of not talking about Ink and Bone or The Foxhole Court in this post. I made my cousin read Ink and Bone, and she finished the whole book in three hours! We spend ages face timing talking about it, and fangirling over Khario (Dario x Khalila – the best otp in that book – Wolfe and Santi are a close second.) My Tumblr has been a TFC mess recently, and it made me happy that someone saw that mess and decided to read the series as well.