Popular Books I Haven't Read

There are loads of popular books I haven't read, ones I want to read - and ones I'm not planning on getting to.
When compiling this list I searched Goodreads for popular YA book lists. I combed through them and made this list of the top ones I haven't read.
Note: I'm counting these as series, and if I've read the first one or two it won't be on this list (I'll be making a post about those in the future)
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Caraval
Warcross
Strange the Dreamer
The Hate You Give
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Thirteen Reasons Why
Uglies
Vampire Academy
Twilight
Ink Heart
Golden Compass
The Lord of the Rings (I've read the Hobbit)
Dark Artifices

Authors:
Brandon Sanderson
Victoria Schwab
Adam Silvera
Becky Albertalli

*For stars and more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,

S

Unhaul

Though I love physical books and having full shelves, I only want to own ones I liked and want to reread.
Last unhaul: link

*I'm not saying these are bad books, and yes I've actually read most of these already (if not, will be mentioned), but I just don't want to keep them anymore.
The question I asked myself when doing this was: will I want to reread it.*

Yösirkus
Court of Thorns and Roses
Dream On 2-3
Airman
Paper Towns
Looking for Alaska
Iron King 1-3
My Life With the Walter Boys
The Heartbreakers
Small Steps
Alphas 1-4
Half Bad
Winter Glass
10 Things I Can See From Here (unread)
Roald Dahl memoirs 1-2
Zel
Rumpelstiltskin's Problem
There's Someone In Your House
Stealing Snow (unread)
The Fault in Our Stars (multiple copies)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
All the Bright Places
Love Letters to the Dead
The Tales of Despereaux
Soul Surfer
Somone Else's Fairytale
Cardturner
My True Love Gave to Me
Daughter of Smoke and Bone 1-3
Niemi
5th Wave
Throne of Glass 1-3
Princess Academy 2-3
They All Fall Down
Red Queen
Study in Charlotte
Literally
Hex Hall 1-3
Angelfall 1-3
I see London, I see France
Book of a Thousand Days
Remnant Chronicles 2-3
Pennyroyal Academy 2

CLASSICS:
I have this policy about not buying classics before I read, and love, them. And so over the course of some years I have accumulated quite a collection, which I'm getting rid of and keeping my absolute favorites.
As for the collection volumes, I seem to have read the ones I wanted from them and them left the rest. So I don't want to keep them all, if I don't even want to read them.
Also pretty much all of these I have on my Kindle as well if I ever want to reread them.

Metamorphosis
Little Women
Frankenstein
Dracula
Christmas Carol
The Crucible
How to be an Alien
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Jane Eyre/Wuthering Heights
Arabian Nights, tales from the (unread)
Complete Sherlock vol. 1
Jane Austen vol.1 (multiple copies)
Robinson Crusoe vol
Mark Twain, classic works of (novels read)
Oscar Wilde, complete works of (unread)
Charles Dickens, classic works of (unread)
William Shakespeare, complete works of (unread)

Read on lovelies,

S

Fictional Characters Should Read These Books

I think these different fictional characters should read these books and genres:

Harry Potter:

Adventure & action

Weirdly I'd actually recommend the Harry Potter books. Especially to the Harry before he gets to know he's a wizard. The books can teleport you to a whole different world that will inspire.

Ron:

Attention gripping that'll take his mind away from his family.

I'd say a low fantasy with a crime/mystery aspect.

Maybe Percy Jackson?

Hermione:

Something nerdy that she can learn more from.

So definitely non-fiction, and maybe science related since how muggles think is interesting.

Soonish could be a good one for futuristic inventions, or not.

Ginny:

Contemporary romance with a strong female lead.

Or actually The Lunar Chronicles could be great!

Luna:

Something quirky maybe even a sci-fi.

Furthermore could be the one to go with.

Draco:

Mystery, thriller - immersive, fast paced and something the reader can try to solve.

I could see Locke & Key working out.

Read on lovelies,

S

Read This Month, July and August

(July) & August

1. The Idiot Brain, Non-fiction, ✦✦✦.5✧
2. Sea Witch, ebook/audiobook, REVIEW, ✦✦✦.75✧

Data:

Male/Female author:

         50 % female,

         50 % male

Genre:

         50 % non-fiction,

         50 % retelling/magic

Pages:

       670 p

Format:

         25 % e-books,

         25 % audio books,

         50 % physical books

Average:

         3.6
Arcs:
          50 % sent to me (for honest reviews)

*For stars and more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,

S

Harry Potter Spells TAG

Flagrate: Writing charm

A book that you found interesting, but would like to rewrite

Dream a Little Dream started off so well, but by the last book it didn't keep up

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Alohamora: Unlocking charm

A first book in a series that got you hooked

Snow Like Ashes, so good yet it it took me years to actually finish the series

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Accio: Summoning spell

A book that you wish you could have right now

To Kill a Kingdom

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Avada Kedavra: Killing curse

A killer book

Renegades, was a great one!

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Confudo: Confusion charm

A book you found confusing

The Princess Saves Herself in This One, I just don't tend to read poetry

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Expecto Patronum: Guarding spell

Your spirit animal book

Nope can't decide

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Sectumsempra: Dark curse

A dark, twisted book

Three Dark Crowns? Kind of

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Expecto Patronum: Guarding spell

A childhood book connected to good mmemories

The Ella books

I recently found them on BookBeat (e-book and audiobook service) and they are hilarious

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Expelliarmus: Disarming spell

A book that took you by surprise

Not that I didn't think I'd like it, but My Lady Jane was so good!

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Prior Incantato: Reverse Spell

The last book you read

Pallokala was the previous one

My current read is Heart of Iron

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Riddikulus: Boggart banishing spell

A funny book you've read

Herding Cats (I have a review coming up later)

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Sonorus: Amplifying charm

A book you think everybody should know about

I can't say that it'll be good, book I am so looking forward to the book To Kill a Kingdom link

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Obliviate: Memory charm

A book or spoiler you would like to forget having read

Enigma

I have a post about reading old favorites and being disappointed and that's what happened with this one

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Imperio: Controlling curse

A book you had to read for school

Well there's The Crucible

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Crucio: Torture curse

A book that was painful

Alien Busters was really hard to get through

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Read on lovelies,

S

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning : Review

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

*e-ARC kindly provided by the publisher HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review!*

Publication: July 31st


SUMMARY
Everyone knows what happens in the end.
A mermaid, a prince, a true love's kiss.
But before that young siren's tale, there were three friends.
One feared, one royal, and one already dead.
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The rise of Hans Christian Andersen's iconic villainess is a heart-wrenching story of friendship, betrayal, and a girl pushed beyond her limits - to become a monster.

Goodreads' link to the book!
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Stars: ✦✦✦.75✧

So as usual, I'll tell 3.75 things I liked about the book and 1.25 thing I didn't like.

So what did I think?

+1 | The idea and premise is clever and intriguing. I'm just so drawn to fairytale retellings, especially unpredictable ones. 

+1 | Characters. The set of characters were so different and I wanted more


+1  | World and building. The magic and world is unique. It's also told in a way of skipping to the past at times, which by the end made things even more action packed!

+0.75/-0.25 | Entertainment value. It was a roller coaster - that kept me reading.

-1  | The first 25% of the book. Honestly I almost stopped reading, and over the years I've learnt to actually DNF books instead of wasting time, but something kept me reading - and because of the last 25% I am so glad I did!

Read on lovelies,

S

Book Cover pt2: Dislikes

Book cover likes and dislikes

I think we all have those things we find really off-putting on covers, and things that draw us in so here are the picks for my least favorites:

I really don't like it when the authors name is bigger than the title, but the thing is that's what sells - the name. Another think I usually don't like is people on the cover, especially photos of ones

Case in point:

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Enigma: I've talked about this book before, not in the best light, but I mean that cover. I, yeah, I'm just gonna leave it at that.

City of Bones: You know what? I don't think I need to explain myself with any of these...

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Read on lovelies,

S

Also anyone else notice how my favorites had a color scheme of lightness and colors,

and on the other hand these are darker.