The Torture Myself By Reading Popular Books That I'm Not At All Interested In And Will Probably Make Me Want To Die Challenge
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The titles pretty much explains it all. I've decided to challenge myself attempting to read popular ya titles that I'm convinced that I'm going to hate. Last updated 2/18/10
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer *sob*
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefaver
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodarn
- Evernight by Claudia Gray
- Jessica's Guide to Dating the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- Fire by Kristin Cashore
- Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
- Gossip Girl #1 by Cecily Von Ziegesar
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
- My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray- suggested by Rebecca
- Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia- suggested by Carol and Beth
- Witch and Wizard by James Patterson- suggested by Carol.
- The Dark Divine- suggested by Sab.
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini- suggested by Rebecca, Lenore, and Kelly
Some suggestions that I've already read: Hush Hush by Becca Fiztpatrick and Need by Carrie Jones.
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February 16, 2010 10:13 PM
LOL good luck.
February 16, 2010 10:16 PM
I actually liked Twilight. LOL
February 16, 2010 10:16 PM
Jessica's Guide to Dating the Dark Side was a //headdesking// book xox
But I would like to see your reviews on these titles :P
February 16, 2010 10:16 PM
I hope you actually come across something you enjoy in your challenge! :-)
February 16, 2010 10:24 PM
Maybe you should start with Twilight - you might not make it any further! hehe
The Lightning Thief is actually really good :)
February 16, 2010 10:48 PM
You forgot Fallen by Lauren Kate
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Maggie Stohl (which was actually kinda good if you don't mind that Ethan sounds like a girl and is a Gary Stu.)
umm...Witch and Wizard by James Patterson and the Lauren Conrad books xD
February 16, 2010 10:50 PM
Best challenge title EVER!
February 16, 2010 10:52 PM
Hahaha! You are funny!
I dont think Fire belongs in that list though. Not to me anyway... Maybe Fallen & The Dark Divine. Oh YES! Definitely TDD. ;D
February 16, 2010 11:02 PM
I loved City of Bones, the whole MI series... :) I hope something on here perks your interest and it doesn't turn out to be that bad of a challenge, ill be back to check your reviews tho, im sure it will be very interesting! :)
February 16, 2010 11:04 PM
I'm starting to feel like joining. Apparently, you can catch masochism. xD
February 16, 2010 11:11 PM
Beautiful Creatures was torturing for me. I still don't understand how it got such great reviews.
I hated Twilight.
Shiver was okay
Didn't love City of Bones...I felt it dragged on.
I really liked Fire though.
Other books on the list I haven't read and probably won't be :)
February 16, 2010 11:18 PM
lol, lol, lol, very funny. I am cracking up.
I liked Twilight
I have Shiver on my list too
Evernight has a nice cover
I really like the C. Clare series
also a fan of MMarr
what about Ballad, Lement
Need/Captivate?
February 16, 2010 11:23 PM
Actually Shiver is a fast read and not all that painful.
You will never catch me reading Harry Potter.
February 16, 2010 11:23 PM
Something tells me this challenge needed to be created. Good luck, champ.
February 16, 2010 11:28 PM
I have NO idea why you would put yourself through that.
But I must admit that I'm looking forward to the carnage.
(Although, for the record, The Lightning Thief = AWESOME. Really.)
(also: I agree that Beautiful Creatures should be added to that list.)
February 16, 2010 11:28 PM
I have NO idea why you would put yourself through that.
But I must admit that I'm looking forward to the carnage.
(Although, for the record, The Lightning Thief = AWESOME. Really.)
(also: I agree that Beautiful Creatures should be added to that list.)
February 16, 2010 11:28 PM
I like Vampire Diaries, City of Bones, Wicked Lovely,Evernight, Percy Jackson, and the first book of Twilight saga.
February 16, 2010 11:54 PM
I love how you do crazy things like this. Though I really did like some of the books you listed like City of Bones. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the reviews on these.
February 17, 2010 12:07 AM
Twilight was okay, but didn't love it. Too much drama. Shiver was supposed to be good, but I dropped it halfway :( Same with The Lightning Thief. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Wicked Lovely were both awesome, though <3 Good luck with your challenge ;)
February 17, 2010 12:42 AM
Out of the ones I've read, Wicked Lovely is my favorite.
Vampire Diaries - Elena is a shallow bitch. Don't give up after the 1st book. The characters progress through the series so give it a chance.
Twilight - Eclipse is funny, if you can make it that far, don't read BD. It was not the best.
Shiver - Has its flaws. But I liked it overall.
City of Bones - Interesting twist. Some of the characters got on my nerves.
I'm curious to see what your opinions are on all of them.
February 17, 2010 12:49 AM
How about... have you read any of these:
A Great and Terrible Beauty (I kinda liked this series until the AWFUL ENDING)
The Luxe (I actually do like these, but they are rather soap opera-y)
The Princess Diaries series (liked this series at first but it went on too long)
House of Night (didn't even try these - yuck)
Maximum Ride series (another I didn't bother with, lol)
Eragon (not awful but couldn't get into it...)
anything by Ellen Hopkins (I do not get why these are so popular - I can't stand to read something SO depressing!)
Artemis Fowl
Evermore
February 17, 2010 3:18 AM
Good luck! Twilight may not be the best book, but it is a fast read. I hope you find at least one or two books from this challenge that you somewhat enjoyed. Plus, I hope you do some reviews for these books because I have a feeling they would be hilarious.
February 17, 2010 4:23 AM
I agree with Rebecca that Eragon should be on your list. That's one I will NEVER EVER read.
February 17, 2010 5:23 AM
I've to say that I liked the Twilight series. I also read and enjoyed City of Bones (it has more plot than Twilight).
About the Vampire Diaries I have to admit that was one of the most boring books I've read. I only read the first one and I don't want to try the others ^^
Good luck with your challenge!
February 17, 2010 7:01 AM
Hearts at Stake
Hush, hush - although i liked this one
The Iron King
Moon Called <<<mercy thompson #1 - snore!
best challenge title ever!!!
ftw
i liked twilight..i just dont like whats been done to it...or kristen stewart
fire is ok
city of bones...meh
evernight is ok...nothing to rave about
gossip girl...lol i dont really class this as a book
sisterhood...see above
February 17, 2010 8:39 AM
well...i didnt like shiver, and twilight was ok. But I really like Fire!
Hope you enjoy xD
February 17, 2010 10:25 AM
So many of my favourites are on this list! :)
February 17, 2010 11:20 AM
I am laughing out loud! That is The. Best. Name for a Challenge EVER! I liked The Lightning Thief and Shiver.
February 17, 2010 1:50 PM
HAH! you just made my day ;)
February 17, 2010 5:19 PM
So, what did you do to deserve this? Run over a cat?
February 17, 2010 9:18 PM
I agree that Evernight and Shiver belong here. They are both, eh, but I didn't see anything to really rave about with either. But since I can enjoy just about any book, I'd still read the sequels if given the chance. Oh, Jessica's Guide was also kinda boring. Plus, it felt like one of those movies where it seemed like it was going to end, and then bam a whole new plot and stuff to work through.
February 17, 2010 9:49 PM
I do say you need to put Need by Carrie Jones on your list if you have not read it already.
February 17, 2010 10:08 PM
Lightning Thief is great. Picked it up the day it came out and have loved the series ever since. The others..
Twilight - I've been trying to finish it for two years.
Shiver - I'm sorta interested.
Everything else.. not interested at all.
Good luck with this, looking forward to reviews.
February 18, 2010 12:00 AM
LOVE this idea. Shiver was okay for me, as was Wicked Lovely. I liked Fire, though.
Popular titles that would be on my torture list:
The Princess Diaries
Eragon
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
The Thief Lord
Alanna: The First Adventure
Artemis Fowl
February 18, 2010 11:56 PM
I have not read any of the books on this list, except for "The Sisterhood Of the Traveling Pants" books, which I loved :) There are a lot on your list that I have waiting to be read though!
Thanks for the birthday wishes!!
February 18, 2010 11:58 PM
Totally agree with you. It seems like every book I read lately where people are just raving about it I end up hating it. It's happened so many times lately that I had to stop reading YA books for a while
February 20, 2010 10:19 AM
This is pretty funny but actually, a great idea too. I loved some of those, so I'm looking forward to finding out whether you can stomach them.
February 20, 2010 2:56 PM
Oh GOD you picked some horrors, I commend you.
Evernight was one of those books where I wanted to claw my eyes out whilst I was reading it.
Fire - Read about 40 pages and give up, not my kind of thing in the slightest.
Wicked Lovely - So boring, though everyone seems to LOVE this book.
Vampire Diaries - Kill me, kill me now
The Dark Divine - I would not wish this on my worst enemy, honestly, I didn't even bother to finish it
BUT
City of Bones is the start to an amazing series, her world building is amazing, and her characters undergo some serious development, with some nasty good twists thrown in. I loved this series.
Shiver *sigh* not much plot goes on, but her writing style is so lyrical and beautiful that I feel in love with it despite its many flaws.
Need, Carries Jones...wah!!! enough said
February 23, 2010 3:36 PM
What a great idea! And what a horrible photo, really freaks me out! LOL Best of luck! :)
April 1, 2010 1:16 AM
So how did this go? Did you ever manage to finish any of these books?