There are things that simply should or shouldn’t have happened. Even more so in the bookish world, so many thanks to Anna @My Bookish Dream for tagging me to do the Totally Should’ve … Book Tag!
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…GOTTEN A SEQUEL:
Anna had the perfect answer, which is The Night Circus! But I am determined to find something else too and that would be How I Live Now. I would have loved a low key sequel just to see how everyone is doing and if it gets better or if everything stays so sad.
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…HAD A SPIN OFF SERIES:
That’s definitely a tough one. Maybe a spin off with Max Vandenburg from the Book Thief would have been nice? But a novella probably would have done it as well. I am torn about this one. Honestly nothing else crosses my mind.
AN AUTHOR WHO TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…WRITTEN MORE BOOKS:
Tahereh Mafi? I love her style of writing. There’s seriously not much to compare it to in the way of uniqueness and beauty. I love the Shatter Me series and I know that there is a new book coming out, but I don’t want a book for kids, I want more YA!!!
A CHARACTER WHO TOTALLY SHOULD’VE… ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE:
Does this happen a lot in books? Because I cannot think of anyone from the get go. Maybe Sookie shouldn’t have ended up with Sam on the Sookie Stackhouse series? I quite liked it, but I get how everyone would prefer Eric … it just wasn’t a realistic choice though, so I am alright with Sam even though it is weird? I totally just didn’t answer the question correctly.
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…HAD A MOVIE FRANCHISE:
The Anna and the French Kiss series!!! Just imagine Anna, St. Clair, Lola, Cricket, Isla and Josh in a movie trilogy? PERFECTION!!!
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…HAD A TV SHOW:
I am on the second book of the Worldwalker series (consisting of Trial by Fire and Firewalker so far) and I could SO see it as a TV show. The books are amazing and switch between modern day world and some fantastical alternate universe. The world-building is amazing and I could already see some of the merchandise for it!
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…HAD ONLY ONE POINT OF VIEW:
Allegiant. Sorry, but that was a dead giveaway!
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…HAD A COVER CHANGE:
I am really happy with most covers I get, buying almost exclusively the pretty editions. But, and I feel so bad for saying this, I could imagine prettier covers for the Red Rising trilogy. If you know me, you know that I ADORE these books, they are my everything! However, that doesn’t change the fact that a red, brown-ish and bright blue spine does not look that great next to each other. The front is fine, but the spines … just saying!
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…KEPT THE ORIGINAL COVERS:
These questions are getting increasingly difficult! I don’t even know! Hold on, I do! Just thought of it right now, because I haven’t actually read it. I liked the original cover of Will Grayson, Will Grayson better than the new one, which is now the only edition available at my bookstore.
TOTALLY SHOULD’VE…STOPPED AT BOOK ONE:
As much as I loved the Molly Moon series as a kid, it did not get better with time … at all.
I TAG:
EVERYONE! I’ve seen the tag around for a bit now, so I don’t want to tag people who might have already done it. If you think this one is for you – consider yourself tagged!
Yeah I loved books 1 and 2 of Molly Moon, but it was downhill from there…
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I think I was even on board with book 3 but they lost me with the twin in another universe.
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Great answers! I definitely agree with you, Tahereh Mafi should write more books, and more YA, I NEEED MOOORE right now. And even if I haven’t read Lola, I could totally see those books being done as movies, that would be SO great, I’d love it! ❤
I consider myself lucky I got the original cover of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, because that new cover isn't as good…why do they have to change book covers sometimes, I WONDER … 😛
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We are definitely core members of the Tahereh Mafi fan club 😉
I liked Lola the least of the three but Isla was perfection as well!
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I keep thinking that’s why I purposely missed out on Lola, because a lot of people seem to like her the least, haha 😛
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So, did you also not read Isla? Or did you just skip Lola? Because it’s not like I didn’t like her. She is quirky, just not my favourite.
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I just read Isla as you now know 😛
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Yep hahaha
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What cool choices! A sequel to How I live Now and a spin off for Max in the Book Thief- yes please! Oh my goodness- I agree so much about Allegiant- it just shows she hadn’t planned the ending cos if she had she’d have had two perspectives the whole way through. Also what would’ve been wrong about having the book from Tris’ perspective till she died. Anyway, it was dumb to have her die and not someone else- Four would’ve been a better contender- not the best ending to a series.
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YAY! I feel like not that many people have read How I Live Now, even though I think it’s awesome. And I adore Max, so more of him is always welcome in my world.
And absolutely agree on Allegiant. It was just silly to give everything away with the double POV. Their voices sounded so alike, too, that it made even less sense to use both of them. I am always trying to forget about that last part.
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I love that book- you’re right it doesn’t get enough attention. Yes- me too!!!
It’s like she took the readers for idiots. I really was not a fan of Tobias’ “voice” cos as you said it sounded too similar to Tris. Sometimes it took me a while to remember which one was speaking
Me too 😦
Yes it really was
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I had the same problem! Sometimes I had to go back to the beginning of the chapter and actually check who’s POV it was hahaha
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haha me too!!!
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Glad I am not alone! That means I can blame it on her writing and not my bad memory haha
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haha definitely! That’s what I always do :p
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The Bartimaeus trilogy sooooo should’ve had a movie franchise. And I think the Cirque du Freak books would’ve made a great Netflix series.
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I think I have problems with the Cirque du Freak series, because it would mean such young actors and actresses in some cases and I don’t like that …
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Yeah, but so did Harry Potter, and that turned out pretty well. Plus A Series of Unfortunate Events is coming out on Netflix, and that will also involve kids, won’t it?
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Yeah, but I was the same age as the actors when the movies started. I am much older now and I can tell you that I personally don’t like that much hahaha
Yes, A Series of Unfortunate Events is with kids as well and it’s not something that makes me particularly happy either. I pictured at least Violet a little older.
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Well, we can hope they won’t turn out like Lindsay Lohan and more like Jennifer Lawrence or Daniel Radcliffe, with pretty good heads on their necks.
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Hahaha I wasn’t even thinking about that. It would be terrible if they turned out like LiLo
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It’s terrible that LiLo turned out like LiLo.
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Yep …
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By the time the Sookie series ended, I didn’t really care who she ended up with. Sam seemed like the safest bet, though. Eric would have probably turned her at some point.
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Yep, that was the reason she didn’t end up with Eric. He always intended to turn her and she never wanted that.
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I SWEAR you’re one of the only people I know who’ve read the Worldwalker series!! I LOVE it!
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I love those books so much, even though I am not yet finished with Firewalker. I keep pushing people to read it. I think way too few have read it.
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It should be so much more well known that it is!
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I totally agree with How I Live now. I loved that book so much but I felt like a sequel would have been so good. I felt like it didn’t really tell us how everyone was now.
P.S – I tagged you in the bohemian rhapsody book tag. I hope you haven’t already done it 🙂 ❤
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Right? I get that war is messy and they weren’t in the best place by the end, but I only got a vague image of how they live by then.
Thanks for tagging me! That’s my favourite song by Queen!
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Oh, how I love Eric Northman. I was always in the middle with Sam actually, but I never got around to finishing the last few books of the series. I’m getting increasingly intrigued by the Worldwalker series.. 🙂
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That was my evil plan! I want everyone to read the Worldwalker series muhahaha
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I like it haha
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I think I’m gonna do this! Can I copy and paste the image of your tag?
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You can use my image, but only if you don’t crop out my watermark please. Have fun with the tag!
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Thanks. I might do it tomorrow. I have a lot to post today. I would never crop out the watermark!
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I get it! Writing posts takes a lot of time 🙂
Sure, then I don’t have a problem at all with you using the image!
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Thanks and thanks for understanding. My eyes are getting so…very…tired…
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I hear you! I once scheduled 6 posts in one day, after that I was done.
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Ha, can’t blame you there!
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i would love to see Anna and etc in movies :D, I WOULD LOVE THAT! I kind of like The red rising covers, though I never saw them side by side, and I don’t get why the last one isn’t black like the other 2.
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Right? They would make the best teen romcoms ever!
I already sent you the picture with the spines … it’s really not so much the cover as it is that.
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the movies would be totally awesome!
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I want someone to make it happen, like ASAP!
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i support that!
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I’m so glad the American editions of the Red Rising trilogy have black spines! I don’t like the colored ones together, either.
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Right? They don’t look pretty at all. I wish I had known that before buying them hahaha
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Sooo good!!! Where do I start. Ummm.. (1) Sookie ends up with Sam!?!? That’s weird. Lol. (2) Totally agree about Tahereh, she’s my idol and I want moooore YA. I’ll def read the MG, but still, I REALLY REALLY want the YA. Especially because I finished Ignite Me a couple weeks ago and I feel like I’m in withdrawal. >..<
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I knoooow, Sookie and Sam? That did not seem like an obvious choice throughout the books. But then, reading the final two, it sort of made sense. I actually liked the idea so much, I wanted the TV show to end like that as well, but I guess you can’t have everything…
Tahereh is queen! And from what I read in terms of reviews for her MG book, it has a lot of adult or YA themes thrown in as well, so it’s not JUST for children, but still. I NEED MORE YA FROM HER!
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Oh the show ended differently!?! Wow, I need to catch up, (I’m so behind on everything, lol).
And that’s great news about Tahereh’s new book. I’m glad that there’s adult and YA themes as well, I’m interested in what she’s going to throw our way!
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Oh yeah, the show and the books turned out completely different. In a way I liked some of the books better than the show and some parts of the show better than the books. A mix would have been nice hahaha
Whatever Tahereh does, I bet it will be cool. For now I am anxiously awaiting news on the Shatter Me TV show!
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I’ve been waiting for news on the Shatter Me show too!! OMG, I can’t wait. If they do it good I’ll just die! ^.^
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They better not mess it up or I am going to be so pissed!!!
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