It’s time for another round of Tag Thursday! One of my favorite bloggers in the world, Ellyn, tagged me in this one a few days ago and it seemed like so much fun I had to schedule it right away. Here‘s the original source of the tag!
1) a really hyped book you’re not interested in reading:
I had to think about this pretty hard, because I usually want to try hyped books/series at least once, but I guess I’ll go with Outlander. I really do not like the way the author treats her fans AT ALL and I’m not interested in the plot, so what’s the point?
2) a series you won’t start/won’t be finishing:
This is one I don’t expect a lot of people to recognize, but I won’t finish the Special Circumstances series by John Ringo. I read the first one years ago after an ex begged me to, and it was so… you know the thing about cishet dude fantasy authors being incapable of writing women? Yeah. That.
(I mean, you can see her buttcrack in the cover. If that’s not a bad sign, I don’t know what is.)
3) a classic you’re not interested in:
Oof… do we have all day? How many can I list? I’m sorry, but honestly, classics usually aren’t for me and I have zero interest in almost all of them.
4) a genre you never read:
Christian romance? Amish fiction? Religious self-help?
5) a book on your shelves you’ll probably never actually read:
I saved it from my unhaul pile a few weeks ago, and I keep saying I’ll give it a chance, but will I really? Eh… questionable.
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esmoogle
January 31, 2019Ooh this is a fun one!! I’ve read Outlander and don’t really want to consider the rest – I’ve not seen all of that TV adaption but the book is super questionable in parts. I might give this tag a go!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Oooh, understandable! I have heard a lot of iffy stuff about the book 🙁
Please do, it was really fun! 😀 Tag! haha!
Malka @ Paper Procrastinators
January 31, 2019The first question makes me laugh because I have a whole post planned about how I feel no pressure to read hyped books. I should honestly make a list of all the hyped books I just am not interested in. Outlander would definitely make it on there.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Haha that’s awesome!! I’d love to see that list!
Becca (coffeebooksandjournals)
January 31, 2019I still have Red Queen and Glass Sword on my shelves but not really shelves since three of my shelves broke at the end of December. But I still have own them but I’m going to put them in my unhaul pile.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Oh no, I’m sorry about your shelves! I hate when that happens :/
Becca (coffeebooksandjournals)
February 1, 2019It’s alright, I’m hoping to get new ones soonish. Better ones too, the ones I had before weren’t very strong but they broke at the wrong time.
Kristin @ Kristin Kraves Books
January 31, 2019I tried to watch Outlander and it wasn’t for me so I have no interest in the books. I had realized the author was rude to fans. Another reason never to pick it up!
ich lese
January 31, 2019The series is actually better than the book. I have watched the show and read the first book and no way, am I ever going to read on.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Oh no, I’m sorry you didn’t care for it! But yeah, there are screenshots and articles of things she’s done over the years, where she’s just really nasty and rude to her fans 🙁
ich lese
January 31, 2019Outlander was such a drag – why does it need to be a gazillion pages??? I found myself bored to tears at times – like seriously, I cried and yelled and really questioned why am I doing this to myself. Red Queen was also a total letdown. I listened to that as an audiobook and am so glad I didn’t waste my precious eyesight on it.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Haha oh my gosh!! Yeah, Outlander is freaking huge. I don’t mind big books when they’re really good but I don’t feel like I’d want to sift through that many pages for that plotline. I’m sorry you didn’t like Red Queen either!!
ich lese
January 31, 2019Eh, it’s ok. Sometimes I look at my ratings and they’re all 4 and 5 stars, and I am starting to worry I get too lax with my standards … and then a Red Queen comes along and I feel better 😉
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019?? I wish I didn’t know exactly what you mean, but I do the same thing. “Am I being too generous?!” and them BAM, there’s a doozy of a rant review.
ich lese
February 2, 2019I think that’s ok though. Reviews are biased anyway. ?
Read This
January 31, 2019I read Red Queen last year, it was okay. You could tell the author set up the story opener as a visual read, you could really see it play out behind your eyes. It was an interesting story, I just didn’t love it like so many others, but I think you should give the first chapter a try, it will either pull you in or turn you away.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Ahhh, okay! I’ll try that before I unhaul it 🙂 thanks!
Briana | Pages Unbound
January 31, 2019I have no plans to read Outlander either. The author dug a whole one time insulting people with English degrees on Twitter and then tried to say she didn’t. Um, you did. If you didn’t mean to be insulting, you are writing very, very poorly if you are conveying things you didn’t mean. And her long “apology” was not well-written either, so I don’t expect her books to be.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019YUP! That’s one of the things I was referencing with how horribly she treats her fans!! It’s so gross, the way she acts, and I just don’t want to support her!
Jasmine's Reading Blog
January 31, 2019Not really a fan of classics either. I have much appreciation for them and their contributions to history, but they have left a sour taste in my mouth because young people (including my younger self) are forced to read them as opposed to having the opportunity to read so many other new and appealing works for them. I probably won’t ever read Outlander either, mostly because they seem really long LOL. I didn’t know about the author’s treatment of her readers–that’s really unfortunate. It reminds me of how difficult it is to separate the art from the artist because when an author is problematic it makes it really hard for me to appreciate their work.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Yes, exactly, on the classics! I often wonder how many of us would enjoy classics more if we hadn’t been forced to read them, and truly, I don’t get why kids are still made to read them instead of more relevant books—I think a mixture of the two would be more beneficial!
And I feel you on separating art from artist—it’s really hard for me to do, too. 🙁
Sionna (Books in Her Eyes)
January 31, 2019Hahahaha I’m so with you on the classics. Hard pass. I tried Wuthering Heights las– wait two years ago, and didn’t get very far at all.
I did read Outlander and… kinda liked it? I’m not a huge fan of time travel though, so with all that goes on in the series, there is no way I’d be able to continue liking it. I say you aren’t missing anything.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019Haha, I’m glad it’s not just me. I started rereading The Picture of Dorian Grey at the start of the year because I hadn’t read it since I was a preteen, and it’s taken me an entire month to get literally 10% through. ? And yeah, I’m not big on time travel stories, either!
devouringbooks2017
January 31, 2019I feel you on the classics! There are so many books that I could fit in this post omg.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
January 31, 2019In that case, consider yourself tagged haha!
devouringbooks2017
January 31, 2019LOL OKAY FINEE. Like that’s such a bad thing! 🙂
rachel @ typed truths
January 31, 2019yepp, i’m with you on outlander! i don’t know anything about the author situation but the romanticised abuse and rape i’ve heard about were more than enough to put me off. and definitely know what you mean about those kinds of male fantasy authors. best to be avoided when and whereever possible ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019Ugh, yeah, I’d heard some stuff about it being a bit rape-y too and that was also really off putting! 🙁 Yikes.
Ellyn
January 31, 2019I’m not interested in Outlander either – I know my mum loves the show and is interested in reading the books. But, I’ve heard not so great things about the author & because I’ve heard terrible things about how the series perpetuates rape culture.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019Right!! Yeah, all of this is why I’m just so ‘meh’ about the idea of ever picking it up!
Daniel Peralta
January 31, 2019Omg I got through about 150 pages of Outlander about two semesters ago and just COULDN’T do it
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019I don’t blame you. ? At least you quit while you were only 150pg in instead of pushing through the whole thing!
Daniel Peralta
February 2, 2019It was . . . very heavy haha
Kay Wisteria | Hammock of Books
February 1, 2019Omg I have no interests in classics toooo idk why people like them lol
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019Haha right! I mean, I can see why they work for a lot of people, but they just definitely don’t for me!
Cerys @ Browsing For Books
February 1, 2019I actually have TWO copies of Red Queen but I don’t know if I’ll ever get to it!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019Oh nooo! ? Well, if you ever do, fingers crossed you’ll like it.
Cerys @ Browsing For Books
February 2, 2019????
Erin @ Pages of Milk and Honey
February 1, 2019I probably feel the same about Outlander. I have it on my want to read shelf but the likelihood of me picking it up before literally anything else I want to read is slim. I do think the premise of the story sounds interesting, but I have a mix of friends who love and hate it and honestly? It’s just really long and I don’t know if I have the attention span or dedication for that length of book/series!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 2, 2019That’s so understandable! I mean, even if nothing else, I can’t blame you for not being sure you want to commit to that long of a book or series haha! They are huge books!
abyssallibrarian
February 2, 2019I actually really loved Red Queen when I first read it two years ago, and was shocked to go online afterwards and see so many negative comments. I read the rest of the series last year as well, and I really enjoyed it although I think Red Queen itself is still my favourite of them. I get a lot of the criticism that it’s similar to other fantasy series, but I’m not sure why people are so surprised by that when that is exactly what it is advertised to be. To be fair, when I read it, I hadn’t read many others of the same genre in a while so I’m sure that affected my opinion a bit. If I’d read it around the same time as many other similar books, I may have felt differently.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 3, 2019I actually had no idea it was advertised as being similar, but the similarity issue is a big concern for me because I’m definitely one of those readers who can sometimes struggle with a book if it reminds me too much of other books in its genre! Hopefully, if I ever do get around to it, I’ll like it as much as you did, though. 🙂
abyssallibrarian
February 3, 2019I mean, I found it similar in the sense that it used some common tropes of the genre. I’d imagine it’s tough to write a book of any genre without bearing any similarities at all to anything else.
Rachael
February 2, 2019I’m currently reading Outlander and loving it! I didn’t know that the author mistreats her fans (what’s up with that??). I can see where people from the comments are coming from with the rape culture stuff, but I don’t think the book perpetuates it, the book does recognize that rape was a common occurrence in the 1700s and during times of war though. But, book opinions are subjective and other people may read it differently ?♀️
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 3, 2019Yeah, there are articles and screenshots if you ever want to search for them—it’s not anything HUGE, you know, she didn’t assault anyone or anything! She’s just kind of mean and petty and has freaked out on fans a handful of times over some pretty minor stuff (like sending a cease & desist to someone because she saw their fanfiction online, though it was just your general free fanfic site, which is legal). That said, I’m just bad at separating art from artist sometimes, but I know there are some authors I like who are jerks to their fans, too, so I never judge fans of authors I don’t want to read. ? Even if all of that was aside, the plot just doesn’t appeal to me.
Rachael
February 3, 2019? Yikes. I’ll have to look into that, I don’t like supporting people who mistreat their fans. There are too many books out there to spend time on a book you’re not interested in so I totally get that!
Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
February 4, 2019Outlander isn’t great tbh, the tv series is much better than the book (even though I haven’t watched past season 2, I just love Ron D Moore okay). I didn’t know the author was not kind to her fans though, that’s a giant bummer.
Kelly | Another Book in the Wall
February 5, 2019Oh, I wouldn’t read Red Queen. lol. It’s just … *very* mediocre. I finished the first book, but couldn’t get through the sequel. And I can’t say I’ve read any Amish fiction either. ?
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
February 18, 2019Bahahaha oh noooo! I really think I might just put Red Queen back in my “unhaul” box to take to the local shelter because… meh! And no, I think we’re probably better off without the Amish romance. ???