30 days of books: Day one

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Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)

The first thing that pops into my head is for the latter.  Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series has devolved into…what?  I don’t even know any more.  There’s a lot of aspects of the world of the books that I still enjoy as brain candy, but I honestly think that there’s a limit to how powerful you can make your protagonist before it all starts getting silly.  Not to mention how many weird sexual situations you can force her into

I actually think that a lot of urban fantasy series are heading into this territory.  It becomes all about relationships and love triangles and heroines or heroes who keep on accumulating powers without too much actual character development.  There’s only so much I can read about the same character moaning about the same damn thing before I get fed up.

Series that I wish had gone on longer.  This is actually tougher.  I’d love to say Charles de Lint’s Newford books (even though I think he’s still writing in the series sometimes), but I think that he’s done as much as he can with the setting and characters without dragging it all painfully out.

Questions from here:

Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 – The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.