TGIF (11) and Follow Friday (10)

TGIF is hosted by Ginger at Greads! This week's discussion is about

Book Series Finales

Which book, from any series, has been your favourite ending? What about your least favourite ending?

So, I have problems: I tend not to finish series. Or I just won't start them. Because I don't like endings, guys! I get so attached and if I've stuck with people (characters, in this case) through 2-5 books or so, I get really, really, desperately attached. And so, if I don't read the end, then I never have to let them go!

That's healthy, right?  This is also why I've never watched the last Harry Potter film. I know, I know.

In any case, of the few series I have finished...if this counts, I adored Where She Went, which was the perfect book to bring If I Stay to a close. And even though it absolutely broke my teenage heart to shattered little pieces, I love the entire His Dark Materials ending. It was one of those irrefutable plot endings, that's just...it makes so much sense you have to accept it even though every ounce of my soul protested.  So bittersweet.

The Hunger Games falls under series I liked and series I didn't like. I support the ending. I do. But a small little piece of my heart wished that the...uhh...other boy didn't end as he did. I can't have everything, I understand; but I still can wish.

The least is pretty obvious: the Twilight saga. Book 4 just skeeved me out in so many horrible ways. I didn't even care about the pregnancy scene (not that I loved them, but I didn't care), it was the imprinting on Renesmee.  And that they named the girl Renesmee. 

What are your favourite and least favourite endings?

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Follow Friday is hosted by Alison Can Read and Parajunkee's View, meant to spotlight two blogs and allows bloggers to link up and meet other fabulous bookish friends and share the Following love!

This week's spotlight blogs are: The Talking Teacup & The Romanceaholic

And the question of the week is:

Have you ever purchased a book BECAUSE of a bad review?

Actually PURCHASING? No. I don't really buy books unless I've read it already and loved it, or I know I will absolutely love it. However, there are a lot of books I'll hunt down at the library and read because of bad reviews. The most recent I can think of is Various Positions by Martha Schabas - I read some pretty negative things about the MCs obsession with sex, but I was interested anyway (besides, I am hard pressed to turn down a ballet book).  Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James was also one I kept hearing HORRIBLE things about (on the news, too!) since it was that whole Twilight Fan Fiction thing...a friend had a copy and absolutely hated it and offered it to me, so of course I had to take it. I've yet to read it, but I'm quite intrigued!  I also didn't hear great things about Jersey Angel by Beth Ann Bauman, which I went ahead and requested on NetGalley anyway - hopefully I'll get approved and see which way I'll turn!

How do bad reviews influence you?
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