I Want to Fall in Love
I’ve read a lot of books lately that��have been disappointing. ��Even ones that have 4 or 5 stars from me are just not making me love them to the extent that some books in the past have. ��Where’s the passion? ��Where’s the book I can’t put down? ��Where’s the book that I want to read again as soon as I finish it (although I won’t unless it’s December 30, because book count)? ��I want to feel that passion and not just be in love with the cover or the concept or the author.
I want to feel like I did after reading the Harry Potter books the first time, the Fire and Thorns series, The False Prince (but not necessarily it’s sequels).
What exactly I want is to feel the way after I finished reading The Selection, that book that I saw all the faults of, but couldn’t put it down. ��I read the beginning and couldn’t wait to download it, then read it overnight, then sang its praises over the internet (even while mentioning its faults).
Why can’t I feel like that anymore?
I just want to find the one. The book. It can’t be this hard to find love, can it?
Lots of love,
Sage
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Actually, Matched & some Melissa Marr books are the only ones I've read. I've been meaning to check out Grave Mercy, and Born Wicked is sampled on my Kindle...way far back from near when it was released, so it got buried. I'll check some out.I also suffer from too many TBR books that I feel guilty not reading before buying new books. Also ones I've started but I'm not feeling in the middle of, like the one I'm writing a review for right this second, which I refused to not finish before starting something else, but was so bored by.
Sage wrote: "I also suffer from too many TBR books that I feel guilty not reading before buying new books."Have you tried paring down your TBR list? Maybe that will reinspire you to read some of them someday.
So, first off, I'd like to point out that you may never feel like you did about HP again, simply because of age and the fact that there's already been an HP for you.
However, I too had the experience with The Selection and I know exactly the sensation you mean. Have you read Matched? Very similar to me, I guess, but The Selection was sexier. How about Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood? You might also enjoy Grave Mercy. What about Melissa Marr's books? Also, in terms of a problematic book that will stay in your brain anyway: Venom, by Fiona Paul.
Also, you may have seen that I just finished "The Assassin's Curse"... not sure you'd fall in love with it, but it has a lady pirate and an angsty assassin and it's a romp.
You read much, much more than anyone I know, so I'm sure you've read these already. I'll keep thinking.