Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
This weeks prompt is: Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series
I am not really much of a series reader! There are times when I just will stop reading a series because I don’t want things to change in the series; I like it just the way it is. I did this with Outlander – I didn’t want to read on while Jamie got older. I wanted to keep the book memory of him just how I liked it, thank you very much. Or sometimes I start a sequel, and I just don’t like it. The magic of the first book is gone. This happens to me a lot. So, saying all of this, this was a difficult TTT for me. It was a fun one though! I can’t say that these are my favorite series or not, but I must have liked them quite a bit to read more than one book, and I will leave it at that!
I love Amanda Flower! I love these two series by her, and also her Living History series as well. I haven’t started the Garden magic one yet but I know I will love it too. And, I guess I must like the Halloween/fall theme quite a bit since all three of these are autumnal! I also love the Lighthouse Library series – I mean who would not want to be a librarian living in a lighthouse library? What a cool job!
Three very different books in this row! Lol. The Farmer’s Daughter by Lisa Howeler is the first book in her Spencer Valley Chronicles books, and my favorite of them all. I just love the story of Alex and Molly, the humor that Howeler infuses into her books, and the community as a whole.
This is not the last book in the series that I have read, although it is my favorite. I love Claire and Jamie in America, although the previous books were awesome as well.
I have read and reread the Little House series a billion times. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have read them, it is insane. I do have a few standout favorites in the series, but of them all, I love this one. I love the little sod house – as a kid I thought that would be amazing to live in! As an adult, I can understand why Ma was a little less enthused.
I really enjoyed the Fox Crossing Maine series by Melinda Metz. For three years I could count on a new one to bring in the new year with. There was just something so fun about this little town in Maine that made me want to read about it – plus, a magical fox!
I LOVE the Truly Devious books (except for the last one). This one was my absolute favorite so far. I was so wrapped up in the mystery and could not wait to find out whodunit.
So I am still waiting for the third book in this series to come out, and I am hoping that there is one in the works. This is a newer series by Karen White and I absolutely love it. I love New Orleans and always have, I love historic preservation, and I love ghost stories, so this series is a huge win for me!
And finally Harry Potter. It probably is one of my favorite series of books I have read to be honest, so I don’t think I should leave it off the list (even though I did mention HP in my last TTT post! So repetitive of me!) This one was really cool I thought, with the whole Triwizard Tournament and dragons!
And there you have it! I am looking forward to seeing everyone else’s posts and then putting a hand to my head and saying “Oh yeah! I love that series too!!”
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I’ve only read one of the Harry Potter books, something I don’t even believe myself. I need to remedy that!
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Lol! They get sort of dark near the end of the series, and I hated that. 😦 I did love the series until the last few.
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I really need to find myself a series to get into. May start with Harry Potter😊
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Harry Potter is a fun one!!
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I was trying to think about which would be my favorite Harry Potter and I had a hard time picking between Goblet of Fire and Sorcerer’s Stone. I find that for most series my favorite tends to be the first one!
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Goblet of Fire is such a cool one. I am with you though, a lot of times I like the first one the best.
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I need to read more Amanda Flowers – I enjoyed the 1 I have read so far.
And yay! Another Little House fangirl! ❤ To say those books shaped my life is not an understatement, haha… When my husband was asking if I’d be okay with a more old-fashioned approach to life (before we were married), I was like “dude, I lived the Little House books growing up, I’ve been training for this my whole life” LOL!
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The Farm to Table series is fun by Flower.
YES! I love LHOTP! I totally agree, they shaped my world. I always tell my husband I could do all these different things I don’t do, like make cheese or build a fish trap thanks to Pa. And it sounds like you found the perfect guy for you!!!
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Gabaldon! I only associate her with the Outlander series. And I forgot about Little House, but I’ve only read like 3 of them. My list is here, if you’re interested. 🙂
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I loved the Little House series as a kid. And I have read them multiple times again as an adult too. Lol.
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Little House in the Big Woods is one of my utter favorites. It’s responsible for my ongoing fantasy of living in a little off-grid cabin deep in the country.
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I understand what you mean about series. It’s the reason I haven’t read past DUNE. It’s my all-time favorite book and when I first read it, I didn’t realize it was part of a series. I’ve heard so many mixed things about the rest of the books that I don’t want to ruin how I feel about it.
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Yes!! Books are one of the few places we can stop progress from happening. If we want something to stay the same, we just don’t have to read on!
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I totally get not wanting to continue a series because you don’t want it to change!
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Right! Sometimes you want it to just stay just the way it is, in that moment!
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I’ve done the same thing with certain series. There can come a time when you don’t want the character to keep growing older anymore. It’s nice to press pause on that and remember the best things about them.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
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Yes!! That is it exactly.
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The only series I read completely from your list is the Harry Potter series. What a publishing phenom it was!
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It absolutely was!
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I loved the Little House books when I was a kid! I should reread them…but probably won’t! Have a great week!
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Lol!! I love that! There are so many unread books out there to read though, so I get it!
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Exactly, LOL!
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Thank you for mentioning my book. You didn’t have to. That was nice!
And we chose the same Little House book in the end. Ha!
I need to get back to those Amanda Flowers books. I’m behind on the series.
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I really enjoyed that series!
Lol we did!!!
I need to read more of her books. She has so many I feel like I can have reading material for a long time!
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Ok librarian living in a lighthouse library was a life goal I didn’t know I had until now!
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Right???
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Great list! I love Amanda Flower’s Amish Candy Shop series. I haven’t read any of her others yet. I also adore the HP series. As a child, I was a RAGING Little House fan. I loved the books and the tv show and, like you, I thought being a pioneer and homesteader would be the absolute best. Ha ha.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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I should look that one up! She has so many books!
And oh my gosh me too!! I have tried to so hard to get my son interested and it just isn’t sticking, even Farmer Boy. Darn!
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There is a very small series by Richard Peck that I loved as well as Deborah Wiles. I think you would love both of them, too. My fourth graders definitely did, especially when I read them aloud! I also like the Harry Potter series as well as the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny. At first, I didn’t think I read any series, but, apparently, I have!
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I had The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail on our list to read by Peck. Is that one of the books? He has so many!! I think I read his book Ghosts I Have Been, when I was a kid maybe. I did read one Deborah Wiles book too, Love Ruby Lavender because that name is amazing.
Lol! It is funny how once you get started thinking about, you can think of so many!
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I really want to read the Karen White series. I miss New Orleans dearly and love the restoration aspect of the books. The Lighthouse Library series is such fun as is everything by Amanda Flower! Great list!
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I thought I replied to this!
I love New Orleans. I have only been there a few times but it is a city you never forget! Aer you from New Orleans originally? I have a friend who lives here but grew up in New Orleans, and lived there until she was in her late twenties and moved here. She has the best stories!
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Great list! I’m not familiar with a lot of these, but I’m going to have to check out one of the Amanda Flower books, they look really fun.
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They are just nice little easy reads. Sometimes I just want nice and light and easy and fluffy. Lol.
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Oh, I completely get that! Especially after a heavy read.
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