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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS TO CERTAIN BOOKS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Dear Josh,

Today is Thursday, May 8, and a few days ago you asked me to take part in a Read-A-Thon. The theme of this week's Read-A-Thon, as explained in the Little Book Owl video you sent me, was something a long the lines of "Series You Have Yet To Complete". So I thought, "Wouldn't be hella rad to write reviews on the series that I have started?"

The answer is yes, of course it is.

I'm only going to do about four of these, because reasons and laziness and stuff. Plus, it will give me the opportunity to do something like this again when I run out of creative ideas for blog subjects.

So, without further ado...

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The first is the one that I'm currently reading for this Read-a-Thon, and that's the Divergent series by Veronica Roth. I'm about halfway through Allegiant (the final installment), and I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow night-ish? I read the first one this summer in a span of two days, and the second one I read in about...two and a half? The third one, however, I've been having a hard time getting through this one. Mainly because of the fact that whenever I start to get into it something happens and I end up putting it down and not picking it up again.

The story follows Beatrice Prior, a teenager living in futuristic Chicago, who has the opportunity to choose her future. She, along with everyone else who is sixteen years old, are able to choose one of five factions, or groups, which they will remain with for the rest of their lives. For most people, choosing a faction is simple enough. For Beatrice, however, the choice is much harder when she finds out that she is Divergent, or someone who fits in more than one faction. In order to protect herself, she hides within the faction for the brave, known as the Dauntless.

I absolutely adored the first two books of the series. They were wonderfully written and a true joy to read. I hope that the third book is just as brilliant as the first two. I know there are feels that will ensue, but thankfully I have not been spoiled enough to know what exactly happens that causes feels. But yeah....I'm really excited to finish this.

Second, we have The Lord of the Rings trilogy, written by J.R.R. Tolkien. I'm about...I want to say through the first book, and I put it down a while ago, so when I pick it up again I should probably re-read it from the beginning. It's really good, and I enjoyed reading it...and I can't remember why exactly I put it down.

For those unfamiliar with the story line, The Lord of the Rings is about a hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins who begins a journey to dispose of a ring that had, through a series of events, landed in the hands of his uncle, Bilbo Baggins. Frodo, and his ever-changing cohort, must destroy the ring before it's obtained by the dark lord Sauron, and to be used for evil.

Like I said, I really enjoyed reading it and I can't remember why I put it down. I must have hit a slow spot, or was distracted by other things. But whatever the reason is, I need to get into it again. I had to break my rule of not watching the movie before I finished the book, because I had read The Hobbit before it came out in theaters, and I wanted to make sure I knew as much as I could about the LotR universe before I delved headfirst into the newest movies and not understand the references to things. I don't think I'll finish reading it for this time, but I will soon...I hope.

Next we have The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I actually know why I stopped reading this. I stopped at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe because I couldn't find the third installment in the series at my bookstore. I managed to get a hold of the fourth one, but I couldn't find the third one, so I stopped reading. I need to find it...if I can't, I need to get the entire works in one book.

Anyway, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is the story of Arthur Dent, an average human living an average life...that is until one day, his house (and his entire planet, for that matter) was destroyed in order to build an intergalactic highway. Rescued by his friend, an alien named Ford Prefect. Together, they, along with the President of the Galaxy, a girl that Arthur tried picking up at a cocktail party, and an incredibly depressed robot, travel the galaxy and have adventures that somehow manage to explain practically everything humanity has every questioned about Earth and existence.

I personally loved this series, because it's chalk full of dry, British humor and in case you haven't figured out yet, I have a soft spot for dry, British humor. Plus, the characters are likable and the story line is rather light hearted...which is a nice change from what I normally read.

The last one I'm going to name on here (because if I wrote all of them you'd all get really bored) is The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. I started reading The Mortal Instruments series a long time ago, and stopped at The City of Glass when it was the newest book in the series...which was about five or six years ago? I really need to get caught up, and I need to read the prequel series. I may have to re-read them so I can refresh my knowledge on the books.

From what I remember, the story is about Clary Fray, who is just your average teenage girl, until an event in a teen night club changes her life forever. Soon, she is thrust into the world of shadowhunters, warlocks and werewolves. There is also a complicated relationship with a character named Jace, which is made a love triangle by Clary's best friend, Simon. 

Trust me, it's a lot better than how I described it. It's just that it's been long enough where I can't remember a lot of the details. I really need to reread this series. From what I remember of it, it was really good and interesting...and it kept me entertained when the power went out for a few days in the winter. I have the first three books on my shelf, and now I just need to buy the rest of them...along with a crap ton of other books that I have incomplete series for....I should start keeping more lists of this sort of thing. It'll probably make a lot easier.

ANYWAYS.

That's the end of my post. I promise I will keep you guys updated as I finish these series, as well as any other unfinished series that I haven't posted on here.

To those of you who read this blog that I do not know Outernet, I will see you guys on Saturday. Until then, however...



Live Long and Prosper, and DFTBA.