The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. It's a really cool way to find out what people are reading and connect with other bloggers. Added bonus, the aim of a blog hop is to follow others. You follow me, I follow you. Wins all round! I'm happy for followers on GFC, Twitter, Bloglovin', Goodreads, whatever works for you. I guess I'd prefer Bloglovin' follows if I had to pick one. Make sure you leave me a comment so I know you're a new followers, I'm kind of scatty with keeping track of new followers on Bloglovin' and the like!
A big thank you to the hosts this week for picking me as the featured blog!
The post prompt:
Name one or more standalone books that you wish were a series.
It's a tricky one this week, as my go-to genre is YA fantasy, and it's rare to find one that isn't a series, or at least a trilogy, or the increasingly popular duology!
Lorali - Laura Dockrill
Despite this book wrapping up nicely, I'd still love to read more about mermaids.
The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey
I don't think I'd want to read a sequel to this, but I'd definitely pick up a prequel! Post-apocalytic/dystopian books always pick up after the drama that caused the end of the world, but I always think it's a missed opportunity!
The Girl Who Would Be King - Kelly Thompson
One of my favourite books! I thought this was setting up for a series - the ending certainly leaves the door open for a sequel - but there's no sign of one.
These are all-new-to-me reads! New Follower!
ReplyDeleteThanks Charlie! It was really hard to come up with any at all, there are so few books these days that are stand alone!
DeleteI haven't heard of this one but I love a good dystopian :) old GFC follower .
ReplyDeleteMegan @ Doodles 'n Scribbles
The Girl With All The Gifts is definitely worth a read then. It's an odd set up, told from the point of view of one of the infected after a sort of zombie outbreak which is a bit of a twist on the cliche. I think it's being made into a movie soon too.
DeleteJust sitting here after reading the prompt, I can't think of any standalones... like you said, a lot of fantasy is already a series/duology! It's great that you found a couple though - they're all new to me so I need to check them out now :)
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Enchanted by YA
It took me a fair bit of trawling my Goodreads shelves for something that wasn't part of a series! I must be a contractual obligation if you write YA fantasy to write at least two, if not more.
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