Top Ten Tuesday #37
Standalone Books I Wish had a Sequel
This week’s prompt is “Favorite Words.” While I love words, I wasn’t feeling the topic this morning. I’ve decided to do a past prompt that I didn’t get a chance to do instead. It is “Standalone Books I Wish had a Sequel.” Here are my top ten books:
Technically, THE HOST is supposed to be the first book in a series. I haven’t seen any other books in the series and I’d really like a sequel at least. I think THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN, ATLANTIA, and SUNSHINE feel more like middle books in a trilogy. The other six books are just stories I’d like to check in on.
Just for funsies, here are five of my favorite words:
Discombobulated
Cattywampus
Falderal
Malarkey
Jackanapes
What about you? Which books or words made your list this week? Do we have any in common?
I like your twist on the topic!
Oh gosh, I loved Little Fires Everywhere. Have you seen the show as well?
Great list!
Thanks, Sara! 😀 I have seen the show. I liked it a lot. I thought it was really well done, even with the changes. Have you seen the show?
I love when a standalone is so good I wish there was a sequel.
Me too! 😀
It’s been an awfully long time since I read sunshine but I do remember really enjoy it. A sequel would be great.
I loved SUNSHINE too. 😀 I just wish there had been more of a beginning and end. It felt like a middle novel to me.
Nice tweak for this week. Have a great week!
Thanks, Cindy! 😀 You too!
Fun — and cattywampus happens to be a word I love!! I wish Sunshine had a sequel too — I loved that book so much (and I’m probably due for a reread). I’m also excited to see Coldest Girl on your list — I plan to finally read it in the next few weeks!
I’d like to reread SUNSHINE some time too. 😀 It’s definitely been a while, more than a decade. I hope you enjoy THE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN as much or more than I did. 😀
That is a nice idea for TTT. I love it. Yes, there are quite a few books where I wish they had a sequel. I hope at least a few of these will get one.
Thanks for visiting my TTT this week which is about my favourite names of places, locations that sound like a dream.
Agreed! I know a lot of them are planned to be stand-alones. So many of them would be way more fun with a good sequel. 😀
I love your topic idea, but your list of words is perfect – they’re all so much fun to say!
Thanks, Leah! 😀 I do love wordplay. I wish I had remembered more than five so I could’ve done the list properly.
I Love Eliza and Her Monsters so so much!! I would love a sequel for that. The Host was supposed to be a series and so sad when that didn’t happen!
I did know THE HOST was supposed to be a series. 😀 I put it on my list because I want Stephenie Meyer to deliver on that promise, lol.
Hello,
I hadn’t read any of the books on the list, so I can’t comment on whether or not they need a sequel 🙂 I do like the words you chose and there are a few I hadn’t heard of and am seeing for the firs time:
CATTYWAMPUS
JACKANAPES
I’m glad I could help you learn a couple of new words. 😀
The night Circus is such a good one. I’m kind of sad we never got a sequel for it or the movie!
Yep. Me too. It was such a fantastic story. I loved it so much! 😀
I still need to get to The Coldest Girl in Coldtown but I’ve heard great things!
It is a fun creative story. 😀 I hope you like it!
Oh gosh yes, I would love a sequel to The Night Circus!
Right?! 😀