Totally Should've Tag

Thanks Liz @ Out of Coffee, Out of Mind for the tag!

Totally should have gotten a sequel

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Airman by Eoin Colfer. I loved Frankenstein and I've never found a retelling that I liked as much as the original, except for maybe Man Made Boy by John Skovron, so I think the sequel would have to be written by Mary Shelley which is difficult for obvious reasons. Airman is one of my favourite books of all time (and it's written by the author of Artemis Fowl, so is anyone really surprised?) and IT NEEDS A SEQUEL. 

Totally should have had a spin-off series

Chaos Walking, because that series was so stupidly brilliant. *retreats to a burrito of sadness because it's over*

A character who totally should have ended up with someone else

Coming from someone who actively avoids love triangles, I don't know. If there's a love triangle I usually don't care who the MC ends up, and if I do care (which isn't often) the MC often ends up with who I want her to. 

Totally should have ended differently

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I'm going to say Mockingjay here. I think the ending fit the book very well but it was just so sad and depressing. I really could have used a littler note to end on. (AND A CERTAIN SOMEONE/S SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED, BY THE WAY.)

Totally should have had a movie franchise

Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl. (Unless, of course, if it's a terrible movie, which in that case no movie.)

Totally should have had a TV show

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Pendragon by D.J. MacHale. There's like ten books and I think a TV show would be epic. Traveling across space and time, fighting shape-shifting evilness... It'd be pretty awesome. 

Totally should have had only one point of view

I'm stealing this one from Liz, because Insurgent and Allegiant should not have had Four's perspective. I usually had trouble keeping them apart, and because I was never really a fan of Four I didn't enjoy being in his head. 

Totally should have a cover change

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Almost any book where there's a girl in a fancy ball gown. I avoid those like the plague. The Princesses of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George was pretty much the only exception to this rule so far. I'm not sure why I avoid them, I think it's because I've never been interested in the books themselves and I've unconsciously applied that theory to most books. 90% of the time there's a strong romance plot, and I seriously struggle with strong romance. 

 Totally should have kept the original covers

I don't know, actually. Give me your ideas in the comments. 

Totally should have stopped at book one

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A few years ago, I read Matched by Ally Condie and it was ok. I wasn't a fan and I didn't love the love triangle, and I read about half of the second book and stopped reading. I wish I wouldn't stopped reading Matched and didn't bother with the second book, because it was like every other dystopian novel AND had a love triangle. 

I totally should have stopped reading

I don't think I should have bothered finishing The Lord of the Rings because it sucked about a year of my life away, and when I finished I still wasn't sure what had happened. I watched the movies, and I understood it so naturally I had to subject myself to reading the entire trilogy all over again. 

Totally should have not prejudged

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Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. I'm not big into romance (in case you haven't noticed yet) and it looked like a romance novel so I was avoiding it, but Cait keeps recommending it and eventually I caved. And it was utterly brilliant. I'm trying to figure out how to get to the library in the next week without the ability to drive by myself. It's a serious problem. 

I'm going to tag RM @ The Book Hound, Sunny @ A Splash of Ink and Emily at Ink Inc. and if I didn't tag you and you want to do it, feel free to steal it. 

Did anyone else not enjoy Matched? Who was happy with the ending for Mockingjay? (And by the way, the trailer for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children just came out and OH MY GOODNESS!! (But it looks like Olive and Emma switched powers? Which totally isn't cool. But other than that it looks awesome! (I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet, but Miss Peregrine is one of my new favourite books.)) And the Cap 3 trailer is out and GUESS WHO'S IN IT. THAT'S RIGHT. SPIDEY. AAAAH!)