Top Ten Tuesday: The Excitement Has Passed

A weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish

This week's prompt is really interesting. We are supposed to list the top ten books we were supposed to list the ten books I'm not sure I want to read. This is such an interesting category. I wasn't at all sure about what to answer but as I stared at my bookshelf the list just came pretty naturally.

Books I Was Excited About But I'm Not Really Anymore

1.) The Jewel by Amy Ewing
At first I was really intrigued by this book that is marketed as a combination of The Selection and The Handmaid's Tale. But then I heard some mixed reviews, including from bloggers I trust and now I'm not entirely sure if I want to read it.

2.) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I started reading this before I got back into blogging but then it fell to the wayside as I got more involved in the community and established my format of reading themed books every month. I'm not really sure when I will pick this back up and frankly I'm not sure how many sad books I really want to read.

3.) Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis 
I picked this one up at BEA because it sounded really interesting. A Sci-Fi retelling of Snow White. But then I heard some mixed reviews and that it was basically a regurgitation of The Lunar Chronicles. I may read this one in December when I do Sci-Fi but only as a maybe book.

4.) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
So I picked this up at Goodwill for only a dollar and was extremely excited about reading it. A movie version of the book is coming out soon, and it seems like everyone I know read this book in high school and I didn't (including many of my HS friends). But I just haven't picked it up because you know, sad books.

5.) Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
I loved Anna Godbersen's The Luxe series so much I picked up the first book in her series set in the 1920's. I just haven't read it and I'm not sure if and when I am going to get to it. One of my good friends who has also read The Luxe said this series isn't as good. I'm secretly worried about ruining my view of Anna Godbersen

Books I'm Still Excited About But Have Some Trepidation

6.) The Things You Kiss Goodbye by Leslie Connor
I picked this up at BEA, got it signed, and despite the fact that it came out in July, I haven't gotten a chance to read it. I'm slightly worried about reading it because I've seen some mixed reviews and I'm kind of picky when it comes to Contemporary.

7.) Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant
I'm planning to read this in October when I read Thrillers/Horror but I'm not as excited about it as I used to be. I've seen some mixed reviews and what I've heard more than once is that it's not as scary or thrilling as it sounds, which makes me sad.

8.) The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh O'Brein
This is one that I'm definitely reading for my Sci-Fi month in December but I've heard some mixed reviews and mediocre reviews from some fellow bloggers whose reviews I trust. I'm still excited and interested in reading it, but my expectations have been lower a little bit.

9.) Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios
This is another one that I have had my expectations lowered from some mixed reviews. I've heard this one is extremely brutal and kind of hard to read. Plus I'm now worried about the First Book Syndrome in this book. But I am still intrigued by the magical system.

10.) Strange and Ever After by Susan Dennard
I just finished A Darkness Strange and Lovely, and while it was much more mysterious that Something Strange and Deadly, I'm not really enjoying this series as much as I had hoped. They're slowly getting better but I'm a little nervous about how this trilogy is going to end. Everyone raves about it and I kind of feel like the black sheep for not really loving it.

Have you read any of these books? Are they worth my time? Leave me a comments with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!