House Elves and Reading Lists

{I think Riley is the actual sock bandit in  my house...}

Anyone else still searching for that next Harry Potter level series to fall in love with?  

I've read a lot of twee/young adult fantasy books since finishing Harry Potter all those years ago, but none really came close.  I think that I like the Hunger Games series the best out of all of them, but it's not even close to my love for HP.  The writing is just simply not as good.

Sidebar, I am a thirty-three year old woman with absolutely no shame in my game. Ha.

I've read the Divergent, Twilight, and Beautiful Creatures series as well.  Let me tell you my friend, while they were quick reads and I found them entertaining, they are no Harry Potter. I think I might try the Lunar Chronicles next just for something entertaining and quick. Hopefully they'll be decent.

I've also kind of slacked off in reading this past month or two, so I haven't finished any more of the books for the Winter Book Challenge,  Frankly, I'm not really interested in very many of them.  Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown is what I'm currently focusing on, and while I like it a lot, it's very painful to read.  It's such a sad story and a testament to how screwed up the foster care system is,

In other exciting news, I finally got a library card from the local library here in Frankfort (where I work).  I'm pretty pumped to not be shelling out loads of money for books anymore if I don't have to.  Plus, both my grandparents were librarians (actually, my grandfather was the Dean of Libraries of UofL. Whoop whoop!), so I know they would be proud.  And when I went down to the library, I noticed our company's name on some plaque for something down there.  Hooray! It's about time I started using that resource!

Anyway, so who's reading something great right now?  Any fantastic series I should try?

Happy Hump Day!