TOP TEN TUESDAY: Books I Want To Read from the Fantasy Genre

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish for the fun of random lists. 

Most of you must probably know that I'm an avid Romance reader. Romance is my oxygen and a good smexy book is my guilty pleasure. I love me some Adult and New Adult contemporary books... YA? Negotiable.

Meanwhile, the Fantasy genre isn't exactly a best friend. Let's just say we're probably distant friends who see each other every once in a while but not someone I'm eager to see everyday or most of the time. But Fantasy has a lot of sub genres; Paranormal Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Dystopian Fantasy and whatnot.

In my teen years, I was obsessed with the Paranormal Fantasy genre. I had a fair collection of books about vampires, werewolves, angels (No, I don't have the Twilight Saga because I hate it). Urban Fantasy is fine, but not exactly a common read. But most definitely, I cringe at the mention of High Fantasy. 

After having read Eragon by Christopher Paolini ages ago (which I rated 4 stars, according to Goodreads, even though I didn't really enjoy it that much) and attempted to read Eldest, I couldn't handle anymore High Fantasy books. Even my attempt to read the Percy Jackson books were a fail.

And now, now, before you start getting all defensive about the High Fantasy genre, let me explain why I cannot stand the idea:

A. There's usually too much stuff going on, basically information overload. 

B. Its got a different jargon that confuses the shit out of me.

C. The world building is usually complicated.  

D. The books make my head hurt. 

BUT! BUT! BUT!!! That doesn't mean that I don't get attracted to Fantasy novels. I mean, look at those gorgeous book covers! They're just calling on to me, chanting my name. I'm a sucker for amazing covers and Fantasy novels usually have the most interesting and intriguing designs ever. Yes, I do judge the book by its cover, but that discussion is meant for another time.

Soooo, fantasy novels. Yes, they're intriguing -- not just the covers, but the story plots too -- but they're exhausting to read. But since I've been working on diversifying my blog, I must, kinda against my will (keyword: kinda), step out of my comfort zone. And fairly recently, my good friend Tika had gotten me to read two Fantasy books that I actually enjoyed: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater and Zodiac by Romina Russell.

So, without further ado, here's my list of unrequited books.

      

        

    

        

So I know most of these books aren't totally High Fantasy and even readers younger than I am read a lot of these, but this genre just isn't my forte. But like I said, I'm willing to step out of my comfort zone to get these babies read!

And yes, you are seeing right. I AM ATTEMPTING TO READ A GAME OF THRONES BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN! *DEAD*

What's on your Top Ten Tuesday today?