Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Pet Peeves

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  I'm excited to participate; after all, I make lists FOR EVERYTHING!  This week's topic focuses on bookish pet peeves; for example, things that annoy me in stories, annoying book covers, or annoying things in the book store. You know we all have them!


1.  Insta-love- You know what I'm talking about. When the girl, who barely knows the guy and probably went on one date with him to the diner, has instantly fallen in love over a plate of cheese fries.  She now cannot live without him and cannot make a decision without him either.  And she possess the mentality of don't judge me, because it's true love.  NO THANKS!


2.  Teen Speek- I don't know, like, what is for, like, homework, ya'll.  I was totally out last night at a freakin' amazeballs party and forgot to, ya know, do it.  Seriously? Teen speak, when done well, is believable, but when it's over the top, it makes me want to jump out of my window. I've broken up with a series because of this. I've said, "You know, it's totally not you. It's, like, me. Totally."

3.  Stereotypes- I can't stand them in young adult literature. They always make the cheerleader the ditzy mean girl or the jock a moron.  Then there is the dreamy Jordan Catalano type (am I showing my age here with this reference?) that is elusive, dark, and doesn't do his homework.  Can't there be the nice cheerleader that isn't hating on the nerds or a jock that isn't giving nerds wedgies?


4.  Books Out Before Their Publication Dates- Listen. I secretly love when this happens, because I feel naughty when I happen to come across a copy of a book before it is actually released, but after you read it secretly, you just feel dirty afterwards. Or is it just me? Comon' B&N...at least learn the publication date of the books you are selling! I'm such a rule follower.


5.  Everyone and Their Mother Writes a Memoir-  It doesn't matter that you are twenty years old, sure, you can right a memoir too.  Yes, Bristol Palin, I'm talking to you! You have little to no life experience and you already have tales to tell? For real? Lets leave the memoir writing to people that actually deserve it.


6.  Unbelievable Events- Oh. Man. I hate this! You know what I'm talking about...The female protagonist is in an unbelievable situation and then all of a sudden in swoops the male vampire/angel/werewolf protagonist that somehow gets said damsel in distress out of the extreme situation.  After the male saves the day quickly, things are all good...all of a sudden. 

7.  Boring Teachers- Part of me dies whenever there is a boring teacher in a young adult novel and it happens often.  Comon! There are cool teachers out there and ones that don't say in a monotone, "Today class turn to page 65 in your text book and read this chapter SILENTLY." (Insert evil laugh here!)


8.   Bookstore Employees That Know Little- Hello! You are supposed to be the YA expert! How could you be recommending that book when there are all these other FABULOUS books out there? I always cringe when I overhear a child or parent asking for a book recommendation from the "YA" expert at the bookstore and the recommendation they give is horrible and from thirty years ago.  I almost want to jump in and say, "No! Don't do it! If you liked Hunger Games, then read The Maze Runner instead!"


9.  Rushed Endings- News flash! Nobody enjoys them. Things are going well and then all of a sudden the author ends the story without warning and/or believable events to close the situation.  I'm always left saying, "What the heck just happened?"


10.  Stickers- I'm going to have to agree with Jamie when she pointed out how she loathes stickers on her books.  Whether it be a sticker actually covering over the synopsis and then you can't read the summary (the horror!) or stickers on my book for no reason-- it's a huge no-no!


So what do you think you of my list? Do you agree? I found it very therapeutic to vent out all of my bookish frustrations. So, tell me....did I miss anything that you think should make the list? Do tell!