Top 10 Popular Authors I Haven't Read

1. Cassandra Clare(The Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices): Okay technically I have read something written by her it just wasn't a book it was a defense piece on Sansa Stark which I loved because well I usually love those type of things and I'm fond of anyone who loves Sansa Stark. But I haven't read any books by her since while the overall plotlines of her series sound interesting I hear there's a lot about love triangles as well which I hate and there's some incest as well which while not a deal breaker for me makes me a bit uncomfortable.
2. Libba Bray(The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, The Diviners, Going Bovine): I've actually have really wanted to read The Gemma Doyle trilogy for years now and there's no real reason as to why I haven't already but I haven't and I also think that The Diviners sound pretty interesting as well. Although I have no real interest in Going Bovine I hear a lot of good things about it.
3. Veronica Roth(Divergent): I have heard a lot about Divergent and in all honesty I'm not all that interested in reading the actual books but I do like seeing the whole sorting characters from other fandoms into the different fractions. So I may try out the movie and see if I have any interest after seeing it in the rest of the series.
4. Lauren Oliver(Delirium): I hear a lot about Delirium in the book blogging community and while it sounds exactly like the type of dystopian I'm not interested in reading I think I'll check it out someday since people's opinions I trust seemed to think this is a great book.
5. Neil Gaiman(Stardust, The Graveyard Book): I haven't read anything by him but I did watch the episode of Doctor Who he wrote which was great so I'm definitely interested in reading some of his work since it sounds interesting and I already know he's a good writer.
6. Lauren DeStefano(The Chemical Garden Trilogy): Wither sounds like it would be interesting but I'm not sure if I'll like it and in all honesty 90% of the reason that I want to read her books is because I read on her blog that she's a fan of Cardcaptor Sakura which is one of my favorite series of all time.
7. Richelle Mead(Vampire Academy): I've heard mixed things about the Vampire Academy books over the years but the trailer for the movie looked funny and my favorite tumblr blogger is a big fan of the series so I might try out the books someday.
8. J.R.R. Tolkein(The Lord of the Rings): I watched all three of The Lord of Rings movies and I hated them therefore I will never read these books which I hear has random songs through out them as well.
9. James Patterson: I think he writes crime novels and I'm not too interested in that or anything I heard about his books so I probably won't be reading them.
10. Sarah Dessen:  I've read a lot of the back covers of her books it just seemed like they wouldn't be my thing for one reason or another.

Book Review: The Maze Runner

                                                        The Maze Runner Review

The Maze Runner is about this place called the Glade which is where a whole bunch of young boys have been sent after they have gotten their memories wiped and now they live in this place where they are cut off from the rest of civilization and they have to solve this giant maze which is filled with these deadly creatures called grievers in order to get back home. We learn about this world through the main character Thomas's point of view although we learn about through very small fragmented pieces of information which is frustrating for both Thomas and the reader.

Things start to change in the Glade soon after Thomas's arrival with the arrival of the first ever girl Teresa who somehow triggers the ending which makes the sun in sky kind of go out and keeps the maze from closing at night. All the changes that are due to the ending makes finding a way out of the maze even more important then it was before because there is no the threat of death in the very near future if they can't get out of there.

I overall really did like this book but I feel like it's a bit hard to talk about without spoiling everything because the book is mostly about figuring out the mysteries of the maze the purpose behind the maze which are not really revealed until the end of the book. Also while I did enjoy all the major characters in the book there weren't a ton of deep character moments through out the book so there's not really much to talk about on that front either. On a side note since I read this book mostly because I really liked the cast for the movie and well I'm still really looking forward to seeing the movie after reading the book which I think is a good thing. Please tell me your thoughts on this book.

TV Review: Teen Wolf: Echo House(3.20)

                                                  Teen Wolf: Echo House(3.20)Review

• I liked the awkward tension that was shown between Stiles and his dad on the ride over to Eichen House because their in such a messed up situation and there's really no way they could fill that scene with words so I'm glad that they showed that they were unable to.
• I liked that Scott didn't want Stiles to go to Eichen house because he wouldn't be able to help Stiles while he was in there and Stiles pointed out that he wouldn't be able to hurt Scott while he was in there, I just love their love and care for each other.
• I liked that when the Sheriff was checking Stiles in that he started noticing how freaky the place is and starts to freak out because he doesn't want to leave Stiles in a place like this.
• I find it disturbing how the employees in Eichen House so didn't care about the suicide of one of their patients and that Stiles was the only person that even tried to prevent it.
• I liked that seeing the suicide and the staff's attitude that Stiles decided that he made a mistake checking himself into Eichen House and that he was hoping to call Scott to get him out of there.
• I liked that Stiles roommate Oliver just casually introduced himself to Stiles while being strapped down to the bed and then asked if there was another suicide.
• I liked how Mr.Argent was communicating with Alison from in jail and they were trading information about what was going on.
• I liked how Oliver kept telling Stiles what was wrong with everyone and that Stiles was totally unsurprised or really interested in anything that wouldn't get him out of there.
• I find it interesting that Malia seems to be so aggressive that it's consider practically normal for her to hit someone.
• I really hated how some of the employees wrestled Stiles violently to the ground for getting hit.
• I'm glad that Stiles figured out that he was mentally in the basement of Eichen House the night he went missing.
• I was super happy to see Ms.Morell because I was getting worried that she might have died since he hasn't seen her since she got hit by an arrow towards the end of 3A, I also just really love her character because she knows about the supernatural and is a therapist.
• I liked how Ms.Morell after she noticed Stiles freaking out during group took him to her office and told him that he needed to stay awake to keep the nogitsune away although not so happy that her solution for when the poison wares off is to kill him but hopeful it won't come to that.
• I liked that Scott, Lydia and Alison had come up with a plan to rob an armored truck in order to find a scroll that might have the solution to how to get the nogitsune out of Stiles.
• I liked how Kira felt bad about her mom sending the oni to kill Stiles but Scott totally didn't blame Kira or even her mom really.
• I liked how Kira had been practicing with a sword and I loved how she displayed her skills to Scott and he was impressed by her abilities and quickly agreed to let her come with to rob the truck.
• I liked that Stiles felt super awkward when he almost saw Malia in the shower and I liked that she was super casual about it.
• I liked that Malia explained that she wanted to go back to be a coyote because she doesn't know how to live with what she did to her mother and sister, also it makes sense that she's more attached to being a coyote than a human considering she was each species for an equal amount of time.
• I liked that Malia agreed to help Stiles get into the basement because he told her that he knew someone who could help her become a coyote permanently.
• I was very worried for Stiles when he was put asleep and I really disliked how badly it seems the employees treat the patients in general at Eichen House.
• I found the dream sequence where Stiles wants to be let out and the nogitsune wants to be let in to be creepy.
• I liked that Malia woke Stiles up and kept him safe from the nogitsune for at least a little while longer.
• I liked how Malia helped Stiles go through all the files in the basement and how she called the inhumane old fashioned mental health treatments to be in her words "a lot more fun." was a bit creepy.
• I was surprised that I overall quite liked the interactions between Stiles and Malia in this episode probably because I knew that she wanted to be coyote permanently which means nothing serious will develop between them.
• I liked how after Malia kissed him that Stiles asked her if it was her first kiss and if it was good.
• I find it a bit weird that Stiles seemed to start to be a really good kisser after his first kiss with Malia and that he seemed to know what he was doing because he's generally really awkward in this area.
• I'm confused about whether or not we're suppose to think Stiles and Malia had sex or not because it seemed to be heading in that direction but only she ended up taking off her shirt but that could be because this show is super dedicated to Stiles never being shirtless which is kind of hilarious if you think about it.
• I liked how when Scott and the rest saw that another werewolf was trying to take the scroll that Scott and Alison confronted him and asked him to give it to them, I just liked that they started by just asking for it rather than going straight to fighting.
• I liked how Kira tackled the bad werewolf guy from behind although sadly he was very strong and then he kind of kicked all their asses.
• I liked that after Alison was knocked down that Lydia came over to her and they kind of stood to the side of things.
• I really disliked how long it took for the twins to do anything because it seems like Scott been being beat up for a really long time before they decided to actually be useful which just shows how much they don't care about anyone but themselves.
• I liked how Scott stopped the twins from killing the bad werewolf guy after they got the scroll because they were working to save a life not end a life.
• I find it interesting that the show implied that the nogitsune had an actual body at one point and that on that body their was some useful information on it on how to get rid of it.
• I find it really frightening how the nogitsune was able to get inside Oliver's head and make him almost take a screw driver to both Stiles and Malia's heads.
• I liked that Stiles did his best to once again fight against the nogitsune taking control over him and that even when he couldn't fight him anymore it was framed in way that it was rather heroic with him wanting to get the nogitsune to spare Malia's life.
• I'm curious about why the lady that tortured Derek and Peter earlier in the season is so interested in Alison.
• I liked that Chris brought up how messed up it was that his wife killed herself because of a code and that it would have been better for Alison to have a mother who's alive.
• I really hope the solution to getting the nogitsune out of Stiles isn't to turn him into a werewolf because I hate the idea of him being a werewolf and I honestly don't think his personality suits werewolf so I really don't want this happen ever.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

TV Review: Grimm: A Dish Best Served Cold(3.03)

                                  Grimm: A Dish Best Served Cold(3.03)Review

• I loved how cute and awkward the scene was were Monroe asked Rosalee to move in with him was and I find them really sweet together and I also enjoyed that they exchanged I loves as well.
• I find the whole think with the Biorswine poisoning Blutbads with a rare mushroom that makes them climb up trees and has their stomach explodes to be very creepy and also very cruel considering the targets were literally every blutbad that happened to eat at the restaurant.
• I liked that Nick and Juliet are back together this season because I missed them in season 2 and I liked that now that she knows about the Wesson stuff that she was actually able to give him some helpful information about the case.
• I liked how Renard questioned Nick on whether he felt guilty because he killed someone or because he killed someone who wasn't Wesson because he has killed those before although only when necessary so I wouldn't group Nick with his murder happy ancestors.
• I find it interesting that because of Renard's brother's death the reigning royal will now be decided by who is the last one standing. I'm also interested in how Renard's going to react to the information his spy found out about Adelind this episode.
• I liked how when Nick was moving out of Monroe's they noted how strange it was that a grimm and blutbad lived together without killing each other.
• I understood why Monroe wanted vengeance against the Biorswine so bad especially since he had just saw one of his friends exploded but I also liked how determined Nick was with wanting to handle this matter legally. So I'm glad that they could come up with a plan to get the Biorswine to confess.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

Top 10 Ideas for Future Top 10 Tuesday lists

I've been participating in the Top 10 Tuesday meme for about 3 and a half years now so I pretty much have done all the topics that I wanted to do that they have had already so I thought I'd use this week's list in order to get out a few topics I think would be fun for future lists especially since I've noticed within the last year the topics have gotten quite repetitive such as that time last year when we basically had three weeks of  to be read list in a row.
1. Top 10 Characters Written by a single Author: I'm actually surprised that this one hasn't been a topic before because there's been quite a few lists about favorite authors and it would make sense that one of the reason your favorite author is your favorite is because of the characters they created. I think that having a top 10 list like this would allow us to be able to talk about characters that we love a lot but not enough to make an overall favorites list and I think that being able to write about the characters that we don't get chance to usually would be more fun than talking about her absolute favorites for the tenth time.
2. Top 10 vampires/werewolves/fairies/witches/Etc.: Although I've noticed that a lot of us(myself included) are sick and tired of series about the same old paranormal creatures(vampires and werewolves mostly) but for some reason we've never had a list in which we actually got to talk about those creatures which we actually loved despite how annoyingly popular they've become in recent years, I think it would be fun to focus on those of that species that we loved rather than how sick if it we are for a change. I know that there are some people who aren't into fantasy series but I feel like there's a lot of list topics in the past that haven't been suit to everyone such a debut books which I never know anything about and since I have to buy all my books I don't usually read them until a few years after they come out so I don't see a problem with talking about paranormal creatures especially since I'm pretty sure I could make a list for both vampires and werewolves which pleases me more than it should.
3. Top 10 Ships in Paranormal Teen Series: Paranormal YA as we all know has been a very popular genre for the past couple of years and since most of those stories are basically romance with a fantasy element I think it would make sense to have a list of which of these romances or potential romances which you loved or at least liked a whole lot. I also think it would be kind of funny to see how many combinations of different species dating that have happened through out the genre I know I have quite a few combs such as the standard ones of vampire-human, werewolf-human, vampire-vampire, and fairies but then I also have a few less common ones that come to mind as well such as vampire-werewolf, banshee-human and werewolf-kitsune. So I think this list would be fun for all of us to share with each other also we get to talk about romance which we all seem to like doing as far as I can tell.
4. Top 10 Sidekicks: I'm surprised that this hasn't happened before because it just feels like it should have been by this point. Anyways since sidekicks are pretty common in fiction I think this would be a list that all of us could make and I think it would be fun to see the differences of what we all think makes a good sidekick like is it there competency or if there funny or if they make you swoon. Also I would love to have this list because than I could write about how the sidekick has to be suited for the main character and I would love to talk about how their partnership works throughout the series and how much importance the series puts on this relationship.
5. Top 10 Songs that remind you of a character/ship: It seems like it's a fairly common thing to associate a song with your favorite character or favorite fictional couple so I think that it would be fun to have a list where we share all the songs we associate with these fictional worlds and explain why we think that song suites them and it would be a fun way to be introduced to new music.
6. Top 10 Cliches you Love/Hate: People call almost everything cliché which causes me to think that maybe everything is a cliché or that everyone in a certain part of a certain fandom are reducing everyone done to a stereotype because there's no way after three seasons of development that they are still the same cliché that they claim they are. My point is that most stories are built on clichés but eventually develop past them if they are well written and this list would be about the ones that you like and the ones you hate.
7. Top 10 Quotes that Summarizes Love For You: I've been thinking about this idea for awhile now and I think it would be perfect for Top 10 Tuesday since books have so many quotes that we find romantic but this list isn't just ones that make us swoon it's about those quotes that don't just sound pretty but you just read or hear them and think that's what love means or what love should mean. I think it would be interesting to see the different quotes that speak to us and maybe even a little bit about the why it does although I know quite a few people like quotes to speak to themselves I think this list is a good place to tell us why it means so much to you.
8. Top 10 Songs that You Wish a Book Could be Written About: There are some songs that when you listen to the lyrics you can tell that there's a story to the song and you can't help but imagine a story to go along with it and this is what this list would be about.
9. Top 10 Scripted TV Shows or Top 10 Reasons Lovers of Fiction shouldn't dismiss TV: I know that this topic will never be a topic for Top 10 Tuesday but I love television and I hate how dismissive of TV that quite a few book bloggers are since a TV show can be just as well written or even better than a book so I think that saying that all TV is garbage is just really snobby since scripted TV is just another form of fiction told in another way and there's really great stories and characters to be found there as well as great acting. I really just wished that more people understood that it is possible to intellectually watch TV I know it is because I do it all the time.
10. Top 10 Series with 3 Main Characters:  Since Twilight a lot of YA series have started to have love triangles which has lead to a lot of series having three major characters in which the story revolves around and while most of them are love triangles not all of them are such as Harry Potter(which came out before the trend). I think that it would be fun to have a list about the different series with three main characters and how each story uses the relationship between the main three, I just kind of have a thing about trios I want to discuss them and would love if this meme could give me an excuse to although I'll probably end up talking about it anyways.

TV Review: Teen Wolf: Letharia Vulpina(3.19)

                                         Teen Wolf: Letharia Vulpina(3.19)Review

• I liked Deaton paralyzed a member of the Yakuza's wolf in order to get access to the letharia vulpina which is a poison that can harm the nogitsune.
• I liked how after seeing how the electricity and the water was mixing that Kira went to the power line and stopped the flow of electricity in order to save everyone, it was a really great moment.
• I was sad that Isaac was one the people electrocuted but I'm glad that he's still alive even though he's not healing or even awake at the moment.
• I'm curious as to why Kira's mom is still doing her best to keep her in the dark about everything even though she already knows that Kira has developed powers.
• I liked that Derek told Scott that he needs to tell Stiles's dad what's really wrong with him both because his dad really should know and because that implies that the nogitsune is responsible for the way his brain scans turned out last week.
• I found it sad that Alison couldn't see Isaac in the hospital because she wasn't family but I liked that Scott's mom let her and Scott in to visit him. I also liked that Scott and Alison held hands briefly before approaching Isaac.
• I liked that Scott took in what looked like a lot of pain to help Isaac even though he knew it wouldn't heal him.
• I liked how Lydia was freaked out by Peter showing up at school and talking with her mom. I also liked how her mom got his phone number and called it a card and Lydia pointed that out, I just found that exchange funny.
• I liked how Kira told Scott about the kitsune being a trickster spirit and that for nogitsune to something really bad it usually someone has offended it.
• I liked how Stiles used one of Argent's emitters in order to be able to get Scott to come talk to him before he let anyone else know where he is.
• I liked that after the  twins attacked Stiles that Scott literally threw them off of him and used his alphaness to get them to stop, I really love seeing how protective Scott is over Stiles and I feel like this scene confirms that no matter what happens in the future the twins will never be allowed in Scott's pack.
• I liked how Stiles and Scott worked together to try to figure out what Stiles was up to when he was taken over by the nogitsune and that they worked on how to prevent the bad things from happening.
• I really love the scene where Scott catches up with Kira in the woods and he twirls her around and she's all excited about how fast she was running and he tells her about how the woods aren't save.
• I was pretty worried about Coach when he was shot but I think that he's going to be okay since he received medical attention pretty quickly.
• I liked how after awhile of holding Coach's wounds that Stiles hands was covered in blood and that he was really freaking out about the possibility that he set up something that could've killed someone and I love that Scott does his best to calm him down and focuses on how Coach is going to be alright.
• I liked how Lydia brought Alison with her when she went to ask Peter for help with her banshee powers and I liked how Alison thought that it was a bad idea and warned Lydia to be careful about being manipulated by Peter.
• I liked how Alison brought up all the terrible things that Peter did to Lydia and pretty much pointed out that he's still the bad guy and they still know it.
• I liked that Peter revealed that he knew attacking Lydia would awaken her banshee powers because I've been suspecting that he knew how things would turn out with her for awhile now so it's nice to get it confirmed and I liked that Lydia told him she didn't want those powers.
• I liked that Jared the kid that pukes on the bus was back briefly in this episode although I feel bad for him since he thought he was holding a bomb for a while there and I really like that new deputy that use to work for bomb squad or something he seems like a good guy.
• I liked how after Derek and Chris were framed for the murder of Sliverfinger that they sort of ended up working together and that Derek even ended up shielding Chris from the blast of the bomb.
• I find it interesting and a bit worrisome that Kira's mom has to sacrifice one of her tails each time she summons an oni especially since her husband seemed worried about how many she has sacrificed.
• I liked seeing that Stiles was clearly freaked out by anyone dying from the bomb's blast and I like that he kept asking Scott to do something help this one guy that was dying and that Scott did take that guy's pain away.
• I was pretty shocked to find out that Malia is actually Peter's daughter and well this at least explains a reason for her character to return because before this episode I couldn't think of a good reason for that.
• I liked how Scott planned to take Stiles to the animal clinic to protect him from the oni and I liked that Kira actually told Scott about what her mom was planning.
• I liked how Scott and Kira both ended up fighting the Oni and it looks like they even defeated them.
• I was very freaked out when the nogitsune took over Stiles and was moving that sword around that was stuck in Scott at the time and that it apparently fed off of all the pain Scott had stolen earlier that day also just the way you could tell that the nogitsune was totally just playing with Scott in that scene.
• I liked how Deaton came in at the last minute to save Scott and knock out the nogitsune Stiles and that he tells Scott that he's weakened the nogitsune and that he has a plan to kill it without killing Stiles I assume because he knows Scott would never go along with a plan that involves killing him.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

Top 10 Reasons I Love Being a Blogger/Reader

Blogger:
1. I can share my opinions: I started my blog mostly because I wanted to be able to share my thoughts about TV shows and while at first I think that I didn't do that great of job at conveying those feelings at first but I eventually found a style that allowed me to do so. I really love that I have a place to talk about all of the works of fiction that I love because I don't really have anyone to talk to this stuff about so I'm glad that my blog is a place where I can share these things. Although I'd really love to have more discussions on my blog I understand that since I mostly post about TV shows and most my followers are book bloggers that a big reason I don't ever have discussions on my blog is because I don't talk about the things their interested in.
2. Comments: I know that a lot of bloggers like to pretend that they don't care about comments but I'm not going to do that because I get excited whenever I get a new comment and I actually frequently go back and read through all of the comments that I have gotten on my blog. I just really love it when someone shares their thoughts on the things that I write because I'm usually pretty interested in what I write about on here so I'm really happy anytime someone tells my their feelings on what I wrote about and I always welcome comments.
3. I can talk extensively about my favorite ships: I like a lot of bloggers or anyone invested in fandom have quite a few ships(romantic relationships) that I fangirl over frequently and I'm glad that this blog gives me a place where I can go on about my ships without annoying anyone too much which something that's impossible to do in real life and I don't do it one Tumblr because the way their tagging system works it shares it with people who don't follow you and sometimes those people just like to start arguments about ships for little to no reason, so this blog is where I like to talk about ships. I also just really love that in my reviews I can just go on about a little tiny moment about ship for a paragraph or two even if it isn't that big of a moment in the overall story I love that on my blog I can talk about this things. Although there are times in which I don't realize how great a moment is until later or I don't write about because my review is getting too long but I still love being able to share my love for my ships even if only very people end up reading those posts.
4. I can post things when I want to: Since I run this blog by myself and I'm not really all that important to my followers I have the freedom to post things whenever I want to post them and I like not having a schedule I have to follow or deadlines I have to meet. This is especially a good thing when I'm taking way too long to write a post such as my favorite characters of 2013 list I still plan on publishing them even though logic tells me it's too late I still feel like I can since not many people care about when I publish stuff there's also the case of that Teen Wolf paranormal YA post that I have been writing for the past couple of months although I'm mad that I didn't finish it before season 3B came out since I now have to decide if I can mention anything from it on that post.
5. I really like coming up with labels/tags for my posts: While it took me quite some time to figure out that labels is bloggers version of tags I really do enjoy tagging all my posts because I like to be able to go back and look at my old post and I like to give people who read this blog an easy way to navigate around my blog. I also really like some of the labels I have such as my Sansa Stark quote tag "All she wanted were for things to be nice and pretty the way they were in songs." one because it's the quote that made me fall in love with her character and two I really wished that I could have a quote tag for all of my favorite characters although I don't really have that many other ones though and I would love to someday come with more and maybe even make a post asking for some help with coming up with some quotes. I also have two OTP(one true pairing) quote tags which are OTP: Let me chase you forever and OTP: Together or not all, I really love both of them and I feel like I need to come up with a lot more OTP tags and use those tags more often because I love them and I would like some help coming up with those kind of tags as well.
6. I could write meta if I wanted to and not anger anyone: I really like the idea of being able to write basically essays about my favorite works of fiction and my analysis of certain characters, ships, scenes or parallels. Although I have yet to write any of these sorts of essays I have a lot of ideas for them though such as one about how much I admire Tohru Honda(Fruits Basket), comparing Sansa and Arya Stark showing that they both have different skills so they're playing the game in very different ways and neither is better than the other for it(Game of Thrones), one about how the big bad of the BBC Merlin series was really the dragon, and a comparison between blowing double date and Ice skating almost double date(Teen Wolf). I have a lot more ideas and I would really like to write them and I'm glad that I can put them up here if I choose to really the biggest problem with posting them will be how to title them.
7. I can put any picture from an episode on my review: This have to do with my TV show reviews again but I really do enjoy this freedom about blogging now at first I didn't like having to find pictures for each episode which explains why my first season of Teen Wolf reviews has the season promo picture for most episodes but I now really love choosing a picture for my reviews. I like being able to show the things either I really liked(such as a ship which explains why for my Revenge reviews I always try to get Emily and Nolan pictures if I can) or what I thought summarized the episode best.
8. I being able to see what my initial opinion on something was: You know how the first time you read or watch something you react differently than you do the next couple of times well I really like seeing what my original thoughts on things were. I like being able to go back and look at my reviews to see if I guessed plot twists right or how my opinion on a character or ship has changed, sometimes I go back and realize how much I didn't get a character and I becoming pretty embarrassed or look back and see I spelt things wrong or that I didn't notice some pretty important stuff but it's still fun to read even if I do end up embarrassing myself.

Reader:
1. I can meet many different characters: My favorite thing about reading is being able to meet new characters because I just love getting to know them and hopeful love them. To me the most important part of any story is character because they're what makes you care about the story whether you like or dislike the characters is one of the biggest factors in determining whether or  not you like a big while a book can still be good without you having to love the main characters I don't think it could be great nor could it be enough for you to continue a book series if you haven't liked the characters. Anyways my favorite part of reading is meeting new characters whether I just plain love them or find them interesting even though I can't tell if I like them yet.
2. I can loose myself in a story: I love that reading can take me away to another world and I love completely loosing myself inside a book especially when I don't really feeling like thinking about the real world. I think loosing yourself in a book is something that a lot of readers love about reading.