Top 5 Wednesday: Ideal Mash-Ups…
I spent a good chunk of my day going through Goodreads (I know very productive) and I came across this awesome group, Top 5 Wednesday. Every Wednesday a new topic is posted and you write about it. This week is about your ideal book mash-ups and here are mine:
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1. Supernatural and Reign
– So I’m on a bit of a Reign kick (read obsession) right now. The only down side is it’s dripping with historical inaccuracies and I would almost rather have it completely inaccurate than floating along the edges. So why not mix in some angels and demons. If anything you can’t go wrong with adding Dean Winchester… right?
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2. Ready Player One and Red Queen
– Ok. I have to admit I haven’t read Ready Player One (I know, I know) but I did see the movie last week and cannot wait to read the book. I can’t be the only one who enjoys books more than the movie version. But what if they players were given an ability from the Red Queen series and they had to find the keys using only their ability?
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3. Designated Survivor and Zombieland
– This mash-up has to exist somewhere already. (Don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll find it sooner or later) But instead of an terrorist attack what if the designated survivor was forced into office due to an apocalypse of some kind? Zombies, Demons, Fey, etc.
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4. Where the Birds Never Sing and The Diary of Anne Frank
– Straying away from my usual Fantasy/Dystopian/YA genres, these books are based off true events. I think they would be a really interesting mash-up. Someone who is forced into hiding to protect who they really are and what they know. Their family trying to find out what happened with them during the war and what secret was worth losing their life.
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5. The Selection and The Hunger Games
– This is another mash-up I’m sure has already been written. Battle to the death for the right to marry the prince. In the Red Queen there is something similar, the Queenstrial, but they do not fight each other and the outcome is based on the King’s choice, not their victory. I could see Katniss being a badass queen.
It was a lot of fun to come up with these ideas! I definitely struggled though because most of the books I read already feel like mash-ups. Although that might be because I read so fast they all blend together and it’s hard to tell them a part now… Who knows. Before writing this I had 2 solid book ideas in my head but after this post I can definitely see more ideas forming. Now I just have to get to writing them…
20 Comments
auroralibrialis
A Reign and Supernatural mash-up would be so cool! I’m obsessed with Reign, but it’s so ridiculous sometimes that some random demons would fit right in.
Anna
Right?! I could definitely see Sebastian as a demon hunter.
amandaonfiction
Interesting concept. I love Zombieland.
Anna
The topic was so much fun but now I can’t stop thinking about other mash-ups.
amandaonfiction
I would love to see more mash-ups. I didn’t know a lot of these.
Anna
This is the link to the group topic. People were really creative!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19285814-april-2018-topics
jennyinneverland
Oh my god, what a fun post! I haven’t really read or see any of these you’ve mentioned apart from Hunger Games and Zombieland but I’m definitely going to be thinking about what mashups I’d chose now!
Anna
I highly recommend any of them!
Dani @ Perspective of a Writer
My favorite were the first two… because add Dean to ANYTHING and I’m so in! ;D And I love the idea of giving Red Queen abilities to Ready Player One! I’ve not seen Designated Survivor but now I’m so curious! ❤️
Anna
Dean is… ❤️ And you should definitely check out Designated Survivor it’s one of my favorite shows right now 🙂
Dani @ Perspective of a Writer
Is it on Netflix?
Anna
It’s not on Netfilix unfortunately. But it is on Hulu!
itsmybirthwrite
The Selection + The Hunger Games would be SO weird…but I honestly want to see it happen, now!! I’m just picturing America Singer flailing around during the games, lol.
I haven’t seen Reign, but I also included Supernatural when I did my top five on my youtube channe!! I said it would be cool with Jessica Jones or even Stranger Things though. They’ve got similar vibes!!
Anna
I would definitely watch a Jessica Jones and Supernatural mash-up! They would really fit together.
itsmybirthwrite
I think Dean and Jessica would have such interesting dialogue potential haha! They’re both so complicated and broody.
sazsinclair
This is such a cool idea for a post – I’ve never even thought of this before and now I can’t stop!
Sarah | http://www.sazsinclair.com xx
Anna
It was so hard when I was trying to think of ideas but now that I’ve posted I keep coming up with more mash-ups. This group has a lot of interesting topics https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday
gwalsh1985
Zombieland is amazing and should be mashed up with a lot of things I’ve now decided. Good selections!
Lana Cole
I am reading Ready Player One right now. It’s amazing! 😊👍🏻
Anna
I thought the movie was ok/good but like you, I’ve heard the book is way better. So I can’t wait to read it!