Top Ten Tuesday - Ten Books I Wish Had More/Less X

This Week's Top Ten Tuesday topic from The Broke and the Bookish is Ten Books I Wish Had More/Less X in them.  There aren't ten books that I wish all had more of the same thing in them but there are definitely 10 books I've read that I wish had more or less something in them so I thought I'd break this down book by book!

1.  A Book I Wish Had More Ghosts in Them

The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams - I really enjoyed this dual timeline book but for the timeline set in present day I wanted more ghosts and I wanted them to realize it was ghosts way earlier!

2.  A Book I Wish Had a Little Less Chaos

Teetotaled by Maia Chance - I love Lola, the heroine of Chance's 1920s era cozy mystery series, and enjoy watching her adventures and mishaps but I could have used a mishap or two less in this book.

3.  A Book I Wish Had a LOT Less Pages

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - I know this is probably an unpopular opinion but while I loved Eight Cousins by Alcott Little Women was not a favorite.  I could have used waayy less of it.

4.  A Book I Wish Was a Little Spookier

Thornyhold by Mary Stewart - I really expected this book to be spooky.  There's witches and an old house with unknown nooks and crannies but instead it was kind of sweet.  I mean it was a good read and all but it just was not what I expected!

5.  A Book I Wish Had Way Less Boat

Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - I love Jill Shalvis really I do.  Her contemporary romance stories are basically guaranteed fun and I always enjoy them but my review for 3/4 of this book could be wrapped up in one sentence - "Just sell the boat Sophie!"

6.  A Book I Wish Had More History

Nine Lives by Wendy Corsi Staub - This may be because I'm a massive history nerd but while I really enjoyed Nine Lives I really wanted more history of the setting - Lily Dale, famous for its' psychics, spiritualists and who knows what else.  I would have loved it if the plot had more about the history of the place.

7.  A Book I Wish Made More Sense

Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll - Maybe it's because I didn't read these books as a child but I was not a fan of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.  While I could at least follow along with Alice reading Through the Looking Glass was like reading someone describing their dream for 100+ pages and then just coming to a stop.  I have no idea what was going on.

8.  A Book I Wish Had More Books in the Series

The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs - This has all the indications that there's going to be another book.  It's listed as #2 in a series, there's hints of a mystery that are discovered right at the end of this book and a new character appears who seems to have no other purpose than to be the main character in the third book.  But is there a third book??  No there is not and it's been YEARS.  I'm still hoping though!

9.  A Book I Wish Had More of the Side Characters

Fudge and Jury by Ellie Alexander  - I love this cozy mystery series set around a bakery in a theater town in Oregon and I really love the world Alexander has created but I wanted more of the side characters in this latest book!  We only see them occasionally and I wanted more!

10.  A Book I Wish Had Less Characters and Subplots

Lovers and Newcomers by Rosie Thomas - I loved Iris and Ruby by Thomas and really wanted to love this one as well.  While I liked it it just had so many characters who all had so much history and baggage that it was hard not to get a little lost.

So those are my more or lesses!  Anything you wished some recent books have had more or less of?