Top Ten Tuesday: One-Word Reviews for the Last 10 Books I Read But Didn’t Review on My Blog

 

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read.  I’ve already reviewed most of the last ten books I read on the blog, so I’ve decided to focus on the last ten books I read but didn’t already review on the blog. I also think this is a great topic since it challenges me to think of better words than amazing, wonderful, great, loved, etc.

One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read But Didn’t Review on My Blog

 

1. THE ADDRESS by Fiona Davis  – ENGROSSING

2.  ALWAYS JANE by Jenn Bennett  – CHAOTIC

3.  BLOOD SCION by Deborah Falaye  – BRUTAL

4.  THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn  –  DELECTABLE

5. THE BURNING GOD by R. F. Kuang – SHOCKING

6. A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara – HEARTWRENCHING

7.  PASSION ON PARK AVENUE by Lauren Layne – UNEXPECTED

8.  SURVIVE THE NIGHT by Riley Sager – DISAPPOINTING

9. VERITY by Colleen Hoover – JAW-DROPPING

10. THE MURDER OF MR. WICKHAM – NOSTALGIC

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Question:  Have your read any of these?  How would you describe them in one word?

44 replies
  1. Carla
    Carla says:

    The only one I have read is The Address and agree with engrossing. I am loving these one word reviews, they tell me a lot.

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      I agree. I should do posts like this more often. I have so many books that I read and don’t write full reviews for. This is a great way to quickly and pretty effectively share my thoughts.

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Honestly that one sat on my shelf for 4 years before I worked myself up to reading it. I’d pull it out, see that pained face, and shove it back on the shelf, haha.

  2. Angela
    Angela says:

    I didn’t even attempt this topic because I knew I wouldn’t be able to come up with one word worthy enough of each book, and I think you did amazing! Delectable is a perfect word for The Duke and I! And I definitely agree with jaw-dropping for Verity!

  3. Dini @ dinipandareads
    Dini @ dinipandareads says:

    I love these one-word reviews! I totally agree about ALL and Verity (the only ones on here that I’ve read) but the reviews I’ve seen for Blood Scion and Burning God lead me to believe that these one-word reviews are very accurate too 😃 Great picks!

  4. Susan (Bloggin' 'bout Books)
    Susan (Bloggin' 'bout Books) says:

    Writing quick, one-word reviews is a great way to handle all those books you want to get reviewed but just don’t quite know how to tackle or haven’t had time to get to. I need to remember that! You chose some great words. I especially love brutal, heartwrenching, jaw-dropping, and chaotic. Well done!

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Thanks! Yeah, as I was working on the post, I kept thinking I should do something this every once in a while since I read so many books that I don’t write reviews for. It’s a fun and pretty effective way to quickly share my overall thought on a book.

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Yep, that’s what I was going for there. I struggled with that book because it seemed like every character had drama so there were too many things competing for my attention.

  5. Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
    Tanya @ Girl Plus Books says:

    This was such a fun and challenging prompt! You really got creative with your one-word descriptors. Either that, or you just have a far better vocabulary than I do. LOL I love the use of “brutal” as a one word review! And I agree that Verity was jaw-dropping!

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Yeah, I was really bummed about Survive the Night. I’ve loved all of his other books so no idea why this one didn’t work for me.

  6. Jo
    Jo says:

    I’ve not read any of these, I’ve seen both seasons of Bridgerton on Netflix and “delectable” is definitely a good description, but I’m not really a romance reader (I like different things in books to TV and film) so I probably won’t read the books.

  7. Missy
    Missy says:

    I love these one word reviews, it was such a fun topic for todays TTT! I haven’t read any of these but a few are on my TBR 🙂

  8. Lark
    Lark says:

    Brutal and engrossing! What great words to describe a book. You’re really good at these one-word reviews. 🙂

  9. Brittany
    Brittany says:

    I also had to make myself not choose “amazing, wonderful, great, and loved” haha But you came up with some really great ones!! I particularly liked “Delectable” for the Duke and I!

  10. Greg
    Greg says:

    That’s too bad about Survive the Night. I’ve been kinda meaning to try Riley Sager and probably will at some point- it’s so hard getting to all the books haha! The Caudia Gray one I’m kind of interested in as well…

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