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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish in which you make a list of ten to do with a certain topic. This week’s topic is “Ten Books I Loved Less/More Than I Thought I Would (recently or all time) — or you could do something like books I liked more/less than everyone else.” We’re going with Top Ten Books We Liked Less Than Everyone Else.
Curly Carla’s Top Ten:
I’m doing books I liked less than everyone else. I picked these books because my rating is less than the overall rating of them on GR and Amazon.
- Remember Jamie Baker by Kelly Oram. I barely finished this book. See my review here.
- The Lilith Scroll by B. L. Marsh. I couldn’t even finish this book. See my review here.
- Lightning in my Wake by Lila Felix. I’m hit or miss with her books, this one was a miss.
- Revelation by Randi Cooley Wilson. Too slow for me. See my review here.
- Dream of Me by Quinn Loftis. I just wasn’t feeling this one.
- Bully by Penelope Douglas. I have a love hate relationship with this series. See my review here.
- Chance by A.C. Heller. Oh boy, I did not like this book.
- A Tragic Wreck by T.K. Leigh.
- Love and Hate by Chelsea Ballinger.
- Anna by Julia Crane.
Lenoreo’s Top Ten:
This topic kind of reminded me of a Top Ten Tuesday we did last year, Top Ten Characters Everyone Loves That I Just Don’t Get. So I didn’t want this to get repetitive, so I tried to pick some different ones. I do have a few in here where it’s not that I didn’t like the book, I just expected to 5 star it like my friends, only I didn’t.
- Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City #1) by Penny Reid — This is the one that pains me the most, b/c I felt like I was missing out on the Penny Reid club, and I really wanted to be in that club. (Thankfully I finally found my Penny Reid gem just earlier this year) See my review here.
- Don’t Speak (A Modern Fairytale) by Katy Regnery — I adore Ms. Regnery, and this was my first foray into her contemporary fairytale retellings, and when I wasn’t blown away I was sooooo sad. Especially since it’s been getting fabulous reviews. See my review here.
- The Stocking Was Hung (The Holidays #1) by Tara Sivec — I know this author is really popular, but I apparently don’t have the right sense of humour. See my review here.
- Nine Minutes (Nine Minutes #1) by Beth Flynn — This book is extremely popular, but I just ended up feeling conflicted over it, and still haven’t read anymore in the series and probably won’t.
- Kaleidoscope Hearts (Hearts #1) by Claire Contreras — Another book that is really hyped, but I was just underwhelmed. See my review here.
- Sweet Home (Sweet Home #1) by Tillie Cole — Yup, you guessed it, another book that is loved by so many, and this one REALLY disappointed me. I’ve maybe been convinced to try the next in the series, but this one just aggravated me. See my review here.
- Love and Decay: Season Two by Rachel Higginson — This one broke my heart because I adore this author, but season two was very up and down for me, and I haven’t gotten back to the series since. See my review for volume 3, volume 4, and volume 5.
- Reaper’s Property (Reapers MC #1) by Joanna Wylde — This is the book that showed me that apparently I’m not an MC book kind of girl. See my review here.
- Taking Shots (Assassins #1) by Toni Aleo — Another really popular hockey series, and it just did not work for me. See my review here.
- Cheater (Curious Liaisons #1) by Rachel Van Dyken — And this one is kind of like the Tara Sivec book…it wasn’t the cheating that really turned me off, it was the over the top humour. See my review here.
So how about you guys? What books did you not enjoy as much as everyone else? Are you shocked by any on our lists?
Right now is like I want to read everything on the lists. I love most of the covers and I haven’t heard of any of them!
My TTT.
ROFL, these lists are always so hard on my wishlist, it grows and grows. 🙂
I’m rubbish because I haven’t read any of these books! Ha. It’s always disappointing when books don’t live up to expectations.
Yes! It’s the expectations that kill me!!
And no worries about not hearing about these books, I tend to read a lot of Indie, so they aren’t as familiar to a lot of bloggers.
I haven’t read any of these books! I love the cover of Lightning in my Wake.
Isn’t it gorgeous? I would have looked into that one on cover alone…
I haven;t read any of these yet, but your blog is so funny! I love it!
Awww, thanks!! We’re both a couple of dorks. 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
3 books on my TBR list are on y’all’s combined list. I hope I enjoy them a lot just to spite you.
Well, spite is a very good motivator for you. Which ones?
Shoot! Both Kaleidoscope Hearts AND Nine Minutes!?!? I’m on the love end of those. Did you read Out of Time after Nine Minutes, though? That book might change your mind a bit about Nine Minutes. Sweet Home I totally get, but we’ve talked about that and you need to skip to Sweet Fall. It’s a completely different reading experience!
My TTT.
It made me laugh so hard that we both had Nine Minutes on our lists this week, but for entirely different reasons! I haven’t read Out of Time yet. And it honestly wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy that book, I just wasn’t as blown away, and a few things bugged me (it was still a 3.5 for me, rounded down though). I don’t think I’m cut out for mind-*beep* books. I’m also not good with MC books I’ve found, so that could have played a factor.
But Kaleidoscope Hearts was totally meh for me. I was bummed.
And you’ve totally convinced me on Sweet Fall, I just have to figure out when to fit it in. 🙂 I NEED MORE TIME!!!
These are some new books for me and others I didn’t choose cause I didn’t like the reviews. I did read Sweet Home, I loved the story but characters and story irritated me in between too.
Here’s My TTT
I don’t think I’ve heard of any of these… and perhaps that’s a good thing. 😉 Probably a good thing since that suggests they aren’t books I’d like.
Thanks SO much for visiting Finding Wonderland, Lenore. 🙂
ROFL, well don’t always take my word for it, I tend to be a weirdo on what I like compared to others. 😉
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