Top Ten Tuesday #16
One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read
This week’s prompt is “One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read” and was submitted by my friend Susan from Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books. Here are the last ten books I’ve read, excluding any rereads:
Delightful
Thrilling
Ingenious
Unputdownable
Fun
Intriguing
Powerful
Suspenseful
Relatable
Frustrating
I enjoyed reading every one of these books. The highest rating was five stars for DEAR EMMIE BLUE and the lowest was three and a half stars for TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE. It was harder than I thought it would be to think of only one word to review each of these books. It was a lot of fun, though. Good prompt choice, Susan!
What about you? What are the last ten books you’ve read?
Click each cover image to read my full review of each book, except for DEAR EMMIE BLUE. That review’s posting Thursday of this week.
I thought Fangirl was so much more than “Fun” but it is fun so you aren’t wrong haha. I didn’t really like Nine Perfect strangers, but I think “intriguing” is a good word for it.
I can understand why you think Fangirl is more than “fun.” I liked that word because it encompasses how I felt about the relatable story, the awesome characters, the cute romance, the fandom love, etc. I’m sure there are other words that could’ve worked too.
i’m surprised you managed to stay on topic! a lot of people went over (although not by much). i think one word (or even 5 word) reviews are better than long wordy ones. a lot of people don’t have the patience to read lengthy essays. 😂
Lol. Yeah, I’ve seen that as well this week. The one-word reviews are fun to read. I do like to read regular reviews as long as they’re not too long.
I like your words and your books! I also have Rock Paper Scissors, but my word is Koeksister. (It’s a twisted doughnut type of sweet here in SA). I chose the word because it was sooooo twisted!!
Happy TTT!
Elza Reads
That’s an awesome word for Rock Paper Scissors. Also, I’d love to try a Koeksister now. It sounds really good. 😀
Awesome one-word reviews. A River Enchanted is on my TBR so I’m glad you found it unputdownable.
I also added Dread Nation and Rock Paper Scissors to my TBR after your one-word reviews picked my interest 🙂
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/one-word-reviews-last-ten-books-read/
I’m glad you added some books to your TBR because of my words. 😀 I hope you enjoy each book as much as I did.
It’s always fun to find relatable books!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-one-word-reviews-for-the-last-ten-books-i-read/
Agreed. 🙂
I haven’t read Fangirl in so long, it’s way overdue a re-read! I haven’t started the Carry On series either.
I haven’t started the Carry On trilogy yet either. I really want to after reading Fangirl.
Powerful books are fun reads!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Agreed. 😀
Someone saying a book is “unputdownable” will have me checking the blurb every time. I like a book with that quality.
Oh, yay! I hope you enjoy A River Enchanted as much as I did. 😀
I loved Fangirl so much but didn’t find it FUN. I think I remember it as kind of SAD (at least in the middle.) I thought this was a fun activity though I had a hard time limiting myself to just one word (and sort of failed at it a few times.) One Word Reviews
Yeah, I can understand why a couple of people don’t agree with my word choice for Fangirl. It was sad in the middle. And, I still standby my word because it encompasses how I felt about the relatable story, the awesome characters, the cute romance, the fandom love, etc.
Ooooh, “ingenious” is a great one! It describes DREAD NATION really well, too. I also love the word “relatable” and use it a lot in my reviews because I love a story I can really relate to.
One of the things I didn’t even think about when I submitted this prompt is that reading everyone’s lists would give me some great ideas for new adjectives to use instead of the same ole ones I always rely on. Bonus!
Happy TTT, my friend!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Lol. I’m glad you found some new adjectives for your reviews. 😀
I loved today’s prompt, but I agree, it’s hard to choose only one word! Delightful is perfect for Dear Emmie Blue.
It was so much fun to do, wasn’t it?
I really enjoyed Stalking Jack The Ripper too, it was definitely a gripping read. I only watched the TV miniseries of Nine Perfect Strangers and found it quite frustrating, I’m glad to see you found the book better!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/top-ten-tuesday-366/
The miniseries for Nine Perfect Strangers was very frustrating. I did like the book more. I know many people didn’t like either. I’m not sure if you’d like the book or not.
I’m left wanting more details, especially about the frustrating one. I’m sure you’ve written a full review–now I just have to find it!
Lol. That is the problem with these one-word reviews, isn’t it?
Never mind, I realized that you had linked to your full reviews. Love triangles aren’t my thing either.
I’m glad you found it. And, yeah, love triangles are the worst.
Great choices! I read Stalking Jack The Ripper, Fangirl and The Sound of Stars and completely agree with your one word reviews 🙂
Thanks, Lindsey! I’m glad you like my word choices. 😀
I love this weeks prompt, and you have some great choices on that list!
Thanks, Louise! It was so hard and a lot of fun! 😀
You came up with such great adjectives! I can tell I really need to up my game when it comes to describing books with only one word. Good job. 😀
Thanks, Lark! 😀 It was a lot of fun. I think your word choices are just as good as mine are.
Ingenious is a great choice for Dread Nation!
Thanks! 🙂 I’m glad you agree. I thought about that one in particular for a long time.
Great list this week – I couldn’t have picked a better word for Dread Nation or Stalking Jack the Ripper!
Thanks! 😀 I’m glad both of my word choices for those two works.
Great word choices, Jenni! You did a great job!
Thanks, Cindy! 🙂
I’d love to know why the Jenny Han book was frustrating!! These are all great — each one-word review makes me want to know more!
It’s because of the love triangle and the non-ending. Other than that, I really liked the story.
“Delightful” makes Emmie Blue sound like a book I’d like to read!
It’s such a cute book. I adored it so much. Part of it even takes place in France. 🙂
Fun prompt! I didn’t even look at what the TTT was yesterday. Whoops!
Lol. It happens. I’m curious what your words would’ve been, though.
Nine Perfect Strangers–great word choice for that one! You have a lot of books on here that I’d like to try sometime. 🙂
Thanks! 😀 I’m glad to hear my word choice resonated with you. If you do read any of the other books on my list, I hope you enjoy them.
Your one word reviews makes me want to read the ones I haven’t read! The Sound of Stars has such a pretty cover and I’ve heard great things about it. I find Jenny Lawson so relatable in general and look forward to reading Broken. I completely agree with you about Dear Emmie Blue.
If you do read any of them, I hope you enjoy them as much as or more than I did. 😀