This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is “One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read”.
The ten books I’m listing below are not technically the last ten I read, but they are ten that I haven’t yet reviewed on my blog. Full reviews for most of these should appear over the next few weeks, but for now I have chosen one word to represent each book:
1. Infuriating
The Trial of Lotta Rae by Siobhan MacGowan
2. Sadness
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
3. Adventure
Winchelsea by Alex Preston
4. Dickensian
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
5. Immersive
The Fugitive Colours by Nancy Bilyeau
6. Surprises
The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley
7. Freedom
Privilege by Guinevere Glasfurd
8. Secrets
In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson
9. Complex
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
10. Insightful
The Rebecca Notebook: and Other Memories by Daphne du Maurier
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Are you interested in reading any of these? Which would you like to know more about?
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Such fun! Amazing how much can be conveyed by one word!!
It was surprisingly difficult to do!
I love these one word reviews I really enjoyed Winchelsea and Adventure definitely sums it up. The Sean Lusk is on my TBR in the next few weeks so I’m hoping I enjoy it.
Yes, Winchelsea was fun – and full of adventure! I hope you enjoy the Sean Lusk.
I’m looking forward to reading The Vanished Days, and The Rebecca Notebook looks fascinating!
I couldn’t still to just one word for these: https://franlaniado.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/top-ten-tuesday-one-and-more-word-reviews/
The Vanished Days isn’t one of my favourites by Susanna Kearsley, but I did enjoy it! The Rebecca Notebook is great, although only a short section of it is actually about Rebecca – the rest is a collection of other essays.
Good to know! They probably just called it that because it’s her most well known/popular work.
Good post–I must find this: The Rebecca Notebook: and Other Memories by Daphne du Maurier
If you like du Maurier I can definitely recommend reading The Rebecca Notebook!
Fun! I can’t wait to read the Kidd book. How did you like Catriona McPherson?
I really enjoyed my first Catriona McPherson! I’ll have to read more of her books.
Oh, good! I’ve been reading her for years. I like her contemporary stand-alones better than either of her mystery series, though. I haven’t read the one you did yet, because it hasn’t arrived. I think my favorite of her is Quiet Neighbors.
I failed on the one word review – took me five words to get anything meaningful 🙂
https://bookertalk.com/can-you-review-a-novel-in-one-word-or-five/
It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, but I will be reviewing most of these books in full soon anyway, so I’ll be able to expand on my thoughts then.
I’m thinking the short version I did will also be of help for the longer version when I get around to it
Infuriating and immersive. What great words! I need to write them down and remember them for the next time we do this. ;D
It was hard coming up with just the right word for each book!
Oh, good to hear about Fugitive Colours – I’m reading it now!
I enjoyed The Fugitive Colours, although I didn’t find the plot as exciting as The Blue. I hope you like it.
I’m nearly 70% into it and yes, you’re right. The plot on this one is a bit too convoluted.
I am really looking forward to reading The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley, and even more so now I know it has surprises to offer! 😃
I enjoyed The Vanished Days and yes, there were one or two twists that really surprised me!