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Today’s prompt is: 10 Books I Never Reviewed (Share the titles of books you never reviewed on your blog/tiktok/insta/etc. and if you liked them or not!)
This one was hard for me because I have actually reviewed most of the books I have read in the last two years. I had to search hard for those I had not reviewed in some fashion
- Anne’s House of Dreams by LM Montgomery. – didn’t review and didn’t enjoy as much as other Anne books
2. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright — Loved this middle grade book but did not get around to reviewing it.
3. The Burning Issue of The Day (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery) by T.E. Kinsey – I liked this one okay but wasn’t really doing a lot of reviews at this time (2023) and didn’t like it as much as other books in the series.
4. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien – really liked it but for some reason never reviewed in on my blog or social media
5. An Amish Inn Mystery: Murder Well Played by Rachel O’Phillips – I like this book. I have no idea why I never reviewed it.
6. A Highland Christmas (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) by M.C. Beaton – I don’t remember ever writing a review for this book. I liked it okay. It was very cozy, but I don’t know if I am a huge fan of Beaton’s writing.
7. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Sarah MacLachlan — I very much enjoyed the middle grade book but for some reason never reviewed it.
8. The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates — This book was super weird and full of possible references to incestual attraction. That’s all I gotta say about that one.
9. Death Without Company (A Walt Longmire Mystery) by Craig Johnson — I enjoy this series but rarely write book reviews for them. I am not sure why.
10. At Home In Mitford by Jan Karon — Despite being one of my favorite books and book series, I have never shared a review of this book on my blog or social media, that I can remember anyhow.
A bonus: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Read it. Liked it. Never reviewed it and I don’t know why.
How about you? What books have you never reviewed? Maybe you are a reader who doesn’t even do reviews and that’s totally fine too. This list shows that I really don’t review every book. I do have fun writing reviews and telling other readers about the books I read though.
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I didn’t review books for the longest time. In part because I’m not a literary critic. Now I just focus on how the book makes me feel because that’s my personal gauge of a good book.
Rachel O’Phillips is new to me, I’ll have to check out her books.
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That’s more how I am with my reviews. I just share how I felt about it – not analyzing it or anything. Usually anyhow.
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I have read several on this list that I never reviewed, at the time I didn’t have a blog to review them on. Now, I wouldn’t remember enough to review them.
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Quite a few of those I’ve never read – Darling Buds of May has piqued my interest…so well know but I think I only thought it was a film. Off to google…(I loved And then there were none….I read it when I was about 12 and it kick started a huge Agatha Christie craze….
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I went through a phase where I reviewed everything I read, and then I went through a phase where I reviewed nothing. Currently I’m in a “short thoughts on Goodreads, occasionally something more” phase 🙂
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I enjoyed the first book in the Lady Hardcastle series. I need to read more of them!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Yes! There are much better ones in the series than this one I read.
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Some of these bring back memories. It’s been ages since I read a Longmire book. I didn’t get far into the series, but I enjoyed the books I did read. Maybe I will pick it up again someday. I remember reading At Home in Mitford years ago. It’s one of my mom’s favorites. And I love the work of Tolkien and Christie.
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Longmire can be a little repetitive at times and sometimes predictable but I still love the interactions between the characters and Johnson’s prose.
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Oh and I meant to add that the Mitford books are comfort reads to me. Perfect? Of course not – but very cozy reads for me.
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I rarely write reviews. That’s bad, I know. I do include the books I’ve read in my monthly blog post.
https://marshainthemiddle.com
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It’s not bad at all. You do what you want to do!
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And Then There Were None is one of my favorite Agatha Christie novels, and I’m not sure how you would review it without spoiling it.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-mysteries-i-read-in-2024/
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Yes! That’s the trouble with that one. You can’t really review it other than to say “I liked it!” 😂
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I found the later Anne Shirley books to be not as good as the first few. I do think Rilla could have been a fun spinoff if the author had time for it, though. Life in the 1920s was so interesting.
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