Top Ten Tuesday #10 – Books I liked more (or less) than anticipated

Posted 23 April, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Memes, Top Ten Tuesday / 0 Comments

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Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten books I liked more (or less) than anticipated.

This week on Top Ten Tuesday, we share the Top Ten books we either liked more than we thought we would before starting a book, or the ones we thought had a little too much positive buzz. Top Ten Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where we share our excitement for books, and I really like how this meme makes me think about the books I read, why I read them, and who to recommend my favorite reads to. So, here we go :

As usual, the books listed are in no particular order :

1) The Cowboy’s E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton was a very good surprise! I gave it four stars, and my review will be up on Thursday this week. It was filled with hotness, lies and intrigue, as well as romance and promises.

2) I was sadly disappointed in Unspoken by Sarah Rees-Brennan. I usually love her books, her snarky humor and the way she writes female MCs, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I don’t know if this is because I had such high expectations based on reviews, or if I just wasn’t in the mood for it. But it did not hit the right spot with me when I read it.

3) Another good surprise was The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater! I didn’t really know what to expect, but I was completely blown away. I loved the main characters, and I thought the mythology was really well done.

4) Beautiful Scars was the first book I read by Shiloh Walker, and I was a little uneasy when I started it, because it has a light BDSM theme, and I was not familiar with that. However, the whole book was beautiful to me, and I loved it!

5) Yet another good book, although I have to admit I anticipated this one because Rachel Caine wrote it is Devil’s Bargain. It’s not YA, and it is really well written with a different kind of paranormal, and two strong female lead characters.

6) Another one that was not as good as I had anticipated was Infamous (Chronicles of Nick #3) by another of my favorite authors, Sherrilyn Kenyon. I thought it felt like a filler book, and that not enough happened that was important to move the overall plot forward. I am still really looking forward to reading Inferno, though, and I hope I will like it more.

7) Only four left… so one more that I liked less than I anticipated was Team Human by Sarah Rees-Brennan and Justine Larbalastier. I couldn’t get into the story at all, and I thought the MC wasn’t really MC material. I know it was supposed to be a parody, but I didn’t find it all that funny either. I’m really happy so many of my friends loved it, though 🙂

8) Let’s go with another where I really loved the book, but had no idea what to expect, because it was a new-to-me author. I Do… Or Die by Donna Cummings. After that, I have read and enjoyed all her other books as well – and on top of that, she’s really funny on Twitter 😛

9) Til’ The World Ends was awesome, and I say that, even if I often don’t really like anthologies. In it, is the prequel to the Blood of Eden series, but also two other really good stories I wouldn’t mind reading more of. I now want to read more books by Karen Duvall, because her story was really amazing!

10) Last, but not least, I should mention Making Him Sweat by Meg Maguire. I wasn’t sure I’d like it because it’s set in a boxing club, where the female MC has inherited the club, and wants to change it into a dating service. There is quite a bit about the boxers and their fights, though, and to my amazement, I loved it all! Of course, there is some romance as well, but even the boxing parts appealed to me.

What about you? did you make a single list with either books you liked more or less? Did you mix it up like I did? Are you, like me, mostly satisfied with what you read?

Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Have a terrific Tuesday with more terrific reads!

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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.

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0 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday #10 – Books I liked more (or less) than anticipated”

    • Lexxie

      I guess my expectations were pretty high because I usually love SRB’s books, and this one was pretty different in many ways.

      Thanks for stopping by, Stormi 🙂

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  6. Annie

    Oh, I might have to check out Meg Maguire’s book (I totally thought of the movie Girl Fight when I started reading your description of it!)…

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    • Lexxie

      If you like books with really tough guys, mixing it up with girls who are a little softer, you should definitely try it!

      Thanks for stopping by, Annie.

      Reply
  7. Bekka @ Pretty Deadly Reviews

    Huzzah! Someone else who didn’t fall in love with Unspoken. I’m sorry, but I just did NOT think it was good. All the characters sounded exactly the same, which could work on a TV show or movie, but NOT in a book. Plus Kami and Jared were so wishy washy and annoying. Ughhh.

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  8. Rachelia (Bookish Comforts)

    I’ve haven’t read any of these but I’m interested in Unspoken, sorry that it didn’t work for you though! Did you see the new covers for the series? I really don’t like them — very generic *sigh*

    Oh Devil’s Bargins sounds interesting! I’ve read… 10 of the Morganville Vampire books? Maybe I’ll check that one out 🙂

    Great list & happy reading!

    My Top Ten Tuesday

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    • Lexxie

      I think I have a thing for Rachel Caine’s writing – I’ve read all the released Morganville books, and I just love Clare. If you get to the Red Letter Day series, I hope it’ll do it for you.

      Many of my friends totally loved Unspoken, and I’ve already been to visit your TTT, so I know we don’t always agree on what books we like or not 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by, Rachelia.

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    • Lexxie

      Maybe you’ll love Unspoken 🙂 I hadn’t heard anything abotu The Scorpio Races when I got it, I only knew it was by Stiefvater, and I wanted to check it out.

      Thanks for stopping by 🙂

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  10. Brandy @ A Little of the Book Life

    Eeek! I’ve only read one book on your list, which is so close to none! 🙁 lol TBR list will be growing now. Thanks! Scorpio Races… *sigh* The book that began my reading love affair with Maggie Stiefvater. I didn’t know what to expect at all, but was super happy I read it since I loved it. 🙂

    Thanks for visiting my TTT. 🙂

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    • Lexxie

      I had already read other books by M. Stiefvater before the Scorpio Races, but it was so different 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by – and for helping me adding more and more books to my TBR each week 😉

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  12. Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows

    Interesting list & choices Lexxie! ‘Til the World Ends, The Devil’s Bargain and The Scorpio Races are all ones I want to read so I’m happy that you enjoyed them! I even own the first two so I’m more eager to get into them now haha. Unspoken is one I want to read too but I’ve read both positive and negative things so I have NO clue what to expect now…never read anything by SRB though, so we’ll see!

    Thanks for sharing 🙂

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    • Lexxie

      YAY for all the books you want to read! I can’t wait to see what you think of them. And who knows, you might be on the side of people who love Unspoken. Sometimes, I kind of feel like I missed the point 😀

      Thanks for stopping by Micheline!

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    • Lexxie

      Oh well, I guess that’s just the way it is sometimes. I’m sorry you didn’t like it, though. It’s always a little sad to me when I read something I don’t really love…

      Thanks for stopping by, Cayce 🙂

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