Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday - Books On My TBR I’m Avoiding Reading and Why


Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.



This week the topic is
Books On My TBR I’m Avoiding Reading and Why




Books I'm Avoiding Reading Because of The Hype


 
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera



 

The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson




Books I'm Avoiding Because of Their Low Goodreads Rating




Given to the Sea (Given Duet, #1) by Mindy McGinnis - this has 3.22 on Goodreads
Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks - this has 3.45 on Goodreads
The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court, #1) by Richelle Mead - this has 3.47 on Goodreads




This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis - this has 3.23 on Goodreads
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders - this has 3.58 on Goodreads



Are you avoiding reading any books?



14 comments :

  1. I've also been avoiding The Darkest Minds haha

    Lotte | www.lottelauv.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. I tend to have unpopular opinions so I'm worried I won't like it!

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  2. Great list! The Final Empire made my list this week, too. I've heard such mixed things about The Darkest Minds that I have no idea if I want to read it or not!

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    1. I'm worried that I won't like it so I'll probably just keep putting it off!

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  3. I'm with you on Given to the Sea and This Darkness Mine! They both sound so interesting to me, but I'm nervous because of how low those ratings are--though I do seem to like unpopular books sometimes? I didn't realize All the Birds in the Sky's rating was as low as it was, I remember seeing that one raved about everywhere a year or so ago! I'm also intimidated to read The Final Empire. I started it once years ago, but I don't remember if I ever finished it so I'd like to give it another shot, but I've just heard so many things about it by now that I'm a bit nervous to!

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    1. I loved Not a Drop to Drink but the low ratings definitely put me off Mindy's other books.
      It is definitely intimidating thinking about The Final Empire because of how beloved it is.

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  4. Yeah, there definitely is such a thing as too much hype for a book.

    My TTT.

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  5. I enjoyed The Glittering Court books. I thought Mead did a great job making the stories so distinct, while they were really all overlapping.

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    1. I actually thought it had a higher rating than it did! I definitely want to read it at some point.

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  6. Well, I loved a couple of books you mentioned that you're avoiding because of the hype, but I don't want to try to convince you to read them because that will just add to the hype! :-)

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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    1. Haha thanks! I tend to have unpopular opinions so I'm always wary going into hyped up books.

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  7. I avoid a lot of books, but none of which are defined by hype or lack of hype (I always keep in mind that taste is subjective and if something hyped sounds good to me I'll pick it up, if it doesn't I just tune it out) BUT, ah, I didn't know The Darkest Minds was hyped up? It's one of my favourites of all time but I always kind of assumed it was underrated. (I live under a rock, apparently.) Also, The Glittering Court isn't bad per se but it's not as good as Richelle Mead's other books! So, I don't blame you at all for avoiding. It can be daunting!

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    1. I just remember The Darkest Minds being really big when it came out, but that was a while ago so I could be wrong :)
      I didn't actually realise the rating for The Glittering Court was so low - I thought it was a lot higher until a few weeks ago.

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