Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.
I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to focus on more or less so I did 5 of each! I tried not to go back too far, so most of these books are ones I’ve read in the past 8 months. Normally I tend to like books more than I think I will; I always think I’ll like a book less than I do and then I end up LOVING it… that’s better than the flip side though I suppose 😛
Blind Spot by Laura Ellen
*Seriously. I’m still mad at this book… 9 months later?
Fallen by Lauren Kate
*I just expected more… SOOO much more
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
*The hype did this honestly. I still loved it but I really did expect more for it because of the hype
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
*I did like this one but there were SOOO many 5 star reviews I thought for sure I’d love it. I’m the oddball obviously.
Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum
*I was expecting a lot more action from this one. I also found it middle grade, not YA.
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
*I have no reason why I thought I would like this less but nevertheless I ADORED it <3
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
*I actually tried these just to say I did and didn’t like them… haha; I’m on the fifth book now and LOVING it!
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
*I seen so many mixed reviews and bad reviews I thought for sure I’d hate it!
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
*This was only a few attempts in at Sci Fi and I didn’t think I’d like it!
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
*I hate zombies. Nuff said.
Those are my picks for the week!! What did you like more or less than you thought you would? Link up please 🙂
Happy Reading!
xo Lauren
My mom read Gone Girl, and she didn’t really care for it either. But she didn’t hear any hype about it.
I LOVED If You Find me! It was beyond amazing, and so heartfelt. I also loved UTNS. I didn’t like Requiem as much as I hoped. :/
I did LIKE Gone Girl but from the way everyone was raving I thought it would be STELLAR!! lol.
If You Find Me was AMAZING 🙂 I’m obsessed.
I was the same way with The Madman’s Daughter. All the hype had me thinking it would be something AMAZING, but I thought it was only ok. I mean, it was good at all, but not what I was expecting.
Exactly Rachel! And I’m not even sure I’ll read the second book… I love the cover though 😛
Yeah, I didn’t really like Revolution 19 all that much. Which made me sad, because it had SO much potential I feel. And Gone Girl is definitely my least favorite of Gillian Flynn’s books. People need to read Sharp Objects. That one is WAY better =)
Sharp Objects was awesome! And I LOVED Dark Places 🙂
I agree with so many of these! I wanted to love Blind Spot but instead I got SO MAD at the main character and ended up not even finishing it. It had my blood boiling.
I just read If You Find Me the other day, and I don’t know why I was hesitant about it before. It was AMAZING, and I am so happy I made the decision to go ahead a buy it.
I’ve been wanting to read Dearly, Departed for a long time! I actually have a copy (packed away somewhere) that I hope to get to soon. So glad you ended up liking it 🙂
OMG Bekka, I could rant FOREVER about Blind Spot. I honestly thought this was going to be one of my favorites of 2012 and I was DYING for it. I did finish it and the ending was AWFUL! I could not stand the main character… and ARGH, lol. Dearly, Departed was awesome… but I DNF’d Dearly Beloved :S Such a different between the two books!
I liked Gone Girl more than I thought I would and Dead Until Dark I have started but didn’t finish yet (only because book was due to library and I didn’t have a chance to finish it). I look forward to finishing the book. Thanks for the reminder to pick it up again!
I wish I liked Gone Girl the way everyone else did! Expectations ruin things for me too much 🙁 Honestly the Sookie Stackhouse books are great reads, they are light, not too serious but they hook you in!