So, we’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week is actually a freebie and so I decided to do a topic that I don’t think I’ve done before: One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read (submitted by Susan @ Bloggin’ ’bout Books)
I was pretty excited to see this week’s topic because I thought it’d be a fun challenge for someone that’s as wordy as I am! 😂 I have to admit that it was tougher than I expected to find the right review word for some of these but I think I’m happy with what I’ve got now. I’m gonna keep this intro short and sweet and I’ll dive right into it!
impossible by darcy burke
wanting
the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo
subversive
GALLANT BY V.E. SCHWAB
haunting
BEAUTY AND THE BALLER BY ILSA MADDEN-MILLS
surprising!
BURNING UP BY TARA WYATT
chemistry
TANKED BY MIA HOPKINS
satisfying
WE FREE THE STARS BY HAFSAH FAIZAL
swoontastic!!!
Well, that was fun! 🙂 What do you think of these one-word reviews—are you enticed or will you pass up on these reads? Did you struggle with today’s one-word review prompt or did it come easily to you?
dinipandareads 
I struggled big time with the prompt!! I thought it was going to be easy but I just couldn’t find a single word to capture what I thought of the book! I think you did a really good job with yours! I could tell exactly what you meant by each one! 🙂 And “swoontastic” is awesome
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Great list. You came up with such great one-word reviews. I also found the exercise harder than expected but had a lot of fun with this week’s prompt.
Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/one-word-reviews-last-ten-books-read/
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Great post, loved the words you picked and I 100% agree with We Free the Stars 💜
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Swoontastic is a great word!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-one-word-reviews-for-the-last-ten-books-i-read/
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I think we all had tat same problem, Dini. I can never be short. Elaborate, long, whatever. But not short. Still, I managed. Somehow. 😉
My TTT this week.
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Swoontastic is a great word! I’m seeing Gallant a lot today but yours is the first that doesn’t sound like a negative.
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It was a little difficult, but overall it was FUN! Great job, Dini! I’ve definitely added a couple of books to my TBR bc of your reviews!
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I’m definitely adding quite a few of these to my TBR. It really was hard thinking of just one word.
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Cryptic books can be interesting if you can figure them out in the end!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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Gallant is still on my TBR, ‘haunting’ definitely appeals to me!
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It’s interesting how just one word can spike my curiosity. You chose “chemistry” and now I feel like I need to read that book to feel it.
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SWOONTASTIC. Good word. I thought this was a fun activity though I had a hard time limiting myself to just one word (and sort of failed at it a few times.) One Word Reviews
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Beauty and the Baller really was surprising. My experiences with Madden-Mills have been great, but this was above and beyond what I expected. Funny, sweet, and touching.
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I haven’t read any of these, but it seems like some great reads!
Ash @ Essentially Ash
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Ooh haunting is definitely a good one for Gallant, from the little I’ve read so far!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/03/top-ten-tuesday-366/
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This week’s prompt really was a challenge but I love the one word reviews you came up with. Seeing you use “chemistry” for Burning Up makes me want to read it even more!
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Ooo, swoontastic might be a new favorite word!!! Haha!! Yes, Gallant is totally haunting! The cover for Beauty and the Baller cover is sooo good!! 😍
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Oh I LOVE swoontastic! Might be the review to push me to finally finish this duology 🙂
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I haven’t read any of these but My Mechanical Romance looks like a lot of fun! And I really need to read We Free The Stars
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Love this list, Dini! Impossible, We Free the Stars, and My Mechanical Romance are on my list too.
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“Wanting” is a great word! Good work!
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We Free the Stars was so swoontastic! I just added My Mechanical Romance to my TBR the other day. I can’t wait to read it! Great job.
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You had me at ANGSTY! I love best friends to lovers and it sounds like it’s my kind of angst 🥹 you have some amazing words here that make me want to see what the book’s about
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I always tend to write too much too, so this is definitely a fun challenge! Really want to re-do this topic again at some point because I like to think I could use only ONE word where I didn’t this week. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland, Dini! Appreciate this.
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Empress of Salt and Fortune looks like a compelling read. We Free the Stars sounds great, too!
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Nice list!
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Great word choices. You have me very tempted to read several of these. 🙂
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I saw someone else list Gallant as slow, so together y’all give it slow and haunting. I have no idea what it’s about, but it sounds about right for Schwab.
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You did so well with these! I wasn’t so successful at keeping it down to one word. I have been wanting to read The Tea Master and the Detective for some time now. The Empress of Salt and Fortune sounds good too.
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Oooh, very nice word choices! Swoontastic needs to be a word we use more often. 😉 And I’m all about angsty so I’ll be checking that book out!
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Swoontastic is an awesome word! I’ll need to check out the Sands of Arawiya series. Great one-word reviews!
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