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Top 10: One ✫ Wonders
They can't all be 5✫ reads ~ unfortunately

We're always mentioning our favorites, but since they can't all be 5✫ ... what are your 1✫ Wonders? If you don't rate 1✫, do you have 2✫ reads? Or those that are best forgotten?

Overall I only have one 1✫ read and four 2✫ reads (which surprised me) although I do have a couple of DNF so if I'd rated those they probably would've bumped up those figures.

This year my 1✫ read was Fallen. It wasn't good for me.
I've also just finished Dark Prince which I rated 2✫. I'm not a huge PNR reader at the best of times but when I read one I want to feel all tingly not be constantly rolling my eyes.

The Tender Stranger and The Big Bamboo so far.

The Big Bamboo was sooooo stuuuupid, I don't think I actually read it as much as skimmed it. I could stand the damn thing!!!

I save my ☆ and my ★★★★★ for those rare books so I don't have many of either.

I didn't realize that I had over 5 pages of unrated! Wow! I am going to have to just do a 'gut reaction' rating because some of them I read YYYEEEAAARRRSSS ago!!

I went back through my books and found I had a lot that were two stars-okay but not great. I seem to reserve one stars for anthologies where only one of the novellas in the book appealed to me. I hated Inked, nothing in that one appealed. The only story in Dead After Dark that I liked was Ward's "Story of Son." I really disliked Wuthering Heights, Dogs and Goddesses, James and the Giant Peach, and The Twenty-One Balloons. And I absolutely loathed All That Glitters even though I usually enjoy Linda Howard.

Apparently I have more 1-★ ratings than 5-★ ones. Go figure. Books that feel like assisted suicide are given the great honor of being 1-★. *shudder* I've also rated a lot of DNF books 1-★. I rarely read another book by an author with that rating.

Here are some that give me nightmares:

(<---that one has the honor of being my most "voted" review on GR. I should rant more often)

Thankfully the only one I've read from that list is Evermore. Completely agree with you, utter garbage. I'll make a note to steer clear of the rest ;)

I have quite a few I have DNFed and then did not rate, so I won't include those.

1-2 STARS = DNF BOOKS



I don't even know if this is it. I rarely continue wit the series wit 2 stars, I guess you could say two stars b/c I'm being too nice. but to me 1-2 stars are just bad book/ you've lost me.

outta all them I'd say I may start Unholy Ghosts wasn't as bad, it's just I couldn't understand WTF was going on in the book. I was lost.

How could you possibly one-star anything with THIS title ? Pure gold. I note with interest it's followed by tiger's quest and tiger's voyage. Quest and voyage, both very important stages in the life of the tiger.

And oh god I've finally found someone else who one-stars Gena Showalter. I haven't had the courage to brave the incensed hordes that will slay me for dumping on the Lords of the Underworld but this has inspired me.

JB Ward's Fallen Angel series is a huge 1-star for me.

I gave LoTu 2 stars.

@Moss: have you even read Tiger's Curse? I was being nice wit TC wit the two stars, it should be 1 stars. It read like a child had written it to me, I skimmed through half the book, The couple was even childish though I liked the couple a bit, but it was definitely not 4-5 star quality. but, we all have our opnions, my BFF YA maniac liked it and we usually like most of the same books. If I had bought the Tiger's Curse I would've been PISSED!

if a books bores me 1 star, 1 star, 1 star! and that's what LOFU did to me. I would bleep it wit 1 star a million times. I'm sorry couldn't like it.

LOL @ Moss! Never fear, my dear. Those that enjoy LoTU, me included, will never bash ya for your opinion. In fact, this thread was inspired by some 1-2✫ ratings I've seen for books I've really enjoyed.

As much as I love hearing someone enjoyed a book I did, I also like to hear opposing thoughts on them.

I tend to be a high rater, I only have 2 1✫ which were:


I have a few more 2✫, those were:


The last four 2✫ and both my 1✫ are pre-GR and way pre-easy-to-find PNR/UF reads. I was grabbin' anything that sounded remotely interesting and ended up grabbin' a bunch crap.

I have read one more Argeneau since the first and it was better. I'm sure the narrator, who's voice drove me batty, had a lot to do with my low rating. And, I've determined that series is one that I have to be in the mood for before picking up.

@ Steph: Oh that's so interesting...some really high profile reviewer (I think it may be the smart bitches, but don't hold me to it..) just LOVE the Blue Bloods series. I was going to try it on the strength of their rec but might hold off based on yours.

@Mariya: No, I have not read Tiger's Curse.

@Regina: One more and we can form a coven!

You may enjoy it, Moss. I know a lot of people have, but it just wasn't for me.

I've only given 2 books 1 star, but there are some that are DNF which may have ended up with that rating.



LotU doesn't float my boat either! My 2 stars are pretty broad, some I would read more of that author, some not. Series I probably won't continue:

Minion is one of my DNFs. Just couldn't get into it.

How to narrow this down? Hmm. My angry fist-shaking one ✫ Wonders:



Sorry, I only managed to get it down to 12. Any shorter and I'd've popped the throbbing vein in my head from just looking at these again. And now scrolling through some of my 2s, I'm eager to downgrade them to 1s.

I'm not reading Hush Hush on principle after Fitzpatrick's blog post, but it's soothing to see someone didn't like the book quite apart from that. I never got into the Anita Blake series either.

Fitzpatrick's blog post? Was that the one about bad reviews/writing on an author's book? Or a different one?

Yep, the 'Be Nice' post.

I just finished a book that I gave 2 stars. The idea was really promising, which is why I gave it 2. Otherwise, 1 to 0 stars.

The Ghost Hunter, a Paranormal Romance

Moss wrote: "I'm not reading Hush Hush on principle after Fitzpatrick's blog post..."

May I ask what the blog said that has you not reading a book on principle?

Here is the blog post, Zaanodes.

http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

There was a huge argument in the comments and people deleted their posts and in one case their whole GR account.

Dammit I just wrote a huge comment and lost it all.

Zaanodes, basically she advises people who want to be published against writing bad reviews because that sort of thing 'burns bridges'. There's also a truly objectionable story about how she takes the 'high moral road' over not giving out an author blurb to someone who reviewed H/H badly. There were comments supporting her, but I fall into the group of people who think it reads like a bizarre, clumsily chummy attempt at intimidation. Not a great starting point for reading any book, especially if I have to 'Be Nice' about it (in the interests of accuracy I suppose I only need to be nice if I want a book published. Should I not aspire to anything like, the corollary has to be that I can shit all over it without fear of retribution.)

Amy or "Ames" wrote: "Here is the blog post..."

Thanks for the link!

Moss wrote: "...Should I not aspire to anything like, the corollary has to be that I can shit all over it without fear of retribution.)
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lolol That is just too funny!!

I don't think I've ever rated a book 1 or 2 stars. That said I've recently changed from just giving marks out of 5 to rating separately on plot, characters, ending, enjoyment and cover so there's less chance of me making impulse ratings. The worst book I've read this year is Generation Dead, but even that was 3 stars.

Wow! Writers and reviewers have been on a roll recently, yah? Seems to be the year for it. Thanks for sharing the post.

@Nairabell, I like your new review style. It's a great was to show your thoughts on more than just the story. :)

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