Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme by The Artsy Reader. This week’s topic is Books I Loved but Never Reviewed. Honestly I kinda have three different reasons that I won’t review a book: it’s a classic (for these, I feel like they’ve been debated over and over and that I would not bring anything new to the conversation), it’s an autobiography (especially if it’s a celebrity one), and sometimes I just plain run out of time and forget how I feel about it.
Classics
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Biographies
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
- Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
- The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
Ran out of time to review
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
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I’ve reviewed every single book I’ve read since late 2018, I’d love to go back to my favorite books I’ve read before then to review! Rachel x
I loved the two Mindy Kaling books as well. They were a joy to read and she’s just as funny in essay form.
I also loved both of Mindy Kaling’s books. It was like hanging out with a friend.
I think I read Murder on the Orient Express but didn’t review it either 🙈 but I read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe just recently and was invested enough to write one. 😀
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Love your arguments, I’ve reviewed one or two classics and can talk about the Agatha Christie’s forever and a day.
I’ve actually never reviewed a biography…. Maybe I think the same way as you subconsciously!
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This year it seems like “ran out of time to review” is my excuse for lots of books. I do review classics though, when I read them.
I haven’t reviewed a biography either. I think I could, but it’d be a different kind of review, I think. I mean, you can’t really critique their life, but I suppose you could review what they include and the writing style, etc.
I still have to read Murder on the Orient Express. That seems like one I’d really like but I just have never gotten to that book. I want to read more Christie in general really.
I haven’t read a biography it seems like in forever!
Oh yeah… I completely forgot about The Fault in Our Stars! Great list!
It is hard to write reviews for classics since they’ve been around forever. Sometimes I just can’t seem to make myself write a review about a book that I love. I wonder now if it is that I am afraid that my review won’t live up to the book itself. Here is my TTT list
I have also loved (and failed to review) And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. For some reason I haven’t really been reviewing all the classics I read as they are usually a lot shorter in length and I blast through too many of them! I should probably remedy that! 😀
I haven’t read anything from Agatha Christie in years! Great list 🙂
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post.
I liked The Fault in Our Stars quite a bit!
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I tend to not review classics either. Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
I did review The Fault In Our Stars, safe to say it wasn’t a glowing one!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/top-ten-tuesday-276/
Adore how you divided them into genres! Totally with you on those three classics!
I love how you divide these unreviewed books into 3 categories! Also, I should totally read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
I don’t review classics for the same reason. What else new can I say that hasn’t already been said?
I adore Mindy, I have only read her first book, I must treat myself to her other one!
I’ve read three of the books on your list, and I’ve only reviewed two of them. 🙂
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday list this week.
I love Gatsby, but can definitely understand why you didn’t feel a pressing need to review it. There are so many takes on Gatsby out there!
Ditto re classics — I can say that I love it or not, but I don’t know how much more I could possibly add!
Same on the classics and biographies for the most part haha!
i also love agatha christie’s books! haven’t read the others yet but i’ll check them out <3
I really enjoyed 13 Little Blue Envelopes, The Fault in Our Stars and Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
I feel like classics and nin-fiction titles are so hard to review. I do hope to read an Agatha christie novel one day.