Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.
The rules are simple:
- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
- Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
- Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists.
- Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.
This week’s topic is Things That Make Me Instantly Not Want To Read A Book. Please note this is intended to be lighthearted and I mean no disrespect to authors whose books match these criteria (with the exception of no. 4) or to readers who would have to be physically restrained from purchasing books in the following categories.
- Books with pink covers
- Books with dogs or cats on the cover (Apologies, cynophiles and ailurophiles)
- Books with “Mummy” in the title
- Anything “written” by Nadine Dorries
- Memoirs by people I’ve never heard of but it’s assumed I should have done
- Books with stickers that won’t peel off or, even worse, books with pre-printed stickers that make you feel stupid when you try to peel them off, especially if it’s in front of other people
- Any book described as “unputdownable” (What, not even to visit the loo?)
- Books claiming to be “the book everyone’s talking about” (I bet they’re not)
- Books described as “laugh out loud” (I’m not joking, don’t promise what you can’t deliver)
- A book that weighs more than your weekly grocery shop
What are your instant book turn offs?
I’ve read some fabulous books so far this year and we’re not even halfway through 2023 yet. Some of the following will definitely be contenders for inclusion in my favourite books of the year list. Links from the titles will take you to my full review.
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