![]() ![]() DO YOU SEE THAT GORGEOUS COVER? Yes, I’m shallow, and I own it. I was SO EXCITED to get an ARC copy of this, for so many reasons. So this one was a big dud for me, even though I had been so excited to read it. The story just dragged out too long for me, and I felt like if it had been cut in half, it might have actually held my attention. I thought the stakes were kind of lame, and the bad guys never really did anything bad. I couldn’t bond with any of the characters (except Elinor, because I, too, am a cranky old lady who loves books a little too much). Too many people came up to me and said, “You have to read this! You’ll love it!” Well, I did. This week’s prompt was books that surprised me. ![]() ![]() Top Ten Tuesdays are hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. So, for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, here are ten books that surprised me, by being either better or worse than my expectations. Over the many years of reading probably way too many books, I’ve gotten pretty good at guessing ahead of time what I’m going to like or not like, but there are times when I’m wrong. Unfortunately, none of these are the case, although I sincerely hope someone is at least working on that dragon thing. ![]() In a perfect world, bacon and cake would grow from bushes, everyone would own a dragon, and books would always turn out the way we expect them to. ![]()
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