Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, but is now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl!
This week’s meme is unpopular bookish opinions! I have SO MANY of these, so narrowing it down to just 10 was hard AF. Ya’ll will come to find out that I hardly agree with half of the opinions in the bookish community.
Let’s jump into it, shall we! Also, these are just my opinions! So if we don’t agree, no biggie.
- I still dog-ear my pages when I don’t have a bookmark and don’t really see the big deal about doing it.
- I think the Harry Potter books are okay. Even younger Kayla never really thought they were wonderful. This is the one book/book series that I prefer the movies!
- I hate the terms Chick Lit and Women’s Fiction.
- I love me a fucked up love interest. Like seriously, stalkers and psychos are welcome here. I know we are supposed to say “oh no” and “he’s terrible“, but I’m always drawn to those. (Examples: Maven from the Red Queen series, Vicious by L.J. Shen)
- I don’t participate in Smut-A- Thon because I find it annoys me. The books that people are reading and judging supercritically are books that I love and hold dear to my heart.
- I would rather read a standalone than keep up with a series. Ya’ll, my memory is so crappy and I ALWAYS have to do a reread before the next book releases.
- I really dislike movie or tv show cover adaptations. Just nope!
- I actually enjoyed the Fifty Shades of Grey series.
- I don’t read books from male POV because I find myself trying harder to relate.
- I can’t read a book that doesn’t have any romance in it.
I am so with you on the fucked up love interest!! I don’t know why I like them so much.
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It’s just something about them LOL!
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I also enjoyed 50 Shades. Most people did. They just harp on it now.
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I don’t know why! It really gets on my nerves
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I ALWAYS prefer standalones – my memory also sucks! It’s the same reason I prefer TV shows that don’t have complicated plotlines (like Game of Thrones), I much prefer the shows you can just watch random episodes and understand just fine (like Friends)!!
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Oh my goodness, same here. I love Stranger Things but I’m already planning a rewatch because I’ve forgot almost all of season 1 and 2,
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“I hate the terms Chick Lit and Women’s Fiction.” Hallelujah!!! I despise these terms, created by men to marginalize women. They are NOT book genres. Ever seen one with “men” or “dude” in it???
I thought I was out here alone. Great post, Kayla💜
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You are definitely not alone on this one! I hate when I see a book categorized like that.
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MAVEN!!!!! Our man needs justice. I wanted a redemption story so bad. 🖤☠️
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YES! I really wished he had gotten one. I just couldn’t give up on him.
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I love FSOG too! I have never read a Harry Potter book. I haven’t even tried. I can’t see myself enjoying them. Now, the movies, I can rock with those.
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It’s good to hear someone else say that they enjoyed FSOG too!
& the Harry Potter books and me just don’t get along. I’m always bored lol
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I dog ear my pages too!!! Lol!
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Yay! Another person who does this!!
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Maven is the best!!! ❤ And I enjoyed 50 shades too! *lol*
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YAY, another Maven fan!
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I am 100% with you on ‘women’s fiction’ – it made my list too! Great post! 😊
My TTT: https://lifewithallthebooks.com/2019/06/11/top-ten-tuesday-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
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I can’t wait stand that term and can’t wait till it’s done with.
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Me too! 😊
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I’m with you on Chick Lit and Women’s Fiction frustration. My favorite book of 2017 was The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo which is technically Women’s Fiction. I would never have found it myself in the bookstore had it not been recommended to me by a friend. I wish books were all just shelved in one fiction section. I feel like branding a book Women’s Fiction intentionally pushes men away from buying/reading, which is unfortunate.
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Same here. When I was saw that Evelyn Hugo this was under that label I was super hesistant.
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VICIOUS IS THE BEST! LJ Shen is by far one of my fav! Have you read her newest release Pretty Reckless?
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I love me some Vivious Spencer! Out of all of Shen’s novels, I’ve only enjoyed 3 of them. After not seeing a lot of great reviews from people I trust, I decided to pass on Pretty Reckless.
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Kayla, you and I have so much in common! I loved the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. And, I thought I was the only one in the world who likes romance books with stalker and psycho love interests!
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Hey book twin! lol!❤
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Hey there book twin! ❤️How you doin’?! 😀
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Hey girl Hey!
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YAAAAAASSSSSS! ❤️
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Agree with 3,6 and 7.
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YAY!
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I agree with all of these! Especially the last one – books without any romance are just a no from me! 💕
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Yes! I need it in my books!
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I’ve never admitted it to anyone, but sometimes if I don’t have a bookmark I’ll dog-ear a page. I cringe a little when I have to do it, but when there’s no bookmark I gotta do what I gotta do lol. I also realized that I basically only read books with romance in it, even if they aren’t romance.
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Yay, another person who dog-ears. I don’t do it with library books, but my books are fair game.
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I love this list, Kayla! I actually don’t like the term “smut” referring to romance books even though the romance readers who use it want to embrace the term. I just feel that it is just adding fire to the already negative view of romance by the non-romance reading public.
I read romance and YA – but the YA has to be sci-fi or fantasy. I tend to avoid YA contemporaries or reality-inspired stories. Also, I hate non-fiction!
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I RARELY read non fiction. It has to be about soomething I’m really interested in order for me to pick it up. I read a lot of romance and YA as well!
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I HATE the term “chick lit” too! Like… wtf does that even mean?! It sounds so sexist and stupid to me lol. And I kind of agree with you on Smut-a-thon, I know you read a lot more romance than I do so it probably hits closer to home for you if that makes sense, but same – I see people who NEVER read romance picking it up and trash talking it and it frustrates me a lot. I actually feel a similar way about the “Witch” readathons (there’s one big one, I don’t remember the name). A bunch of people who never care about it any other time of the year want to jump on the bandwagon and make it all about them and it bugs me lol. Sorry, lots of feelings about that. 😂😂
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Don’t be sorry. Honestly, I felt so seen while reading your comment. I refuse to watch Smutathon booktube video and wrap up blog posts because I always get upset.
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I dislike TV/Movie Covers SO HARD. They are always the worst. And lol to the messed up love interests, because I am here for them, too.
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I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who hated adaptation covers!!
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I’m glad someone else like standalones too! Recently found your blog through manga tag, looks fun and varied.
Personally, a standalone novel is great because it’s a one-time investment. I don’t have to remember Revan Ducksworth from Chapter 2, Book 3, I can just read the book and enjoy it for what it is. My favorite book of all time,To Kill A Mockingbird, is a standalone and that’s great.
What sequel? That doesn’t exist, shush.
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I love me a standalone novel. I’d rather not keep up with too many plots and they take up less space on my shelf!
Also thank you for your comment on my blog! Yours looks great as well!
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I feel you on the fucked up memory, that is the big reason I don’t enjoy starting an uncompleted series because I have to re-read every time a new book comes out lol. I also don’t see anything wrong with dog earing books, it’s yours do what you want with it!
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I hate/ love that I always have to reread a book before the next release.
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I completely relate with the last point! Every book I’ve ever finished without romance in it I’ve always thought “nice, but would have been better if it was an epic love story instead.”
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EXACTLY! I crave romance in my books.
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I agree SO much about fucked up love interests. Enemies to lovers is just my fave.
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