First Books I Ever Reviewed is part of Top Ten Tuesday, which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl
Have you ever went back to read your old reviews?
Spoiler: It will be terrible.
When I saw this prompt for our First 10 Books I Reviewed, I chuckled a little, because I know 99% of these reviews were ranting/fangirling and just written so, so poorly!
Please don’t go and read those reviews!
In any case, here are 10 of the First Books I ever reviewed whether they were here on the blog or Goodreads.
A Glace at the First Books I Ever Reviewed
- Angelfall – Still one of my favorite Angel books!
- Drink Deep – I loved this series so much. I should go back and finish it.
- Opal – I no longer talk about this series. >.<
- The Lost Prince – The Iron King (predecessor series) was one of the best I’ve read. I love Julie Kagawa.
- Easy – This was one of my first NA books.
- Shadow & Bone – I apparently liked this one? But I never continued the series.
- The Demon Lover – Same. I loved it but don’t remember much about it!
- The Water Witch – Faires!
- Unravel Me – Warner FTW. ♥♥
- The Hunt – I can’t get over this book. The smelling of the armpit thing. I CAN’T.
Tell Me Your Thoughts
- Have you read/reviewed any of the above titles?
- What are some of your first books reviewed?
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29 Comments
Yep, I’ve gone back and read my old reviews some times and instantly regret it haha! My first ever review was of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and although it actually wasn’t THAT bad, it still made me cringe.
Jenny
http://www.jennyinneverland.com
Right?! A lot aren’t really bad, just… not good.
Yes, those old reviews were awful, but I’m still glad I at least left a record of what I read and how much I liked each one. I wish I’d written more in depth, but, hey, it’s something!
I hope you will stop by my blog and see what you think of my first reviews. My post is here.
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Same here! Although I usually use Goodreads for what’s I’ve read/reviewed.
Great list! I think I reviewed Angelfall fairly early on in my blogging life, too, and The Water Witch sounds like one I need to check out!
Jess @ Jessticulates recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday | The first books I reviewed
I LOVE Angelfall! I’m one for gory and horrifying, so that makes sense. >.<
Wow, my first review was in 2012! Crazy! I don’t feel like I’ve gotten any better though. Now it’s almost painful because I’m constantly trying too hard when I review after reading the way everyone else writes them. I think they are stiff and not enough of me actually telling what I feel about the book. Looking back at those reviews is kind of enlightening!
WOW that is So long ago!!!
I see some of each in my reviews. Some people want to know how it makes YOU feel. Others, what to know how it was will make THEM feel. I think a good balance of each is good. 🙂
I never read my old reviews for that reason! Hopefully my reviews are better now than they were then 🙂
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I’m sure they’re fine! 🙂
Smelling of the armpit?!? Wha…I don’t even want to know. LOL!
I refuse to go back and read my old reviews. At this point in time, anyway. I’m not taking them down I’m just…hoping people read my new ones before reading any of the old ones. Haha.
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“wrist scratching [laugh], ear rubbin [hugs/congrats], snapping heads [excitement] arm pit kisses and many more)”
that’s from my review! The whole thing was just weird, I tell ya!!
Everyone’s so embarrassed by their old reviews, but I think it’s great that we can go back and look at them and see how far we’ve come. It’s interesting to see how reading tastes and reviewing styles change over the years.
Happy TTT!
Oh for sure! It’s a great way to see how much you’ve grown as a reader, and a writer. it can be SO embarassing though!
I hope you do finish the Drink Deep series someday.
My TTT.
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Hopefully one day! I think i would need to reread for sure. Maybe audio?
Great list! I loved The Hunt. It was such a great series.
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
I’m glad you loved it because i did not! LOL
Ah wow, you reviewed Shadow and Bone back when it was new! I only read it last year and the rest of the series in January.
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I did, yeah! I met her whens he came to Atlanta and got it signed. Too bad i never continued the series.
It is funny to look back at our old reviews! 🙂
What a fun list. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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Yeah some of my old reviews ae painful. 🙂
I do have to say the Angelfall books do have a cool concept.
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I can understand the cringe-ness of old reviews! A lot of my old reviews were the same way (but I enjoyed poking fun at them this week). I loved Angelfall, Unravel Me, and Shadow and Bone! I read The Hunt and I don’t remember any armpit smelling, but I don’t remember anything about that book!
Jessica Jackson recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: First Ten Books I Reviewed
Can’t believe I never read Easy nor Shadow & Bone! But Easy! Ugh, thanks for reminding me LOL. I think I read Angel fall…. Not entirely sure, to be honest. And dude, my reviews are cringyyyyyyyyyyy!
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I have yet to read Shadow and Bone but it is a trilogy that I want to finally understand the hype about. I have been indexing my blog since I moved to self hosted like a year ago and just never got around to it. My reviews were terrible. I’d like to think I’ve gotten better.
Tina @ As Told By Tina
Easy is SUCH a throwback, I am grinning a bit. I mean, it wasn’t for me, but I think it was my first NA experience as well so I am kind of soft for it in a way!? ALSO, yess, Warner mention. Kind of want to reread the original Shatter Me books soon. Ahhh, I feel like I want to reply to all of the first books you reviewed but I definitely don’t want to overwhelm you with a novel length comment! BUT!!!! So many memories for a lot of these books.
I really dont look back to my old reviews.
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I can’t imagine my old reviews. When I read my old reviews I feel shame. It’s impressive to see that now totally change my writing style.
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