Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Top Ten Tuesdays (#19): Words & Phrases That Suck Me in Every Time...

I loved Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer's recent post Are You a Cover Whore? (my answer is an undoubted yes, by the way), but the more I think about it, I get sucked in by book descriptions almost as often. A swoon-worthy cover is a major plus, but slap any of these words or phrases on a book jacket or in a review and you've got my attention!

Books with plots described as:
1. a rollicking ride
2. a spellbinding fantasy
3. a madcap adventure
4. an epic love story
5. a gothic tale

Books containing:
6. buried family secrets
7. haunting memories
8. historical + paranormal elements
9. unexplained tragedies

Reviews by trusted sources describing a book as:
10+ inventive, enchanting, imaginative, mesmerizing, enthralling, vivid, dazzling, absorbing, seductive, lyrical, devastating, heartbreakingly beautiful, or compulsively-readable

So now you know why my TBR list is so out of control!


Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

15 comments:

  1. Buried family secrets is a great one! I especially love when it involves old letters or jewelry or something of the sort. I also agree with your choice of a gothic tale. Yes please! Have you ever read The Thirteenth Tale by: Diane Setterfield? I think you would like it. See if they have it at your library some time.

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    1. I have read The Thirteenth Tale & I loved it! That was definitely one I had in the back of my mind when I put a gothic tale on my list!

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    2. It is such a good book! I knew that would be one you liked. ;) I read it in class in college and loved it.

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  2. I love all the words under your number 10! And who doesn't love an epic love?? Great list and thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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    1. I really am a sucker for a lot of things apparently! And you're welcome :)

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  3. Sounds like a lot of my interests (reading and writing-wise) as well! No wonder we are never at a loss for a new book to read...

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  4. OMG this is so true, a bad synopsis can turn me away, but yes certain words like alpha-male,secrets etc will get me every time:) Thanks for the shout-out cupcake!

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    1. You're welcome Kimba! This seemed to be the week of discussing our book weaknesses -- visual and otherwise :)

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  5. Haha love this! I'd basically pick up all five from the plot description section and I so cannot resist absorbing books. Great list! =D

    Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile

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    1. I'm definitely a sucker for a book that promises to draw me in -- and if the author succeeds, all the better!

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  6. I'm usually wary of 'epic love' stories as so few of them end well! Also some publishers seem to use 'epic' as a code word for boring. :-(

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    1. I do hate when that happens, but when the author can deliver what is promised, I'm all for it :)

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  7. "A rollicking ride"....LOL!...I don't think I have read that one just yet. LOL! I might pick that one up just because. The word "Secret" gets me too!

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    1. Gets me every time! You'd think they couldn't surprise me at this point, but hey always do!

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I'd love to hear what you think :)