Top Ten Tuesday: One-Word Reviews

Top Ten Tuesdays prompt for November 3: One-Word Reviews for the Last Ten Books I Read

Choosing one word for some of these books was very difficult. In a couple of cases, I ended up describing how I felt after finishing them.

This Knight Topples Empires: A Minor Character on a Major Quest by Ry Herman

This Knight Topples Empires

Genderfun

The Killing of a Chestnut Tree by Oliver K. Langmead

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Gentleness

A Fae in Finance by Juliet Brooks – unsatisfying

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Unsatisfying

The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City by Susannah Clarke

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Dream-like

Wickhills by Premee Mohammed

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Squeeeeeeee

The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett

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Solid

Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland

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Restorative

Backwoods Banshee by David R. Slayton

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Satisfying

Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly

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Done

I Punched an Alien and Now We’re in Couples Therapy – by Kimberly Lemming

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Effortful

Wow, most of these books are from series. Wickhills and Yield are standalones. Fae and Tree are both the first books in a series. Oddly enough, I jumped into reading a few book 2s (Knight, Silent, and Alien) without having read their book 1s. It usually doesn’t matter so much with romances and mysteries. However. I initially DNF’d Alien because it does require reading I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com first.

 

Let’s Talk Bookish: Organzing Ebooks

Today I came across a Let’s Talk Bookish prompt for September 2026:

Prompts: How do you manage your digital library (Kindle, Kobo, etc.)—do you delete books you won’t read, or do you let them pile up? Do you feel less guilty about owning too many digital books versus physical ones? Which is harder to let go of: a well-loved physical book or a purchased e-book?

It has inspired me to revisit this draft, add an update, and post it even though it is a month late.

Looking for Alternatives

When I couldn’t find a couple of ebooks that I knew–KNEW–that I had, I realized that I absolutely needed to have an up-to-date list or catalog of my ebooks. Especially since there are so many different platforms that come and go. (Goodbye, Aldiko, I wish I could remember which books I had downloaded in your app. Fortunately, I think they were mostly public domain books.)

And then I purchased another ebook Humble Bundle.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Autumn Vibes

I bounced off the Top Ten Tuesday prompt for October 13th: Book Covers Featuring Autumnal Colors (submitted by Wordy Witterings)

So I replaced it with a recent video playlist I recently made, Mysterious Autumn Vibes:

September 2026 Reading Round-Up

Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

My favorite read of the month

Books I COMPLETED

I’ve included snippets from my reviews and additional thoughts.

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