Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week’s theme is Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly NOT Want To Read A Book, and in particular order, here are mine:

10. “Steamy” – if a book is described to me as being “steamy” that means to me that it’s smut, there’s likely no plot and I will definitely not read it.

9. “If you love (insert author/book) then you’ll love this!” – If the book can’t survive on it’s own merit, if it has to piggyback off the success of other authors or books, then I’m not interested. I don’t want to read knock offs of my favorites.

8. Over-hyping – There are some books that show up everywhere and it seems like everyone is reading them. Those books that are being gushed over and everyone says are just amazing, well, I don’t really want to read them cuz there’s no way they’re going to live up to all that hype. 

7. The Cover – if there’s a half naked guy or a couple in a passionate embrace, likely that book is full of sex scenes and lacking in plot. Not for me, thanks.

6. True Crime –  While I’m sure there is absolutely nothing wrong with this genre, it doesn’t interest me. I read to escape from reality so I’m not interested in the messed up things people do in real life.

5. Fads – Fads are a fact of life. Something becomes popular and everyone else wants a piece of that success. If a book falls into a current fad, I’m not going to read it.

4. The World Wars – I don’t know why but I’ve never liked books/movies/etc that are about the world wars. I’ve always found them too Americanized and they just don’t interest me.

3. Westerns – Again, I’m sure this a perfectly good genre, but it just isn’t my cup of tea.

2. YA – While have and read do still read some YA, for the most part I prefer not to read it. I’m likely to pass it over for something geared towards adults, as I myself am an adult and I no longer want to read about people in high school.

1. Repetitiveness/Sameness – A lot of books have the same sort of plot or theme. I want to read something unique!

Well, that’s my list. Do you agree? Do you disagree? What’s yours?

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week’s theme is Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book. And in no real order, here they are:

10. A Quote From an Author I Know and Love – Patricia Briggs or Jacqueline Carey has taken the time to put a positive quote on a new book, chances are, I’m gonna pick up that new book and read it.

9. A New Book From a Fav Author – Rob Thurman has a new book?! I probably won’t even care what it’s about, that book has to go on my reading list.

8. Vampires? – yup, I’m probably gonna read that!

7. The Cover – I know they say not to judge a book by it’s cover, but really, who doesn’t? If I see a book with awesome artwork on the cover, I’m far more likely to pick it up and take a look at it than if the cover is unappealing.

6. The Title – A catchy title can tell a lot about a book. If the title grabs my attention, I’ll give the synopsis a read.

5. Fantasy – Fantasy is my favorite genre. I’m pretty likely to pick up a fantasy novel if some of the above catch my attention.

4. Unique Folklore/Magic System – Having read a lot of fantasy in my life, I always like to see new and unique magic systems. The more unusual the better.

3. The First Page – If the first page of a book grabs my attention and i want to keep reading, then I’ll pick that book up.

2. Unique Magical Creatures – Lots of books have vampires, elves, wizards and werewolves so show me something different and I’ll likely be hooked.

1. Next book in a series –  The next book of (insert title here) series is out!?! Well, of course I have to have it!