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1 Star Reviews

Take 52 Steps Away from this Book - 52 Steps to Murder by Steve Demaree

Portrait of the Artist as a Dirtbag - Post Office by Charles Bukowski

What in the world is the purpose of this book? I am genuinely curious. - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger

An Affair Not to Care About - Forbidden to Love the Duke by Jillian Hunter

Making Dracula dull - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

A boring romance road trip (who knew they existed!?) - The Escape by Mary Balogh

Predilections Schmedilections – A Contemporary Romance - In Flight by R.K. Lilley

Apparently I’m too old for this book. - The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

No. - Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs-A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal and Murder by Ben Mezrich

The future is dystopian and full of idiots - High-Rise by JG Ballard

Some thoughts on the zombie genre. - As the World Dies: Untold Tales Volume 1 by Rhiannon Frater

Don’t rip off Conrad. It will do you no favors. - The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

Well…. the cupcakes sounded tasty… - Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

I tried interpretive dance to expess my feelings but I broke all the furniture - What to Expect when You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel

The Most Boring Thing I’ve Read In Years - Air Bound by Christine Feehan

So much potential – so little pay off - Arm Candy by Jo Leigh

Gangs of Wonderland - Alice by Christina Henry

Not As Expected - Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin…Every Inch of It by Brittany Gibbons

An Almost Impressive Failure to Deliver - Wreckage by Emily Bleeker

Guilty, no pleasure - The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura Mysteries Book 1) by Sujata Massey

I’m done now, I think. Yes. Done now. - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

A Self-Indulgent Mess - Satin Island by Tom McCarthy

Flatland, aka Flatplot - Flatland by Edwin Abbott

“Don’t be a Copygirl”, or more appropriately, “Don’t Read Copygirl” - Copygirl by Anna Mitchael and Michelle Sassa

More like The WORST Bad Man, amiright! I’ll see myself out. - The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Just another paint-by-numbers Nora Roberts - Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts

Well that went downhill quickly - The Fade Out, V1 by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips

You can’t have all the things in your book. Pick one. Or two. Or even three. But not all. - Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Rob Reiner should stick to directing - The Princess Bride (audiobook) by William Goldman

A little too much rape in this romance - Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks

The Banal Torture Porn of Puberty - Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

A Regency romance where the hero has violet eyes - A Kiss in the Dark by Kimberly Logan

This sucked. - Heap House by Edward Carey

Grunt. Posture. Hump. Repeat. - Own the Wind by Kristen Ashley

Bad Motor Scooter. - Motorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley

Eject! Eject Eject Eject! Watch the canopy! - The Wise Man’s Fear: Kingkiller Chronicles Book 2 by Patrick Rothfuss

Wrong on so, so many levels - Wrong by Jana Aston

Reefer Madness - Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

No. Just no. - Jane by April Lindner

Boldly Going Where I No Longer Wish To Tread - Scratch Monkey by Charles Stross

With a Whimper - Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton

This book is insultingly bad. - Dark Apprentice (The Jedi Academy, #2) by Kevin J. Anderson

Contemporary Romance with Cliche Apotheosis - Insatiable I and II by J.D. Hawkins

Contemporary Romance, My ASS! - Bait by M. Mabie

If You Can’t Do Edgy Humor Right Then Don’t Do It at All - A Disorder Peculiar to the Country by Ken Kalfus

400 Pages of I Just Can’t Even - Lev Grossman by The Magician King

Cliche, Mok, or Another Book I Just Couldn’t Finish… - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikrey: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin

Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me - The Avengers by Julie Kaewert

I think you mean “Selfish Bitch Flees Alabama” - Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress

There is an actual sharknado in this book - Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

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