Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you would like to participate in the challenge, you can find the list of topics for 2025 here, and if you would like to read other people’s responses to this week’s topic, you can do that here.
Books I Loved But Never Wrote Reviews For
Whenever I read a new book, I always try to remember to leave a review, which, being so busy much of the time, can sometimes slip my mind.
I review many books on my website— a mix of novelisations (I love reviewing those), some old favourites, and some I’ve read recently.
Older books (like really old) that I read for fun—and that I’ve read numerous times—I tend not to review for no other reason than I think nobody will be interested in the review, or I feel I have nothing to offer that others haven’t already.
The last few books I read but didn’t review are:
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
These books are over one hundred years old, and while I have reviewed older books, I want to feel that a review will be interesting and have something to offer to someone. Perhaps they’ll make their way into my reviews someday. Never say never.
Well, it was a short one today. I’m looking forward to reading your posts.
For now, though, thank you, as ever, for spending some of your time with me today. It means the world.
Until next time,
George
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GEORGE L THOMAS 
I’ve reread Little Women many times!
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Great choices, George. I’ve only reviewed two of the Little House books for the same reason. It has been so long since I read Little Women. Really need to do that again. Thanks for sharing.
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When I first began blogging I wasn’t sure how to handle the HP books, because most everyone had read them. These days I just offer my personal reaction if that’s the case.
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It can be fun to read someone else’s thoughts on a book I’ve read. Someone who understands why Jo chooses to marry Fritz instead of Laurie is probably a soulmate but I’ve seen some interesting reactions to this still apparently shocking choice.
I used just to post reviews of whatever I was displaying for sale. Do people read “reviews” of dictionaries? Not for literary pleasure, but the money is in notifying people who want a dictionary where they can buy it. Now I’ve not done a physical display since COVID–the flea markets of then have been replaced by a new one that’s not physically feasible for me–and just review some of the stuff people wrote during quarantine, but it’s nice to see other people’s reviews of really good books, even if old.
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My earlier comment didn’t seem to post, so forgive me if this winds up being a duplicate.
I think that some books have been around long enough and have had enough TV or movie adaptations that reviews aren’t necessary any longer. Newer books, 100% need them though.
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Hi George
You seem to like classics. We have read all these books too. But we usually read modern and post-modern novels. Nevertheless, we find it interesting how these books were seen and commented on over the years.
The Fab Four of Cley
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