The 5 Lowest Rated Books on My Shelves According to Goodreads 

Your editing was on fire in this video. You had me laughing as you read some of the reviews.

I never go by ratings. A book that is a one star for one reader could be a five star for me or vice versa. Readers are so different with their tastes and what triggers them. No two readers are truly the same. If I'm interested in the synopsis, I will give the book a try to see for myself if it's for me. I mainly read reviews after reading a book unless I'm trying to find out triggers that I don't like to read in books. In my opinion, reviews are more useful than ratings. I have thoughts about only putting reviews on Goodreads and not leaving a star rating.

What a great video! I love that you looked at these books while knowing what would repel your enjoyment. Way to go, bookish friend! 📚

What a great project. I'm going to give it a try myself. My TBR pile needs a little thinning out. 😊

Krista! I loved this concept and video so much!! Your editing was fantastic and I enjoyed your logic in deciding to keep or unhaul. So great! Hope you’re having a great week🤗

Hey! I’m all in for the Mr. Darcy book! Sounds fun!

I’m totally doing this with my shelves, what a fun idea! Also I’m really curious about the last book now I may have to check it out from my library lol.

Really liked seeing your process and liked that you were truly neutral going in. And the low reviews were funny. I read low reviews on books that I love sometimes just to see another perspective and have a good laugh.

First of all, this was a great idea for a video. i do this all the time. i love booktube and getting excited about books and getting book recommendations. but, after a few disappointing experiences with some hyped up books (I could give examples but why be negative here? you are such a positive person; i don't want to ruin the vibe), i have learned to check out reviews. I do just what you did: check out why the lowest raters rated low-what bothered them, and then a few of the highest raters-what enthused them so much (albeit for hyped up books that's not so necessary). Then I decide if the things I've "found out" make me still want to read it or give me a clear reason why I do not want to. So many books, so little time; so I have to try my best to filter through my choices. As far as ratings, 3 doesn't sound that low to me since I am not as high a rater as you are. When I rate: 5 means I thought this book was amazing and would read it again, and again; 4 means I really liked it a lot but there must have been a thing or two that kept me from rating it 5; 3 means middle of the road-I'm not sorry I read it, I probably enjoyed reading it because I love reading, but there is too much going against it for me to give it a 4. Anything below 3...well let's keep the vibe positive :)

That was a really fun concept and video!!

@17:02 - "In West Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground was where I spent most of my days..." 💛This put a smile on my face and I couldn't help but pause the video here and sing the whole song, which I can't believe I still have memorized. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was one of my favorite shows in the 90s. 😊

I agree with your choices. In fact, Definitely Not Mr. Darcy sounds like so much fun I am going to read the sample chapters on Kindle for myself. Have fun with your reading! I look forward to seeing your final thoughts on these books.

I think i would have kept the same two books. Can't wait till you read them and your thoughts. Maybe you can move the regency television show book to your TBR in place of the other one. Although I know you're TBR was large this month. Lol Another great video and I agree with the other commenters on the fun editing.

Your editing while reading the Goodreads reviews in this video was so fun!

❤this was so fun!! I loved how you read pieces of the reviews to us. I was cracking up!😂GREAT VIDEO! Love you, sister😊

I think you were very fair with this process! I love the term 'pango pile', struck me a funny!

This was very entertaining to watch! 😊

Fun project! I love reading high and low reviews of books I'm reading to see if I agree. Sometimes I want to read something for myself just to spite the haters lol. Not sure what that says about me. 🤣

Definitely Not Mr Darcy has been on my shelves for a few years too. It sounds so fun. One of my favorite JA retellings, Austenland, has pretty low ratings too…so I kind of take the JA retelling ratings with a grain of salt. Hoping that we both enjoy Definitely Not Mr Darcy! Fun video Krista!

fascinating process and video.

awwww c/o ‘94 here too :) this was a fun idea, I agree with your decisions too.

I don't pay attention to reviews. I'm definitely right there with you on the two you kept. Can't wait for an update.

I probably would have gotten rid of all but the lowest..That one I would give a good 50 pages and if I wasn't loving it I would DNF. My lowest on my shelves is The Circle at 3.43 which is a bit out of my normal read but sounded interesting at a used bookstore. This did inspire me to try 5 books that I don't think I will love The Circle to be one of them and see if I can get rid of any off my shelves!

Such a fun video! I love reading reviews on Goodreads, especially of books I don't really plan on reading. I can enjoy the humor with no personal investment! I hope you end up enjoying the two you kept. It would be amazing if the Bookseller book ended up being 4 or 5 stars for you! - Shannon :)

The Spare Room and Leave The World Behind are the two lowest rated on my shelves. Maybe I'll read them sooner than later. What a fun video!

Wait, you live in Virginia? I thought you were in NY. I loved this video, it was great that you went into reviews! I found Confessions on Kindle unlimited, so I'll give it a try.

It is always fun to hear the extreme ratings of books. This was a fun idea.

Interesting! I shall try this! I have a book that I am dragging my feet to read. Should toss it, but it got rave reviews and i keep thinking it has to get better! But maybe not! Some of my favorite books are the low raters. Hmmm...

The lowest on my owned TBR is South Carolina Off the Beaten Path: Discover Your Fun by Lee Davis Perry. It is a book about non-touristy places in SC, which is where I live. I picked it up just to see what the author mentioned and if I had been to or knew any of the places. It's a recent purchase so I haven't gotten to it yet.

❤📚📚❤️ Great idea! I loved listening to you read reviews and your decision-making. I'll have to check my Goodreads for the lowest rated books asap. Off the top of my head, I think it's The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu.

I think Confessions of a Curious Bookseller doesn’t sound that bad!

My good reads is a mess! Basically I started using it as a way to keep track of books I’ve read and ones I want to read. I don’t differentiate between books owned either so, yeah, it’s a mess and doesn’t lend itself to a project like this. Also, I seldom read reviews or look at ratings. I’ll read a short synopsis and then go by a gut feeling if it’s something I want to read or not. I will also add books to my lists based on what I hear from trusted book tubers (like you)! Of these five, the only one that may have interested me at first was about Mozart’s sister. But I’m no longer interested in it. There is another book about her that I have on my wants list though that I’m still interested in reading someday.

I try to give a book 100 pages. If it is so awful and I can’t make it to 100 pages I DNF it. I have read books that grabbed me on page 80. I will never go by other people’s ratings or opinions. I have to read a book first myself. I’ve read a lot of good books that other people didn’t like.

I put some of these books on my wish list and I don't care about ratings. Confessions Of A Bookseller sounds like a great book, Bird In Hand sounds interesting, At Briarwood School For Girls also sounds interesting. I cant wait to purchase and start reading!!!

Good decision on Bird in the Hand. Like you, I’ve loved most of her other books, but this was a DNF for me…

I don't think that 3 stars, Liked it, is a bad rating on Goodreads. I have enjoyed and rated many books that I rated as three stars. For me, 4 and 5 stars are reserved for truly amazing books that I would read again. In addition, reaction to a book is so subjective.

The reviewers are cracking me up! I try not to read reviews until after I read some, if not all, of a book. But if I get halfway in and I'm not sure what I'm reading, I will definitely read reviews! Really interested in the Confessions of a Curious Bookseller. Sounds funny.

Those 1 star reviews were savage 😂

I despised bird in hand!! And it aounded so good!!

Yes Krista you have to find out for yourself.. Everybodys likes are different.Thsts what makes the book world go around.Enjoyed.

Mr. Wrightman... Groan... 😂😂😂 Oh I remember when they were planning to put that theme park here. Prince William County is a hop skip and a jump from where I work.

I totally agree with fellow subscriber, @catreadsbooks. I don't not pick-up, purchase a book that interests me based on other readers reviews/ratings. I'm not a reader that is in the pool with others that selects books because of their popularity -- it has to interest me. I'm probably one of the few readers out there that has never read ( nor have an interest to ) Tomorrrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow... Lessons in Chemistry... Fourth Wing.

All of my books are not uploaded to Goodreads, so I can't know for sure which book in my TBR is the lowest rated. Of those that are on Goodreads, After the Gold by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese comes in at 2.98. However it's an e-book and only 228 pages, so it's not taking up any space. The first physical book is The Target: Target of Opportunity/The Loner by Justine Davis and Linda Turner. It's two Harlequin romantic suspense books that they published together. It's at 3.17 but it only has 6 reviews total! That's another thing you should keep in mind, how many reviews does the book have. If it's been widely read and still has a low rating, then I would tend to avoid it. Otherwise, it may just not have found the right readers.

Three of my lowest owned are, surprisingly, Agatha Christie's Passenger to Frankfurt-2.86. The Twelve by W. Gladstone -2.58. Monk's Court at a 3.00

Fun video!

This was fun! The two lowest rated on my Goodreads TBR is The Turn of the Screw and Plaid and Plagiarism.

I’m not a Jane Austen phonetic, but the Jane Austen book sounds cute. And I’ve also got the.Confessions of a Curious Bookseller on my TBR. I think it does sound good.

I need to do this. My shelves are bursting

The first one sided like you would like it. I was glad you went read the higher ratings. I've read books that had low ratings and loved it and big ratings she despised them! I can't go by goodreads reviews anymore. I'll look at book stores, Amazon, goodreads, and see what those ratings average out to. I've seen ratings given on goodreads just because somebody didn't like the author, so one stara always. I've seen booktubers tell us to go give "this book", a one start because she didn't like it, or the author said sunsetting that upset her. It gets ridiculous. At least Amazon reads posts and goes from there. And yes, I'm wire well aware of what's going on with Amazon right now, which is why I always wait a week to post a Netgalley book after it's publication. I was rejected, but not banned of a couple books. Sadly I had to lie and tell them i got the from the library and wouldn't they like to see others reviews so maybe a customer would see a good review and buy it. They went quiet.

Some of my 5 star books are not loved by many. I should do this to get rid of some of my low rated that I am no longer interested in.

I read Confessions of a Curious Bookseller and gave it too stats. Originally the format also intrigued me, but after awhile it started feeling old .The book was way too long and the MC very unlikeable, but in the end we are all different as readers. Usually, I agree , but I've had quite a few 4 star books that were rated below 3.5 on Goodreads and I had a 5 star that was a 3.37. That one was The Hawthorne School. Of my current TBR list (I occasionally go through my lowest rated on Goodeads and decide if I still want to read them), my lowest-rated book currently is on my kindle Homeschooled with a 2.8 rating; in its defense it only has 10 ratings. It has been on my TBR since 2012. Ithink if I don't read it by the end of the year, I should just delete it off my kindle. It is les than 200 pages and was a freebie.

I'll drop a book after twenty pages if I'm not feeling it or connecting with any character. My list is much too long to get stuck in a stinker.

Well you made the right decision to not read the book with the occult being talked about. As believers we shouldn’t read anything mentioning it…even fiction.

I never ever go by ratings! I had to read The Guest List by Lucy Foley for book club. I just looked and jut about all 4⭐️’s. Worst book ever! I skipped thru most of it due to the language and hated all of the characters. 😂😂😂.

Definitely Not Mr. Darcy sounds kind of interesting...lol.

Please, please do a review when you are finished with "Confessions of A Book...". I would have unhauled the same ones, esp. the one about the girls school. NOT a good example for you g girls. Unfortunately there are so many like that. I know people disagree with me when I say that. Replies back or in person, " it's ONLY" A book". Young minds are impressionable AND immature, we ALL were.I usually don't go by ratings. One I wished I HAD looked into more was "The Pumpkin Spice Cafe" by Laurie Gilmore. I had heard it mentioned more than once as a cosy Fall read. Grumpy guy, happy go lucky girl. Bought it😑😑 More than 3/4 of way through, explicit sex. I mean EXPLICIT. Was angry I wasted my money. I do not read bks. like that. The cover was so cute, cozy and perfect for Fall. Learned from this experience. "Don't judge a book by it's cover!" HA! No judgement comments please.

The lowest rated book on my Goodreads is "Bear" by Julia Phillips. Oh my goodness what an odd book. I gave it 1 star and only skimmed parts of it.

I wasn't actually trying to, but I recently read the lowest-rated book on my TBR. I'd found a K-Pop book on Hoopla to read for a reading challenge but didn't read any reviews of it. Turns out Goodreads had one 1-star review for it--from someone else doing the same challenge. It was pretty awful. I seriously think it was AI-generated.

Fanatic not phonetic lol

Those reviews! 😂

Others opinions shouldn't be an issue. Read what you want.

It's the lowest rated for a reason. 🤮 It was so bad. I had high hopes. I read maybe 30% and dnf. I strongly disliked the main character. (Momma always said I can't hate.....) Good luck. 😊